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Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.
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Chuck Norris counted to infinity - twice.
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Chuck Norris does not hunt because the word hunting infers the probability of failure. Chuck Norris goes killing.
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If you can see Chuck Norris, he can see you. If you can't see Chuck Norris you may be only seconds away from death.
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Chuck Norris sold his soul to the devil for his rugged good looks and unparalleled martial arts ability. Shortly after the transaction was finalized, Chuck roundhouse kicked the devil in the face and took his soul back. The devil, who appreciates irony, couldn't stay mad and admitted he should have seen it coming. They now play poker every second Wednesday of the month.
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When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.
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Chuck Norris built a time machine and went back in time to stop the JFK assassination. As Oswald shot, Chuck Norris met all three bullets with his beard, deflecting them. JFK's head exploded out of sheer amazement.
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Chuck Norris has already been to Mars; that's why there are no signs of life there.
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They once made a Chuck Norris toilet paper, but it wouldn't take shit from anybody.
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A blind man once stepped on Chuck Norris' shoe. Chuck replied, "Don't you know who I am? I'm Chuck Norris!" The mere mention of his name cured this man blindness. Sadly the first, last, and only thing this man ever saw, was a fatal roundhouse delivered by Chuck Norris.

100 MORE CHUCK NORRIS FACTS:
Chuck Norris is 1/8th Cherokee. This has nothing to do with ancestry, the man ate a fucking Indian.


There is no chin behind Chuck Norris' beard. There is only another fist.


In fine print on the last page of the Guinness Book of World Records it notes that all world records are held by Chuck Norris, and those listed in the book are simply the closest anyone else has ever gotten.


The chief export of Chuck Norris is pain.


Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.


The Great Wall of China was originally created to keep Chuck Norris out. It failed misserably.


Crop circles are Chuck Norris' way of telling the world that sometimes corn needs to lie the fuck down.


Chuck Norris once commented, "There are few problems in this world that cannot be solved by a swift roundhouse kick to the face. In fact, there are none."


Chuck Norris once ate an entire ream of rice paper and shat out origami swans and Mister Miyagi from Karate Kid.


Chuck Norris is ten feet tall, weighs two-tons, breathes fire, and could eat a hammer and take a shotgun blast standing.


Chuck Norris is a man of few words. Chuck Norris is not a man of few roundhouse kicks to the face.


The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse actually live in Chuck Norris's nutsack.


When observing a Chuck Norris roundhouse kick in slow motion, one finds that Chuck Norris actually rapes his victim in the ass, smokes a cigarette with Dennis Leary, and then roundhouse kicks them in the face.


Chuck Norris put humpty dumpty back together again, only to roundhouse kick him in the face. Later Chuck dined on scrambled eggs with all the king's horses and all the king's men. The king himself could not attend for unspecified reasons. Coincidentally, the autopsoy revealed the cause of death to be a roundhouse kick to the face. There is only one King.


When Chuck Norris played golf for money, chuck marked down a hole in 0 every time, a pro at the golf club, said to Chuck: "excuse me sir, but you cant score zero on a hole". Chuck Norris turned towards the man and said, im Chuck Norris, the man then proceeded to pour gas over his body and set himself on fire because that would be less painful than getting roundhouse kicked by Chuck Norris, Chuck Norris roundhouse kicked him in the face anyways.



Chuck Norris made Ellen Degeneres straight.


Chuck Norris kicked Neo out of Zion , now Neo is "The Two"


Chuck Norris' iPod came with a real charger instead of just a USB cord


Chuck Norris knows where Carmen Sandiego is.


Rudolph has a red nose because he got lippy and Chuck Norris roundhouse kicked him across the face several times


China was once bordering the United States, until Chuck Norris roundhouse kicked it all the way through the Earth.


Chuck Norris is what Willis was talking about


If you have five dollars and Chuck Norris has five dollars, Chuck Norris has more money than you.


Chuck Norris sent Jesus a birthday card on December 25th and it wasn't Jesus’ birthday. Jesus was to scared to correct Chuck Norris and to this day December 25th is known as Jesus' birthday.


When Chuck Norris had surgery, the anesthesia was applied to the doctors.


Chuck Norris once broke the land speed record on a bicycle that was missing its chain and the back tire.


Chuck Norris once kicked a baby elephant into puberty


Multiple people have died from Chuck Norris giving them the finger.


Chuck Norris once tried to wear glasses. The result was him seeing around the world to the point where he was looking at the back of his own head.


Pee Wee Herman got arrested for masturbating in public. The same day, Chuck Norris got an award for masturbating in public.


Once a grizzly bear threatened to eat Chuck Norris. Chuck showed the bear his fist and the bear proceeded to eat himself, because it would be the less painful way to die.


If Chuck Norris is late, time better slow the fuck down


Chuck Norris sleeps with a night light. Not because Chuck Norris is afraid of the dark, but the dark is afraid of Chuck Norris


Chuck Norris can touch MC Hammer.


Chuck Norris ordered a Big Mac at Burger King, and got one.


Chuck Norris always has sex on the first date. Always.


A Handicap parking sign does not signify that this spot is for handicapped people. It is actually in fact a warning, that the spot belongs to Chuck Norris and that you will be handicapped if you park there.


Chuck Norris frequently donates blood to the Red Cross. Just never his own.


There is no such thing as tornados. Chuck Norris just hates trailer parks.


Chuck Norris never cries, because of this when he's sad he roundhouse kicks himself and it makes him feel better since he knows he is the only one who can survive the roundhouse.


Chuck Norris does not procreate, he breeds


When asked what type of vehicle he drives, Chuck Norris responded slyly with "Don't you mean what kind of vehicle drives me?"


Chuck Norris' evil twin brother, Richard Simmons, once approached Chuck with the hope of reconciliation, but at the sight of Richard's curly, well kept hair, Chuck Norris became so enraged that he turned green with hate and ripped Richard Simmons arms and legs off. This action was the origin of the Marvel Comic badass, The Incredible Hulk.


Chuck Norris doesn't worry about changing his clock twice a year for daylight savings time. The sun rises and sets when Chuck tells it to.


Chuck Norris only masturbates to pictures of Chuck Norris.


Filming on location for Walker: Texas Ranger, Chuck Norris brought a stillborn baby lamb back to life by giving it a prolonged beard rub. Shortly after the farm animal sprang back to life and a crowd had gathered, Chuck Norris roundhouse kicked the animal, breaking its neck, to remind the crew once more that Chuck giveth, and the good Chuck, he taketh away.


Chuck Norris was the fourth Wiseman. He brought baby Jesus the gift of “beard”. Jesus wore it proudly to his dying day. The other Wisemen, jealous of Jesus’ obvious gift favoritism, used their combined influence to have Chuck omitted from the Bible. Shortly after all three died of roundhouse kick related deaths.


Chuck Norris used live ammunition during all shoot-outs. When a director once said he couldn’t, he replied, “Of course I can, I’m Chuck Norris,” and roundhouse kicked him in the face.


If paper beats rock, rock beats scissors, and scissors beats paper, what beats all 3 at the same time? Answer: Chuck Norris.


When his martial arts prowess fails to resolve a situation, Chuck Norris plays dead. When playing dead doesn’t work, he plays zombie.


Although it is not common knowledge, there are actually three sides to the Force: the light side, the dark side, and Chuck Norris.


Scientists used to believe that diamond was the world’s hardest substance. But then they met Chuck Norris, who gave them a roundhouse kick to the face so hard, and with so much heat and pressure, that the scientists turned into artificial Chuck Norris.


God offered Chuck Norris the gift to fly, which he swiftly declined for super strength roundhouse ability.


When Chuck Norris was denied a Bacon McMuffin at McDonalds because it was 10:35, he roundhouse kicked the store so hard it became a KFC.


Chuck Norris drinks napalm to quell his heartburn.


A duck’s quack does not echo. Chuck Norris is solely responsible for this phenomenon. When asked why he will simply stare at you, grimly.


Chuck Norris once tried to defeat Garry Kasparov in a game of chess. When Norris lost, he won in life by roundhouse kicking Kasparov in the side of the face.


Chuck Norris’ roundhouse kick is so powerful, it can be seen from outer space by the naked eye.


Chuck Norris doesn’t believe in Germany.


If you want a list of Chuck Norris’ enemies, just check the extinct species list.


Chuck Norris has never blinked in his entire life. Never.


Chuck Norris doesn’t need to swallow when eating food.


If Superman and The Flash were to race to the edge of space you know who would win? Chuck Norris.


Chuck Norris eats transformer toys in vehicle mode and poos them out transformed into a robot.


Ironically, Chuck Norris’ hidden talent is invisibility.


Chuck Norris owns the greatest poker face of all-time. It helped him win the 1983 world series of poker despite him holding just a joker, a 2 of clubs, a 7 of spades, and a green number 4 from Uno and a monopoly ‘get out of jail free’ card.


Chuck Norris invented water.


Chuck Norris invented a language that incorporates karate and roundhouse kicks. So next time Chuck Norris is kicking your ass, don’t be offended or hurt, he may be just trying to tell you he likes your hat.


Chuck Norris went looking for a bar but couldn’t find one. He walked to a vacant lot and sat there. Sure enough within an hour an a half someone constructed a bar around him. He then ordered a shot, drank it, and then burned the place to the ground. Chuck Norris yelled over the roar of the flames, “always leave things the way you found em!”


One time while sparring with Wolverine, Chuck Norris accidentally lost his left testicle. You might be familiar with it to this very day by its technical term: Jupiter.


Chuck Norris is Luke Skywalker’s real father.


Contrary to popular belief, Chuck Norris, not the box jellyfish of northern Australia, is the most venomous creature on earth. Within 3 minutes of being bitten, a human being experiences the following symptoms: fever, blurred vision, beard rash, tightness of the jeans, and the feeling of being repeatedly kicked through a car windshield.


Chuck Norris does not use spell check. If he happens to misspell a word, Oxford will simply change the actual spelling of it.


Before science was invented it was once believed that autumn occurred when Chuck Norris roundhouse kicked every tree in existence.


In the original pilot for Star Trek Next Generation, Chuck Norris can be seen powering the USS Enterprise warp drive with his roundhouse kicks.


Chuck Norris isn’t lactose intolerant. He just doesn’t put up with lactose’s shit.


Chuck Norris doesn’t eat. Rather he kicks ass until he’s full.


Scientists in Washington have recently conceded that, if there were a nuclear war, all that would remain are cockroaches and Chuck Norris.


Chuck Norris once threated to sue Burger King because they refused to make it his way. When asked what “his way” detailed, he replied: “with barbed wire and nails, of course”. He then roundhouse kicked the reporter for even asking.


Chuck Norris never “gets laid”, rather: “laid gets Chuck”.


Playgirl magazine once asked Chuck Norris to appear naked in an issue, Chuck laughed at the opporunity saying “there isn’t enough paper in the world to contain my bearded member”. He then killed the editors simply by unzipping his pants.


Helen Keller’s favorite color is Chuck Norris


Chuck Norris once walked down the street with a massive erection. There we no survivors.


When Chuck Norris’s wife burned the turkey one Thanksgiving, Chuck said, “Don’t worry about it honey,” and went into his backyard. He came back five minutes later with a live turkey, ate it whole, and when he threw it up a few seconds later it was fully cooked and came with cranberry sauce. When his wife asked him how he had done it, he gave her a roundhouse kick to the face and said, “Never question Chuck Norris.”


Chuck Norris doesnt have AIDS but he gives it to people anyway.


When you open a can of whoop-ass, Chuck Norris jumps out.


On June 7th 1994, Chuck Norris entered the same restaurant supermodel Cindy Crawford was eating at. Instinctively, Cindy swept everything off the table, threw herself on it in a fit of lust, and begged Chuck to ravish her. After Chuck finished his beer, he obliged her. When Chuck's magnificent lead sperm cannoned into Cindy's womb it went straight to one of her ovaries and roared, "Which one of you servile wenches thinks you can handle getting split
open by the Chuck!?" All of the eggs cowered in the corner. The same thing happened at the other ovary. "I didn't fucking think so!" shouted the lead sperm which then lead the rest of the troops back into Chuck's balls. Chuck pulled out; roundhouse kicked Cindy in the face and told her, "Don't ever waste my time again."


Chuck Norris can piss into gale force winds.


There are no disabled people. Only people who have met Chuck Norris.


Chuck Norris won 'Jumanji' without ever saying the word. He simply beat the living shit out of everything that was thrown at him, and the game forfeited.


Chuck Norris once bet NASA he could survive re-entry without a spacesuit. On July 19th, 1999, a naked Chuck Norris re-entered the earth's atmosphere, streaking over 14 states and reaching a temperature of 3000 degrees. An embarrassed NASA publicly claimed it was
a meteor, and still owes him a beer.


Chuck Norris got a perfect score on his SAT's, simply by writing Chuck Norris for every answer.


Aliens do exist. They're just waiting for Chuck Norris to die before they attack.


Chuck Norris once ate three 72 oz. steaks in one hour. He spent the first 45 minutes having sex with his waitress.


After much debate, President Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima rather than the alternative of sending Chuck Norris. It was more "humane".


Chuck Norris doesn't see dead people. He makes people dead.


Chuck Norris once went to a frat party, and proceeded to roundhouse every popped collar in sight. He then trank three kegs and shat on their floor, just because he's Chuck Norris.


Chuck Norris found out about Conan O'Brien's lever that shows clips from "Walker: Texas Ranger" and is working on a way to make it show clips of Norris having sex with Conan's wife.


Chuck Norris doesn't have normal white blood cells like you and I. His have a small black ring around them. This signifies that they are black belts in every form of martial arts and they roundhouse kick the shit out of viruses. That's why Chuck Norris never gets ill.


Chuck Norris's girlfriend once asked him how much wood a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood. He then shouted, "HOW DARE YOU RHYME IN THE PRESENCE OF CHUCK NORRIS!" and ripped out her throat. Holding his girlfriend's bloody throat in his hand he bellowed, "Don't fuck with Chuck!" Two years and five months later he realized the irony of this statement and laughed so hard that anyone within a hundred mile radius of the blast went deaf.


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大多數女賓有著相同的特點:頭髮梳的既高且大、眼影特別濃、臉上粉非常厚、口紅也十分豔;身高一九○公分以上者比比皆是,胸部非常雄偉。她們的禮服爭奇鬥豔,創意十足,卻又不像名牌作工。

這是本月初在紐約市時報廣場邊的萬豪飯店舉行的年度「千件禮服之夜」酒會,「她們」其實都是「他們」,因為這是一個變裝與扮裝的聚會。

「千件禮服之夜」是紐約市「帝國宮廷」這個同志團體發起的年度募款餐會。帝國宮廷一九六五年於舊金山成立,目前在美國、加拿大、英國等主要城市共有六十七個分會。這個社群當初成立的目的,是透過幽默的表現方式互相扶持。

但是,性向不是參加「宮廷」的必要條件,只要關心的人都可參加,若積極參加「宮廷」系統,或是募款能力超強,就有機會被認可,投票將成員的「地位」逐年由王子、公主、子爵、伯爵等往上晉升。現任紐約區「宮廷」國王是「幻想十五世」,他說,一般來說,非常投入的會員,當到國王需要七年的時間。

「幻想十五世」說,「帝國宮廷」「千件禮服之夜」迄今已經舉行了廿一年,募款超過百萬美元。而募得的經費多用於資助紐約地區數十個同志、超性別、愛滋防制等團體。

現場「女賓」看到記者拍照,個個落落大方,姿態撩人;他們都有個女性名字,「克萊兒」、「法拉」、「可瑞」,一位「安妮達‧格林卡」小姐,甚至自己印了專用女性名片。安妮達說,「她」的皇室頭銜是「公主」,「叫我安妮達公主就行」,她表示非常喜歡變裝酒會,這是一年一度展示自己創意的好機會,還可以募款助人,當然要來。

酒會入場券一張兩百美元(台幣六千六百元),就紐約的標準來說不算貴,而且一千張票早就賣完。「法拉‧月亮」說她的身高六尺四吋(約一九三公分),但是因為穿了高跟鞋,看起來接近兩百公分;「法拉」說,他不常參與宮廷活動,但是每年的變裝酒會他一定來,對她來說,變裝的機會雖然多,但每年的盛事一定是「千件禮服之夜」。

現場的「變裝主題」就是宮廷。許多同志們早幾個月就興沖沖的準備多件禮服,試了又試,白天在一家網路公司做事的「可瑞‧安德」穿的是一襲曳地白紗裙,頭上插戴著一支紫色長羽毛。來自費城的「克萊兒‧馬丁」則是身著紅色改良式旗袍,「她」說她有兩件同款旗袍,今天特別拿出來在變裝酒會中秀。

酒會活動的高潮,是由同志與非同志舉行各種表演,包含一齣變裝版的音樂劇「歡樂滿人間」,所有賓客都可以參加的舞會、到了午夜舉行新皇室成員加冕典禮,替今年的「千件禮服之夜」畫下句點,雖然「帝國宮廷」每個月都有慈善或變裝活動,但要參加規模這麼大的變裝酒會,就得再等一年囉。

【2007/04/09 聯合報】

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讀中國歷史的人都知道,東漢光武帝曾經賜給日本倭奴國一顆「漢委奴國王」的金印。這顆金印於兩百多年前出土,現藏於日本福岡的市立博物館。

這件重大的歷史發現,曾被廣泛引為中日交流的重要證據。實則金印的發現還存在著許多謎團,金印的真偽也受到質疑,最近日本千葉大學教授三浦佑之還特別出了「金印偽造事件」一書,有意顛覆這段一向被人相信的史實。

據三浦佑之的說法,這件歷史黑幕的主謀,是當年被認為護印有功的江戶時代儒學家龜井南冥,他是偽造金印的最大嫌犯。

據說,一七八四年時志賀島農民甚兵衛整修農田水溝時發現此印,後來福岡藩的儒學者龜井南冥看出金印的重要性,因而獻給了黑田藩。明治時期以後,這顆金印指定為國寶,一九五四年再定為一級國寶。一九七九年黑田家將金印捐給福岡市,現收藏於福岡市博物館。

中國「後漢書」有如下記載:「建武中元二年(西元五十七年),倭奴國奉貢朝賀,使人自稱大夫,倭國之極南界也,光武賜以印綬。」所以歷史學家也都據以認為,這顆金印應該來自中國。

印證此一金印的另一史實,則是戰後的中國,也有一顆類似的蛇鈕金印出土。

一九五六年,雲南省考古工作者在雲南晉寧縣石寨山西漢古墓群中,發掘了一座滇王墓,墓中有一枚金印「滇王之印」,是漢武帝劉徹於西元前一百零九年賜給滇王嘗羌的「廣陵王璽」,因此可以證明給日本的是真印。

三浦教授反駁這項定論。他說,雖然同樣是蛇鈕的構造,但是日本的這顆就顯得稚拙很多,如果利用當時所蒐集到的中國古代文獻,即使在日本的江戶時代也可以偽造中國漢代的「一寸」金印。

他特別懷疑當時的儒學者龜井南冥,因為南冥當時是黑田藩的藩校甘棠館的校長,有可能為了開設學校並提高自己的地位,而偽造了這顆金印。三浦說:「愈深入調查這些史料,就發現愈多不合理的地方,卻又找不到史料佐證。」

金印的真偽之辯其實在三浦之前即已存在。特別是,金印的出土地點至今尚無定論,福岡市教育委員會曾經進行挖掘調查,但也沒找到證據,而當年發現金印的「甚兵衛」也身分不詳,金印至今仍然充滿謎團。

倒是福岡市不以為意,將這顆金印視為鎮館之寶的福岡市立博物館說,雖然疑點不少,但說它是贗品倒也缺乏證據。「有興趣的人,何妨到博物館來看個清楚」!

漢委奴國王也好,倭奴也罷,趁到福岡看王貞治麾下軟體銀行職棒隊比賽之便,抽空到福岡市博物館看看,保證讓你不虛此行!



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美國考古學家從六千八百萬年前的暴龍化石分離出些微的殘餘軟組織,發現恐龍與鳥類的蛋白質排列高度類似,進一步證實兩者演化上的密切關係。

科學家早已懷疑鳥類是從恐龍演化而來,可是一直找不到恐龍的軟組織來證明這種關連。北卡羅來納州立大學考古學系助理教授史威哲表示,她從二○○三年在蒙大拿州發現的一根暴龍腿骨,從化石裡面找到一些軟組織,送交「貝斯以色列女執事醫學院」生化專家阿薩拉檢驗,花了將近一年半,終於為膠質蛋白質內的氨基酸排序成功,進行DNA分析。阿薩拉檢驗結果證實,暴龍股骨確實含有膠質成分。

研究團隊將暴龍蛋白質排列與現代多種物種相比,發覺與雞的相似度最高,與青蛙及蠑螈也有一定的相似程度。

這項研究有助於確定鳥類是從恐龍演化出來的理論,也可能改變人類對保存化石的想法,並為化石研究開啟新的途徑。從化石擷取分子資料並加以分析,將可以確認化石生物和現存生物之間的關係,以及沒有留下後代的不同生物群體的關係。

科學界一直認為蛋白質之類的有機物質無法歷經百萬年仍保存下來,而且化石程序會摧毀任何原來物質,可是上述發現顯示遠古時代的蛋白質仍能為幾千萬年前的生物提供基因線索。

現在考古學家可能必須更深入地層挖掘,以尋找沒有被地下水和生物破壞的樣本。

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大陸在1970年代開始推動「一胎化」政策,但在「不孝有三,無後為大」的傳統觀念下,不少大陸民眾為求得一子延續香火,導致虐殺女嬰的事件層出不窮。中共官方統計,「一胎化」執行近30年來,讓大陸至少減少3億人口,相當於整個歐洲的人口。

按規定「超生」者依法必須繳交「社會撫養費」。若超生一名子女,將對夫妻雙方分別按當地上一年度居民人均可支配收入為基數,一次性徵收三倍至六倍的「社會撫養費」。

這樣的罰款標準早年或許具有相當嚇阻力,但對近幾年大陸社會興起的新富階級,簡直是九牛一毛,富人、名人超生的問題,這幾年在中國大陸已有愈來愈嚴重的趨勢。

中共國家人口計畫生育委員會政策法規司司長于學軍指出,2006年國家計生委對四個城市進行調查就發現此一現象。

于學軍表示,名人、富人違法超生的動機複雜,有的是追求「兒女雙全」,有的是希望能生個兒子未來好繼承家業,有的是為了炫耀經濟實力,把多生孩子看成是一種社會地位的象徵,是跟一般普通老百姓不一樣的新標誌。

也就是有錢想生幾個就生幾個,在貧富差距日益擴大的中國大陸,引起愈來愈多老百姓不滿,認為這是有錢人的特權,近兩年關於懲治富人超生的呼聲也愈來愈高。

日前傳出中共國家計生委又提出,對於超生的富人、名人超生除將予以重罰外,還將考慮列入「不良記錄名單」,不得參加各類獎項的評選。

湖南省長周強上周在湖南省人口計生工作會議中更揚言,「對違反計生政策超生、多生的名人、高收入者等要公開曝光」,消息傳出引起大陸輿論的高度關注,網路上更是一面倒支持對名人、富人超生予以嚴懲。

不過道高一尺、魔高一丈,有錢人自然會有有錢人的辦法。新浪網整理出富人超生的五個方法:
一、借腹生子。國家計生委委員曹景椿表示,瀋陽有個私營企業老闆就以人民幣15萬元的代價,借了一個大學女學生的肚皮生了個兒子。
二、假離婚;
三、買「準生證」,也就是將繳交「社會撫養費」視為買張「準生證」;
四、到香港生,妻子臨盆前安排到香港,孩子一落地就是香港戶口。由於到香港生產近幾年太過猖獗,今年起中港兩地已準備聯手管制大陸孕婦到香港生產;
五、到國外生,只要到採屬地主義的國家生小孩,小孩國籍不是中國,就不違反大陸的生育政策。

現在大陸許多地方還可以看到「少生、優生,幸福一生」這類宣導計畫生育的布條,但有錢人恐怕更相信「多子、多孫、多福氣」。

更嚴重的是,超生已不只是衝擊計畫生育政策,或引發一般無力繳交「社會撫養費」民眾不滿這樣單純的問題。不少超生者,多出來的那些小孩其實是二奶、甚至是三奶、四奶所生,這就涉及社會風氣,甚至官員貪腐等更深層次的問題。

【2007/04/14 經濟日報】

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上月底啟用的東京六本木中城,有嶄新的商業大樓、華麗的住宅以及美術館等設施,還和江戶時代毛利家族的大宅院庭園連成一氣,被視為大都會居住形態的新典範。
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在櫻花盛開的東京,由六棟超高大樓連結而成的「中城(Midtown)」新市區上月底在繁華的六本木誕生了,一下子就把六本木山莊(Hills)比了下去了,成為六本木的新地標。

到過六本木山莊觀光的人,都會被高達二百卅八公尺的森大廈建築之雄偉給震懾住。從位於五十二樓的展示廳瞭望全東京的街景,堪稱東京行最大的享受。而剛開幕的「中城」,中央的最高樓地上五十四層、地下五層,卻又比六本木山莊高了十公尺,加上和五棟商業大樓連結,與「豪華印象的山莊」相比,中城呈現與森大廈不同的「日常高尚品質」風貌。

在中城馬路對面開店的一位日本老人說,真的是平地高樓起。以前,這兒是日本防衛廳的總部,都是一些不起眼的破落建築,現在搖身一變,從矮房變成了一棟棟金碧輝煌的大樓,這是六本木的新名勝!

中城位於東京港區赤坂原防衛廳的十公頃土地上,三井不動產投入三千七百億日圓(約台幣一千零四十億元)鉅資經過多年「大規模都市再生」規畫開發,終於在三月卅日正式落成啟用。

這個西商區取名「中城」,除辦公大樓與住宅外,還包含商業、文化等多樣設施,開幕時全部一百卅二個店舖都同時營業。三井預估一年內會有三千萬人次造訪,創造三百億日圓(台幣八十四億元)以上的營業額。

六本木山莊因「網路金童」堀江貴文將所創「Livedoor」公司設在其內,而成為網路新貴的聚集處。這些年輕小夥子彷若魔術師般「點石成金」,也把六本木山莊變成了大眾矚目的焦點。

「中城」開幕時,也不讓六本木山莊專美於前。日本最大相片公司「富士寫真」就在這兒設了新的展示場,朝建立日本最大「寫真文化重鎮」的目標邁進,開幕時就舉辦了兩百名攝影師的寫真展。

富士XEROX、日本雅虎、遊戲軟體公司KONAMI也都把總部搬進這些大樓,加上有名的SUNTORY美術館、五星級國際大飯店麗池卡登的營業,讓中城贏得「美與美的連結」的美譽。尤其是麗池卡登飯店就設在四十五到五十三樓,睡在上面宛如飄浮在半空中,最貴的房間一晚收費二百一十萬日圓(合台幣六十萬元),即使不住房只是到上面走上一遭,也會覺得不虛此行。

這個新開發區域並不全是水泥叢林。原本這兒就是樹木叢生的綠色地帶,在建造這個新城時,刻意保留了這些自然的景觀,因此大樓建成以後,還保有四成以上的綠地。據稱,有一百四十株古木保留在園區內,鄰近又有江戶時代毛利家族在麻布下屋敷的大宅院庭園,與這兒的綠地連成一氣,構成區立檜町公園。因此,在大樓內逛累了,也可以出來在公園裡享受都市裡的綠意,令上班族滿意的則是這兒是個無線上網區域。

開發「中城」的三井不動產社長岩沙弘道在開幕記者會中說:「我們就是要把這兒建設成住在東京的新生活典範!」東京及其近郊人口大約兩千萬人,到處覺得擁擠不堪,中城的空間設計掃除了大都會中擁擠的感覺,由於各種設施齊全,既有商業設施又有普通的生活機能,住在這兒不會感到任何不便。無怪乎許多評論說,這是東京都內一塊新落成、令人嚮往的綠洲。

【2007/04/09 聯合報】放眼望去,宴會廳裡面一千多位賓客,八成以上都是衣香鬢影的女士。

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作家張小虹說:「時尚如果照單全收,就不好玩了。」

「生命是一襲華美的袍子,爬滿了蚤子。」──張愛玲

「優雅是很重要的。」「發現自己的風格後,就該堅持步調。」──奧黛麗赫本

2007.04.09 04:33 am
俗話說,女人的衣櫃裡永遠少一件衣服。前陣子日本流行教主濱崎步來台,帶了120箱行頭不說,還大肆採購名牌服飾,便是一證。連奧黛麗赫本都說:「有些人夢想擁有一個大游泳池,我則想要一個大衣櫥。」更說中普天下多數女人的心事。赫本甚至不諱言,人靠衣裝,衣服能給予她應該要有的自信,「不分戲裡或戲外。」

張愛玲/5歲,就因戀衣而「背叛」

但愛穿衣服可不是歌手或演員的專利。

作家張愛玲不諱言,她會有意識地以「奇裝異服」來博得眾人的注意,「我既不是美女,又沒有什麼特點」,只好以不符年齡的裝扮來吸引目光。

張愛玲的戀衣癖可追溯至5歲,父親的姨太太用整幅絲絨布替她做新衣,比起自己的親生母親只用舊衣東拼西改,當姨太太問:「妳喜歡我還是妳母親?」年幼的張愛玲回答「喜歡妳。」這出自肺腑、「沒有說謊」的答案,讓她長大後憶起這段往事,仍覺「耿耿於心」。後來,她開始寫作,領了生命中第一筆稿費,她去買書、聽音樂會?不,她去「買了一條口紅」。

周芬伶/因為一件衣,愛上一個人

作家周芬伶在一篇文章中自承「是奇怪的衣服迷,會因為某人穿一件我喜歡的衣服而迷上他。」周芬伶愛鞋、愛包、愛帽子,喜歡鮮亮的絲絨衣,也對「白色的細棉布」沒有抵抗力。尤其15歲時,母親送她一件白色細棉布的蕾絲長洋裝,落實她對美好生活的想望,「等於把心靈和夢想穿在身上」。

張小虹/時尚,要能激發想像力

作家張小虹曾在她的書「穿衣與不穿衣的城市」自序中提到,多年來對「衣飾的迷戀偏執,自始至終未變」。服裝,或說穿衣,總是能帶給她莫大的喜悅……

做為一個「身體想像的參考點」,時尚當然很好。不過,「時尚如果照單全收,就不好玩了。」張小虹認為,時尚要能激發一個人的想像力和創造力。

她覺得,時尚若變成身材和金錢遊戲,則沒有錢、身材不好的人,都會很沮喪。而有能力消費的人,也可能「花了錢,卻封鎖了想像力,而非開放想像力。」因此,如何找回對衣服的創造性趣味很重要。可惜「現在的時尚體系具有很大的強制性,表面上琳琅滿目,但創造性很低。」

舊衣新穿,玩時尚

近年來時尚界復古風當道,但張小虹覺得,復古風模仿了「時代的風貌形式」,骨子裡還是要挾「流行」之名、要消費者行花錢之實,可沒要你真把舊衣舊鞋拿出來穿。不知不覺,愛美的女性還是跟著「時尚的翻雲覆雨手」起舞。

她雖也買過名牌,但近年卻鍾情於老衣服。也許在很多人眼中,老衣服在時尚圈裡已是昨日黃花、不再流行;她卻能在穿老衣服、尋老衣服的過程中找到樂趣,發揮創造力,發展出個人獨特的時尚語彙。

張小虹表示,服裝對她而言是生命中「細節創造性的可能」;不過現在的時尚體系沒有辦法滿足她,「感覺上百花齊放,但其實很雷同,也有某種排他性。」因為時尚圈預設了某種理想年齡和身材,同時也太貴了,玩不起。

時尚和現實的落差,張小虹舉例,好比英國知名設計師薇薇安魏斯伍德解構所有的優雅,她很喜歡,但實際穿在身上則「解構性太強、不能接受」。另一位設計師 John Galliano的復古外套價錢又貴得嚇死人;最後她是在老衣服裡找到「中間地帶的東西」;既得到創造性的可能,也形塑屬於自己的風格。

傾心,花樣年華的優雅

西式老衣服,張小虹偏愛50、60年代,主要是對母親那個年代「花樣年華的想像」;和當代衣服容易搭配,但「線條和形式又有那時代的優雅氣息」。中式老衣服,她則偏愛清末民初時期。早期老衣服太過寬袖大袍,很難穿出現代感;而晚期老衣服袖口變窄,較易在現代社會穿出來。

穿出風格,令人激賞

平常,張小虹對會穿衣服的人也會多看兩眼,欣賞那種「看似不經心、背後也是花了很多心思」的打扮。

前陣子,美國知名女導演芭芭拉漢默來台灣,68歲的她,穿了一件西裝外套、長褲加球鞋,內搭連帽運動衣,「68歲了,多棒!」張小虹暗暗鼓勵自己,以後也能這樣穿。

【2007/04/09 聯合報】


老衣服 光陰和故事浸潤出來的味道…
【聯合報/記者祁玲/專題報導】

2007.04.09 04:33 am

張小虹偏愛50-60年代的西式老衣服,看上的是線條和形式的優雅。
記者高智洋/攝影

這是張小虹10年前在倫敦舊衣店買的,約50英鎊。當時拉鍊不普及,裙子用的是暗扣。
記者高智洋/攝影

作家張小虹喜歡老衣服,買老衣服,穿老衣服。對她來說,老衣服讓她玩出新花樣,讓搭配充滿無限可能,創造屬於她個人的時尚語彙,是有趣的美感經驗。

■ 中國風,讓她戀上老衣服

1997年香港回歸大陸前後,全球時尚圈吹起中國風。張小虹原本為了學術興趣而寫相關論文,從後殖民的東方主義出發,談西方如何在美感經驗上想像中國,並探討兩岸三地中國風的差異,和全球時尚跨文化想像的問題。

那段時間,剛好在倫敦的她,有機會逛許多vintage store(較精緻的骨董衣店)、跳蚤市場和一般二手店等。尤其倫敦幾乎每一區都有舊衣慈善店(charity shop),是有心人士挖寶之地,並具體而微地展現各社區的品味、貧富和階級的風貌,「會看到很多好玩的東西,也進一步認識那個社區」。

■ 只為興趣、拒當達人

不過,老衣服成為她日常生活發揮創造力的靈感之一,她卻不希望成為「老衣服達人」,也不想建立一套有關老衣服的知識系統;就怕個人興趣「被填太滿,會沒有想像空間」。

想像什麼呢?比方說,她曾看過一件黑色繡花衣服,正面左右兩邊的對花竟沒對到(如果是接出來的布,對花要對到是基本動作)。「為什麼會這樣?」張小虹馬上想了兩種可能:一、這是大太太幫二太太做的,讓二太太出糗;二、故意表現不對襯的美感,但當時竟然就有這種觀念了嗎?

不過,後來她得到比較中肯的答案是:有可能是有人把一件較大的衣服改成斜襟,就會出現這種不對襯感。不論如何,對張小虹來說,「有任何線索出現時,就有很多想像空間」。

■ 老衣服,華麗的演出

老衣服較「戲劇化」,張小虹喜歡在晚上或是偶爾開會的時候穿,有那麼一點「Performance(表演)」的感覺。

搭配上,上半身若穿了一件華麗的繡花衣,下半身就要穿牛仔褲壓下去。大戶人家的衣服繡得像一幅畫,很精緻,但是如果要穿的話,很具不現代感,難以轉換(若是收藏就OK);小戶人家的小繡花,有民俗的趣味,就可和當代的現代感接軌。

現代的品牌裡,張小虹一直很喜歡夏姿的衣服,也會買。「夏姿中西互補的感覺非常好」。不過,她喜歡的美感經驗也可在老衣服裡找到,可以創造出那樣的美感經驗。

■ 老衣服,帶晦氣?

張小虹說,台灣老衣服的市場小,是因為很多人認為「不潔」──對晦氣的想像。但想想看,「如果是一百多年前的老衣服,那穿過的人一定是過世了」。

自認很敏感的張小虹,自從愛上老衣服,從來沒有因為接觸老衣服而感受到不好的氣、或覺得有任何不適。對她來說,買一件老衣服是因緣,而不是恐怖的事。

真要說氣的感應,她認為不是老衣服才有。「一塊玉可能幾十萬年、上百萬年,老衣服頂多一百多年,蓄積能量,和玉差太多了。」氣發生在生活的每一個角落,不是老衣服才有。

「死亡是歷史的常態,老衣服會告訴我們,不僅穿過的人會死,時尚也會死。只有死亡才會有新的開始」,張小虹說。

【2007/04/09 聯合報】


老衣服》選購與保養
【聯合報/記者祁玲/專題報導】

2007.04.09 04:33 am

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老衣服/選購有3招

1.看圖案:一百年前可能很美,但現在看來卻可能會太古老(她以自己的紅色衣服為例,如圖),過去紅色衣服是嫁衣,大戶人家的嫁衣可以找別人做,小戶人家只能透過繡線和繡工表現心思,較討喜、平民風格,她比較喜歡。

2.看線條:有沒有可能轉換(和現代衣服搭配)。

3.聞一下(重要的關鍵,買之前要聞一下(如果是要穿、而非收藏):老衣服都是收在箱子裡,時間久了有些味道會去不掉。若氣味是淡淡的,讓人有古老想像的氣味,可接受。如果是太重的氣味(如防臭的粉),去不掉,會影響日後穿它的意願,就得割愛。她就曾買過一件馬掛,很特殊,但有墨水的味道,就很少穿了。

老衣服/怎麼清潔&保養?

以前的人,穿在外層的衣服是不洗的;衣服上有繡花者更是不能洗。不過一般賣老衣服的店,收到貨後還是會把衣服送洗,「因為上面貼了洗標」。張小虹曾好奇「怎麼洗?」店家多半說送到特定的洗衣店以特殊方式處理,但到底可以多乾淨,就不知道了。

就像張愛玲曾在「更衣記」一文裡描述曬衣裳是「一年一度、輝煌熱鬧」的事,張小虹表示,處理老衣服,風和陽光是最好的,因為有些質料不能碰水,要很小心。可以碰水的,她常開玩笑說:「蒸氣熨斗也是一種洗法。」

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台北/永康街

金華街、永康街和麗水街一帶,是張小虹城市逛遊的地區之一。那一帶的小店偶爾讓她有些驚喜的收穫;不過她坦承,現在好的東西已愈來愈少了,尤其是中式老衣服。

1.茉莉豬籠:店內三分之一的商品是60年代的衣服、包包,也有別人寄賣名牌的二手貨,如夏姿、溫慶珠的服飾等。張小虹過年前在這裡買到一件50年代的黑貂領cashmere短大衣,約12,000元,非常喜歡。

‧地址:台北市永康街52號(金華街口)
‧電話:(02)2393-8415
‧營業時間:14:00-22:00(周三公休)

2.牡丹:以前有很多很好的東西,現在雖然少很多,但店主人曾經手許多好的老東西,相關常識豐富。

‧地址:台北市信義路2段198巷14號
‧電話:(02)2391-9935
‧營業時間:請先打電話預約

3.雅舍小品:好的老東西比例不是太高;如果是好貨,價格也不斐。

‧地址:台北市麗水街18-2號
‧電話:(02)2392-5657
‧營業時間:15:00-22:00(公休日不一定,請先打電話)

北京/東三環潘家園

張小虹以前常在台灣買老衣服,不過近幾年,大陸方面價錢訂得愈來愈高,同時也收不到老衣服;台灣價位就會提得更高,多少變得不太合理。因此她現在都去大陸買,「物美價廉」。

北京東三環潘家園,是張小虹去北京必定造訪的地方,那裡有三到四排、賣老衣服的專區,「周末六日較精采,且要早一點去,太晚去就會被人挑走了。」她每回去一定會待兩個星期,可以去兩次,每次去東西會不太一樣。

張小虹說,潘家園的旁邊有古玩城,但價位很高,且會亂開價。

至於台灣和大陸的價差為多少?張小虹保守估計,同樣一件衣服,大陸開價人民幣500元(約台幣2千元),則台灣的價錢可能是4到6倍。

倫敦/各區的舊衣慈善店(charity shop)

每個地區的主要街道上都會有幾家,是「有心人士最好辨識眼力的地方」。她表示,在那裡會看到很多很好玩的東西,「可藉此認識那個社區,每個社區因富足度不同,店裡賣的東西等級也不同。」

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二○○二年耶誕節早上,惠塔克收到天大的耶誕禮物,他中了威力球樂透頭彩,獎金三億一千五百萬美元(約台幣一百零四億元),是當時的最高獎金。但他萬萬沒想到竟從此走入悲劇,失去所有朋友,數百件官司纏身,連心愛的外孫女都死於非命。

美國廣播公司報導,惠塔克現在說他後悔中獎。他說:「我中樂透後,深感人性貪得無饜,你一有錢,人人覬覦。早知如此,我會把彩券撕掉。」

惠塔克中獎後並沒有花天酒地,而是發願做善事,厄運卻還是接踵而來。他說:「我想建教堂,給餓肚子的人食物,給沒衣服的孩子衣服穿。」

他在幾個月後實現諾言,捐出一千五百萬美元(台幣近五億元)建兩座教堂。但他在耶誕節中大獎的消息使他成為耶誕老公公,大家都求他幫忙。為了處理這些要求,他成立惠塔克基金會,賣給他彩券的店員吉兒也要求在他的收發室工作。

吉兒說:「基金會接到各種要求,有人要地毯,有人要娛樂設備,有人要悍馬車,有人要房子,各種奇怪的要求都有。」

惠塔克至少送出價值五千萬美元(台幣十六億五千萬元)的房子、汽車和現金。他說:「不論我們在那裡出現,去舞廳跳舞或去看球賽,都至少有一百五十人圍著我們要錢。」

他原本在家鄉西維吉尼亞州開建設公司,每年有一千六百萬到一千七百萬美元營收,生活愉快。但中獎後一切都變了調。這幾年他至少花了三百萬美元打官司。他說:「有四百件案子控告我個人或公司,因為大家都想藉此分一杯羹。」

官司纏身使他的公司名譽受損,他為了尋求安慰,開始酗酒,漸漸與人疏離,沒有朋友,有次甚至在酒吧被下藥迷昏,遭洗劫一空。

最糟的是,厄運牽連到他最鍾愛的外孫女布瑞格。他中獎時,布瑞格只有十五歲,他慷慨的買給她四部新車,每周還有兩千美元(台幣六萬六千元)零用錢。沒想到一些「壞朋友」,包括毒販,看上了布瑞格的新車和零用錢。

布瑞格禁不起引誘,沾上毒品,多次進出勒戒所。二○○四年十二月廿日,就在惠塔克中獎將滿兩周年之際,布瑞格失蹤了。兩星期後,她的屍體在一輛廢棄卡車上被發現,包在一塊塑膠布裡,死因不明。

惠塔克說,威力球頭彩成為他家的詛咒。他說:「我的孫女就是因為這筆錢而死。」

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靠窗?靠走道?還是臉朝後?以後搭飛機經濟艙的旅客可以有更多選擇。倫敦泰晤士報報導,英國航空等十家航空公司考慮把經濟艙一半的座位改成臉朝後,以便多設些座位,並增大旅客放腳的空間。

每架飛機最多可增加五十個座位,每個座位和前排座位的距離增加十公分。但航空公司必須說服乘客接受在十五小時的長途飛行中,臉都朝向機尾,而且要避免和臉朝機頭的乘客四目相對。不過,臉朝後的乘客在飛機緊急迫降時,活命的機會稍大一點,因為他們會往後靠,而不是往前衝。

這種相鄰座位朝相反方向的「陰陽」機位,由英國頂級飛機內部裝潢集團設計,本周在漢堡的一項展覽中亮相。英航的商務艙已有這種機位,相當受歡迎,英航考慮在經濟艙如法炮製。

傳統機位乘客並肩而坐,僅隔一個扶手,約五公分寬。依照「陰陽」機位排列,乘客的肩將靠著隔壁乘客的膝蓋,不需要扶手隔開,空間更大。

省掉扶手的空間,每排可增加一個座位,若是波音七七七客機,可增加廿一個座位。

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