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		<title>Skyfa - My Friends My Networks</title>
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		<description>Skyfa is a social utility that connect friends and let people to discover, share and review the best contents with videos, audios, flash, images, articles, web, etc.</description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:49:53 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>coffee cups - mona lisa</title>
			<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica';"><strong>coffee cups - mona lisa</strong></span><br /></span></span></p><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><table style="width: 640px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="640"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; width: 634px; padding: 1px;" valign="middle"><table style="width: 634px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="634"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; width: 628px; padding: 1px;" valign="top"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Artist assistants stand next to 3,604 cups of coffee which have been made into a giant Mona Lisa in Sydney , Australia . The 3,604 cups of coffee were each filled with different&nbsp;amounts of milk to create the different shades!!&nbsp;</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="min-height: 16px; margin: 0px;"><br />&nbsp;</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><img src="http://hk.mg25.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f1946622%5fAMlqbHwAAC7tSwDdKw1mCklmPgk&amp;pid=2&amp;fid=Inbox&amp;inline=1" alt="unknown.jpg" width="644" height="388" /></div><div style="min-height: 16px; margin: 0px;"><br />&nbsp;</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><img src="http://hk.mg25.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f1946622%5fAMlqbHwAAC7tSwDdKw1mCklmPgk&amp;pid=3&amp;fid=Inbox&amp;inline=1" alt="unknown_1.jpg" width="544" height="354" /></div><div style="min-height: 16px; margin: 0px;"><br />&nbsp;</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><img src="http://hk.mg25.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f1946622%5fAMlqbHwAAC7tSwDdKw1mCklmPgk&amp;pid=4&amp;fid=Inbox&amp;inline=1" alt="unknown_2.jpg" width="504" height="343" /></div><div style="min-height: 16px; margin: 0px;"><br />&nbsp;</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><img src="http://hk.mg25.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f1946622%5fAMlqbHwAAC7tSwDdKw1mCklmPgk&amp;pid=5&amp;fid=Inbox&amp;inline=1" alt="unknown_3.jpg" width="554" height="365" /></div><div style="min-height: 16px; margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:26:29 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>長者SMS學習坊畢業</title>
			<description><![CDATA[<div class="hd"><div class="main-tit"><h1><span style="color: #000000;">長者SMS學習坊畢業</span></h1></div><div class="info"><a href="http://www.mingpaonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/mq/i/nws/partner/mp.gif" alt="" height="30" /><span style="color: #215da9;"> </span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;">(明報)2009年11月16日 星期一 05:20</span></div></div><div class="bd"><div class="livewords"><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">【明報專訊】聖雅各福群會舉辦長者手機短訊（</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('SMS','11');"><span id="SMS" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">SMS</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">）學習坊，有超過350名長者參加，79歲的胡惠琼婆婆（左前）修畢3天課程後，第一個短訊發給女兒，告訴女兒她學懂發短訊了，並著女兒帶孫兒回家食飯，女兒即時回覆令她很感動，並指現在經常利用短訊與讀中學的孫兒聯絡，感情增進不少。圖為她代表所有學員，接受畢業證書。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">（謝少莉攝）</span></span></p></div></div>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:20:26 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>益力多含糖量高</title>
			<description><![CDATA[<div class="hd"><div class="main-tit"><h1><span style="color: #000000;">消委會：益力多含糖量高</span></h1></div><div class="info"><a href="http://www.mingpaonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/mq/i/nws/partner/mp.gif" alt="" height="30" /><span style="color: #215da9;"> </span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;">(明報)2009年11月16日 星期一 20:05</span></div></div><div class="bd"><div class="livewords"><p><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('消委會','0');"><span id="消委會" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">消委會</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">抽查80款不含酒精飲品的含糖量，發現乳酸類飲品益力多含糖量最高，每100毫升達16克糖。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">消委會抽查市面的汽水、果汁、茶及乳酸類飲品的含糖量，發現益力多含糖量最高，每100毫升達16克糖。市民如飲一支益力多，就已吸收每日游離糖攝取量3成。其次是芬達汽水和利賓納黑加侖子汁，每100克有13克糖。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">消委會亦指出，有很多飲品包裝標明少甜或無糖，但未必沒有含糖。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">益力多香港發言人表示，適量的糖分有助益生菌在腸部活動，他們只是建議市民每天飲一支益力多。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">（即時新聞）</span></span></p></div></div>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:17:33 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>科大生超豪讀碩士 自住逾千呎獨立屋 沙特大學費用全包</title>
			<description><![CDATA[<div class="hd"><div class="main-tit"><h1><span style="color: #000000;">科大生超豪讀碩士 自住逾千呎獨立屋 沙特大學費用全包</span></h1></div><div class="info"><a href="http://www.mingpaonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/mq/i/nws/partner/mp.gif" alt="" height="30" /><span style="color: #215da9;"> </span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(明報)2009年11月16日 星期一 05:20</span></span></div></div><div class="bd"><div class="livewords"><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">【明報專訊】產油大國</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('沙特阿拉伯','2');"><span id="沙特阿拉伯" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">沙特阿拉伯</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">投資100億</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('美元','10');"><span id="美元" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">美元</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">（780億港元），打造首間「勞斯萊斯級」大學阿卜杜拉國王</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('科技大學','15');"><span id="科技大學" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">科技大學</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">，為吸引各地人才不惜工本。香港科技大學兩名應屆畢業生獲取錄入讀碩士課程，體驗「超豪」大學生活，如單人入住1200呎獨立屋、享用校園內哥爾夫球場、戲院、超級電腦；學費、宿費全免外，每月還有1.5萬港元生活費。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">校園面積如60所科大</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">阿卜杜拉國王科技大學（King Abdullah University of Science and Technology，簡稱「KAUST」)是世界最富有的大學之一，校園面積達3600萬平方米，足足有60所香港科技大學那麼大，目前只取錄碩士及博士班學生。KAUST主要吸納世界各地人才，今學年第一屆所取錄的300名學生，便來自60個國家及地區；當地學生只佔一成半。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">應屆科大雙主修數學及物理的一級榮譽畢業生李德文及邵競龍，在9月新學年入讀當研究生。邵競龍笑言，有志深造的大學畢業生多選擇外國名校，他卻獨特選擇KAUST﹕「原本對課程認受性始終有少許擔心，但有機會深入認識這個中東國家，擁有與別不同的人生經歷，還是值得的。」邵競龍曾到當地石油廠參觀，親睹提煉石油的過程。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">每月生活津貼1.5萬</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">李德文則表示，早於他與競龍就讀二年級時，KAUST已取錄他們，並向兩人提供每月1.5萬元生活費，盼兩人畢業後能入讀KAUST，他說﹕「KAUST提供的條件確是相當吸引。」在當地生活兩個多月後，李德文稱，KAUST的學生可獲一所1200呎的兩層高獨立屋自住，由於當地石油豐富，油價非常便宜，學生出入多數乘搭的士，生活極度豪華。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">出入搭的士 盼油公司實習</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">沙特阿拉伯是伊斯蘭國家，女士要遵守嚴格規條，如戴上面紗，不能隨意與男士交談等。李德文及邵競龍驚嘆KAUST打破當地社會禁忌，在校園內男女生可自由交往，女性亦不必穿戴包裹頭腳的服飾。兩人皆希望到當地油公司實習，體驗難能可貴的經歷。</span></span></p></div></div>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:14:33 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>阿Sa日日飲 愛心靚湯</title>
			<description><![CDATA[<div class="hd"><div class="main-tit"><h1><span style="color: #000000;">阿Sa日日飲 愛心靚湯</span></h1></div><div class="info"><a href="http://www.mingpaonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/mq/i/nws/partner/mp.gif" alt="" height="30" /><span style="color: #215da9;"> </span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;">(明報)2009年11月11日 星期三 05:10</span></div></div><div class="bd"><div class="livewords"><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">【明報專訊】</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('蔡卓妍','11');"><span id="蔡卓妍" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">蔡卓妍</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">（阿Sa）拍攝Neutrogena的Hydro-Boost水活保濕系列廣告，她為以皮膚最佳狀態示人，之前一晚先用磨砂洗面去死皮，然後敷個保濕面膜；翌日上妝前先搽保濕啫喱，上鏡時令皮膚有光澤及彈性。她透露秘訣，是敷面膜時會放冰凍的湯匙在眼睛上，會有效去除眼腫。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">廣告以水為主題，置景費耗資過百萬。阿Sa說，拍攝時現場好熱又多燈，幸好經常要跟水接觸，感覺清爽。廣告商知道她鍾意飲湯，準備了花膠煲魚翅湯給她補身。她說每日都要飲湯，覺得好滋潤，特別是媽咪、婆婆同女麻女麻的靚湯特別好飲，如青紅蘿蔔、西洋菜、菜乾、無花果等。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">記者﹕葉靜文</span></span></p></div></div>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:52:13 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>阿Sa望Twins後年復合</title>
			<description><![CDATA[<div id="article-content"><div class="hd"><div class="main-tit"><h1>阿Sa望Twins後年復合</h1></div><div class="info"><a href="http://www.singtao.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/mq/i/nws/partner/st2.gif" alt="" height="30" /><span style="color: #215da9;"> </span></a>(星島)2009年11月11日 星期三 22:00</div></div><div class="bd"><div class="livewords"><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="article-content"><div class="hd"><div class="main-tit"><img src="../../img/9cbe01886f1a18ccb29ad877415d87c5.jpg" alt="" /></div></div></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('蔡卓妍','9');"><span id="蔡卓妍" style="display: inline;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">蔡卓妍</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></a>（阿Sa）今年首次以個人身分，角逐「叱咤女歌手」獎。阿Sa對未來的事業很有信心，亦希望<a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('Twins','8');"><span id="Twins" style="display: inline;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">Twins</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></a>可以重出樂壇和頒獎禮。談到Twins何時復合，阿Sa坦言希望在二○一一年，因為是Twins組成的十周年紀念。</p></div></div></div>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:48:49 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>網民監察 超速片上載YouTube</title>
			<description><![CDATA[<div class="hd"><div class="main-tit"><h1><span style="color: #000000;">網民監察 超速片上載YouTube</span></h1></div><div class="info"><a href="http://www.mingpaonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/mq/i/nws/partner/mp.gif" alt="" height="30" /><span style="color: #215da9;"> </span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;">(明報)2009年11月11日 星期三 05:10</span></div></div><div class="bd"><div class="livewords"><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">【明報專訊】有網民不甘亡命司機一直未受制裁，近月把小巴超速片段上載到</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('YouTube','22');"><span id="YouTube" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">YouTube</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">以譴責失德司機。據記者在YouTube瀏覽由乘客以手機偷拍的片段，超速較嚴重的包括來往</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('旺角','20');"><span id="旺角" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">旺角</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">、佐敦道至元朗、</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('大埔','8');"><span id="大埔" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">大埔</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">等小巴，最高時速由96至135公里不等。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">YouTube片段已證實對打擊危險駕駛有效，早前一小巴司機在旺角貪快駛上行人路時被市民拍下片段及上載YouTube，導致他被警方拘捕，並因危險駕駛罪成要停牌半年。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">有乘客更懷疑部分車速顯示屏受干擾，顯示的車速遠較實際低。本報亦發現有小巴超速但警報器無發出聲響，</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('運輸署','14');"><span id="運輸署" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">運輸署</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">強調干擾車速顯示屏屬刑事罪行，可被判監6個月及罰款1萬元，有關個案將轉交警方，並請警方有需要時加強執法。</span></span></p></div></div>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:24:33 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>資生堂回收傷眼睫毛夾</title>
			<description><![CDATA[<div class="hd"><div class="main-tit"><h1><span style="color: #000000;">資生堂回收傷眼睫毛夾</span></h1></div><div class="info"><a href="http://www.mingpaonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/mq/i/nws/partner/mp.gif" alt="" height="30" /><span style="color: #215da9;"> </span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;">(明報)2009年11月11日 星期三 05:10</span></div></div><div class="bd"><div class="livewords"><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">【明報專訊】</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('日本','5');"><span id="日本" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">日本</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">化妝品公司資生堂一款Maquillage睫毛夾，在日本收到兩宗投訴，指使用時由於金屬零件脫落，傷及眼部，另又收回87個有瑕疵同款貨品，故資生堂日本決定</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('回收','10');"><span id="回收" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">回收</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">114萬個睫毛夾。但香港的資生堂表示該款產品已在港停售，不會回收。客人可憑單據到資生堂專櫃或專門店換貨或退貨。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">日本資生堂本周一宣布，由昨日起開始回收由07年1月至08年5月製造的Maquillage睫毛夾，夾上顯示的批次由「A至V」，總數共114萬個。回收主要由於該公司相繼收到兩名顧客投訴，指使用時有零件脫落，令眼部受傷，另有87人退回同款有瑕疵的產商品。該公司的日本網站已貼出通告，附圖上顯示出現問題的是睫毛夾上部的與旁邊的接縫位。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">港客可憑單換貨</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">香港的資生堂發言人表示，該款產品今年9月1日已在港停止發售，未知有多少個入口香港，公司不會作大規模回收，若有客人要求更換或退貨，可憑單據及產品自行到該公司的專櫃或專門店更換。化妝品公司莎莎表示，會安排停售及了解事件。</span></span></p></div></div>]]></description>
			<link>http://www.skyfa.com/topic/9cbe018041bfc7dc6082cc9e49da8c77.aspx</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:19:02 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>穿迷你裙上學 女生遭踢出校</title>
			<description><![CDATA[<div class="hd"><div class="main-tit"><h1><span style="color: #000000;">穿迷你裙上學 女生遭踢出校</span></h1></div><div class="info"><a href="http://www.mingpaonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/mq/i/nws/partner/mp.gif" alt="" height="30" /><span style="color: #215da9;"> </span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;">(明報)2009年11月11日 星期三 05:10</span></div></div><div class="bd"><div class="livewords"><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">【明報專訊】提起</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('巴西','4');"><span id="巴西" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">巴西</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">，你可能會想到奔放熱情的性感女郎，但巴西一名美女大學生早前穿迷你裙上學，竟被開除出校，結果惹來全國爭議，最後校方在政府施壓下准她復課。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">校方指女生表現太招搖</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">20歲的阿魯達（Geisy Arruda）是</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('聖保羅','19');"><span id="聖保羅" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">聖保羅</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">市郊區「班代蘭特私立大學」（Bandeirante）的旅遊系學生。上月22日晚，她身穿一條火辣粉色迷你短裙上課，結果招來評頭品足，有圍觀學生甚至朝她高呼「婊子」。她被勒令套上教授的白色外套「遮羞」，引發爭執擾攘，最後由一群警察將她帶走。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">學校後來下令要開除阿魯達，該校律師稱，阿魯達當日故意拉高上衣、停下來擺姿勢拍照，甚至還特意選擇「兜路」前往課室，以吸引同學觀賞，「問題不在她的穿著，而是她的行為舉止和態度」。該校的處罰，引來輿論爭議，巴西全國大學生聯盟、巴西負責女性政策的政府部門和教育部均認為學校的決定不合理。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">在政府壓力下，班代蘭特大學周一宣布准許阿魯達復課。巴西大學生在學校時的穿著一般較平穩保守，通常是T恤牛仔褲。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">美聯社</span></span></p></div></div>]]></description>
			<link>http://www.skyfa.com/topic/9cbe017f043e4c1115544b1d4d5fb01c.aspx</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:14:31 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>英夫妻作愛驚天動地如狼嚎　法庭放錄音求証</title>
			<description><![CDATA[<div class="hd"><div class="main-tit"><h1><span style="color: #000000;">英夫妻作愛驚天動地如狼嚎　法庭放錄音求証</span></h1></div><div class="info"><a href="http://www.afp.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/i/hk/nws/p/afp.gif" alt="" height="30" /><span style="color: #215da9;"> </span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;">(法新社)2009年11月11日 星期三 01:50</span></div></div><div class="bd"><div class="livewords"><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">（法新社</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('倫敦','8');"><span id="倫敦" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">倫敦</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">10日電） 據今天報導，一對</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('英國','6');"><span id="英國" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">英國</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">夫妻作愛時音量過大，擾鄰清夢。法庭審理此案時，播放兩人馬拉松式嬉鬧的錄音，聽起來猶如慘遭謀殺一般淒厲。</span></span></p><p><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('英格蘭','12');"><span id="英格蘭" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">英格蘭</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">（England）東北部的</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('紐卡素','3');"><span id="紐卡素" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">紐卡素</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">刑事法庭（Newcastle Crown Court）審理本案時，卡特萊特（Cartwright）夫婦的「狼嚎」，聽起來「不自然」又「歇斯底里」，「彷彿兩人遭逢極大痛楚」。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">一名法官、兩名治安官在庭上聆聽一捲10分鐘的性愛過程錄音，他們還聽到男人嘗試以枕頭蓋住女人的臉，以壓低性高潮時的尖叫聲。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">他們位在紐卡素南部</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('華盛頓','2');"><span id="華盛頓" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">華盛頓</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">（Washington）的鄰居抱怨上述噪音，一位帶孩子上學途中行經卡特萊特家的媽媽，以及當地郵差，都抱怨聲音擾人。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">這對夫妻被裁定違反降低噪音的通知，這項通知禁止他們「高喊，尖叫或發出達到法定騷擾程度的噪音」，但48歲的卡洛琳．卡特萊特（Caroline Cartwright）決定對上述裁定提出上訴。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">她聲稱，就是停不了喧囂聲。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">男主角史蒂夫．卡特萊特（Steve Cartwright）說：「我試圖控制聲音。我甚至試著用枕頭（蓋在她臉上）壓低音量。」</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">「我們早上辦事，而不在晚間，試圖藉此將問題減到最小，聲音才不會吵醒別人。」</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">法庭明天繼續聆審。（譯者：中央社何宏儒）</span></span></p></div></div>]]></description>
			<link>http://www.skyfa.com/topic/9cbe017ddc90a7a8d5ad5b754ec18926.aspx</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:10:18 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>華爾街大騙子馬多夫物品將拍賣　賠償受害者</title>
			<description><![CDATA[<div class="hd"><div class="main-tit"><h1><span style="color: #000000;">華爾街大騙子馬多夫物品將拍賣　賠償受害者</span></h1></div><div class="info"><a href="http://www.afp.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/i/hk/nws/p/afp.gif" alt="" height="30" /><span style="color: #215da9;"> </span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;">(法新社)2009年11月11日 星期三 16:05</span></div></div><div class="bd"><div class="livewords"><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">（法新社</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('紐約','1');"><span id="紐約" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">紐約</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">10日電） 華爾街金融大騙子馬多夫（Bernard Madoff）一度豪奢無度生活的標記，包括珠寶、皮草和昂貴的裝飾品，14日將在紐約拍賣，所得將彌補受害者。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">拍賣清單包括近200件物品，反映馬多夫和他妻子露絲（Ruth）華而不實的生活享受，這都得自於他幾十年來不法吸金數十億</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('美元','5');"><span id="美元" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">美元</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">的龐氏騙局。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">拍賣品包括多達17個勞力士手錶、鑽石、皮草、愛馬仕（Hermes）和路易威登（Louis Vuitton）手提包、鱷魚皮帶、高爾夫球桿和多件珠寶。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">藍色緞面大都會棒球隊外套，在背上繡有馬多夫字樣，估計價格500到720美元之間。馬多夫名字出現在其他許多拍賣品上，包括海灘板和個人文具用品。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">拍賣會由Gaston &amp; Sheehan在紐約喜來登飯店舉行，</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('美國','3');"><span id="美國" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">美國</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">司法部執法官局（US Marshals Service）沒收的這些物品拍賣所得，將補償數百名遭馬多夫詐騙的投資人。（譯者：中央社蔡筱穎）</span></span></p></div></div>]]></description>
			<link>http://www.skyfa.com/topic/9cbe017c7e492ab14d8ef8144cecb17b.aspx</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:05:20 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>控制你的資訊 傳Facebook中300社群遭挾持</title>
			<description><![CDATA[<div id="article-content"><div class="hd"><div class="main-tit"><h1>控制你的資訊 傳Facebook中300社群遭挾持</h1></div><div class="info"><a href="http://www.afp.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/i/hk/nws/p/afp.gif" alt="" height="30" /><span style="color: #215da9;"> </span></a>(法新社)2009年11月11日 星期三 21:20</div></div><div class="bd"><div class="livewords"><p><span style="font-size: medium;">（法新社舊金山11日電） 網路上一個名為「控制你的資訊」（Control Your Info，CYI）團體昨天宣稱，他們已挾持社交網站Facebook裡將近300個社群，並自稱是為了揭露線上資料多麼容易遭到篡改的事實。</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">這個團體聲稱強占Facebook中的289個社群，並表示這些網站缺乏管理員，因此要入侵並非難事。</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">CYI在張貼於其網站部落格的文章表示：「這只是其中一例，顯示社交媒介充滿漏洞。」</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">「如果你選擇在網路上發言，務必確認是由你自己發文，而不是從垃圾郵件發送者。這並非什麼恐嚇，也不是駭客攻擊，這不過是一項可遭利用的功能，而且正被人以不好的方式使用。」</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">CYI聲稱此舉動機單純，並表示該團體只是「接管」Facebook社群，並非駭客攻擊。</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Facebook則表示，這不是挾持，也沒有機密資料外洩的風險。這些被鎖定為控制目標的社群，早已被原來的管理員棄置，因此讓社群成員有機會自我任命為管理員。（譯者：中央社盧映孜）</span></p></div></div></div>]]></description>
			<link>http://www.skyfa.com/topic/9cbe017bbb0529c1536b6c104bba8170.aspx</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:02:33 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>尋找外星生物　教廷和科學家聯手揭秘</title>
			<description><![CDATA[<div class="hd"><div class="main-tit"><h1><span style="color: #000000;">尋找外星生物　教廷和科學家聯手揭秘</span></h1></div><div class="info"><a href="http://www.afp.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/i/hk/nws/p/afp.gif" alt="" height="30" /><span style="color: #215da9;"> </span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;">(法新社)2009年11月11日 星期三 16:05</span></div></div><div class="bd"><div class="livewords"><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">（法新社</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('梵蒂岡','4');"><span id="梵蒂岡" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">梵蒂岡</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">10日電） 其他星球有生命嗎？梵蒂岡在過去5天的天文生物學「研究週」，召集了世界上頂尖的科學家，提出這個古老的疑問。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">梵蒂岡</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('天文台','5');"><span id="天文台" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">天文台</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">台長傅內斯（Jose Gabriel Funes）神父表示：「關於生命的起源，以及宇宙其他地方是否有生命的存在，非常適合、而且值得嚴肅的思考。」</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">梵蒂岡新聞報導，傅內斯表示，雖然這個問題「有非常多哲學及理論的思考層面」，約30位專精於天文學、地質學、生物學、物理學以及其他方面的科學家，「把焦點集中於科學層面」的探討。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">這場活動由教廷科學研究院（Pontifical Academy of Sciences）主持，以紀念全球天文年（International Year of Astronomy）。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">亞利桑那大學（University of Arizona）的殷皮（Chris Impey）表示：「我們可以明顯的感覺到外太空有生命存在，而且希望能在幾年內有首度發現。」</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">他說：「由教廷科學研究院來舉辦這項會議非常合適。儘管動機和方法或有不同，但科學和宗教都認為生命是廣大荒無的宇宙中與眾不同的存在。」</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">他表示，科技的進步已經帶領我們發現</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('太陽系','6');"><span id="太陽系" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">太陽系</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">之外超過400顆星球。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">傅內斯透露與會者希望將結論集結成書。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">隸屬耶穌會的傅內斯在去年受訪談到外星生命時，曾表示尋找外星生命和信奉上帝並不衝突。</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">他告訴「羅馬觀察報」（Osservatore Romano）：「身為一名天文學家，我仍然相信上帝是宇宙的創造者。如果真有其他高等智慧生物，說不定他們也需要救贖。」（譯者：中央社戴雅真）</span></span></p></div></div>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:59:13 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>網上流傳台慶得獎名單</title>
			<description><![CDATA[<div class="hd"><div class="main-tit"><h1><span style="color: #000000;">網上流傳台慶得獎名單</span></h1></div><div class="info"><a href="http://www.mingpaonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/mq/i/nws/partner/mp.gif" alt="" height="30" /><span style="color: #215da9;"> </span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;">(明報)2009年11月10日 星期二 05:10</span></div></div><div class="bd"><div class="livewords"><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">【明報專訊】最佳男主角﹕黎耀祥《巾幗梟雄》</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">最佳女主角﹕</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('鄧萃雯','22');"><span id="鄧萃雯" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">鄧萃雯</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">《巾幗梟雄》</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">最佳男配角﹕</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('謝天華','2');"><span id="謝天華" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">謝天華</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">《學警狙擊》</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">最佳女配角﹕謝雪心《巾幗梟雄》</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">我最喜愛的電視男角色﹕麥提爽（黃子華）《絕代商驕》</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">我最喜愛的電視女角色﹕姚金鈴（</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('楊怡','8');"><span id="楊怡" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">楊怡</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">）《宮心計》</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">飛躍進步男藝員﹕敖嘉年</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">飛進進步女藝員﹕</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('陳茵媺','10');"><span id="陳茵媺" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">陳茵媺</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">最佳節目主持﹕鄭中基、</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('梁漢文','3');"><span id="梁漢文" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">梁漢文</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">、</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('方力申','14');"><span id="方力申" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">方力申</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">《美女廚房》</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">最佳綜藝資訊節目﹕《超級巨聲》</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">tvb.com人氣大獎﹕</span></span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('佘詩曼','6');"><span id="佘詩曼" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">佘詩曼</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></a></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">最佳劇集﹕《宮心計》</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">萬千光輝演藝大獎﹕李香琴</span></span></p></div></div>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:25:23 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>多人分享英11億最高彩金</title>
			<description><![CDATA[<div class="hd"><div class="main-tit"><h1><span style="color: #000000;">多人分享英11億最高彩金</span></h1></div><div class="info"><a href="http://www.mingpaonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/mq/i/nws/partner/mp.gif" alt="" height="30" /><span style="color: #0066cc;"> </span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;">(明報)2009年11月10日 星期二 08:25</span></div></div><div class="bd"><div class="livewords"><p><span style="color: #000000;">高達9100萬英鎊（11.8億港元）的</span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('英國','5');"><span id="英國" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">英國</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;">歷來最高彩金，由</span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('利物浦','4');"><span id="利物浦" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">利物浦</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;">幾名電訊員工和南威爾士一對夫婦分享。</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;">歐洲博彩項目「歐洲百萬」11月6日開出的頭獎，兩張彩票均來自英國。</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;">《每日郵報》報道，其中一張彩票是英國著名電信服務商BT公司在利物浦的一家傳呼中心的七、八名員工購買的，他們從事互聯網技術支援工作。</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;">當這幾名員工當天早上照常到公司上班時，還不知道他們聯手買的那張彩票，中得4500萬餘英鎊獎金。</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;">另一張彩票的購買者是南威爾士的一對夫婦，但目前還不知道他們的姓名和年齡。</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;">「歐洲百萬」彩票設立於2004年，參與國包括</span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('法國','14');"><span id="法國" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">法國</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;">、英國、</span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('愛爾蘭','9');"><span id="愛爾蘭" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">愛爾蘭</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;">、</span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('西班牙','18');"><span id="西班牙" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">西班牙</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;">、</span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('葡萄牙','2');"><span id="葡萄牙" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">葡萄牙</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;">、</span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('比利時','10');"><span id="比利時" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">比利時</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;">、</span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('瑞士','21');"><span id="瑞士" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">瑞士</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;">、盧森堡和奧地利。</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;">目前該項目產生的最高彩金約1.26億歐元，由一名沒有公開身分的西班牙女子，於今年5月中獎。（中新社）</span></p></div></div>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:05:16 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>iPhone首遭病毒襲擊</title>
			<description><![CDATA[<div class="hd"><div class="main-tit"><h1><span style="color: #000000;">iPhone首遭病毒襲擊</span></h1></div><div class="info"><a href="http://www.mingpaonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/mq/i/nws/partner/mp.gif" alt="" height="30" /><span style="color: #0066cc;"> </span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;">(明報)2009年11月10日 星期二 08:50</span></div></div><div class="bd"><div class="livewords"><p><span style="color: #000000;">暢銷全球的蘋果iPhone手機，首次遭到病毒襲擊，一名</span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('澳洲','16');"><span id="澳洲" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">澳洲</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;">青年承認製造病毒。</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;">澳洲廣播公司（ABC）指，一名21歲的澳洲大學生Ashley Towns承認，是他製造這種能夠由手機傳給手機的病毒。</span></p><p><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('英國','3');"><span id="英國" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">英國</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;">廣播公司（BBC）指，截至目前，只有小部分澳洲用戶受到影響，但由於全球iPhone手機銷量高達近4000萬部，電腦專家警告，病毒很容易會擴散到其它國家。</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;">受病毒侵襲的iphone手機，其wallpaper會變成一張1980年代英國流行歌星Rick Astley的照片，並會顯示"Ikee is never gonna give you up"的文字。 </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;">不過，只有那些在手機上修改了安全設置的手機，才受到病毒的攻擊。通常機主修改安全設置，是為了下載非蘋果認可的程式。</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;">病毒製造者Ashley Towns與家人居於</span><a class="vl_kwlink" style="cursor: hand;" onclick="ondemand('悉尼','8');"><span id="悉尼" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span class="vl_kw vl_vlkw">悉尼</span><span class="vl_icon">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></a><span style="color: #000000;">以南的Wollongong市。他表示，創製病毒是為讓人們警覺到安全的問題。</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;">他說，其病毒證明，任何人都可以輕易對iPhone發動攻擊。他強調，其病毒除了會將iPhone的wallpaper改變之外，不會對手機造成任何損害。</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;">（ABC、BBC）</span></p></div></div>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:52:23 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>The Obedient Wife</title>
			<description><![CDATA[<div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">'The Obedient Wife'</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif';">&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 36pt; font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;">&nbsp;<br /></span></span><p class="ecxecxecxMsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;">There was a man, who had worked all his life, had saved all of his money,</span></span></p><div><p class="ecxecxecxMsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;">And was a real miser when it came to his money.&nbsp;<br /><br />Just before he died, he said to his wife...'When I die, I want you to take all my money and put it in the casket with me.&nbsp;<br /><br />I want to take my money to the afterlife with me.'&nbsp;<br /><br />And so he got his wife to promise him, with all of her heart, that when he died, she would put all of the money into the casket with him.&nbsp;</span></span><strong><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;">Well, he died.</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;">L</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 36pt; font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif';"><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;">He was stretched out in the casket, his wife was sitting there - dressed in black, and her friend was sitting next to her. When they finished the ceremony, and just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife said,&nbsp;<br /><br />'Wait just a moment!'</span></span></span></p></div><div><p class="ecxecxecxMsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 36pt;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;">She had a small metal box with her; she came over with the box and put it in the casket. Then the undertakers locked the casket down</span></span></span></p></div><div><p class="ecxecxecxMsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;">And they rolled it away.&nbsp;<br /><br />So her friend said,&nbsp;<br />'Girl, I know you were not foolish&nbsp;<br />Enough to put all that money in there with your husband.'&nbsp;<br /><br />The loyal wife replied,&nbsp;<br />'Listen, I'm a Christian;&nbsp;<br /><br />I cannot go back on my word. I promised him that I was going to put that money into the casket with him.'</span></span></p></div><div><p class="ecxecxecxMsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 36pt;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;">You mean to tell me you put that money in the casket with him!?!?!?'</span></span></span></p></div><div><p class="ecxecxecxMsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 36pt;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;">'I sure did,' said the wife</span></span></span></p></div><div><p class="ecxecxecxMsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;">'I got it all together, put it into my account,</span></span></p></div><div><p class="ecxecxecxMsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;">And wrote him a Cheque....</span></span></p></div><div><p class="ecxecxecxMsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;">If he can cash it,&nbsp;<br /><br />Then he can spend it.'</span></span></p></div><div><p class="ecxecxecxMsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: 36pt; color: #000061;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;">Send this to every clever female you know, and&nbsp;<br />To every man who thinks they are smarter than women!!!</span></span></span></strong></p></div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Tahoma;"><br /></span></div>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:57:27 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Faces of the Chin Women</title>
			<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: 28px;"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Faces of the Chin Women<br /></span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Tattooed Faces of Myanmar</span></span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial;"><span style="color: #fc0000;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: 36px;"><br /><br /><img src="http://hk.mg25.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f1878618%5fAJVqbHwAAOdmSvPv3AXWimJgHdk&amp;pid=2&amp;fid=Inbox&amp;inline=1" alt="" /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: 21px;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: #808080;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">A photography exhibition of limited edition fine prints <br /><br /></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial;"><span style="color: #808080;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">by<br /><strong><br /></strong></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Jens Uwe Parkitney<br /><br /></span></span></strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">11th &ndash; 24th November /<strong> </strong>9am &ndash; 8pm &nbsp;</span></span><span style="color: #fe0000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>. </strong></span></span></span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Starstreet UG Lobby . Three Pacific Place . Wan Chai<br /></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px;"><strong><br /></strong></span><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">OPENING RECEPTION<br /></span></span></span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica CE;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Wednesday 11th November &nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica CE;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">6:00 to 8:00pm<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">For 10 years, the German photographer traveled to the wilds of West Myanmar to capture the vanishing art of facial tattooing. &nbsp;<br />Discover the intriguing lifestyle of the Chin people and admire the intricate patterns and abstract designs that <br />adorn the faces of young girls and women, &nbsp;inspired by the plant and animal kingdom. <br /></span></span></span></p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:44:23 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>The Smart Car</title>
			<description><![CDATA[<table class="ecxMsoNormalTable" style="width: 100%;" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="width: 99.68%; padding: 0.75pt;" width="99%"><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: xx-large; color: #000080; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 36pt; color: navy;" lang="EN-US">The Smart Car </span></span></strong></p><span style="font-size: x-large; color: #000080; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; color: navy;" lang="EN-US">what we will be forced to drive quite soon. </span></span><br /><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-US"><img id="ecx_x0000_i1026" src="http://hk.mg25.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f1879262%5fAJZqbHwAAF9VSvP5MweNZilzzOs&amp;pid=1.2&amp;fid=Inbox&amp;inline=1" border="0" alt="" width="710" height="381" /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: x-large; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 24pt;" lang="EN-US">But look at all of the 'great new choices' </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: x-large; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 24pt;" lang="EN-US">we will have from 'The SMART Car'.... </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: xx-large; color: #ff0000; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 36pt; color: red;" lang="EN-US">The Smorvette! </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-US"><img id="ecx_x0000_i1027" src="http://hk.mg25.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f1879262%5fAJZqbHwAAF9VSvP5MweNZilzzOs&amp;pid=1.3&amp;fid=Inbox&amp;inline=1" border="0" alt="" width="700" height="419" /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: xx-large; color: #000080; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 36pt; color: navy;" lang="EN-US">The Smaudi A3 AWD! </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-US"><img id="ecx_x0000_i1028" src="http://hk.mg25.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f1879262%5fAJZqbHwAAF9VSvP5MweNZilzzOs&amp;pid=1.4&amp;fid=Inbox&amp;inline=1" border="0" alt="" width="700" height="483" /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: xx-large; color: #ff8141; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 36pt; color: #ff8141;" lang="EN-US">The Smamborghini! </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-US"><img id="ecx_x0000_i1029" src="http://hk.mg25.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f1879262%5fAJZqbHwAAF9VSvP5MweNZilzzOs&amp;pid=1.5&amp;fid=Inbox&amp;inline=1" border="0" alt="" width="700" height="388" /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: xx-large; color: #808080; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 36pt; color: gray;" lang="EN-US">The Smorsche! </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-US"><img id="ecx_x0000_i1030" src="http://hk.mg25.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f1879262%5fAJZqbHwAAF9VSvP5MweNZilzzOs&amp;pid=1.6&amp;fid=Inbox&amp;inline=1" border="0" alt="" width="700" height="525" /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: xx-large; color: #71b2cf; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 36pt; color: #71b2cf;" lang="EN-US">The Smerrari! </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-US"><img id="ecx_x0000_i1031" src="http://hk.mg25.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f1879262%5fAJZqbHwAAF9VSvP5MweNZilzzOs&amp;pid=1.7&amp;fid=Inbox&amp;inline=1" border="0" alt="" width="700" height="470" /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: xx-large; color: #71b2cf; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 36pt; color: #71b2cf;" lang="EN-US">And last, but not least </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-large; color: #004080;"><span style="font-size: 36pt; color: #004080;" lang="EN-US">, </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: xx-large; color: #004080; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 36pt; color: #004080;" lang="EN-US">The Smustang </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-large; color: #71b2cf;"><span style="font-size: 36pt; color: #71b2cf;" lang="EN-US">, </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-US"><img id="ecx_x0000_i1032" src="http://hk.mg25.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f1879262%5fAJZqbHwAAF9VSvP5MweNZilzzOs&amp;pid=1.8&amp;fid=Inbox&amp;inline=1" border="0" alt="" width="250" height="271" /></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;"></span>&nbsp;</p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;"></span>&nbsp;</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small; color: #808080; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: gray; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><br /></span></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><pre></pre>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:40:32 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>The World Beneath The World</title>
			<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>If you are stretched and squeezed by everyday life, then you might be in perfect shape to explore caves. <br /><br />Enter a narrow natural passageway that may lead to simply mind-boggling underground world. Caves may lurk right under your feet: a fascinating and unexpected environment, which is often known only to spelunkers and dedicated Gollum-seekers. <br /></strong><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.funonthenet.in/articles/caves.html" target="_blank"><strong><img title="Image" src="http://www.funonthenet.in/images/stories/forwards/caves.jpg" border="0" alt="Image" hspace="6" width="600" height="200" /><span style="color: #0066cc;">&nbsp;</span></strong></a><br /><strong>&nbsp;</strong> <strong>Back to the Cave!<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/abramsv/R-ahiPXRdrI/AAAAAAAAMRc/HfvX4e7Hrmk/s640/710086050_c9f4a61b6a_o.jpg" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Gruta do Lago Azul, Bonito, Brazil. (photo by <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.alexuchoa.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">www.alexuchoa.com</span></a>)</span><br /><br />"Symphony of Stones" (how aptly named) -<br /><br /><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQdfIeCR1gI/AAAAAAAAi4c/r0lxY_e_efw/s640/365465yujghjgm,.jpg" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Garni caves in Armenia. (photo by eco culture)</span><br /><br /></strong><strong>Fairyland Cave Formations<br /><br />Caves are a fairyland of delight, from the burning hot enclaves to the glacial ice mazes. Thousands of years of dripping water, eroding stone and budding minerals create a silent world of mystery and beauty... Graceful arches, giant crystals... silent but for the sound of water dripping and bubbling through. <br /><br /><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQdfJ38I4DI/AAAAAAAAi40/IJfhHFkNKOA/s640/fykjghkhj;lkj;.jpg" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">A "Wishing Well" at Luray Caverns in Virginia (photo by Declan McCullagh)</span><br /><br />The most common type of caves form when slightly acidic rainwater trickles into the crevices of limestone and gradually widens the cracks as it dissolves the stone. Centuries of water, supersaturated with minerals, dripping from cave roofs cause stalagmites and stalactites to form (see here).<br /><br /><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQdfClhVnzI/AAAAAAAAi2U/BSdbb0R2lC4/s640/1016987t6oyutoiuyglkhjl.jpg" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(image via)</span><br /><br />One thing to keep in mind during cave exploration: though these structures are made of minerals, they are generally extremely thin and fragile, many of them are quite rare, and can be damaged or destroyed by touch alone. Calcite (the mineral which forms many cave structures), for example, is soft enough to be scratched by a fingernail. <br /><br />Some of the cave and rock formations:<br />- Flowstone (also known as a Bacon formation)<br />- Cave Pearls<br />- Soda Straws<br />- Helictites<br />- Anthodites (or Aragonite)<br />- Bottlebrush formation<br /><br /><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQeErd2h31I/AAAAAAAAi_Y/1HPl7G70xNU/s640/4356e54ydfhjgkjhk,hj.jpg" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(image credit: Dave Bunnell)</span><br /><br />Probably the most comprehensive cave-exploration site on the net is that of Dave Bunnell... You can spend hours there, wandering around pages, cataloging whimsical underground structures, oozing rock and dripping stone.<br /><br /><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQd2QfMAD_I/AAAAAAAAi78/0QeRWBJKEo4/s640/567r6ufyjghkhj.jpg" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Gruta do Mimoso, Brazil)</span><br /><br /></strong><strong>Largest Cave Systems<br /><br />We mentioned the Jeita Grotto - the largest cave system in the Middle East- in our recent Lebanon article. The longest known stalactite in the world is found there at 8.2 meters long.<br /><br />- The deepest known cave is Voronya Cave in Abkhazia, Georgia and has been explored to a depth of 2191 meters.<br /><br />- The longest continuous cave system yet explored is Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, covering 591 kilometers.<br /><br />Let's have a short world tour of the most interesting caves, why don't we? We'll start with North America -<br /><br />Already mentioned Luray Caverns in Virginia are full of celebrated speleothems formations, calcite crystals of abnormal shapes - all formed when the chambers were completely filled with water, highly charged with acid. The acid began to eat away the softer material, resulting in ornate pinnacles and arches...<br /><br /><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQdoqA_MaOI/AAAAAAAAi6w/rna17R6f580/s640/4567r6ugyfjk.jpg" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(image credit: Alejocrux)</span><br /><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQdgbfIxTnI/AAAAAAAAi6Q/XXykXNF9bCQ/s640/56756ur6tuyfj.jpg" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(image credit: Declan McCullagh)</span><br /><br />One of the deepest known cave pits, Fantastic Pit in Georgia's Ellison's Cave descends 586 feet (179 meters) in a straight tunnel:<br /><br /><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQd2Q2-5aSI/AAAAAAAAi8I/DrBjN4hev58/s800/34575rutrfjghjgh.jpg" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(image credit: Michael Nichols, National Geographic)</span><br /><br /></strong><strong>Glacial Caves and Ice Caverns<br /><br />Some ice caves must rather be called "glacier caves", which can simply astound with the intensity of ice color:<br /><br /><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQd_Pq74YHI/AAAAAAAAi9I/i7W32F7XYXg/s640/37765722_39a3d9f268_b.jpg" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(image credit: Jenna and Tim Dickinson)</span><br /><br />Here is a wonderful page of ice caves photography by Jason Gulley:<br /><br /><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQd2SNtWz2I/AAAAAAAAi8s/AUD0UY_X_fw/s640/467uytfjghkhj.jpg" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(images credit: Jason Gulley)</span><br /><br />No sign of Superman or Megatron there yet:<br /><br /><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQd2R5scfJI/AAAAAAAAi8g/HGYyYtfQL7k/s640/456754yrtujgykbmvb.jpg" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Mount Kenya's Ice Cave Bobby Model, National Georgaphic)</span><br /><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQd2RUkkxiI/AAAAAAAAi8U/Y5VaOU9Jj14/s640/4756uftjgh.jpg" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Ice Cave in Matanuska Glacier, Alaska - photo by George F. Mobley, National Geographic</span><br /><br />A lot of ice caves grow "hair" - ice extrusions, some are quite strange-looking:<br /><br /><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQd_P6rmLdI/AAAAAAAAi9U/FzO_8R7dNoE/s800/456754uytfrujgyh.jpg" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(image credit: Ian Mckenzie)</span><br /><br /></strong><strong>Brazil: Crystalline Underground Waters<br /><br />Mato Grosso do Sul region in Brazil (and especially the quiet town of Bonito) boasts many marvelous underground lakes: Gruta do Lago Azul, Gruta do Mimoso, Aqu&aacute;rio Natural. Intricate limestone formations and grottos hide the intensely-colored pools and waterfalls (many adventure tours there feature diving, some pools are more than 100 meters deep):<br /><br /><img style="width: 600px;" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQd2P5Z_yMI/AAAAAAAAi7w/0zurecuwasM/s640/42354977vmlhOX_ph.jpg" alt="" /><br /><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQde_tocAkI/AAAAAAAAi00/3H-tDGkaWuU/s640/10053456456ethgf.jpg" alt="" /><br /><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQdfAL0VWLI/AAAAAAAAi1A/gB8Lc2AwuME/s640/100635463eryhdgfhfgh.jpg" alt="" /><br /><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQdfDAHSqcI/AAAAAAAAi2s/lA5KKLgad_o/s800/1020cvbkjchvlbxkcjvlb.jpg" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(images via)</span><br /><br />Limestone caves in the same region offer fantastic exploration:<br /><br /><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQde-kgX9HI/AAAAAAAAi0Q/G6UMHib_nro/s640/1001asdasdasD.jpg" alt="" /><br /><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQdfCCIdAOI/AAAAAAAAi18/diQRNL8744c/s640/10130980980hgjh.jpg" alt="" /><br /><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQdfAiUE4oI/AAAAAAAAi1Y/_MF1zYubydU/s640/1010234534tydhjgfmbnmn,m.jpg" alt="" /><br /><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQdfCYUcsWI/AAAAAAAAi2I/Jl4_r3dMcOk/s640/1015yujtfjhgfj.jpg" alt="" /><br /><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQdfC8jzIII/AAAAAAAAi2g/LRwj1YyD6qs/s640/101723456ytrhgfj.jpg" alt="" /><br /><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQde_bcGsdI/AAAAAAAAi0o/UebCWOKCWPo/s640/100434643w6eytrfj.jpg" alt="" /><br /><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQdfBIkETII/AAAAAAAAi1k/PExkic0oNyQ/s800/1011687987t.jpg" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(images via)</span><br /><br /></strong><strong>Venezuela: Cave of the Ghost<br /><br />Cueva del Fantasma is big enough for two helicopters to fly into it, but it's not technically a cave - rather, a collapsed gorge. It does, however, sport a huge waterfall right inside of it:<br /><br /><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQd_QIHP1QI/AAAAAAAAi9g/cNeDLJq8HMA/s800/347e5yutfrjugh.jpg" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(image via)</span><br /><br /></strong><strong>Iran: tremendous cave system<br /><br />Katale Khor is a cave dating back to the Jurassic period. It's one of the "snow caves" in the Southwest Zanjan province and connects to other caves - a huge underground infra-structure which can hide who knows what (definitely anti-American... wink wink). See more pictures here<br /><br /><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQdfKflXBtI/AAAAAAAAi5A/_w-YIu5TZng/s640/56677280.IMG_1647.jpg" alt="" /><br /><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQdfLZptx7I/AAAAAAAAi5Y/eWI4f2sl3Vg/s640/47ujgyhkhjkhj.jpg" alt="" /><br /><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQdfMUM6MeI/AAAAAAAAi5w/E--Z82WPsFc/s640/5676ugyjghkhj.jpg" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(images credit: Ali Majdfar)</span><br /><br />Can't get enough images of Iran's natural beauty? See our previous articles... a country full of great sights and dubious politics.<br /><br /></strong><strong>Vietnam: Hang Thien Cung cave<br /><br />There are plenty of caves in Vietnam, and just like in China, many are illuminated with garish colors. (see here). But sometimes even artificial light takes back stage to the incredible rock textures:<br /><br /><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQdfEMMDM-I/AAAAAAAAi3E/S_XbV0ZcjsA/s640/354654y6rtjghkhj,vgncvn.jpg" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(image credit: Tai Vo)</span><br /><br /></strong><strong>Mexico: Giant Selenite Crystals!<br /><br />In 2000, one of the most unusual and splendid caves was found in Mexico by miners. Located only a mile from an upthrust of magma, this cave is 112 degrees Farenheit and at 90-100% humidity, limiting greatly the amount of time explorers can spend in it. It is a spectacular cave, with gigantic crystal formations thought to be </strong><strong>600,000 years old. <br /><br /><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQd_QqBG9BI/AAAAAAAAi9s/_mHJ9-qbOnU/s640/4356yerhfgjgh,mbn,bn.jpg" alt="" /><br /><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQd_RA4nCjI/AAAAAAAAi94/bInsj_gIrhA/s640/456uetjgfjghb.jpg" alt="" /><br /><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQd_RiLZJEI/AAAAAAAAi-E/c5SzX6rKlMo/s640/46utrfjghjmbhk,hjk.jpg" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(photos by Javier Trueba / Madrid Scientific Films, image via)</span><br /><br />The crystals formed underwater; as water saturated with calcium sulfate heated in the cavern selenite molecules crystallized and grew, undisturbed, to giant proportions. The cave was drained (by unknowing miners) in the 1980's and stopped the process of growth. Who knows what we may find further on, in the heat and water? <br /><br />A description of one photographer's attempt to document this cave is here.<br /><br /><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQd_Sdd2COI/AAAAAAAAi-Q/ioV7yYQfoyk/s640/4567urtujfygjgh.jpg" alt="" /><br /><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQd_SmnAa_I/AAAAAAAAi-c/1Agon2rwuaM/s640/35e6uftgjhmbh.jpg" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(images credit: Richard Fisher)</span><br /><br />"It is unquestionably magical that the cool white rays of moonlight can originate deep underground in a black chamber that is, at least in my perception, white hot." (Richard Fisher, photographer, comments on the huge selenite crystals.)<br /><br /></strong><strong>A Giant Geode<br /><br />Geodes are normally formed by volcanic or sedimentary geologic activity - a cavity in the rock is formed, inside which crystals begin to grow, such as amethyst, quartz or a number of others. Most geodes are small enough to fit in your hand, but this one is large enough to climb inside. The crystals found here are gypsum.. - More info.<br /><br /><img src="http://portal.mxlogic.com/images/transparent.gif" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(images credit: Javier Garcia-Guinea)</span><br /><br />The largest Geode Cave in US is located in Ohio: Crystal Cave, check it out.<br /><br /></strong><strong>Ancient Cave Cities<br /><br />Khosrov Caves in Armenia served as a shelter to ancient tribes - in a perfectly cinematic location:<br /><br /><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQdfG-BS7pI/AAAAAAAAi4E/JASAWgqT6e8/s640/395119382_5cf6494d50_b.jpg" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(image credit: 18:18)</span><br /><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQdfHwk1XTI/AAAAAAAAi4Q/dGsB-1L2KCc/s640/w3e56e5ytfrujykju.jpg" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(photos by Raffi Kojian and eco culture)</span><br /><br />We wrote about Cappadocia cave city in Turkey before. But you might not be aware that more modern establishment makes its home there - a luxury hotel!<br /><br /><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQdoqVOvoNI/AAAAAAAAi68/dYrX1GaU1FI/s640/4i67gykjghkg.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />Considering how hot it can get outside, it definitely provides a welcome coolness:<br /><br /><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQdfEp_PRdI/AAAAAAAAi3Q/G55lFwUTKmA/s640/3456E54YTDJGHKMJH.jpg" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(images via)</span><br /><br />This PC case mod would fit right there, in that cave hotel room:<br /><br /><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQdfFoXKaJI/AAAAAAAAi34/8vk566CO7GU/s640/etyhthgfjmbhj.jpg" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(case mod by Mashie)</span><br /><br />Then again, there's a wildly original Stockholm subway station, seemingly built inside a natural (in reality - blasted) cave :<br /><br /><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQdfE-1OZXI/AAAAAAAAi3c/XxIih5qBt6k/s640/1794175753_ea7b238d34_o.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />"Metro on Mars":<br /><br /><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/abramsv/SQdfFFFLdHI/AAAAAAAAi3o/RkGT8U-6geA/s800/3456754utrjugukh.jpg" alt="" /></strong>&nbsp;</p>]]></description>
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