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Chronicling the consequences of racism and poverty. Wendy, Kopp."Chronicling the consequences of racism and poverty." Washington Post, The9 2012:Newspaper Source. Web. 30 Apr. 2013. The gaping disparities between children ofdifferent racial and socioeconomic backgrounds take a massive toll on ournation — in moral, civic and economic terms. Yet we also have more reasons for optimism thanever before. Today there is a robust national debate about the best ways tohelp children growing up in poverty and a fully fledged movement dedicated to ensuringeducational opportunity for all kids — thanks in part to Kozol’s writing, whichI have seen inspire countless individuals to become teachers or advocates. Overthe past 20 years, we’ve benefited from huge advances in understanding what is possiblefor low-income students and the most effective ways to intervene on theirbehalf. We know that demographics need not be destiny. It’s a crucial reminder that most economically disadvantagedchildren won’t overcome their circumstances unless we commit ourselves tosystemic changes and address the root causes, from poverty to segregation.

The American nightmare Sandler, Lauren. "The American nightmare: we have everything the American dream prescribed so why aren't we happy?" Psychology Today 44.2(2011): 70-77. Health Source - Consumer Edition. Web. 29 Nov. 2013. Over generations of prosperity and growth, the American Dream has become an American Expectation—a version of happiness achieved by entitlement and equation: Two fat incomes plus a two-car garage plus two master-bathroom sinks plus two-point-something kids equals one happy family. To be sure, the recession has deferred some of the dream. Still, we imagine that in time we'll realize the formula for a satisfied adulthood once more. We'll land the job, catch the spouse, buy the house, have the kids. In short, we'll live the better life. A recent analysis of the World Database of Happiness, covering the years 1946 to 2006, found rising happiness levels in 19 of 26 countries around the world; the United States was not one of them. As Andrew Oswald, who studies the intersection of economics and happiness at the University of Warwick, in Britain, states, "The U.S.A. has, in aggregate, apparently become more miserable over the last quarter of a century." Oswald and many other behavioral researchers say much of our discontent seems linked to the unrealistic expectations of the American Dream. Increasingly, America deifies the nuclear family. It's the psychological and economic basis for this whole grand experiment in living. You get married, but social scientists have found that a poor marriage may be worse than staying single, and that the state of our unions—in the words of one massive new study—is "fragile and weak." You have children, but surveys have discovered more depression and unhappiness in adults with kids than in those without. You spend more hours at the office than almost any workforce in the world to pay for the big suburban house, but in exchange you suffer a commute that makes you miserable and a social isolation that puts more pressure on home life than even a McMansion can bear. Suburbs were imagined to be more land, more choice, more freedom. Instead, we're stuck on the highway or striding through a parking lot that stretches from Wal-Mart to the horizon. "Sprawl is the collapse of suburbia, the betrayal of the promise, "says Andres Duany, coauthor of Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream. But a strong work ethic—and the freedom to spend its returns on whatever we please—is exactly what has given rise to the best of the American Dream, rendering a Canaan out of this land for hopeful immigrants around the world. What could be the issue with all that honorable labor?Plenty, says psychologist Tim Kasser of Knox College, whose recent work has found a negative correlation between the number of hours a person works and life satisfaction. "The more people focus on a materialistic pathway to happiness, the less happy they tend to be, and the less happy they make others," he says. Over time this devotion to earning income detracts from pursuits that might reduce this misery, such as forging strong relationships. Kasser argues that a materialistic drive actually damages our ability to form personal bonds—causing us to "treat other people as objects to be manipulated rather than as unique individuals with their own desire, needs, and subjective experiences." In other words, the more we focus on accumulating things, the harder it becomes to drop these things and focus on people. And the more we strive to meet the expectations of the American Dream, the increasingly elusive happiness becomes, says Jean Twenge. "It's particularly American, an unwillingness to compromise built into our individualism, imagining what our lives are supposed to be," Twenge says. "And when you say I'm always supposed to be excited, then there's a vast underbelly of discontent. It's gotten to a level of delusion."

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What Ever Happened To Upward Mobility? By Rana Foroohar Monday, Nov. 14, 2011 America's story, our national mythology, is built on the idea of being an opportunity society. From the tales of Horatio Alger to the real lives of Henry Ford and Mark Zuckerberg, we have defined our country as a place where everyone, if he or she works hard enough, can get ahead. As Alexis de Tocqueville argued more than 150 years ago, it's this dream that enables Americans to tolerate much social inequality--this coming from a French aristocrat--in exchange for what we perceive as great dynamism and opportunity in our society. Modern surveys confirm what Tocqueville sensed back then: Americans care much more about being able to move up the socioeconomic ladder than where we stand on it. We may be poor today, but as long as there's a chance that we can be rich tomorrow, things are O.K. But does America still work like that? The suspicion that the answer is no inspires not only the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protests that have spread across the nation but also a movement as seemingly divergent as the Tea Party. While OWS may focus its anger on rapacious bankers and the Tea Party on spendthrift politicians, both would probably agree that there's a cabal of entitled elites on Wall Street and in Washington who have somehow loaded the dice and made it impossible for average people to get ahead. The American Dream, like the rest of our economy, has become bifurcated. Certainly the numbers support the idea that for most people, it's harder to get ahead than it's ever been in the postwar era. Inequality in the U.S., always high compared with that in other developed countries, is rising. The 1% decried by OWS takes home 21% of the country's income and accounts for 35% of its wealth. Wages, which have stagnated in real terms since the 1970s, have been falling for much of the past year, in part because of pervasively high unemployment. For the first time in 20 years, the percentage of the population employed in the U.S. is lower than in the U.K., Germany and the Netherlands. "We like to think of America as the workingest nation on earth. But that's no longer the case," says Ron Haskins, a co-director, along with Isabel Sawhill, of the Brookings Institution's Center on Children and Families. Nor are we the world's greatest opportunity society. The Pew Charitable Trusts' Economic Mobility Project has found that if you were born in 1970 in the bottom one-fifth of the socioeconomic spectrum in the U.S., you had only about a 17% chance of making it into the upper two-fifths. That's not good by international standards. A spate of new reports from groups such as Brookings, Pew and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development show that it's easier to climb the socioeconomic ladder in many parts of Europe than it is in the U.S. It's hard to imagine a bigger hit to the American Dream than that: you'd have an easier time getting a leg up in many parts of sclerotic, debt-ridden, class-riven old Europe than you would in the U.S.A. "The simple truth," says Sawhill, "is that we have a belief system about ourselves that no longer aligns with the facts." The obvious question is, What happened? The answers, like social mobility itself, are nuanced and complex. You can argue about what kind of mobility really matters. Many conservatives, for example, would be inclined to focus on absolute mobility, which means the extent to which people are better off than their parents were at the same age. That's a measure that focuses mostly on how much economic growth has occurred, and by that measure, the U.S. does fine. Two-thirds of 40-year-old Americans live in households with larger incomes, adjusted for inflation, than their parents had at the same age (though the gains are smaller than they were in the previous generation).

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Detroit Shuts Off Water to Residents but Not to Businesses W Detroit Shuts Off Water to Residents but Not to Businesses Who Owe Millions by Mary M.Chapman,07.26.14 Some 15,000 residential customers have lost water service, and tens of thousands more are in danger of losing it, thanks to past due bills. But businesses owing hundreds of thousands of dollars have not been disconnected, Detroit Water and Sewerage Department records show. According to a department list, the top 40 commercial and industrial accounts have past-due accounts totaling $9.5 million. That list includes apartment complexes, the Chrysler Group, real estate agencies, a laundromat and even a cemetery. Meanwhile, stories of residential shutoffs abound. Tangela Harris been doing her best to keep up, but when she was no longer able to work she had trouble stretching her monthly $780 in disability benefits to pay the water bill. So her water service was disconnected. Harris has since come up with $1,100 to have services restored but is having trouble keeping her $180 monthly payment to the water department. On top of that, her home has entered foreclosure because Detroit water bills are rolled into property taxes. “They can say my house is condemned and take it,” said Harris, 38, a community organizer. “People think we’re not prioritizing, but it’s not that simple when you’re under the poverty level. It’s a different mindset.” In March, the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department announced it was going after deliquent accounts in earnest after a reprieve this past winter. The city is in bankruptcy, after all, and looking for revenue where it can. In March, about half the department’s customers had outstanding balances, meaning they are at least 60 days past due or more than $150 behind. That amounted to $118 million in charges. Through June 30, service was severed to 15,200 customers, and about 92,000 remain in shutoff status. The $9.5 million owed by non-residents would amount to $625 for each severed customer and $103 for those in shutoff status. So far, most businesses have been exempt. At the beginning of July, the department issued 10-day shutoff notices to 250 commercial customers. Despite repeated requests, the department was unable to say how many of those, if any, have had their services discontinued. Vargo Golf Co., an Oakland County-based golf course management firm, owes $478,000, while a business called Russell Industrial Associations is more than $181,000 behind. The $9.5 million owed by non-residents would amount to $625 for each severed customer.The No. 1 scofflaw isn’t a business but the State of Michigan, which the department said owes more than $5 million. Dave Murray, deputy press secretary for Gov. Rick Snyder (who is sheparding Detroit through the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history) said the bills have been disputed for the last five years over a possible broken water main near the old state fairgrounds in the city limits, which was mothballed several years ago. “The attorney general’s office has entered into discussions with the City of Detroit, and it would be inappropriate to comment on ongoing negotiations,” Murray said. Detroit Emergency Manager Bill Nowling said that, particularly among businesses, conflicting accounts of what is owed are not unusual. “What happens is that they dispute them, and there’s a process for regulating disputes. It doesn’t mean they won’t get shut off,” he said. Kevyn Orr, Detroit’s emergency financial manager, has generally defended the shutoffs, saying payment arrangements can be made. He’s also said many customers have since paid up and have had services restored. Valerie Blakely hopes she’ll be cut some slack. The Detroit mother of five said she had couldn’t both keep her house warm during one of the worst winters in Michigan history and pay her water bill. When workers recently showed up to disconnect services, she blocked them. They then proceeded to turn off services to nearly every house on her block, she said. “My neighbors were standing out in the street, unable to cook or do their dishes,” she said, adding that she has about three weeks to pay up, or face another visit by an agency contracted to shut off water. Rome Adams works for Go Detroit, a community organization that delivers free bottles of water to customers affected by the water department’s crackdown. He said he’s seen pitiful living conditions. “I feel like they should go after the businesses first, because most of them can afford to pay better than the people,” he said, shaking his head. More than 500 people rallied in downtown Detroit last week against the disconnections, calling them humanitarian violations. Since then, the department has suspended shutoffs for about two weeks. A caravan from Windsor, Ontario across the river recently delivered a couple of hundred gallons to needy customers.

Detroit water department now sending shut-off crews to comme Detroit water department now sending shut-off crews to commercial customers By Joe Guillen The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department announced Wednesday that it is intensifying efforts to collect unpaid debts from its delinquent commercial customers. Darryl Latimer, deputy director, said shut-off crews are now mobilizing to go out and cut service to delinquent commercial customers, which make up about 12% of the approximately 90,000 accounts that are at least 60 days past due. Meanwhile, the DWSD has been shutting off water service aggressively for its delinquent residential customers. Latimer said the department executed 7,210 shut-offs in June. Combined, shut-offs in April and May totaled 7,556. Activists who have protested the shut-offs as an affront to human rights have for weeks criticized the water department for ignoring commercial deadbeats. In response, water officials steadfastly maintained that their collection efforts, which began in March, included commercial properties. But the department’s contractor to help carry out the shut-offs is equipped to handle only residential properties. The department had to make arrangements for its own employees to cut off service for commercial customers, Latimer said, adding that the recipients of the 46,000 shut-off notices sent out in May included commercial properties. “Some of those (commercial) customers probably have gotten shut-off notices. We just haven’t moved to shut them off. The contractor couldn’t shut them off,” Latimer said Wednesday. “They’re not equipped to shut off a larger industry like a Ford Field or what have you.” The department released a list of 40 commercial and industrial accounts with the highest delinquent balances. In addition to mailings, the department is physically posting shut-off notices on those buildings in case they house rentals for apartments or office spaces. Vargo Golf, which owns Palmer Park Golf Course and Chandler Park Golf Course, tops the list, with a delinquent account balance of $437,714. Another Vargo Golf account for a separate property has a delinquent balance of $100,528. The list, available at freep.com, includes an account for the State of Michigan, which owes $70,246. A message was left with Vargo Golf seeking comment. The list of delinquent commercial customers did not include Ford Field, the Detroit Lions or Olympia Entertainment, the Ilitch-owned company that leases the Joe Louis Arena. Activists protesting the water department shut-offs have claimed the operators of Joe Louis are let off the hook despite outstanding water bills. Latimer said Olympia Entertainment, which operates Joe Louis Arena, recently sent some checks for water payment. The water department’s shut-off campaign — which has coincided with Detroit’s landmark bankruptcy case — has drawn international attention. Water officials say shut-offs happened in past years, but the collection efforts intensified this year because the delinquent debt in Detroit forces higher rates for the city’s paying customers. An 8.7% rate hike took effect this month, increasing the average Detroiter’s bill from $65 to $70. Ann Rall, a founding member of the Detroit People’s Water Board and a volunteer with the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization, said the water department is unfairly targeting residents. “Everybody who is involved in the struggle to the human right to water does point out that its inequitable to be picking on the least powerful people and only now going after the corporate accounts,” Rall said. A coalition of welfare rights organizations appealed to the United Nations to have service restored to customers and to prevent more shutoffs. Latimer said he has not had any interactions with the United Nations. He addressed the notion that water is a human right while stressing that the DWSD has to pay for water delivery and is a nonprofit enterprise. “I think that water may be a human rights issue. That’s not our issue,” Latimer said. “Water is a human right. But delivering to your home, purified. Who pays for that?”

Water is a human right, but who is considered a human being? By Sarah Kendzior | Al Jazeera – Wed, Jul 23, 2014 Water is a basic human right. societies throughout history have recognised water as a public good. To treat water as a commodity instead of a right is an act of violence. In May 2014, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon argued that "preventing people's access to safe water is a denial of a fundamental human right." He added: "Deliberate targeting of civilians and depriving them of essential supplies is a clear breach of international humanitarian and human rights law." Water is a right for all human beings. The question is: Who counts as a human being? Not the poorest residents of Detroit, a US city which has cut off water to citizens at a rate of 3000 people per week since the spring, totalling about 125,000 people at present. Local activists estimate that up to 300,000 people - nearly all poor and African-American - will ultimately lose access to water. The reason for the cut, officials claim, is that residents cannot pay their water bills, which have spiked 120 percent in the last decade. Detroit is one of the poorest cities in one of the wealthiest countries in the world. Detroit is also surrounded by the largest supply of fresh water in the world. The US does not lack for money, and Detroit does not lack for accessible water. What Detroit lacks are people viewed as worthy of the compassion and resources given to their richer, whiter peers. They lack the rights and respect most US citizens take for granted. At a rally in June, life-long Detroiter Renla Session spoke out for her community: "These are my fellow human beings. If they threatened to cut off water to an animal shelter, you would see thousands of people out here. It's senseless ... They just treat people like their lives mean nothing here in Detroit, and I'm tired of it." When rights are considered privileges, only the privileged have rights. "They treat people like animals in Detroit," an auto worker complained in July, but the US treats its poorest citizens worse. When the government shut down in late 2013, the food programme for impoverished women and children was suspended - but the animals in the National Zoo stayed fed. More attention was paid to the shutdown of the PandaCam, a livestream of a bear cub, than to the suffering of the US' poorest citizens. Water is a human right, but who is a human being? Corporations, the US supreme court ruled in June, as the parched citizens of Detroit started filling up at water fountains. "In its last day in session, the high court not only affirmed corporate personhood but expanded the human rights of corporations, who by some measures enjoy more protections than mortals - or 'natural persons'," wrote Dana Milbank at The Washington Post. The mortals of Detroit enjoy no such protection. Perhaps that is why the city's corporate venues - like its high-end golf club, hockey arena, football stadium, and over half of the city's commercial and industrial users - still have their water running despite owing over $30m, while its most impoverished residents have their water, and their rights, taken away. In Detroit, corporations are people. Their worth is unquestioned because it is measured in dollars. The worth of the residents of Detroit is measured in utility, and so their utilities are denied. Human rights may be guaranteed by law, but one's humanity is never a given. The US was built on the labour of slaves considered three-fifths of a person. Today, one's relative humanity - and the rights which accompany it - is shaped by race, class, gender, and geography. Citizens may be subject to the same written laws, but they are not equally subject to the same punishments and practices. Water is a litmus test of how much of a "person" you are allowed to be. For decades, marginalised peoples of the United States have struggled with lack of access to water. Today nearly 40 percent of the 173,000 Navajo, the largest Native American tribe, do not have a tap or a toilet at home. US citizens denied clean water often compare their situation with that of distant, disenfranchised lands. "It's frightening, because you think this is something that only happens somewhere like Africa," a mother in Detroit told the LA Times. "It's like we're living in a Third World country," a West Virginian told The New Yorker. The circumstances differ, but the outcome is the same. Water is a right, and denial of water is a form of social control. Water is a legal right ignored in places where law is selectively enforced. To merit the protection of the law one must be acknowledged fully as a human being. What the water crisis shows is who is considered human - and who is considered disposable.

A Right Or A Privilege? Detroit Residents Split Over Water S A Right Or A Privilege? Detroit Residents Split Over Water Shut-Offs by Quinn Klinefelter In Detroit, protests continue over the city's massive effort to shut off water to thousands of customers who aren't paying their bills. Activists call the move a violation of a basic human need, while city officials call it an economic reality. Detroit's Water and Sewerage Department has been accruing a massive debt for decades — in part because officials say there was only a token attempt to collect past-due bills. By this year, about half of all water customers were behind on payments, owing a combined $90 million. So officials here launched an aggressive campaign targeting back payments, using the time-honored utility tactic of shutting off water service until payment arrangements were made. Along the city's busy Woodward Avenue, longtime residents like Clifford Durham say water customers should have known what was coming. "It's a shame that it's happening, but they had options and budget plans like, 10, 15 years ago," Durham says. "Tell 'em your situation. Don't wait 'til your bill is $300 or $400 and get a shut-off notice," he says. "The protesting that's gonna go on for the water I think is ridiculous." The sheer number of people shut off — 17,000 — has led to frequent demonstrations and some international attention. The United Nations declared it a human rights violation. Activists, a federal judge, even movie stars like actor Mark Ruffalo — who portrays the alter ego of The Hulk in the Avengers films — joined in what's truly become a cause celebre. "There's no reason that this city and this state, with all of its wealth, can't come up with some sort of a program to keep this water from being turned off. I mean, it's insane," Ruffalo said. City officials say they are setting up payment plans for residents, and add that more than half of those who had their water shut off subsequently paid their bills and had service quickly restored. But others have tried to block the shut-offs, pouring concrete over water mains tagged by the city with blue paint — a kind of scarlet letter indicating the pipes there should be closed. Tutorials have also spread on Facebook describing how to get water flowing again. Detroiter Nita O'Neal says it's relatively easy to find someone with the kind of long metal keys that open closed water valves — even though only city workers are supposed to have them. "People gonna turn that water back on. Somebody has a water key, trust me. You give 'em $5, you gonna get your water back on," O'Neal says. "People have to have shelter, food and water." Turning the water back on that way is, in fact, a crime — it's stealing water. But for families with little or no income, O'Neal says, the stakes are too high to worry about that. "You got babies that's probably not taking baths. That's opening up the door for protective services to come in, say that you are unfit parent," she says. "This is a game that they're playing, and it's a serious, dangerous game." City officials counter that water rates are going up in part because people game the system. Paying customers, they say, have to cover the costs for those not paying their bills. But Water and Sewerage Deputy Director Darryl Latimer says the department wants to cooperate with customers, even those who argue water should be a right, not a privilege. "I think water is a right. However, if all of our customers took that stand — that it's a human right and we're not gonna pay — then no one would have water," Latimer says. It remains very much an evolving situation in the city. The water and sewerage department recently began targeting past-due commercial and residential customers, then declared a two-week moratorium on all shut-offs. Detroit's emergency manager put Mayor Mike Duggan in charge of the formerly autonomous water system. But the department itself remains a bargaining chip in Detroit's ongoing bankruptcy proceedings. The city wants out of the water business and the debt it carries and is pushing to either regionalize or privatize the system. Copyright 2014 WDET-FM

Detroit not alone in shutting off water for unpaid bills John Wisely, Detroit Free Press 12:47 a.m. EDT July 27, 2014 Detroit has drawn fire from all over the world for shutting off water to customers delinquent on their bills, but the city isn't unique. Cities across the country do it also. In Michigan, Hamtramck, Warren, Pontiac, Eastpointe, Romulus and other cities have shut off delinquent customers as a way to improve collections. Elsewhere, so have other big cities such as Baltimore and St. Louis. "It's universal in the utility world that at some point, you have to shut off service as part of your larger commitment to the community," said Tom Curtis, deputy executive director of the American Water Works Association, a nonprofit group with more than 50,000 members who work in the industry. "If you never shut the water off for anybody, those people who continue to pay have to shoulder the entire cost of a system that is servicing a lot of customers that aren't paying. That's not a sustainable business model." Curtis said water officials know better than anyone how important water is to public health and quality of life. But they are obligated to maintain systems that can serve everyone. Detroit's Water and Sewerage Department ramped up its shutoff efforts in March in an attempt to collect more than $90 million it is owed by Detroiters who are behind on their bills. But as the shutoffs accelerated, so did the criticism. The United Nations decried the shutoffs. Welfare rights groups marched downtown to protest them. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes, who is presiding over court cases in Detroit's bankruptcy, criticized them as well and told water department officials to show what they were doing to help indigent Detroiters keep their service. Last week, the department halted the shutoffs until Aug. 5 while it continues to alert poor customers to available assistance programs. "All we're doing now is letting everyone catch their breath," said department spokesman Bill Johnson, who noted that the effort has led to record collections on delinquent bills. "We've said from the very beginning, anyone that comes to us with a demonstrated financial hardship, we won't turn them off, and if they are turned off, we'll turn them back on." He acknowledged some people were caught off guard by the effort to improve collections. "We take full responsibility for not having a rigorous enforcement policy in the past," Johnson said. He said the program is designed to target people who have the means to pay but haven't. He estimates that 60% of the customers whose water is shut off pay their bills in full within a day or two. That doesn't surprise Hamtramck emergency manager Cathy Square, who launched a similar effort there last summer. Hamtramck faced a $350,000 debt in its water fund and risked losing a sewer grant because it didn't have enough match money, Square said. When the city shut off 150 accounts in July 2013, word spread quickly. In all, 390 delinquent customers came in to pay. "They were lined up around the building to pay," Square said. "We really turned our situation around in Hamtramck." The water fund now has a $2 million fund balance, money that can help win grants and fund repairs, Square said. Warren ramped up its shutoff efforts in 2010 after years of adding unpaid water bills onto property tax bills, said water superintendent Tom Pawelkowski. The move reduced the unpaid bills from about $3 million annually to about $1 million, he said. Every city has its own shutoff protocols. Some are written into ordinances; others are adopted as policies. Some start the process as quickly as 21 days after a bill is due. Others wait for 60 or 90 days. Some use outstanding balances such as $250 to trigger a shutoff. In 2011, Pontiac hired a private company, United Water, to manage its system. "We have a pretty standard policy across all our systems," said Madeline Power, spokeswoman for United Water, which manages 90 water systems in 21 states. "Customers have 21 days to pay their utilities. Unpaid past-due bills that exceed 90 days face shutoff." About 3% of Pontiac's 19,500 accounts have faced shutoff for nonpayment since May 2013, she said. Big cities across the country also use shutoffs when customers don't pay. Baltimore has about 411,000 water accounts and ends up shutting off about 3,000 per year for nonpayment, spokesman Kurt Kocher said. Accounts face shutoffs when the outstanding balance exceeds $250, and the city offers payment plans to people who are behind. "We shut off if a bill is delinquent," said Jim Sondermann, special assistant to the water commission in St. Louis. "It's an effective tool. People typically pay pretty quickly when they are shut off."

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帝都7.26漫展反图，请在wifi或土豪模式下观看今天（不对是昨天）去了朝阳区的农业展览馆去看cos，在那里呆了一天，图片的收获满满但是在那里没有吃午饭，所以那时肚子不是滋味，不过能看到这么多的coser和周边就很满足了

“Fuck” 使用大全来自有道词典，自嘲的时候用一下试试惊讶—你丫在这儿干吗呢？（What the fuck are you doing here?）欺诈—我他妈的被卖车的给骗了！（ I got fucked by the car dealer. ）辞职—去他的吧。（Oh, fuck it! ）麻烦—这回我完蛋了。（ I guess I’m fucked now. ）挑战—CAO！（FUCK GFW! ）厌恶—我靠！（Fuck me. ）困惑—这他妈的到底…?（ What the fuck…? ）困难—我真不明白这倒霉生意！（ I don't understand this fucking business! ）绝望—又他妈的…（ Fucked again…. ）开心—我他妈的太高兴了。（ I fucking couldn’t be happier. ）沮丧—这他娘的到底怎么回事？（ What the fuck is going on here? ）迷路—我们他妈的到底在哪儿呢？（ Where the fuck are we? ）怀疑—真他妈的难以置信。（Un-fucking believable! ）报复—小心我揍死你！（ Up your fucking ass! ）拒绝—我他妈的才不干呢。（ I didn’t fucking do it. ）茫然—我他妈的什么都知道！（I know fuck-all about it. ）冷漠—到底是他妈的谁搞成这样的？（ Who really gives a fuck, anyhow? ）问候—你他妈的最近怎么样啊？（How the fuck are ya? ）疑惑—你他妈的到底谁啊？（ Who the fuck are you? ）惊恐—我们快点儿离开这倒霉地方吧。（Let’s get the fuck out of here. ）方位—滚一边去！（ Fuck off. ）敬畏—你他妈的到底是怎么做到的？（ How the fuck did you do that? ）

方块配色求教我收集了12个方块，但是我只能用手上的方块组合出下面三个青绿色，橙色，灰品红色，但多出的黑色，白色，青色方块无法组成灰蓝色，是我还没有收集齐方块吗？还是有别的组合方法？

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改善英语发音：你需要这10个发音诀窍（转自有道词典）每个人都知道开口说英语是唯一能真正改善发音的办法。但是如果你每天不能和英语为母语人士交谈的话，那该怎么办呢？别担心！还有很多提高口语能力的方法。 1. Listen to yourself. 如果你听不到自己的发音问题，要纠正就很难了。试着把你说的话录下来并和英语为母语人士说得进行对比。 2. Slow down! 很多英语学习者常说语速太快容易养成他们的坏习惯。每天练习一些基本语言。从单音节开始，然后单词，最后把几个词连在一起。 3. Picture it. 闭上眼睛并在说出口之前想一想如何发这个音。想象出口型和脸部动作。 4. Get physical! 发音是个形体动作。你是在教你的嘴新的发声方法和移动肌肉的方式。每天集中训练几个音。你发‘th’的音有困难吗?将你的舌头放在齿间(不要咬住)并从口中吐气。感受气流从你的舌间流过。 5. Watch yourself. 站在镜子前看看你发某些固定音时的嘴型、唇型和舌头的位置。对比一下，你在Englishtown看到的发音录像! 6. Copy the experts. 从那些为英语母语人士的专家那里，学习发音的方式是无可取代的好方法。因此仔细听!听英语广播节目并看英语电视节目和电影。(不要念字幕!)模仿你所听到的，就算你还不肯定他们说的话。 7. Practice alone. 发音的问题迟迟不能解决就是因为我们害怕犯错。创造一些对话情景：比如，第一次见面、在饭店点菜或是询问方向，然后让自己表演出对话内容。别害羞! 8. Find a language buddy. 从旁观者获得反馈是非常重要的。找一个对提高英语同样感兴趣的朋友。试着更换录音资料，这样你就可以互相听对方的发音。 9. Be poetic. 好的发音不仅是掌握单独的音节。还是对intonation(声音的升降调)和stress(对单词中一些音节和句子中的一些单词更大声更清晰地发音)的理解。大声念一些诗歌、演讲、歌曲，集中练习单词的重音和音调。 10. Sing a song! 学习一些英语流行歌曲的歌词并跟着唱。唱歌能帮助你放松并能让你说出这些词来，同时帮助改进你的语音和语调。（来源：北外网院）

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北大新任校长王恩哥的10句话北大新任校长王恩哥的10句话精彩要好好学习第一句话，结交“两个朋友” 　　一个是运动场，一个是图书馆。到运动场锻炼身体，强健体魄；到图书馆博览群书，不断地“充电”、“蓄电”、“放电”。　　第二句话，培养“两种功夫” 　　一个是本分，一个是本事。做人靠本分，做事靠本事，靠“两本”起家靠得住。　　第三句话，乐于吃“两样东西” 　　一个是吃亏，一个是吃苦。做人不怕吃亏，做事不怕吃苦。吃亏是福，吃苦是福。　　第四句话，具备“两种力量” 　　一种是思想的力量，一种是利剑的力量。思想的力量往往战胜利剑的力量。这是拿破仑的名言。一个人的思想走多远，他就有可能走多远。　　第五句话，追求“两个一致” 　　一个是兴趣与事业一致，一个是爱情与婚姻一致。兴趣与事业一致，就能使你的潜力最大限度地得以发挥。恩格斯说，婚姻要以爱情为基础。没有爱情的婚姻是不道德的婚姻，也不会是牢固的婚姻。　　第六句话，插上“两个翅膀” 　　一个叫理想，一个叫毅力。如果一个人有了这“两个翅膀”，他就能飞得高，飞得远。　　第七句话，构建“两个支柱” 　　一个是科学，一个是人文。这是大科学家钱学森一再强调的。一个大写的“人”，必须由科学与人文这两个支柱来支撑。　　第八句话，配备两个“保健医生” 　　一个叫运动，一个叫乐观。运动使你生理健康，乐观使你心理健康。我这个人没有什么别的兴趣与爱好，就是几十年来养成了两个习惯：日行万步路，夜读十页书。　　第九句话，记住“两个秘诀” 　　一个是健康的秘诀在早上，一个是成功的秘诀在晚上。黎明即起，锻炼身体，强健体魄，争取健康地工作50年。必要时晚上还要加班加点，主要用来读书、思考、写作。大科学家爱因斯坦说过：人的差异产生于业余时间。业余时间能成就一个人，也能毁灭一个人。　　第十句话，追求“两个极致” 　　一个是把自身的潜力发挥到极致，一个是把自己的寿命健康延长到极致。现在人们的潜力一般才发挥到3%-5%，据说如能发挥到10%，你就能背过120部英国的百科全书，所以要争取把自己的潜力发挥到极致。

高贵冷艳地怨天热这几天全国各地热的发红发紫的，气温直逼40摄氏度！热死了！但你还是在朋友圈里上吐槽“热得不行了”、“好热啊”之类的么……太小儿科啦，来学学怎么用地道的方式+高贵冷艳的口吻来表达你热的受不了了

没想到来哆啦展参观的人这么多刚出地铁，就被这阵势给惊到了

问一个关于鲤鱼旗的问题关于鲤鱼旗，在日本是不是代表着一个家里的人数呀。最上面的两个大鲤鱼旗代表着父母，然后下面的鲤鱼旗代表着这个家里的孩子，孩子越多，鲤鱼旗就越多。比如家里有一个孩子，那就挂出3个鲤鱼旗。家里有3个孩子，那就挂出5个鲤鱼旗。在这个视频的第9分钟kitty就提到了这个，紧接着插了一部哆啦a梦的动画。不过让我好奇的是，动画开头讲:哲也家没有父亲，是母亲照顾着他。不过在13:56那里，哲也家挂了5个鲤鱼旗（4个孩子！？），是不是哪里不对呀？另外附上视频的说http://tieba.baidu.com/mo/q/checkurl?url=http%3A%2F%2Fv.youku.com%2Fv_show%2Fid_XNzA1NDQwNjU2.html&urlrefer=8a85826d44d866bbbdb7ef51bd249854

请大家注意了大家在用百度网盘分享资源时，请注意一下这个贴子，百度要开始和谐了

有没有人遇到了跟我一样的囧境 0元党自己手动升紫装备，升来升去金币只剩2位数了

有没有人跟我一样处于囧境 0元党自己手动升紫装备，升来升去金币只剩2位数了

我觉得这个贴子有一定的借鉴，当然是看完整个贴子一楼先空着