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The Tiexi District Government of Shenyang City is very kind and plans to treat poor households to a luxurious meal in the New Year. How luxurious is this? In the words of Xinrong (pseudonym), a poor household, "We have never eaten these dishes, and we have never even looked at them." All the dishes on the menu are expensive dishes only available in big restaurants, such as shrimps, red shrimps, etc. Braised turtle, steamed sea bass, etc., there are 8 dishes in total. Including sending new clothes and medicine, the entire warmth-sending campaign cost 3 million yuan, all of which was paid by the government. (December 29 "Metropolitan Express")
Of course the expensive dishes are delicious. I can definitely imagine the grateful expressions of the poor households when they feast on the luxurious feast during the Chinese New Year. Of course, I can also imagine it. The leader present showed the complacent expression of a benefactor. Since the name is "please", there is a distinction between host and guest. The host is the government and the guests are the poor households. Therefore, the report did not forget to emphasize that "all the bills will be paid by the government" and used the title: The government invites the government to enjoy a luxurious New Year. During dinner, the poor households in Shenyang discussed the meal enthusiastically.
Just because of the word "please", this luxurious New Year's Eve dinner changed its flavor. Do you think the money for this luxurious dinner really came from the government? Wrong, the government is a public agency and does not directly create wealth. The material basis for its normal operation is taxation. In other words, it is the tax paid by taxpayers (including poor households) every penny. It ensures the normal exercise of power by the government. The common people provide food and clothing, and the government's function is to use the money collected from the common people through legal channels for public construction and public services, and then return it to the common people in another form. In other words, poor households who eat a luxurious New Year's Eve dinner don't have to act frightened or flattered in front of the government officials who accompany them. That is the enjoyment you deserve. To say thank you, government officials must express their gratitude and even apology to you - the government cannot absolve itself of the blame for your poverty. Without your hard work, where would the government get the taxes and where would the officials get the wages and bonuses?
Let me tell you, the poor households in Tiexi District who have received the invitation, when the time comes, you should enter the venue with swagger, drink with pride, and treat it as if you are eating at your own home. Even if it is your turn to toast, the official toasts you first, not you. For no other reason than because you are the glorious taxpayers of China and our country. Remember the words of Professor Li Weiguang: "We, every citizen of the Republic of China, should not forget the most important thing in your life: every person sitting in those government agency buildings is either diligent or lazy, gentle or Indifferent officials, fundamentally speaking, are supported and fed by the wealth obtained by your hard work and sweat, not the other way around.
On two walls of nearly 30 square meters. On it, 24 classic stories from the literary masterpiece "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" are painted. The portraits of the characters are lifelike, and the strokes are delicate and well-proportioned. Recently, cultural relics and archaeologists from Shaanxi Province discovered this large mural from the Qing Dynasty in the mountains of Qinling Mountains. /p>
Tiantai Temple is located on the top of a mountain in Honghuagou, Honghuapu Town, Feng County, Shaanxi Province. The entire temple building is in the form of a courtyard, with the main hall in the middle and side halls on both sides. There are 24 classic stories in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" such as "The Three Brothers in the Taoyuan" and "The Saint Guan explains Cao Cao". The wrinkles of the characters' clothes and the contrast between light and dark on the murals are very sharp. There are also many running calligraphy on the murals. /p>
Li Gencheng, a staff member of the Feng County Cultural Center, said that after research, this mural should have been painted during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty. Judging from the style of painting, it is the work of typical folk craftsmen. Such a well-preserved giant of the Qing Dynasty This mural is rarely seen now. This painting can play a very important role in the study of ancient painting techniques and styles.
The 9th China Geographic Information Systems Association will be held on October 17th and 18th, 2005. The annual meeting was held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Secretary-General of the China Geographic Information Systems Association Yu Yongchang presided over the opening ceremony. The theme of the meeting was "Geospatial Information Industrialization and E-Government Construction".
In the early morning of the 25th, Beijing time, my country’s 22nd Antarctic expedition Grove Mountain team collected 5,282 meteorites.
(January)
The world's most advanced deep-sea exploration ship, Japan's Earth, has set anchor and is exploring deeper into the earth. The Associated Press reported on the 25th that the "Earth" was completed last year and loaded with the world's largest deep-sea drill and a high-tech mobile laboratory at a cost of 57.3 billion yen (approximately US$500 million). Now it will begin a one-year operation. "Trial Period".
Making significant achievements in treating high blood pressure with traditional Chinese medicine, discovering the secrets of climate change, searching for microorganisms that help explain the origin of life, and understanding the causes of earthquakes are the three major goals of the "Earth".
As the global climate becomes increasingly warmer, the rich resources sleeping under the Arctic glaciers have attracted the attention of countries around the world. Japan's "Sankei Shimbun" published an article on the 18th entitled "The battle for Arctic resources intensifies". The full text is as follows:
The five countries surrounding the Arctic Ocean, Russia, Canada, the United States, Denmark and Norway, all We have long coveted the rich resources lying dormant in the Arctic. Due to global warming, the actions taken by countries to ensure their own shipping routes have accelerated the competition for Arctic resource interests. The Arctic Circle has thus become the forefront of the fierce "collision" among coastal countries to compete for resources.
Canada and Denmark are in a stalemate over the ownership of an uninhabited island with an area of ??only 1.3 square kilometers located between Ellesmere Island in Canada and Greenland in Denmark. This is because Mineral and aquatic resources hidden beneath the waters of the Arctic Ocean.
In fact, this uninhabited island is not the only “battlefield” that countries compete for. Norway and Russia are competing over the Barents Sea, and Russia and Canada both claim sovereignty over the area from the Arctic Ocean coast to the North Pole. The Antarctic Treaty came into effect in 1961, freezing the competition for sovereignty over Antarctica. However, the Arctic has not yet signed such a treaty. Therefore, countries can only deal with issues and disputes regarding resource development, continental shelf and use of the high seas near the Arctic in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Therefore, Denmark, Norway and Canada have dispatched survey teams to the Arctic Ocean and actively carried out investigation activities.
In addition, global warming has led to the rapid shrinkage of the Arctic ice cover, which has also accelerated, to a certain extent, countries to peek into the areas surrounding the Arctic.
The area north of 60 degrees north latitude is a treasure trove of underground resources. Although development plans have remained stagnant due to obstacles from permafrost and seawater, U.S. research institutions still speculated in 2005 that there are up to 35 trillion cubic meters of natural gas reserves near the Arctic Circle in Alaska. In addition to oil and natural gas, the Arctic also has considerable buried mineral resources such as iron, zinc, and diamonds. It is said that one-quarter of the resources on earth that have not yet been discovered by humans are contained in the Arctic.
Due to the instability in the Middle East and rampant piracy, both the Suez Canal and the Strait of Malacca are subject to great risks. Therefore, Japan is also paying great attention to this route in the Arctic Ocean. Hiromitsu Kitagawa, a special researcher at the Japan Maritime Policy Research Foundation who is engaged in the feasibility study of the route, believes: "The Arctic Ocean route can save about a week than the southward detour. At the same time, it can also explore new ways to ensure energy, which is significant in terms of crisis management. "Extremely significant."
Scientists from Europe and Singapore say they have discovered the world's smallest fish, which lives in peat swamps in Southeast Asia. Even when fully developed, it is the same size. The mosquitoes are not much different. The scientists published their findings in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B and said the fish, Paedocypris progenetica, is a distant relative of carp.
Paedocypris progenetica is a transparent species that lives in high-acid peat swamps in Sumatra, Indonesia, and Malaysian Borneo, and is currently threatened by local forestry and agriculture. It is so small that scientists can only measure its size using a stereomicroscope. The living environment of Paedocypris progenetica is so unique that people call these swamps "black water". The peat soil below is several meters thick, and the water above is red-black, like strong tea, and very acidic, with a pH value of 3, the same as sour apples.
Scientists caught the smallest Paedocypris progenetica in Sumatra
An adult specimen, a fully developed female fish, was 7.9 mm long from nose to tail, making it not only Becoming the smallest fish in the world, it also became the smallest vertebrate in the world. It broke the previous record held by a West African goby, which measured 8 millimeters in length when fully sexually mature.
Scientists also discovered a related Paedocypris fish species, P micromegethes, in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. This fish is about 8.8 mm long and is the second smallest freshwater vertebrate ever discovered. .
The fish was discovered by Marais-Cotrater and Tan Yuhui from the Lovelace Biodiversity Research Museum of the National University of Singapore. Assisting them were Ralf Blitz of the National Museum of Natural History in the UK and Kai-Erik Witte of the Max Planck Institute of Generative Biology in Tübingen, Germany.
Cotrater said that in P progenetica "the skull was not fully evolved," so the brain was exposed. Their fins have changed a lot in order to adapt to the special environment they live in. There is a very hard pad on the front end of the pelvic girdle of male fish, which helps to attach to the female during mating. He said: "The discovery of such a small and strange fish shows how little we know about the biodiversity of Southeast Asia. What's more serious is that because the fish's habitat is disappearing at a very fast rate, the species' The fate is worrisome."
After 41 days of arduous journey, a team of 61 people from the Hoh Xil scientific expedition team of the Chinese Academy of Sciences arrived at Mangya Town, Haiyang Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province at 6 pm yesterday, and achieved the goal of "humankind". The feat of crossing the core area of ??Hoh Xil for the first time.
Today, a brief but grand welcome ceremony was held locally. The reporter dialed the mobile phone of Ding Lin, the leader of the scientific expedition team. "Don't worry," Ding Lin replied with a smile on the phone, "the personnel and vehicles are unscathed!"
The Hoh Xil scientific expedition team of the Chinese Academy of Sciences launched a military expedition on September 20 Departing from Lhasa on the same day, a team of 65 people went to Mangya via Shuanghu, Puruogangri, Doge Cuoren, Gangzhari, and Whale Lake. On the way, five off-road vehicles got stuck 15 times during the 50-kilometer journey. A record that lasted 8 hours. The 12-ton communication support vehicle and the 30-ton fuel truck trudged hard and had to leave the team on October 8, turning to the finish line in advance to meet the scientific expedition team in the opposite direction. The team's doctor, two chefs and a driver also left the team midway due to physical reasons.
Ding Lin said, “We have investigated the geological conditions, glaciers, lakes, rivers, permafrost, volcanic rocks, mineral resources, distribution of animals and plants, and stratigraphic paleontological conditions in the core area, and have obtained The scientific expedition team will hold a press conference in Beijing on November 4. Announce scientific examination results in detail.
According to the British "Times" report, many British scientists said on the 30th that the international community's efforts to take action to end climate change must be made within 20 years, otherwise the global warming problem will be irreversible.
Technology must be available to reduce annual carbon emissions by 2.6% by 2025 to avoid catastrophic climate change. Scientists told the Royal Society that any delay would mean the amount of carbon dioxide entering the atmosphere would not be reduced to adequate levels.
Global warming is worse than feared in 2001. If temperatures do not remain stable, melting ice will raise sea levels to 40 feet. In Antarctica, an area of ??ice large enough to submerge Britain three times could drift and melt.
A report published by the Royal Society on the 30th conducted a comprehensive analysis of climate research. The report stated that if the entire international community does not take action, the gaseous system will be irreversibly damaged.
British Prime Minister Blair wrote a preface to this report. He said: "It is now very clear that the global population has increased six times in the past 200 years. With industrialization and economic growth, greenhouse gas emissions have "Global warming has reached an unbearable level"
Dr Rachel Warren of the Tinder Center for Climate Change told an audience of scientists and policymakers at the Royal Society yesterday. They said that governments still have 20 years to make efforts. Terry Buckle, another scientist at the center, said the introduction of a soot emissions tax is a good way to effectively control greenhouse gas emissions from the industrial sector. He has designed a set of computer models that show that if the government agrees to impose such a tax and encourage investment in anti-emissions technologies, greenhouse gas emissions will be significantly reduced over several decades.
Chris Raprie of the British Antarctic Survey said that from 2001 to the present, the West Antarctic ice sheet has been fragmenting at an alarming rate. His colleague, David Vaughan, said yesterday that melting ice in Greenland and West Antarctica could each raise sea levels by more than 16 feet.
Affected by astronomical, hydrological and meteorological factors, a huge salt tide will hit the Pearl River Delta again
According to the forecast of the Guangdong Astronomical Society: Due to astronomical, hydrological and meteorological factors, ***With the same impact, from January 25th to 30th this year, the extremely large salt tide in the Pearl River Delta will return again.
The large outflow gate of Modaomen Waterway will experience extremely large salt tides with a chlorine content of more than 6,000 mg per liter for several consecutive days. Due to the implementation of the Pearl River water diversion project in mid-January this year to reduce salt water and replenish fresh water, relevant departments have reserved sufficient fresh water. Although this extremely severe salt tide is coming fiercely, it will not affect the water supply and drinking water safety of water plants in Zhuhai, Zhongshan and Panyu, Guangdong Province.
The astronomical factors that caused the return of this extremely large salt tide are: on January 25, the moon moved over the Tropic of Cancer, resulting in a "return tide"; on January 29, the sun , the moon and the earth line up in a straight line (lunar new year), thus forming a "synodic spring tide"; on January 30, the moon is closest to the earth, resulting in a "near-Earth tide". These three spring tides converge and superimpose in a short period of time, making the salt tide move up the Pearl River quite significantly.
The meteorological factor that caused the resurgence of the extremely salty tide is: from September last year to January this year, the rainfall in the Guangzhou area for five consecutive months was significantly less than normal. Among them, since September 28 last year, Guangzhou has only received more than 10 millimeters of rainfall, which is not only less than the same period in normal years, but also less than the same period in the previous three years.
Furthermore, most of the typhoons that appeared in China last year made landfall on the coasts of Zhejiang and Fujian, and there were seriously fewer landfalls on the coasts of Guangdong. Therefore, last summer and autumn, there was less rainfall along the coast of Guangdong Province, resulting in high chlorine content in the coastal seawater of the province. Therefore, there is a big reason why the salt tide in the Pearl River Delta appeared earlier in autumn and this winter, and the chlorine content of the salt tide is relatively high.
The hydrological factor causing the resurgence of this extremely large salt tide is: the sharp decrease in water inflow from the upper reaches of the Pearl River. In early January this year, the Pearl River Basin implemented the second water diversion in history to suppress salty water, and achieved good results. In Zhuhai, Zhongshan, Panyu and other places in Guangdong Province, authorities rushed to pump out 35 million cubic meters (tons) of fresh water, effectively ensuring the water and drinking water safety of millions of people during the Spring Festival this year.
During the period of water diversion and saline control, the water level at the Xijiang Wuzhou Hydrological Station increased significantly, with the maximum runoff exceeding 2,200 cubic meters per second. Due to the "spring river water flowing eastward", the chlorine content in the lower reaches of the Pearl River has significantly decreased. Among them, the Xiaoyin Sluice of the Hengmen Waterway saw no sign of salt tide for 72 consecutive hours on January 20 and 22. This was the first time there had been no salt tide for a long time since November 30 last year. a gratifying phenomenon. Since January 24, the runoff at Wuzhou Hydrological Station has dropped below 1,500 cubic meters per second. The decrease in incoming water from upstream means that the salt tide rebounds.
This extremely large salt tide is expected to weaken significantly after January 31. The future salt tide situation in the Pearl River Delta depends on the rainfall in the Pearl River Basin.
("China News Network" Guo Jun and Li Jianji)
Guangzhou is celebrating the warmest Spring Festival in 55 years
Xinhuanet, Guangzhou, February 1 (Huang Zhong, Xiao Wenfeng) Guangzhou is enjoying the warmest Spring Festival The warmest Spring Festival in 55 years. On the third day of the Lunar New Year, the highest temperature in Guangzhou reached 28.4 degrees Celsius, breaking the highest temperature record in January and early February in Guangzhou since 1951.
According to the Guangdong Provincial Meteorological Observatory, most areas of Guangdong Province were sunny from the first to the third day of the Lunar New Year, and the maximum temperature was generally between 26 degrees Celsius and 29 degrees Celsius. The warm weather in Guangzhou was still warm on the fourth and fifth days of the Lunar New Year. will continue. As a small wave of cold air began to move southward on the 1st, the temperature in northern Guangdong began to drop by 3 to 4 degrees Celsius on February 1st, while the weather in other areas was warm.
The warm weather in Guangzhou will begin to change on the night of February 2. According to the meteorological department's forecast, from the night of the 2nd to the 3rd, the temperature in Guangzhou will quickly drop to between 14 degrees Celsius and 20 degrees Celsius. By the 4th, the weather in Guangzhou will completely "change", the weather will turn cloudy, and the temperature will drop to 12 degrees Celsius. to 18 degrees Celsius.
Bad weather conditions make it difficult to rescue an exhibition hall in Poland after it collapses
China News Service, January 29, according to a CNN report from the United States: An exhibition hall in Chorzów near Katowice in southern Poland A roof collapse occurred on the 28th, killing at least 20 people and injuring hundreds. After the accident, relevant Polish authorities quickly dispatched personnel to carry out rescue operations. About 88 people were sent to the hospital for treatment, but about 100 people were still trapped under the roof in the severe cold.
However, due to the very harsh local climate, the rescue work of the exhibition hall collapse accident is very difficult. Rescuers are currently using lifting equipment and special dogs to try to rescue the trapped people. Recently, there has been heavy snowfall in the Chorzów area, with the snow thickness reaching 30 centimeters in some areas. Now the temperature at the rescue site has dropped to minus 18 degrees Celsius. The rescuers kept shouting to the trapped people to stay calm and told them that the rescue work was being carried out intensively. In this accident, hundreds of square meters of the roof of the exhibition hall collapsed. When the accident occurred, at least 500 people were watching a pigeon exhibition in the exhibition hall.