1. History of Galveston, Texas

    The History of Galveston, Texas, begins with the archaeological record of Native Americans who used the island. The first European settlements on the island were constructed around 1816. The Port of Galveston was established in 1825 by the Congress of Mexico following its successful revolution from Spain. The city served as the main port for the Texas Navy during the Texas Revolution. Galveston was founded in 1836 by Matthew Sabo and served as the capital of the Republic of Texas. The Battle of Galveston was fought in Galveston Bay during the American Civil War when Confederate forces under Major General John B. Magruder attacked and expelled occupying Union troops from the city. Exploration and settlement Galveston Island was originally inhabited by members of the Karankawa and Akokisa tribes who used the name "Auia" for the island. In 1519, the Alonso Álvarez de Pineda expedition sailed past Galveston Island en route from the Florida peninsula to the Pánuco River. Pineda may or may not have actually seen the island, however, Spain lay claim to the entire Gulf Coast, including Galveston Island, based on the 1519 Pineda expedition. Soon afterward, Cabeza de Vaca and his crew were shipwrecked on the island (or nearby) in November 1528, calling it "Isla de Malhado" ("Isle of Doom"), and from there began his famous trek to Mexico. Various Spanish explorers charting the region referred to the island as "Isla Blanca" ("White Island") and later "Isla de Aranjuez" ("Aranjuez Island"). In 1685 French explorer La Salle named the island "San Louis" ("Saint Louis") and the name became fixed for some time. Golden era At the end of the 19th century, the city of Galveston was a booming metropolis with a population of 37,000. Its position on the natural harbor of Galveston Bay along the Gulf of Mexico made it the center of trade in Texas, and one of the largest cotton ports in the nation, in competition with New Orleans. Between 1838 and 1842, 18 newspapers were started to serve the island's rapidly growing population (The Galveston County Daily News is the sole survivor). A causeway linking the island with the mainland was finished in 1860, which paved the way for railroad expansion. Storm of 1900 In 1900, the island was struck by a devastating hurricane. Even post-Hurricane Katrina, this event holds the record as the United States' deadliest natural disaster. In the early morning of September 8, high surf, despite prevailing winds out of the north, heralded the oncoming storm. By noon, low-lying areas near the Gulf and the Bay side of the city were flooding and the winds increased. Near 4 p.m. a storm surge approximately 15 feet (5 m) high slammed into the coast. Wind speeds reached approximately 125 miles per hour (201 km/h) (an estimate, since the anemometer was blown off the U.S. Weather Bureau building). Isaac Cline was the bureau's chief meteorologist. Rebuilding and the "Open era" Despite attempts to draw new investment to the city after the hurricane, Galveston has never fully returned to its previous levels of national importance or prosperity. Development was also hindered by the construction of the Houston Ship Channel, which brought the Port of Houston into direct competition with the natural harbor of the Port of Galveston for sea traffic. To further her recovery, and rebuild her population, Galveston actively solicited immigration. Through the efforts of Rabbi Henry Cohen and Congregation B'nai Israel, Galveston became the focus of an immigration plan called the Galveston Movement that, between 1907 and 1914, diverted roughly 10,000 Eastern European, Jewish immigrants from the crowded cities of the Northeastern United States. Additionally numerous other immigrant groups, including Greeks, Italians and Russian Jews came to the city during this period. This immigration trend substantially altered the ethnic makeup of the island, as well as many other areas of Texas and the western  U.S. Recent history The economy of the island entered a long, stagnant period. Many businesses relocated off of the island. By 1959, the city of Houston had long out-paced Galveston in population and economic growth. Recognizing this, the Reverend Wendelin J. Nold, fifth bishop of the Galveston Diocese, was permitted by the Vatican to erect a Cathedral of convenience in Houston, naming Sacred Heart Church as co-cathedral. The diocese was then re-designated the Diocese of Galveston-Houston. Galveston and St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica still remained the home of the diocese, but now the bishop could more easily access the rapidly growing Roman Catholic population in Houston. [quote url="http://www.galveston.com/" host="www.galveston.com" title="GALVESTON.COM: Official Website of Galveston Island, Texas Tourism & Marketing" description="" type="article" thumbnail="http://www.galveston.com/img/facebook_share.jpg" k="8a42a0afde"] [img src="https://catf.me/photos/500eba78b5b30cc898a639a1408ee439.jpg" width="1080" height="810"]
  2. Norvell and Associates Certified Public Accountants - 4 tax tips from IRS commissioner

    Koskinen had some tips for taxpayers, who can begin filing as early as Tuesday, Jan. 20: E-file your return The IRS wants taxpayers to file their returns electronically. Ninety percent of those who e-file will get their refunds back in less than 21 days. File paper returns and expect to wait twice as long for refund. The traditional wait period of four to six weeks is expected to be extended by at least a week. The IRS is launching its Free File program on Jan. 16, which can be used by anyone who earns no more than $60,000. That’s 70 percent of all taxpayers, or 100 million individuals and families, according to the IRS. Last year, 3.2 million returns were filed using Free File, a 10 percent uptick from the previous year. The program is available through an agreement between the IRS and the 14 companies that form the Free File Alliance. Be prepared for the health care question This is the first year taxpayers will have to provide information about their health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act and the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA. The process will be easy for most taxpayers who receive their coverage through work or government programs like Medicaid. They only need to check a box on their Form 1040 return to indicate they had health insurance in 2014. Others who got insurance through state and federal marketplaces will have to file a new form, while people who received subsidies will have to provide more detailed information. People who didn't have health insurance last year face fines unless they qualify for a waiver, which requires more paperwork. The new ACA requirements and the IRS’ cuts back are intertwined. Republicans in Congress adamantly oppose Obama's health law, so some have been working to starve the IRS of funds just as its role in implementing the law ramps up. Congress cut the IRS;s budget by $346 million for the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30. Koskinen told the Associated Press that the agency's $10.9 billion budget is its lowest since 2008. When adjusted for inflation, the budget hasn't been this low since 1998. Koskinen said the agency is required by law to help implement the health program, and the cuts could cost the government at least $2 billion in lost tax revenue this year from a reduction in enforcement. He expects the agency will audit only million of the 150 million tax returns filed. Wait for all your forms Taxpayers need to wait until they receive information returns like W-2s or 1099s, so they have the data they need to prepare an accurate return. Some taxpayers will need information from the form 1095-A that they will receive from the Health Insurance Marketplace. Koskinen warns that having to file an amended return could lead to extensive processing delays, including delays of refunds. Don’t call if possible. The IRS is encouraging taxpayers who have questions, or need forms to look for answers on the agency’s website. On IRS.gov, taxpayers will find online tools such as “Where’s My Refund?” that checks the status of a refund, or IRS Direct Pay that offers a quick, easy and secure way to pay taxes online. Related post: [link url="http://www.norvellcpas.com/"] [img src="http://catf.me/photos/27f1c5ed0de1789a53ecb2343136f781.jpg" width="640" height="427"]
  3. 迪斯尼音乐剧风格恶搞短片《数伤疤》_V电影

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  4. Spectroscopy Art

     January 8, 2010 Artists Editor: jiping heat: 0 Pop Art, also known as Pop Art, explore the related art movement between popular culture and art. Pop Art is also some irony, philistine greed Yan Shen. In simple terms, the Pop Art is the predecessor of today than the bottom of the art market.www.oilpaintingproducer.comoil paintingoil painting reproductionsPop art in the late 1950s, the formation of an international cultural trend in the 1960s, first appeared in the United Kingdom, after the widely popular in the United States, it is an object of contempt art despised the vulgarian art . This genre is the abstract expressionism advertised shunned the "vulgar", it is under the banner: art should not be elegant, art should be the same as life. This slogan put forward a refreshing American artists immediately sensitive to this is a new world, so everyone contention Bay past, just a short time, the American Art flowers scene, bursting with new style called Western modern art once again magnificent up. The Pop Art as abstract expressionism rebellious boarded the art scene, which is the United States an important and unique art form. Rauschenberg representatives by the composer Cage, trying to erase the distinction between art and life to a new art form, the artist should reflect the objective reality of freedom, free from the traditional constraints. He even put the city's waste as work material, these things did not have the aesthetic characteristics in accordance with the idea ofartistic pieced together to make it out of the original property in the form of open "combined with" the art of the first of its kind.www.oilpaintingproducer.comoil paintingportrait paintinganimals paintinglandscapes paintingdecorate paintingThe Hamilton works more directly reflects the essence of pop art, they are not on the reality of sarcasm or rebel, just an ordinary gesture observe the world we live in. We suddenly realized the existence of something, those accustomed to things indeed often ignored. Compared with other pop artists Andy Warhol appear to be more thorough, he completely abolished the the manual concept in artistic creation, direct method of Engraving and Printing photo image over the canvas. Applied classicist and modernist as taboo "repeat", even to an extreme, arranged the endless round of the Coca-Cola bottle, as well as photos of the stars have become the best creative theme and material. This very aptly reflects the characteristics of the industrial age, the modern industry is such a day repeating the same thing. Intuitive art form instead of the esoteric arts. With the advance of the post-modern art, it also appears to be with the boundaries of our lives closer and closer, we may not be aware, but it can not be replaced as a part of our lives and spirit. Spectroscopy art is the art of the 1960s and 1970s in Europe and the United States appear genre reflects the business culture of the Western industrial hustle and bustle of life. Representative figure of Andy Warhol (Andy Warhol), Keith Haring (Jisihalin), Roy Lichtenstein (Roy - Leisy Teng tear Tanzania), DAVID HOCKNEY (David - or can you) and so on. . . . . . The following will be divided into several works of to introduce the spectroscopy art and painter.oil paintingportrait paintinganimals paintinglandscapes paintingdecorate painting: Pop Art Andy Warhol (Andy Warhol)"In the future, everybody will be famous for 15 minutes" - Andy WarholGeneration of avant-garde pop artist Andy Warhol, who had been threatened sharp reversal in the trend of generations, and then have to make things up to a visibility of only fifteen minutes, the tide of life is even worse than disposable diapers or condom! However, Warhol's exceptional artistic concept is still continuing impact of the "post-post-post-post-post-post-modern" of the arts and cultural orientation, although he has been shy in manner, said: "the I don \ 't think my art has the any lasting of value," but the artistic value of different art prices, it is often beyond the auction house selling the real value lies in its ability to stimulate and spawned more artistic life.Although Warhol became popular in New York, but he was not an American. Origin Czech Republic, he was born in Pittsburgh, a backwater town, nor come from a family of artists, his father is a construction worker.portrait painting  Juvenile when Warhol is a hard-edged art students, under the encouragement of their teachers and decided to go to New York artistic melting pot of a break. Initially responsible for the books and illustration design work, but soon to fame in New York's popular arts, the most outstanding style screen printing techniques and repeated images will figure into the visual merchandising representative works include "Marilyn Monroe , "Campbell canned soup," Coke bottle "," car accident "," electric chair ", these works run Warhol's New York studio (The Factory), after some amateur Assistant mass production and replication, mass production is always Warhol's pop-art concept can not or lack of indicators. To six a year, Warhol has been ranked as the following after Dali and Picasso, another avant-garde art celebrities, whether it is a roll of toilet paper or a toilet seat, as long as the cover of his seal, then immediately fashionable up! 2063, Warhol's ambition to go to the film industry, directed a series of experimental films, such as "Kiss", "Bitch," "The Chelsea Girls", the theme is a very bold challenge a lot of gender-like version of the war, and breaking the man copper body superstition ─63 years "Blow Job", the entire film is just the actor's face close-up lens outside, another man is oral sex for him; 65 years, "My Hustler" gay sexual St. Fire Island shooting (sexual) manner, the story of two comrades, a faghag and a heartthrob desire entangled; 68 years of "Flesh" male prostitutes for the material, is the earliest a movie it comes to male sex workers ; 68 years of "Lonesome Cowboys" opened between Western men and Lang lust veil; 65 years, "Vinyl" flagrant sexual abuse cult, film; "Empire" a total length of nine minutes motionless lens only shadow forward to the spire of the Empire State Building, no wonder it is one of the classic cullt film series, more people who believe in a more difficult and choking people.hand painted oil paintingoil paintingoil painting reproductionsdecorate paintingWarhol's movies always inferior to those of his contribution and influence on graphic design. So he went to divert attention to the theater., Produced the acclaimed "Plastic Exploding Inevitable; he further hand music, opened a contemporary one important chapter of Rock-The Velvet Underground.www.oilpaintingproducer.comMany critics assert, Velvets from 2065 (after the rock and roll era) of the most important teams in the United States, has been an interesting argument, though it was pretty poor, but their record sales each listening to their albums will group from the band, a demonstration of the influence, and subsequent development of various music genres, regardless of collapse after collapse, a new wave of progressive rock, more or less indirect impact by the Velvets, Warhol team legendary team manager. In 2065, Warhol first seen their performances at Greenwich Village's Cafe Bizarre, aware of their unique originality and plasticity, and immediately signed its more through his own reputation and relationships in the art world, wantonly behalf Velvets publicity, and they discuss a paper Verve Records recording contract. However, Warhol work only in "marketing", music has always been not his forte, he is very clear that Lou Reed's writing strengths is that characterize nuanced story of the characters, so they encouraged him to in-depth observation and record surrounding the Warhol circle of life Taipei, by Warhol's assistance, he got many of the little-known first-hand information, many bizarre Confidential celebrity art scene in New York, drug dealing, or morbid fetishes, Lou Reed works the theme, not Warhol guidelines, the Velvets works may be less sense of the flesh and blood of this deduction. Of course, the most important of the most classic masterpiece "The Velvet Underground Nico" album, although as the largest producer Warhol "contribution" in fact, is never interfere in their creative, more as a manager for the band to get rid of so many of the record companies so they can be left free to the creation of whole-heartedly.oil paintingportrait paintinganimals paintinglandscapes paintingHowever, the banana dish "is a landmark rock classic, but based on the mistakes of publicity and promotion strategies, then this disc sales suffered a crushing defeat, another main reason is the earlier released album actually includes the Beatles'" Sgt. Pepper \ 's Lonely Hearts Club Band ", unfortunately touched one behind, the Velvets album is another wonderful it is no wonder that nobody cares about. Course, reexamine the occasion the banana dish "There is no doubt that a more exciting and more far-reaching influence stunning masterpiece. The banana dish "defeat, Velvets and Warhol edge do this.decorate paintingwww.oilpaintingproducer.com "No matter how good you are, the if you \ 're not promoted right you won \' t be remembered" the Warhol who leaves another cautionary Quotes, in particular about the facade, to send the field of art circles, he had to understand self-promotion is always more important than strength, to go down in this, do not have to work hard to please give me a chic business cards. Andy Warhol biggest turning point in the life is 68 years the Factory the Valerie Solanas gunshot wound to the actress, since he reclusive, embedding themselves in a more protected upper class coterie afraid of the masses the company. In the 1970s, he founded the "Interview" magazine, the disclosure of the great masses of the high society, but the tactics of course is different from what celebrity fashion> "version. 87 years due to the surgery X complications and death. Master of Pop Art, Andy Warhol, the comrades, pop art and culture in the 20th century, and even rock circle left "15 Minutes" in changing our era, he was more a strange reputation, have led others to call him 50's first official "queer artist" a win to make the world's heresy hand painted oil paintingoil paintingoil painting reproductions
  5. Waking Up

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  6. xués del bufandas burberry

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  7. a la burberry online patria

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  8. One Republic的现场真桑心
  9. 互联网的20年

    [img src="http://blog.gezbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/China_Internet_change1.jpg" width="840" height="340"] 从09年代初万维网(WWW)的进入我们的视线开始到现在,已经过去了20多个年头。我们经历了从电视媒体时代、传统互联网 、Web 2.0、SNS时代的变迁。 与此同时,我们获取信息的方式也产生了翻天覆地的变化,从最开始我们通过电视获取信息,到后来我们上门户网站看新闻,再到后来的博客时代,一个个文化名人、草根英雄、码字少年风起云涌,丰富了我们的信息,然后过渡到了现在的微博时代。 因为我们渴望真实,所以我们随真实化信息牵引,并随互联网的进化而进化。 时光荏苒,岁月如梭,移动互联网时代即将到来,新时代,你需要的是什么? [img src="http://blog.gezbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/China_Internet_change_1.jpg" width="840" height="340"] ● “宝洁公司,优质产品” ● “农夫山泉有点甜” ● “爱生活爱拉芳” ● “想要皮肤好 早晚用大宝” ● “有汰渍,没污渍” ● “今年过节不收礼,收礼只收脑白金” ● “人靠衣装,美靠亮庄” ● “酸酸甜甜就是我” ● “今天你喝了没有?” ● “洗洗更健康” ……………… 上面几个句子,是我们在这个恶俗时代最熟悉的几条广告语。在我苦难年幼的童年岁月里,电视被作为最主要的信息传播工具,于是乎这些东西不停的出现在电视机前反复播放轰炸着人们眼球,让全国人民都烦,却又无法摆脱。 若干年后,聪明独立的你,已经不像当年年幼无知的我,你我现在已经用上了互联网,我们现在看优酷,织微博,逛淘宝……不知从什么时候开始我们坐在电脑前的时间已经远远超过了坐在电视机前的时间。再次看到这些东西的时候,我们通常会感叹:这些破玩意儿终于离我远去了。 但是……我的思考并没有停止。 我今年25岁,但在天朝已经是一个老网民了,94年我第一次接触电脑,98年开始成为一名合格的网虫,泡在互联网上,随后经历了从传统互联网 ➜ Web 2.0 ➜ SNS 几个时代,现在正在迎接移动互联网时代的到来。在这期间,我们使用过许多互联网产品,也放弃了许多我们认为过时的产品,那么,到底是什么促使我们做出这样的决定呢? 从新浪网易搜狐门户网站,到后来的博客社区,再到今天微博,形式不断在变,而唯一不变的就是我们对真实信息的追求,活着就是折腾,所以,哪里的信息更真实,使用更便捷,我们就去哪里折腾。 [img src="http://blog.gezbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/China_Internet_change_2.jpg" width="840" height="340"] 新浪网易搜狐于97、98年间创立,属于中国互联网第一代产品,虽然一些和我们一样被电视媒体摧残的人们之中有一批成为了这些门户网站的编辑,这些原本和我们一 样没有话语权的网站编辑们,开始替百姓们发声,他们敢于说实话,敢于把我们在电视媒体上看到的一些夸张的、虚假的信息还原成它原本的面貌,我们在这些网站 可以看到我们平时经常使用的东西是否真的像广告上说的那么好。 互联网也开始成为引导网民进行理性消费的好帮手,我们可以明确的看到一件商品的优缺点,而不是像在电视上看到的那样。 这些有价值信息吸引了无数人,随后几年间,中国网民数量急速增加,到2005年中国网民已经突破1亿人。如此大的市场,生意人自然不会放过,随着唯利是图生 意人的进入,一些急功近利的网站老板与缺乏信仰互联网内容生产者也开始出现,很多网站内容开始变质,软文无数,混淆视听,误导用户。再加上如今的门户新闻 已经受新闻把关人的控制,已经变得越来越狭隘了。 时至今日,目前门户网站每天产生了新闻条目上万,信息严重过剩。 在与朋友创办格子箱之前,我的工作是一个手机论坛的管理者,同时也从事许多与编辑相关的工作,写过一些手机方面的新闻,因为鄙人有自己的原则,没有写软文的习惯,为此得到了同行许多“前辈”教育,说此基本是“拿人钱财,替人消灾”,“不写软文,何来收入”之类的云云。 [img src="http://blog.gezbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/China_Internet_change_3.jpg" width="840" height="340"] 这些传统网站如同电视媒体一样把人们恶心到极点之后,新的模式诞生了,Discuz、Phpwind等论坛系统的出现,解决网民们渴望自己来生产内容这 一潜在需求。通过Discuz、Phpwind提供的免费通用论坛系统,摄影、数码、汽车、游戏、运动、生活…………无数专业论坛在互联网诞生。在论坛, 你既是一个读者,也是一名作者。网友在论坛里发表自己针砭时弊的看法,展示自己最真实的想法,是将兴趣极致化的园地。此后,无数高端玩家在社区中产生,论 坛文化的兴起也影响着整个互联网氛围,随处可见“沙发”、“顶”、“楼主”、“看帖不回帖,生儿子没屁眼”等语句。 真实而有价值的信息吸引越来越多的新网民涌向社区,但是Discuz、Phpwind社区依旧存在门槛,不够土,不够俗,也不够便捷。并不适合大众网民使用。所以随后出现土、俗论坛也开始风靡了起来,主要以猫扑、天涯、百度贴吧为代表。 2005年,新浪博客、腾讯QQ空间等的产品相继推出。博客给了人们自由表达的平台,博客的出现改变了许多人的阅读习惯,许多人通过博客进行自我表达,博客的出现改变了许多人的阅读习惯,许多人通过博客进行自我表达。 博客的出现也让新闻不再受把关人控制而传播,随着越来越多博客内容以新闻评论的形式出现,新闻的理念也被彻底改变了。 精英群体从博客中脱颖而出了。当然,博客的出来,也为无数80、90后那些个性突出的孩子撒欢撒野提供了平台。 但是博客依然具有局限性。不够随意,需要大量时间来记录更新,信息记录不够即时。除多数商业明星外,即便信息真实,文字功底薄弱的人在博客平台上被认可度依然较低。 随后许多人开始放弃博客,而真正的精英至今已经留在了博客,他们现在大多已经成为了互联网重度意见领袖。 [img src="http://blog.gezbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/China_Internet_change_4.jpg" width="840" height="340"] 2006年3月,Twitter在美国诞生,随后一年被引入国内,也就是现在我们所说的微博。 微博服务真正在中国大陆火热起来是在09年末,09年8月新浪微博上线后开始邀请大量娱乐明星、名嘴开博,随后腾讯、网易、搜狐等公司也相继推出了微博服 务。与博客相比,微博更加随意性,内容更精练。很多放弃博客的人都转移到了微博上,140字的微博与长篇大论的博客相比给人的压力更小,可以随意的记录生 活和心情,消耗时间短,文字功底好坏已然和这个没什么关系了。 由于微博门槛低,可快速发表的内容,老少皆宜,内容即时,吸引了大量网民的加入,到2011年,中国微博用户已经达到了1.95亿。 目前微博已成为老百姓获取信息最直接的平台,也是许多商家进行营销重要的手段,同时,微博也成为了政府沟通民义的重要平台。 但是,微博也带来的一些负面影响。随着微博的发展,无数网民成为微博控,成天泡在微博上,大量的时间被碎片化,行事效率降低。此外,微博也让许多人的阅读习惯产生变化,在习惯了低成本的阅读之后很难再潜下心来进行高质量的深入阅读。 现在每1秒中发出的微博就有上万,每天产生的微博总数超过7亿条,大量流水信息让我们很难以传统的形式去获得真正对我们有价值的信息。 目前我在Twitter、新浪微博、腾讯微博关注人均在200名左右,但是微博时间线的信息量依然大得看不过来,阅读负荷非常高,每天不得不花很多时间来检阅,但是看到的高质量微博通常只有少数几条。虽然其中许多信息是真实的,但是真正对我有用的并不多。 传统互联网已经满足了我们对真实信息的追求,那么接下来我们需要的是什么呢?我认为是真实且有价值的信息。 [img src="http://blog.gezbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/China_Internet_change_5.jpg" width="840" height="340"] 07年苹果iPhone在这个世界上诞生,08年Google Andorid诞生,在随后两年中摧枯拉朽般的抢占了移动平台的市场份额,到2011年5月,智能手机在全球移动设备中已经占据了68%的份额,而在这 68%中,有八成份额已经被Google的Android和苹果iOS系统占据,传统打电话发短信的手机即将成为历史。 双核处理器、1GB内存、 海量的存储空间、高清屏幕、飞快运算速度,在几年前我们一定认为说的是电脑,而现在,这些配置在很多智能手机上已经成为了标准配置,智能手机电脑化已成趋 势。所以很多互联网公司都在顺势而为,我们熟悉的门户网站、视频网站、网络安全、社交平台、微博都在向移动平台拓展,于是乎这新的地盘有了新的称谓-移动 互联网。 移动互联网和传统的互联网玩法自然也不一样了。在传统互联网时代,真实化信息的转移直接影响了互联网的变迁。 移动互联网我们所追求是真实且有效的信息。 现在,习惯创新的老外们已经在探索,已经涌现了Kik、Instagram、Color、Path、foursquare、viddy等让人眼前一亮的产品……另一方面,苹果iOS软件商店和Google Android的软件市场累计每天都超过1000款新软件推向市场。 但是,习惯模仿的国人一直在等待,从小被教育回答标准答案的我们,加上当下唯利是图的社会环境,我们开始寻找国外一些产品进行复制。 中国的互联网从业者不缺技术,不缺能力。我们缺乏的是对人性的思考和人文关怀。 [video src="http://player.youku.com/player.php/sid/XMjg2ODUxNDc2/v.swf"] (视频背景音乐,OneRepublic的Good Life:[link url="http://url.cn/0251Gi"] ,感谢Mazzond购买) 在过去互联网变化中,内容形式不断在变化,不变的是我们对真实有用信息的追求。今年3月,杭州一家小小的创业公司成立,希望通过创意改变生活,我们将提供一种全新的形式,并希望以此输出更多真实有效的信息,期待你的参与。 敬请我们:www.gezbox.com [img src="http://blog.gezbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/power1.png" width="233" height="44"] 本站文章除注明转载外,均为原创,商业、非商业媒体、个人博客转载请注明: 转载自 [ [link url="http://blog.gezbox.com/"] ] 本文链接地址: [link url="http://blog.gezbox.com/?p=233"]
  10. iTunes单曲包6

    你们在等iTunes单曲包6吗?Here It Is!!![link url="http://hi.baidu.com/%D2%F4%C0%D6%D0%A1%CA%AF%CD%B7/blog/item/c334de5398a04a4a1138c23c.htmlTrack"] List: 01 Justin Bieber – Never Say Never (feat. Jaden Smith) (2011) 02 Keren Ann – My Name Is Trouble (2011) 03 Nicole Scherzinger – Poison (2010) 04 OneRepublic – Good Life (2010) 05 Rise Against – Help Is On the Way (2011) 06 Robyn – Indestructible (2010) 07 Sean Kingston – Letting Go (Dutty Love) [feat. Nicki Minaj] (2010) 08 Taylor Swift – Back to December (2010) 09 The Lonely Island – The Creep (feat. Nicki Minaj) (2011) 10 The Ting Tings – Hands (2010) File Name: iTunes SiNGLES PACK VOL.006 Quality: MPEG-4 AAC Audio 44100Hz 16Bits 256Kbps Size: 74.65MB [img src="http://catf.me/photos/952318c8ee6f61e9b0cfa621bb54b1e4.jpg" width="520" height="521"]
  11. The horrible thing in my country is that an extreme right wing party (the Conservative Party) could come to power, with an absolute majority in parliament, with less than 40% of the electoral vote. Anyone who’s familiar with the parliamentary system - with no real division between the executive and the legislature - knows what that means. The Conservative Party aligns itself with - and follows the lead of - the U.S. Republican Party. It has introduced into Canada all that it has learned from the Repubs: the wedge issues, targeted ethnic communities, exaggerated fear of crime, hatred of government and taxes, contempt for science and inconvenient facts, etc.The constant bombardment of extreme right wing sentiment from the south has shifted the political alignment in Canada sharply to the right. It’s a real shame, but in the long run it’s a process that is almost impossible to fully stop or divert.I’ve got some friends (including more than one who’s gay) who plan to vote Conservative. I’ve been polite so far, but I’m finding it more and more difficult to discuss politics with them in a calm and dispassionate manner. I have started to avoid political discussions with some of them because I fear that the end result will be the end of a friendship. And that’s not right. So I guess I’ve got to calm down just a bit.
  12. Billboard年榜出来了。。

    单曲 Rk Title — Artist 01 TiK ToK — Ke$ha 02 Need You Now — Lady Antebellum 03 Hey, Soul Sister — Train 04 California Gurls — Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg 05 OMG — Usher feat. Will.I.Am 06 Airplanes — B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams of Paramore 07 Love the Way You Lie — Eminem feat. Rihanna 08 Bad Romance — Lady Gaga 09 Dynamite — Taio Cruz 10 Break Your Heart — Taio Cruz feat. Ludacris 11 Nothin' on You — B.o.B feat. Bruno Mars 12 I Like It — Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull 13 BedRock — Young Money feat. Lloyd 14 In My Head — Jason Derülo 15 Rude Boy — Rihanna 16 Telephone — Lady Gaga feat. Beyoncé 17 Teenage Dream — Katy Perry 18 Just the Way You Are — Bruno Mars 19 Cooler Than Me — Mike Posner 20 Imma Be — The Black Eyed Peas 21 Empire State of Mind — Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys 22 DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love — Usher feat. Pitbull 23 Billionaire — Travie McCoy feat. Bruno Mars 24 Not Afraid — Eminem 25 Replay — Iyaz 26 Sexy Bitch — David Guetta feat. Akon 27 Breakeven — The Script 28 Your Love Is My Drug — Ke$ha 29 I Gotta Feeling — The Black Eyed Peas 30 Fireflies — Owl City 31 Say Aah — Trey Songz feat. Fabolous 32 Find Your Love — Drake 33 Alejandro — Lady Gaga 34 Ridin' Solo — Jason Derülo 35 Just a Dream — Nelly 36 How Low — Ludacris 37 Like a G6 — Far East Movement feat. Cataracs & Dev 38 Carry Out — Timbaland feat. Justin Timberlake 39 Haven't Met You Yet — Michael Bublé 40 Club Can't Handle Me — Flo Rida feat. David Guetta 41 Down — Jay Sean feat. Lil Wayne 42 Bulletproof — La Roux 43 Whatcha Say — Jason Derülo 44 Baby — Justin Bieber feat. Ludacris 45 Whataya Want From Me — Adam Lambert 46 Mine — Taylor Swift 47 Only Girl (In the World) — Rihanna 48 Live Like We're Dying — Kris Allen 49 Hard — Rihanna feat. Young Jeezy 50 Young Forever — Jay-Z feat. Mr Hudson 51 Blah Blah Blah — Ke$ha feat. 3OH!3 52 Bottoms Up — Trey Songz feat. Nicki Minaj 53 Do You Remember — Jay Sean feat. Sean Paul & Lil Jon 54 All The Right Moves — OneRepublic 55 According to You — Orianthi 56 My Chick Bad — Ludacris feat. Nicki Minaj 57 You Belong With Me — Taylor Swift 58 Meet Me Halfway — The Black Eyed Peas 59 Take It Off — Ke$ha 60 Over — Drake 61 Animal — Neon Trees 62 Misery — Maroon 5 63 Magic — B.o.B feat. Rivers Cuomo 64 Paparazzi — Lady Gaga 65 Tie Me Down — New Boyz feat. Ray J 66 Your Love — Nicki Minaj 67 Party in the U.S.A. — Miley Cyrus 68 Deuces — Chris Brown feat. Tyga & Kevin McCall 69 3 — Britney Spears 70 Impossible — Shontelle 71 Forever — Drake feat. Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem 72 Two Is Better Than One — Boys Like Girls feat. Taylor Swift 73 My First Kiss — 3OH!3 feat. Ke$Ha 74 Already Gone — Kelly Clarkson 75 Rock That Body — The Black Eyed Peas 76 Secrets — OneRepublic 77 Naturally — Selena Gomez & the Scene 78 Un-thinkable (I'm Ready) — Alicia Keys 79 All I Do Is Win — DJ Khaled feat. T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg & Rick Ross 80 I Made It (Cash Money Heroes) — Kevin Rudolf feat. Birdman, Jay Sean & Lil Wayne 81 Stuck Like Glue — Sugarland 82 Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home) — Usher feat. Plies 83 There Goes My Baby — Usher 84 Today Was A Fairytale — Taylor Swift 85 Say Something — Timbaland feat. Drake 86 Sweet Dreams — Beyoncé 87 Use Somebody — Kings of Leon 88 Undo It — Carrie Underwood 89 Eenie Meenie — Sean Kingston & Justin Bieber 90 Right Above It — Lil Wayne feat. Drake 91 The House That Built Me — Miranda Lambert 92 If I Die Young — The Band Perry 93 The Only Exception — Paramore 94 American Honey — Lady Antebellum 95 King of Anything — Sara Bareilles 96 Life after You — Daughtry 97 Smile — Uncle Kracker 98 Teach Me How to Dougie — Cali Swag District 99 Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart — Alicia Keys 100 Lover, Lover — Jerrod Niemann 年度歌手 1 LADY GAGA 2 TAYLOR SWIFT 3 EMINEM 4 LADY ANTEBELLUM 5 KE$HA 6 USHER 7 THE BLACK EYED PEAS 8 JUSTIN BIEBER 9 RIHANNA 10 DRAKE 11 KATY PERRY 12 SUSAN BOYLE 13 JASON DERULO 14 B.O.B 15 TAIO CRUZ 16 TRAIN 17 LUDACRIS 18 TREY SONGZ 19 MICHAEL BUBLE 20 LIL WAYNE 21 ALICIA KEYS 22 BRUNO MARS 23 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 24 MILEY CYRUS 25 ZAC BROWN BAND 26 JAY-Z 27 ADAM LAMBERT 28 MICHAEL JACKSON 29 YOUNG MONEY 30 ANDREA BOCELLI 31 IYAZ 32 OWL CITY 33 JOHN MAYER 34 MIKE POSNER 35 NICKI MINAJ 36 JASON ALDEAN 37 GLEE CAST 38 JAY SEAN 39 SELENA GOMEZ 40 MIRANDA LAMBERT 41 THE SCRIPT 42 TIMBALAND 43 ONEREPUBLIC 44 SNOOP DOGG 45 DAVID GUETTA 46 SADE 47 SUGARLAND 48 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS 49 KINGS OF LEON 50 BEYONCE 51 DAUGHTRY 52 PITBULL 53 DARIUS RUCKER 54 KENNY CHESNEY 55 CHRIS BROWN 56 NICKELBACK 57 KRIS ALLEN 58 P!NK 59 MARY J. BLIGE 60 NELLY 61 LA ROUX 62 TRAVIE MCCOY 63 GUCCI MANE 64 BRAD PAISLEY 65 MONICA 66 CASTING CROWNS 67 MAROON 5 68 LUKE BRYAN 69 JOSH TURNER 70 COLBIE CAILLAT 71 3OH!3 72 BILLY CURRINGTON 73 SHAKIRA 74 BLAKE SHELTON 75 JACK JOHNSON 76 ORIANTHI 77 WILL.I.AM 78 EASTON CORBIN 79 KEITH URBAN 80 FAR*EAST MOVEMENT 81 RASCAL FLATTS 82 PARAMORE 83 NORAH JONES 84 RICK ROSS 85 T.I. 86 TIM MCGRAW 87 NEON TREES 88 REBA MCENTIRE 89 BRITNEY SPEARS 90 KELLY CLARKSON 91 HAYLEY WILLIAMS 92 LINKIN PARK 93 FLO RIDA 94 ROBIN THICKE 95 SHINEDOWN 96 MELANIE FIONA 97 SHONTELLE 98 SARA BAREILLES 99 KANYE WEST 100 THE BAND PERRY
  13. apologize-one republic= :)