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AMONG the episodes in his life that didn't last, that were over almost before they began, including a spell in the army and a try at marriage, Michael Hart was a street musician in San Francisco. H...

他的一生中有很多持续不长的段落，有一些在开始以前就几乎结束了，包括短暂的军旅生活和婚姻。在这些段落中，迈克·哈特曾在旧金山当过街头音乐家。这赚不了几个钱，但他从不相信货币系统。在跳蚤市场里减价的T恤衫，豆子罐头当晚餐，这些才像他的风格。 ...

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THE year was 1985, the scene Whitney Houston's second sellout concert in Carnegie Hall in New York. There were almost 3,000 in the audience, and from somewhere among them, as she launched into “I a...

那是1985年，惠特妮·休斯顿在纽约卡内基音乐厅第二场座无虚席的演唱会。当她开始投入演唱歌曲“我在改变中”时，突然,不知从全场近3000人中的哪个角落里，跑出一个声音,喊道，“尽情唱吧，惠特妮·休斯顿！为我们唱出真实的自我！” 但是，...

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Book and Arts. Book Review. The unconscious mind. Hidden depths. Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behaviour. By Leonard Mlodinow. ASK someone to name a famous psychologist, and...

书籍和艺术 书评 潜意识 藏匿在深处 《潜意识：你的潜意识如何支配你的行为》伦纳德·莫洛迪诺着 说起着名的心理学家，人们可能会想到西格蒙德·弗洛伊德，这位满脸大胡子的奥地利学者提出了精神分析的概念。他关于潜意识的概念成了众相传...

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"DARKNESS" was a word Lyn Lusi was used to. Western journalists instinctively reached for it when they came to her hospital in Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Joseph Conrad's "heart of da...

黑暗，林恩·露丝早已习惯了这个词；来到她的医院时，西方记者也本能地四下搜寻它的踪影。这所医院位于戈马，隶属刚果民主共和国，约瑟夫·康拉德笔下的《黑暗中心》。戈马灰黑一片，建在碎玻璃般坚硬而支支棱棱的火山玄武岩上，绿色的嫩芽只能挣扎着钻出地面...

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When Captain Flint Was Still A Good Man. By Nick Dybek. VAST, turbulent and mysterious, the sea is a gift to storytellers. It is a perilous passageway to new lands and a bountiful source of food, b...

《那时，弗林特船长仍是个好人》尼克·戴贝克着 大海，广袤、躁动而神秘的大海，是上天赐给讲故事人的礼物。它是通向新奇世界的惊险通道，是食物的源头，美丽的源头也是传说的源头。 生活在波涛汹涌的大海上可以既可以把普通人蜕变成英雄，也可...

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IF CALIFORNIA were not already so famous for Silicon Valley and Hollywood, it might be renowned for the cluster of water-technology firms in its San Diego County. The reverse-osmosis (RO) spiral modul...

如果加利福利亚的出名不是因为硅谷和好莱坞，那么圣地亚哥大量的水处理公司也许会让它声名在外。反渗透膜元件1964在圣地亚哥被申请专利，该设备是将海水和废水转化为可饮用水的基础。当今全球约有13000家反渗透厂，而其中的大多数厂商从圣地亚哥的水...

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THE old Rackspace headquarters was stuffed to the gills. In 2007 the company, which offers cloud-computing and web-hosting services, had more than 1,000 employees in downtown San Antonio. People were ...

Rackspace公司总部的旧楼曾人满为患。该公司提供云计算和主机托管服务，2007年在圣安东尼奥市区已拥有1000多名员工。公司走廊里放了很多折叠桌，连这里都挤满了人。要是想找其他部门的人谈点事，都得跑到另一栋楼或者坐几个来回的升降梯才行...

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JAMES CAMERON knows how to make a splash. Literally. The director of “The Terminator”, “Titanic” and “Avatar” plunged into the Challenger Deep of the Mariana Trench, 500km (300 miles) from Guam. T...

詹姆斯·卡梅隆知道怎么制造轰动。确实是这样。这位执导过“终结者”、“泰坦尼克”和“阿凡达”的导演来到了距关岛500千米（300英里）的马里亚纳海沟，一头扎进了挑战者深渊。 这次冒险在劲爆度这方面当然是拿下高分。此外只有雅克·皮卡和唐纳...