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Star Struck
If you’re not a star gazer, you (147) not be familiar with the beauty of the night sky. But a display of 2006 Bruce Sullivan Awards (148) photography at the Dallas Observatory has captured the splendor of the stars for all to see.
Astronomers and photographers were invited to take part in the (149) awards, organized by the Central East Astronomical Society as part of their annual AstroFest, held at Hills Arts Center.
The result is a stunning collection of images, displaying not only technical skill but also capturing the beauty of astronomy. Entry is free, and the display will last until October 15.
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[简答题] If you’’re in your 20s, you own your first car, your career is more or less launched, and you’’re starting to look forward to owning a home. But you’’re worried, too. Perhaps you’’ve got some debt. You probably don’’t have much in the way of savings. And with all your expenses, it doesn’’t look like you’’ll be able to improve that situation soon.
If you wonder how to cut corners, there’’s an obvious place to look at you spending habits.
Do you buy a soda each weekend Waste $1 a day for 40 years and, when you’’re set to retire, you’’ll find your account is short by $190,000. Grab a calculator and you’’ll discover that, over 40 years, going out to dinner twice a month at $40 each time amount to half a million. Even a pack-a-day cigarette habit will lighten your retirement account by $330, 000. And the same with cable TV and those cool earrings. They will probably amount to as much as one million.
So, the first clue to accumulating wealth is this: focus on your spend
[简答题] Sopon Dechkla survived the tsunami that struck several countries around the Indian Ocean on 26th December 2004, by clinging to a palm tree at the Sofitel Khao Lak resort. He has found work at the Sarojin, one of the first local resorts to reopen after the tsunami. It is fully booked over New Year despite high-season rates that start at $400 a night. But of the 6,500 hotel rooms in the area prior to the disaster, only 1,200 are back in business. Khao Lak, the part of Thailand hardest hit by the tsunami, is recovering. But progress is frustratingly slow — and, in some respects, unnecessarily so.
The same applies even more strongly to the Indonesian province of Aceh and the eastern coast of Sri Lanka, which were poor and war-torn before the tsunami struck, and suffered greater devastation when it did. Of the 1.8 million people left homeless by the disaster, a minority have rebuilt their homes; others have found shelter with family or friends, or in relatively solid "transitional"
