Sunday, June 5, 2011

05/06 Màn khỏa thân om sòm tại nhà hát danh tiếng


Cập nhật lúc 05/06/2011 03:10:00 PM (GMT+7)
Mở cửa lần đầu tiên vào thế kỷ 17 và là nơi trình diễn nhiều tác phẩm sân khấu nổi tiếng nhưng trong lịch sử 328 năm của mình, Nhà hát Sadler's Wells ở London có thể chưa bao giờ chứng kiến một sự kiện như vậy vào tối 2/6. 

Bầu không khí trở nên huyên náo om sòm khi 10 người đàn ông khỏa thân chạy xuyên qua khán giả và ngồi lên đầu người xem.  

Và tham gia cùng họ là 10 phụ nữ không một mảnh vải trên người lăn mình qua các dãy ghế và ngồi trên trên một chiếc bánh sinh nhật.  
 
Tiết mục Un Peu De Tendresse, Bordel de Merde! của tác giả Dave St-Pierre (Montreal, Canada) Dave St-Pierre gây rất nhiều tranh cãi. Nhưng thay vì cảm thấy bị xúc phạm, khán giả tại nhà hát danh tiếng lại tỏ ra tán thưởng.   

"Tôi không biết David St-Pierre là ai nhưng vở diễn của ông ấy tại Sadler’s Wells khá là ngạc nhiên", Ana Grias Gomes, một khán giả ngồi ở dãy ghế trên cùng, nhận xét. | 

Một số hình ảnh của màn biểu diễn độc đáo này:





T.H (Theo Mail)

03/06 Groupon files papers for IPO up to 750 million dollars


English.news.cn   2011-06-03 09:38:15FeedbackPrintRSS

NEW YORK, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Groupon, a deal-of-the-day website that features discounted gift certificates usable at local or national companies, filed papers for IPO up to 750 million dollars on Thursday.
The Chicago-based company announced on Thursday that it had filed for an initial public offering (IPO) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, planning to raise 750 million dollars.
The company had a revenue of 644.7 million dollars and gross profit of 270 million dollars in the first quarter of 2011. It had 83.1 million subscribers in the first quarter of 2011, with 7,107 employees at the same time.
Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs were to be the leading underwriters this time. The company will be traded under the symbol of GRPN.
Editor: Bi Mingxin

05/06 For women who Dare to Bare


English.news.cn   2011-06-05 11:08:27FeedbackPrintRSS

 
(Photo source: China Daily)
BEIJING, June 5 (Xinhuanet) -- The traditional, conservative one-piece swimsuit is being abandoned in favor of the bikini.
For women there are two essentials for the beach this summer - a bikini and sunblock. For 22-year-old college student Liu Fang, a trip to Sanya, Hainan in South China, means packing six bikinis. "A bikini for a beach vacation is like an evening gown for a banquet," Liu said. "They may use little fabric but they deserve the same respect as any other clothes."
Her resort wear, mostly purchased on Taobao.com, is of various colors and themes and accessorized with flip-flops, sunglasses and hats.
Growing up with a one-piece swimsuit that covered almost everything from neck to thigh, Liu is thrilled by the current swimwear options.
Liu is one of a rising number of young Chinese women abandoning the conservative one-piece swimsuit in favor of the bikini.
"Chinese women are becoming more and more fashionable," said Amy Fu of Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) communications department. "They are open to all kinds of swimwear with good design. Fashion is global, so the bikini is as popular in China as it is in other countries," she said.
The move from more to less is also shaping the local swimwear manufacturing industry, experts said.
"Though the one-piece swimsuit still takes up the dominant share of our sales, it has been, and continues to be, an inevitable trend that the bikini will take over as the major force in the market," said Peng Danrong, general manager of Hosa Group, a leading swimwear designer and manufacturer in China. The brand has more than 1,000 stores across the country.
Peng said one of the factors behind the popularity of the bikini was the growing trend for entertainment and leisure water activities rather than sports.
But what is more significant, he said, is that urban Chinese young women have gradually understood the difference between lingerie and a bikini.
"Many Chinese people are confused by the two," Peng said. "As a result, women feel awkward and shy when they appear in public wearing a bikini."
He added: "Now, more women and men are aware of the fact that wearing a bikini is nothing intimate and not about exposing yourself to total strangers."
Still, for women living in many second- or third-tier cities, exposing so much skin is still considered daring.
"It is very much up to the place," said Dong Jinxian, a 50-year-old private business owner in Taiyuan, capital of North China's Shanxi province, who traveled to Australia with her daughter in February.
"I found it perfectly comfortable walking in a bikini on the beach in Australia where everybody else is wearing the same. But I prefer a one-piece swimsuit in the swimming pools here."
Some of the market senses that vibe and is responding to it. Swimwear for Chinese consumers is designed to provide a sense of security and comfort.
Peng said their bikini designs for the Chinese market have a bottom piece that covers more skin than bikinis for the West and the upper piece has lifting to highlight the breast area.
However, Fu from H&M said: "We offer more or less the same design in all 40 markets that we are in. We do not make design special bikinis for China."
(Source: China Daily)

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Editor: Zhang Xiang

04/06 Li Na wins first-ever grand slam tennis singles title for China and Asia


English.news.cn   2011-06-04 23:12:33FeedbackPrintRSS

 
Li Na of China poses with her trophy near the Eiffel Tower after winning her women's final against Francesca Schiavone of Italy at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, capital of France, June 4, 2011. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)
PARIS, June 4 (Xinhua) -- History-making Li Na claimed the first-ever grand slam women's singles title for China and Asia, beating defending champion Francesca Schiavone of Italy 6-4, 7-6 (7-0) in the French Open final here on Saturday.
Li Na, 29, became the 38th tennis player in the world to claim a grand slam singles title.
The triumph also raised Li Na from No. 7 to No. 4 on the WTA rankings.
"I felt today the dream came true," said Li, who lay on the clay court after Schiavone fired the last shot out of the baseline. "When I was young, I dreamed about becoming a grand slam champion someday."
While leading 6-0 in the tiebreaker in the second set, Li reminded herself to be cool.
"I kept telling myself: Okay, don't do stupid thing. You need one point, and then you can get it," Li said after the post-game press conference.
Even though her serve was interrupted by a shout from one of her supporters, the Asian top player kept her nerve to finish the clash with this point.
Li Na had already made history at the French Open, having been the first Chinese woman to advance to quarterfinals, semifinals and final.
In the Australian Open earlier this year, Li Na stunned the world as the first Chinese woman to be in a grand slam singles final.
Li said her Italian rival put up a good game.
"The opponent is very tough, and it's a great game. At the last second when she hit the ball out, I really wanted to cry," Li added.
Having far more direct winners than Schiavone, Li dominated the final with her powerful and sharp-angled strokes, breaking Schiavone's third serve game in the first set and the first in the second set.
Schiavone, 30, a dark horse in last year's French Open who had eliminated Li Na in the then third round, played with all her weapons, such as high-bounced serves, great volleys and spinning balls.
However, Li Na's fast pace and attacks made Schiavone difficult to effectively change tactics.
Thanks to Li Na's unforced errors, Schiavone broke Li's fourth serve game to tie the score 4-4 in the second set.
From 5-5 to 6-6, the game was interrupted several times by the umpire who checked whether the ball was in or out. In the tie-breaker, Li Na stormed to an unbelievable 7-0 win.

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Editor: yan

30/04 Sắc màu lễ hội trên mây

Thứ Bảy, 30/04/2011, 17:31

TTO - Nằm trong “Tuần văn hóa - du lịch Sa Pa” năm 2011, sáng 30-4 tại khu du lịch Hàm Rồng (Sa Pa, Lào Cai) “Lễ hội trên mây” đã diễn ra với nhiều hoạt động văn hóa, thể thao, du lịch phong phú hấp dẫn.

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HỒNG THẢO - PHẠM NGỌC BẰNG

04/06 Japanese PM plans to resign by August: media


English.news.cn   2011-06-04 20:50:34FeedbackPrintRSS


TOKYO, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan plans to step down by August, Kyodo News reported on Saturday, citing aides sources.
Japan's opposition parties submitted the no-confidence motion against Kan Wednesday, in a bid to bring down the Prime Minister due to his unsatisfactory handling of post-quake crisis.
Kan survived a no-confidence vote on Thursday after he said he would step down once the country's recovery from the great earthquake and tsunami takes hold at a party meeting just before the vote.
However, ruling and opposition lawmakers slammed Kan on Friday, as he hinted that he would remain in power until around January, when the crippled Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant reaches the target of being under control.
Kan's predecessor Yukio Hatoyama, who supported the premier and voted against the no-confidence motion on Thursday on condition that Kan would quit soon, denounced Kan for backpedaling on his word, saying Kan "should not act like a crook."
Hatoyama threatened to "take action," saying he will call for a general assembly of all DPJ lawmakers from both houses of parliament to grill Kan if he refuses to heed calls for his early resignation.
Editor: Fang Yang

04/06 Sino-German research finds new E. Coli bacteria resistant to 8 classes of antibiotics


English.news.cn   2011-06-04 15:40:13FeedbackPrintRSS

SHENZHEN, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists who have fully sequenced the genome of the new E. Coli spreading through Europe said Saturday they found genes in the bacteria that gave it resistance to eight classes of antibiotics.
Researchers with the Beijing Genomics Institute, the world's largest DNA sequencing center, have found genes in the newly identified 0104 strain of E. Coli bacteria that made it resistant to major classes of antibiotics including sulfonamide, cephalothin, penicillin and streptomycin.
This helped explain why doctors in Europe had difficulties in fighting the bug that has killed 18 people and sickened nearly 2,000, BGI's major research arm in Shenzhen said on its website Saturday.
This would help doctors choose right medicines for the treatment, it said.
The researchers are developing a diagnostic kit which will be used to detect the bacteria and prevent the epidemic from spreading further.
The Chinese researchers obtained DNA samples of the bacteria from collaborating scientists in Germany and fully sequenced its genome in three days this week.
They announced on Thursday the E. Coli spreading through Europe was "a new strain of bacteria that is highly infectious and toxic".
The 0104 strain of E. Coli was not previously involved in any E. Coli outbreaks. However, it has 93 percent sequence similarity with the EAEC 55989 E. Coli strain which was isolated in the Central African Republic and known to cause seriously diarrhea, BGI said.
The source of the outbreak is unknown, but scientists say it is highly likely to have originated in contaminated vegetables or salad in Germany.
Editor: Fang Yang