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League of Legends is one of the biggest video game hits in the whole world. What made this game so successful? One of the reasons was the free-to-play model. The game, which is completely free, does not require the player to spend any money. You could play for years without spending a penny. "How does this game earn money?" you might wonder. The answer is that the game features over 120 champions and skins for all of them. Normally, it would take a long time of playing to get all of the champions. However, with a few dollars, you could get any champion you wanted and a skin to make the champion look cooler. A few dollars here, a few dollars there, makes League very profitable. In August alone, it raked in $122 million. Another reason the game was really successful was the professional league that sprung up. The championships are huge events that attract thousands, even millions of people online and on-site. Even though these championships do not earn money, with the publici

Recently I read an article about Europe having plans for a moon village. The article explained that moon villages are much closer than people think, and that the plans have been around for a while. The only problem, however, was that Germany, which funded 45% of the project, was having a hard time getting other European countries to fund the other 55%. Recently, however, renewed interest in lunar exploration and a new director for the European Space Agency might turn things around. At the same time, the ESA is developing technologies that might allow people to survive on the moon. For example, 3-D printing technologies that can use lunar dust are being developed, which might allow colonies to 3-D print tools and even buildings. In addition, the British architecture firm Foster + Partners has gone so far as to design a catenary dome with a cellular structure that could guard an inflatable lunar habitat against both small pieces of debris and space radiation. I think this is an exciti

A crisis has occurred in Germany. Their turkeys are dying! An outbreak of the H5N8 strain of bird flu has affected three poultry plants in northern Germany. This has forced Germany to cull 16,000 turkeys and slaughter 92,000 chickens. The virus has affected four poultry plants in Germany and has affected 12 out of its 16 states. Israel and many other countries have also reported this virus. Scientists think that it originated from wild turkeys and chickens in the forests of Europe. I think this is a really bad thing, because as Thanksgiving descends upon the world, the demand of turkeys is even higher. Many less turkeys will now be sold, and some  of the ones that have already been sold could have this virus. However, I'm not sure how many Europeans celebrate Thanksgiving, so the impact will not be as large. This will make a dent in Europe's economy, albeit a very minor one.

Today was the second game of the season, and it was a great game. I really think that I played well this time around. In the first half, I played two different positions. I started the game as left mid, and I did a mediocre job passing the ball around and playing defense and offense. I got taken off the field on the first round of subs, and it seemed like it was just going to be another game where I play just to achieve the minimum time each player has to play. Surprisingly, however, I got put back in at right back, where I think I did a pretty good job of preventing the opposing team from scoring. The first half was nothing spectacular, but the second half was when I really started playing well. I started out the half as left mid again. I got a pass from the defense, straight into four players from the opposing team. With a spin move that I've been practicing for some time now, I broke free and started dribbling down the field. I made a pass to the offense, feeling proud that I

Yesterday was my first soccer game this year. At the start of the game, my friend Nick predicted that the other team would score within a minute of halftime, and that we would score two goals afterwards to win the game. Our team got an early advantage at the start of the game, pushing the opposing team back. We had several opportunities for shots, but none of them made the cut. They were either too high, too low, too wide, or too short. As the game dragged on, we were all disappointed that we had yet to make one single goal. When halftime came, the score was still tied 0 - 0. Everyone was getting frustrated, angry at why we hadn't scored yet. And then, disaster struck. The opposing team had scored! The mood on the benches turned gloomy and dark. For the next 25 minutes, neither team would score. With 3 minutes left in the game, it looked like the team that had been undefeated for two years would lose their first game in the season. However, the game was not over yet. With 2 minut

完璧归赵 赵惠文王有一块著名的宝玉，名字叫和氏璧。有一天，秦昭王说他会给赵惠文王十五个城池如果赵惠文王给他和氏璧。赵惠文王知道秦国比赵国强大，而且赵王如果不肯给秦王和氏璧，就是给了秦王一个开战的借口。赵惠文王问他的大臣有没有人想当使臣去秦国，一个大臣推荐了蔺相如。蔺相如保证可以完璧归赵。蔺相如一到秦国就把和氏璧献给秦王看，秦王很喜欢，给妃子和大臣们都看了一把。蔺相如知道秦王不会把和氏璧还给他，就告诉秦王和氏璧上有一处瑕疵。秦王把和氏璧给了蔺相如，蔺相如就靠近一个大柱子，说如果秦王逼他交出和氏璧，他就会把他的头和和氏璧一起在柱子上撞碎。秦王担心和氏璧会碎，就在五天后安排了一个仪式来交换和氏璧和城池。蔺相如偷偷摸摸把和氏璧送回到了赵国，等到仪式开始的时候，他就告诉秦王他已经把和氏璧送回到了赵国。他说秦王如果想杀他就快点杀吧，但秦王知道杀了他也得不到和氏璧，就把他放了。

鸡鸣狗盗 齐国的孟尝君田文是著名的“战国时期四公子”之一。只要有才能的人，孟尝君都会请到他家里。因此，贤士们都愿意归服他。有一天，有两个人登门求见，孟尝君就设宴来招待他们。孟尝君问这些人他们有什么才能，第一个人说他可以装成一条狗，来偷东西，第二个人说他可以学公鸡叫，就是真的公鸡都分不出来真假。秦王把孟尝君招到了秦国，把他当了宰相，要孟尝君给自己延揽天下人才。可是，秦国的大臣进谏害了他，让秦王把他囚禁起来了。孟尝君叫秦王最宠的妃子为自己求情，她答应了，但是有条件。她想要孟尝君的白狐裘。孟尝君一来秦国就把白狐裘献给了秦王，所以他叫那位精通狗盗的人去把裘偷回来然后给妃子。孟尝君被放了，但他从秦国出不来，因为那儿规定说如果公鸡不叫，门就不开。孟尝君又叫那个学公鸡叫的人叫几下，守门员以为真的公鸡叫了，就把门打开了，孟尝君跟他的门客一起逃回到了齐国。

卧薪尝胆 越王允常在为期间，和吴王结下了冤仇，开始攻伐。允常去世后，他的儿子勾践即位。勾践刚刚即位，朝廷不稳，吴王决定攻打越国。勾践趁吴兵没准备的时候袭击了吴兵，也射伤了吴王。吴王因箭伤而死，告诉儿子夫差必须要报仇。夫差开始练兵了，勾践决定攻打吴国。但吴国打败了越国，逼着越国求饶。吴王饶过了越国，还还了抢走的土地。勾践后来每天跟农民一样生活，还每天要尝一尝苦胆来提醒自己不要忘记兵败之辱。后来，越王打败了吴王，报了仇。

吴宫教战 以前有一个很有名的军事家，叫孙武，他写的《孙武兵法》流传至今。吴王把他请到了吴国，问他能不能训练一支由女子组成的军队。孙武毫不犹豫的说行，吴王就挑选了一百名宫女给孙武来教。孙武告诉宫女们如果她们不遵守命令，她们就会被刑罚。首先，宫女们都哈哈大笑，以为孙武不会真的杀她们。但孙武杀了吴王最宠爱的两个妃子后，宫女们发现连吴王最喜欢的人都能被杀。她们发现这个后，就遵守命令了，变成了一个好军队。

齐桓公称霸 当齐襄公变成皇帝的时候，齐国朝政很混乱。两个公子都逃走了，公子纠带着管仲逃到了鲁国，公子小白带着鲍叔牙逃到了很近的莒国。后来，齐国发生了叛乱，齐襄公被杀，两个公子连忙赶回到齐国。管仲知道鲁国离齐国比较远，担心公子小白会先回到齐国，所以他就在小白回到齐国的路上等着。他一见到小白就射了一支箭，远远看到小白中箭掉下马来。公子纠以为小白死了，就不再着急赶路了。但公子纠不知道小白其实没死，只是装死。小白先赶回到了齐国，当了皇帝。小白是个很好的皇帝，大家都看到他很讲究信义，各地诸侯都推荐他为霸主。

For the last two days, we went to Lake Wenatchee to camp. The campsite was also excellent. We had a water faucet right in our site, and the lake was really close by. In addition, the camp store was also pretty close, and they had really good ice cream. There was also a small playground near us. Yesterday, we went ziplining at the Leavenworth Ziplines in the afternoon. The ziplines were in big trees, and when the wind blew, the whole tree and the platform we were on shook in the wind. We had to climb ladders to get to some of the ziplines. The longest zipline was 1409 feet! The highest one was 200 feet above the valley. We got some really good views. In the night, we watched the Perseid meteor shower. It wasn't the peak, but we still saw quite a few meteors. I saw around ten meteors in thirty minutes. They were just short streaks of white that appeared and disappeared in one or two seconds. Lake Wenatchee was a nice experience.

厉幽无道而周衰 周厉王心胸狭隘，亲近小人，疏远贤臣。大臣荣夷公抢走民间宝物，然后把宝物献给周厉王，周厉王就把荣夷公当做自己的心腹。他派了很多密探，一旦发现有人说自己的坏话，就把那个人杀了。过了几年，人们就造反了，把周厉王杀了。周厉王去世后，周宣王继位。周宣王是个好皇帝，人们都喜欢他。可是周宣王死后，周幽王继位。周幽王比周厉王还荒唐。他很喜欢他的妃子，褒姒，但褒姒不爱笑，所以周幽王点烽火台，戏诸侯，来让褒姒笑。这样玩了几次，诸侯们都很不高兴。但褒姒和周幽王很开心。过了几天，真的有兵袭击了，周幽王点了烽火台，但没有诸侯来帮忙。周幽王被杀了。

殷商故事 汤成为皇帝后，后来的皇帝都是汤的后代。到盘庚登基的时候，殷商的统治已经岌岌可危了。盘庚想要复兴成以前的兴盛境况，所以他说服了大臣和百姓，改善了百姓的生活。盘庚之后，武丁帝即位，他也想要复兴国家。殷商又变回了以前的兴盛的样子。殷商的最后一个天子叫纣。纣喜欢喝酒，也喜欢放荡作乐。他不认真处理国家大事。他还很贪财，不断加重百姓的赋税。他还设置了酷刑“炮烙”，这是一个很痛苦的杀人方法。最后，百姓们实在生活不下去了，把纣杀了，开始了一个新的王朝。

上古五帝 从前有个孩子，姓公孙，名叫轩辕。他从小就聪明机敏，又诚实勤奋。那时候到处都有人在打仗，百姓的生活也很苦。于是，轩辕就征召了士兵，训练了军队，统一了中国。他挑了一大批好的大臣，给百姓带来了幸福的生活。皇帝死了后，颛顼帝继位，他也是个很好的皇帝。他带领百姓开发了很大片的土地，和种植了各种庄稼，百姓的生活越来越好。颛顼帝死后，帝喾继位。帝喾教了百姓很多有益的事，所以百姓都忠心于他。帝喾死后，他的儿子挚即位，但因为他没有什么才能，他的弟弟尧变成了皇帝。尧从不放纵自己享乐，经常各地巡游，了解百姓的生活状况。尧手下的官也都很能干。尧死之前，他挑了舜为下面的领导人。舜也是个很好的皇帝，也很聪明，百姓们如果有复杂的官司，就会来找他。大禹用了十三年的功夫，治了洪水。后来舜挑了大禹继承帝位。这就是中国的上古五帝。

聚宝盆 从前有一个老伯伯，他有一天在他的田地里找着了一个大盆子。他把盆子带回家了，往里面放了一些米。突然，盆子里的米翻倍了，把盆子装满了。老伯伯不敢相信，把米拿了出来，然后又放了一把米进盆子里。盆子里的米有翻倍了，盆又满了。老伯伯心想：“我不能靠这种小便宜来成功，我必须继续种米。有一年，大家的米都长不好，谁都吃不饱。老伯伯实在看不下去，给了大家很多米，让大家都吃得饱。但有一个大官发现了老伯伯有一个聚宝盆。他把聚宝盆抢走了。但大官的爸爸也想要聚宝盆，跟大官抢。爸爸掉进了聚宝盆，突然出来了十个爸爸。他们吵架，因为他们不知道谁是真的爸爸。他们在吵架的时候把聚宝盆砸了，以后谁也没有了聚宝盆。 老鼠嫁女 从前有一只老鼠小姐，他想嫁给世界上最强大的东西。她的爸爸和妈妈就出去找最强大的东西。他们首先看到了太阳，问它它是不是最强大的东西。太阳说不是，因为风可以把云吹到太阳前面，太阳就没光了。但风也说自己不是最强大的东西，因为他吹不下路边的石头。石头说自己不是最强大的东西，因为老牛可以在它身上磨角，石头什么也干不了。老牛说鞭子比自己强。鞭子说有个强大的老鼠，每天咬自己，自己什么也干不了。老鼠妈和爸见到强大的老鼠，十分满意，就把女儿嫁给了他。

龙凤瓷床 有一年，皇帝下了个命令，他想要景德镇的人给他造一个龙凤瓷床。他说如果他们一年以内做不出来龙凤瓷床，他就把他们都杀了。景德镇的人很快就开始制造龙凤瓷床了。他们造了好多坯子，但每个在窑里烧过后就会裂。眼看过了十个月了，大家都没办法，很不高兴。有一天晚上，一个小女孩子有了一个梦，梦里有个老人告诉他只有一个办法能烧好龙凤瓷床。她必须在坯子被送到窑里后自己跳进窑里，只有这样能烧出龙凤瓷床。她就这样做了，龙凤瓷床也就烧好了。她自己死了，但她救了一整个村里的人。 聪明的阿凡提 以前，有一个叫阿凡提的人，他非常聪明。没有什么难题能难的过他。国王不相信，想亲自考一考阿凡提。阿凡提很容易就解了国王的难题。外国也有一个国王听说了阿凡提的聪明，他也想亲自来看看。他来到阿凡提的国家，阿凡提就已经站在边界等着他了。国王看到他，问阿凡提他觉得他可以骗过自己吗？阿凡提说当然能骗，但先要回家取计囊。国王叫他骑着自己的马去取，但阿凡提说他不能走，因为他在扶着一个快要倒下的树。国王说他可以自己扶住树，叫阿凡提快去取计囊。阿凡提骑着马就走了，太阳下山了，他都没回来。这下，国王知道自己被骗了，差点气得晕了过去。

Yesterday my family drove to Bellevue Downtown Park in search of Pokemon. All of the former attractions had been taken down for new constructions, and all that was left of the park was a big tree in the middle, a volleyball court, and the circular stream around the park. When we arrived, there were already loads of people at the park, huddled around the places where rare Pokemon gather. Every so often, somebody would shout that there was a rare Pokemon somewhere, and everyone in the whole park would run to that place, causing dust to fly everywhere - literally a human stampede. Everybody was on their phones, looking for the rare Pokemon. It was an amazing sight. When we were there, we caught quite a few rare Pokemon, from Graveler to Aerodactyl. We spent about 90 minutes there, but I made so much progress in the game that it was unbelievable. I made about 2/7 of my total progress at the park. I also caught about 100 Pokemon in that short time period. 2 or 3 of them were extremely rar

神笔马良 以前有一个叫马良的小孩子，他从小就没有爸爸和妈妈，每天自己去山上打柴。他很想学画画，但画画学校连一根笔都不肯给马良。所以马良每天砍柴的时候会折断一根柴，用柴在沙地里画画。他还拿河边的小草蘸在水里，在石头上画画。有一天，有一个老头在晚上到他的屋子里，给了他一支神笔。马良后来就开始给穷人画画。他们要什么就画什么，画什么就有什么。有一天，一个大财主把马良抓住了，要马良给自己画画。马良不肯，财主把他关起来了。马良画了一个梯子，逃走了。后来，连皇上都听说了马良有一个神笔，叫马良给他画画。马良不肯，皇上就抢走了他的笔，把他关起来了。马良有了一个主意，告诉皇上他可以给他画画。马良给皇上画了一个摇钱树，但树边上都是大海。马良又画了一个船，皇上坐在上面，叫马良给他画一些风。马良画了一些风，但皇上觉得风太小，船太慢。他叫马良在画风，马良答应了。风越来越大，船在浪上摇摆着。突然，船翻过去了，皇上淹死了。 天落石钟记 王母娘娘要办一个大蟠桃会，她想要两个大玉钟放在天宫里。她叫二郎神去凡间找到美玉，造两个大钟带回来。二郎神造了钟，但应为太重，他不能搬回天宫。他叫一个高力士来帮忙，把钟带到天宫。搬了好几天，高力士走神了一下子，玉钟掉下来了，变成了两座大山。它们也把月亮砸下来了一块儿，这块儿月亮也变成了一座山。高力士被惩罚了，被压在这三山边上的一个小山下面。

十二生肖的故事 有一天，玉帝决定挑选十二种动物作为人的生肖。他告诉所有的动物最先到达天宫的十二种动物都会按顺序变成生肖里的动物。猫和老鼠这时是好朋友。猫喜欢睡懒觉，叫老鼠把他叫醒一起走。那天早上，老鼠彻底忘了着一些事了，自己跑走了。他正在跑，然后牛追上来了。老鼠看牛跑的那么快，知道自己赶不上，所以想起了一个妙计。他告诉牛他会给牛唱一个歌，来解乏。过了一会儿，牛什么都没听到，问老鼠他为什么不唱歌。老鼠说他的嗓门太小了，告诉牛他如果坐在牛的脖子上牛就可以听到歌了。牛答应了，老鼠心里乐开了花。牛到终点线的时候，老鼠就从他的脖子上跳下来，跳到他的前面。这样子，老鼠得了第一名。等十二个动物都来了，猫连影子都没有，连猪都来了。回家后，猫问了老鼠时间到了没有，老鼠说时间早就到了。老鼠还说他自己得到了第一名。猫问了老鼠他为什么不叫自己，老鼠回答因为猫会抢他的位置。猫气坏了，把老鼠吃掉了。从此，猫和老鼠就成为了冤家。 田螺姑娘 从前有一个年轻的男子汉，他从小没有妈妈和爸爸，自己在农田里工作。有一天，他找着了一个又大又漂亮的田螺，决定把他带回家养着。过了几年，田螺的大小翻倍了。有一天，男子汉觉得自己特别饿，一天在农田里干活，而且没吃午饭。他的肚子咕咕响，他决定回家立刻做饭。他回家后，发现饭都已经做好了，还是热喷喷的。下几天，他每天回来都有好饭吃。他想发现这些饭是谁做的，所以他有一天去了农田，然后早回来了。他看到了一个青年的姑娘在给他做饭，他就进了屋子，把姑娘吓坏了。他发现姑娘爱上了自己，是从田螺里来的。过了一些时候，男子汉也爱上了田螺姑娘，他们高高兴兴的生活在一起了。

葫芦娃 从前有一个老妈，她一直到四十岁那年的春天才生了一个女儿。他觉得女儿会很孤单，所以也种了一颗小榆树。她给她的女儿起名叫春姐。过了好几年，树梢越过了屋顶，春姐也长成大人了。有一天，一只小燕子从树上掉下来，它的翅膀受伤了。春姐给他治好了翅膀，燕子感恩的看了一眼春姐，然后就飞走了。第二天，燕子给春姐带来了一颗葫芦子，春姐把它种在榆树旁边。春姐天天给葫芦种浇水施肥，小葫芦长得很快，有一天突然裂开了，从里面蹦出来了一个漂亮的小娃娃，春姐给他起名叫葫芦娃。有一天，春姐被绿面妖抓走了。后来，葫芦娃把他救回来了，杀了绿面妖。 鲤鱼跳龙门 大禹治水的时候，从一座大山中间挖了一条隧道。人们称这个隧道为龙门，因为挖这个隧道是个很伟大的事情。后来，连居住在大海里的鲤鱼都听说了，也都想来看看这个龙门。他们到了龙门，但应为山上水位太高，他们上不去，只好在龙门的北山脚下。有一个鲤鱼有了一个主意，跳过了龙门，变成了一个龙。别的鲤鱼也都想变成龙，但只有个别几个跳过去了，别的都掉下来了，在额头上落了一个黑疤。这是为什么黄河的鲤鱼头上有黑疤。

梁中书叫关胜去打梁山泊，因为关胜是关羽的后代，深通兵法。当夜，宋江与吴用智擒了关胜，请关胜入伙。关胜入伙后，请了好几个别的人也来入伙。这时，石秀和杨林回来了，报告说他们买了二百多只好吗，却被曾头市偷走了。吴用很容易把曾头市打的落花流水，然后烧了他们的营寨。

段景住盗了一个宝马，要送给宋江，但被曾头市的曾家五虎抢走了。晁盖听了大怒，带了二十名头领和五千军马杀向曾头市。他们打了一个大战，不分上下。突然，曾家五虎逃回到树林里。晁盖怕有埋伏，所以收了兵。过了三天，曾头市没出兵。第四天，有两个和尚来到晁盖的大营。他们因为不堪忍受曾家勒索，愿意带梁山泊的人去劫寨。晚上，那两个和尚把梁山泊的人领到曾家的大营，然后逃跑不见了。晁盖知道中计了，叫大家撤退，但自己被毒箭射死了。宋江不知道怎么办，想叫卢俊义来帮忙，所以他叫吴用请卢俊义入伙。卢俊义不肯，吴用只好用计勉强他入伙。他把卢俊义请到梁山泊上，然后告诉他家里的人卢俊义已经入伙了。卢俊义回到家里后，立刻被抓住了。他被梁山泊的人救出来了，然后只好入伙了。

宋江打破高唐州，高俅大怒，决定攻打梁山泊。他用连环马来打梁山泊，宋江的兵根本挡不住。他们在商议厅里想出了一个办法 - 他们用钩镰枪把马的腿钩住。马绊倒后，就杀马和骑马的人。高俅的兵被杀的落花流水，只有一个大将逃跑了，别的都被抓住了。唯一没被抓住的将军，呼延灼，决定去找青州知府帮忙。青州知府说如果呼延灼把青州的三处贼人打掉，他就会帮助呼延灼打掉梁山泊的人。过了几天，呼延灼开始攻打桃花山。桃花山的鲁智深，杨志，和武松叫梁山泊的人来帮忙。吴用想出了一个妙计，把呼延灼抓住了，解决了桃花山的危险。

李逵跟柴进住在一起。有一天，柴进得知他的爸爸得病快死了。他的爸爸叫柴进快回到家里。柴进回家后，发现殷天锡要抢走柴皇城的家。因为这个，柴皇城得了病，要死了。李逵气坏了，把殷天锡杀了。他逃回到梁山泊了，但柴进被抓了。整个柴家都被抓了，然后柴进被打的皮开肉绽。 梁山泊的人来救柴进了。高廉得知梁山泊的人来了后，率领三百飞天神兵来抵抗。经过几天的战争，高廉被打败了。他向周围的州府求救。吴用得知后，决定将计就计。他让兵马不战自乱，让高廉出战。高廉出来后，宋江让兵马攻打高廉的兵，高廉又被打的落花流水。

杨雄和石秀在路上遇到了时迁。他也想投梁山泊，所以他们一起向梁山泊走去。过了一会儿，他们来到了一个酒店，他们决定喝一些酒，吃一些肉。但他们到酒店后发现没有肉了，只有一瓮酒。他们看到屋檐下有十几把朴刀。他们问一个人这些刀是干嘛的，那个人说这些刀都是用来防梁山泊的贼的。这时，时迁偷了一个鸡，让大家吃。突然，村庄里的人都出来了，要抓住这些贼。他们把时迁抓住了。杨雄和石秀逃走了，因为有太多人了。 宋江带领了救兵，来打祝家庄，把时迁救回来。他们打了两天，就把时迁救出来了。

李逵到了家里，发现他的娘因为长想念自己，哭瞎了眼睛。他把娘扛在背上，往梁山泊走去。过了一会儿，娘说渴了，叫李逵去给他找水喝。她自己做在了一个石头上。李逵又走了一会儿，找到了一个小溪。但李逵不知道怎么把水带给娘喝。他看到一个别的山上有一个庙，所以他跑到庙里拿了香炉，用香炉带水给娘喝。但他到石头那儿的时候，没看到娘，急坏了。他发现草地里有血迹，然后看到两个老虎在吃人腿。李逵气坏了，把老虎都杀了。晁盖，宋江，和吴用都担心李逵那儿发生了什么事，因为他还没回来。他们叫节级去找一下李逵。 再过几天，杨林和节级在街上走，看到一些泼皮抢了杨雄的钱物，转生就跑。有一个人突然跑出来，把泼皮都打倒了。他叫石秀。杨林和节级对他很敬佩，请他去酒楼喝酒。石秀和杨雄结拜为兄弟了。杨雄和石秀发现了杨雄的妻子，潘巧云，和一个和尚有一个关系。杨雄把他的妻子和那个和尚杀了，然后跟石秀去投梁山泊了。

宋江得到一封家书，上面写着：“父亲因病身故，现今停丧在家，专等哥哥回家安葬。切不可误！”宋江赶快回到他家里，却发现父亲根本没事。他说他只是怕宋江落草去了，所以叫他回来。这时，军队把村庄围住了，把宋江捉拿了。宋江被刺配到了江州。在路上，他被朋友们救了。他们一起喝了一天酒，次日宋江坚持要走。吴用给了他一封书信，叫他去江州找节级，说节级会招待他。宋江到了江州，给了大家很多钱，所以没有人不喜欢他。但他就是不给节级钱，引得节级来找他。节级看了书信，就请宋江喝酒。他们又碰到了一个叫李逵的人，他们也变成了好朋友。喝酒的时候，节级要酒保给他们鲜鱼汤来醒酒，但酒保说没有鲜鱼了。李逵跳起来，跑了出酒楼，然后又跳到一个船上，去抢鲜鱼吃。有一个大汉驾小船过来了，要把李逵淹了。宋江急忙叫他们停下来，然后叫他们回到岸上。他们后来也变成了好朋友。又过了几天，他们又去喝酒了，宋江在墙上写了一个很污辱人的诗。蔡九把宋江抓起来了，大打了一顿。黄文柄告诉蔡九他应该把这件事报告给蔡太师，顺便得到一大笔钱。蔡九认为有道理，叫节级把信送给蔡太师。节级趁机上了梁山泊，找吴用谈救宋江之策。吴用决定写一封假信给蔡九，让节级带回江州。但节级走了后，吴用发现了他的错误。他在假信上用错了印记！节级把书信给蔡九后，黄文柄看出来了漏洞。节级就被打的皮开肉绽，然后也被送上了法场。宋江和节级被梁山泊的人救了，大家都回到了梁山泊。宋江想把自己的家人带到梁山泊，因为他怕连累家人。不久，公孙胜和李逵也都想回家探亲了。

秦明又来抓宋江了。宋江他们想起了一个计划来让秦明也入伙。他们用引诱把秦明的军队弄得很累，然后把他们都杀了或抓住了。秦明逃走后，发现宋江的另外些人把城市都烧了，而且是装成秦明的样子干的。他自己的朋友都把他赶走了。然后，宋江和另外几个头领跳出来，问他想不想入伙。秦明只好入伙了。

宋江在柴进的庄上住了半年后，白虎山的孔太公请他去那里住，然后清风寨的花荣又请他去他那里住。宋江告辞了柴进，来到了清风山下。突然，他被人抓住了，这些人把宋江带到了头领们那儿。头领们一知道是宋江，就连忙道歉。那天晚上，他们杀鸡宰羊，设宴款待。但在宴上，刘高把宋江抓住了，因为刘高的妻子说以前被宋江抢到山上过。花荣把宋江救回来了，然后把刘高赶走了。但宋江后来又被刘高抓住了，然后这次刘高也抓住了花荣。这次，清风寨的三个头领来救了花荣和宋江，这次把刘高干掉了。

孙悟空发现水帘洞里有好几个妖怪。他把妖怪打走了。后来，妖怪回来了，带了两个别的妖怪，跟孙悟空道歉了。孙悟空和妖怪变成了好朋友。再过了一些时间，孙悟空从东海龙王那儿拿了金箍棒。阎王试图把他害了，但孙悟空逃跑了。因为他在地上惹祸，玉帝叫他到天上来当官。他让孙悟空当了很小的弼马温。孙悟空发现后，逃回到花果山了。

孙悟空从石头诞生了，然后找到了一些别的石猴。别的猴子说如果他能跳到瀑布里然后回来的话，就会称他为王。他从瀑布里回来的时候，告诉大家里面有一个大水帘洞，让大家进去跟他住。别的猴子都想要孙悟空去找长生的树，所以孙悟空就独自去找长生的树了。他到了一个城市，在城市里惹了很多祸。他又走了一会儿，遇到了一个打柴的人，这个打柴的人告诉他可以在哪儿看到祖师，学道。他到了祖师那儿，开始学道。孙悟空学会了一些东西，但应为他表现得不好，祖师说不想要教他了。

武松在街上走，巧遇哥哥武大郎。他的哥哥请他吃饭，他答应了。武松在他家里发现他的老婆勾搭上了西门庆。他们俩用砒霜害了武大郎。武松发现后，把他们杀了。然后，他逃跑了。有个叫施恩的人的酒店被蒋门神和张团练抢走了。武松答应帮施恩把酒店拿回来。武松把蒋门神打的落花流水，把张团练也吓跑了，把酒店还给了施恩。但后来，蒋门神和张团练回来了，把武松抓住了，把他送走去杀了。武松逃跑了，去把蒋门神和张团练杀了。

晁盖给宋江送了一百根金条，但宋江只拿了一个，把别的都送回去了。他不久以前娶了一个妻子，但因为他只喜欢使枪弄棒，他们就渐渐疏远了。他的妻子的妈妈老叫他过来吃饭，但他老推脱说有事。这次，他的妻子的妈妈把他拉到她的家里吃饭。他只好吃了一顿。他睡觉的时候，把刀和文袋挂在床头上。他一早就走了，但他忘了他的文袋和刀。他的妻子发现了金子和书信。他的妻子说：“如果你想要我还文袋，要答应我三件事。第一，我要改嫁给张文远，第二，你不准讨回你以前给我的钱物，第三，你要把晁盖送你的一百两金子给我。”宋江说：“我已经把这些金子还掉了，不能给你。”但他的妻子死活不信，最后宋江气坏了，用刀把她杀了。 宋江有一个朋友，叫武松，在阳谷县地面。他看到前面有一个酒店，他进去喝了十八碗酒，然后出去继续走。在路上，他遇到了一个老虎，很快就把他杀了。他后来才发现这个老虎是个很坏的老虎，阳谷县县官知道后，把他封为一名都头。

杨志醒了，十四个军士因为酒喝的多，还没醒。杨志走了后军士们才醒来。他们以为是杨志把礼物偷走了，然后逃跑了。杨志去找二龙山入伙，因为他知道要不然他会被抓住的。他在路上碰到了鲁智深，两个人一起到二龙山入伙了。东京的梁中知道是谁干的后，就抓了白胜，把他大打了一顿。白胜告诉梁中另外几个偷东西的人的名字，梁中有去找他们了。宋江跑到他们，告诉他们梁中在找他们。他这样子救了他们。

晁盖，刘唐慕，吴用，公孙胜，和三个姓阮的兄弟想偷生辰纲。那一天，杨志带了十四个军士，带着十一担礼物，往东京送去。这七个人决定装成卖酒和枣子的人，给军士们卖酒。他们拿了麻药，把麻药放在酒里。军士们喝完酒，纷纷倒在地上，这七个人就把礼物都抢走了。

林冲来到梁山泊入伙。两个头子很高兴，但大头领王伦为人心胸狭窄，觉得林冲本领强，所以将来不会服管制。他让林冲在三天内杀一个人给他看。过了两天，林冲一个人都没看到。第三天，他看到了一个年轻人，但他逃跑了。然后，来了一个大汉，两个人斗了起来。忽然，从山上传来一个人的声音，叫到：“二位好汉住手！”王伦从山上下来，把两个人介绍了一下，那位大汉和林冲变成了好朋友。杨志（那个大汉）辞别了，到了东京。他没钱，只好拿出他的祖传宝刀来卖。有一个人想要买，问杨志：“你得到好在哪里？”杨志给那个人示范了他的刀的特殊，但那个人想要杨志用刀来杀人。杨志说不行，但那个人不停地问。养志气坏了，把那个人杀了。

高俅派董超和薛霸来杀害林冲，但鲁达保护了林冲，把他安全地送到了沧州。在沧州，林冲跟柴大官谈起来。此人是柴世宗的后代，喜欢跟天下好汉交朋友。柴进让林冲在庄上住了几天，每天都有好吃的好喝的。林冲走得时候，柴进给了他一封信，让别的城里的大官对他好一些。后来，林冲被派到天王堂来当看守，他很高兴。但有三个官想害他，叫他去看守大军料场。此时正是严冬，非常冷，所以林冲买了一些肉和一些酒。但是他回来的时候，发现这三个官 - 富安，陆谦，和差拨 - 把粮草烧了。林冲知道他会被治罪的，所以他杀了这三个官，然后逃跑了。

鲁达到了东京，拜见了智清禅师。智清禅师吩咐鲁达去看管菜园。菜园附近有二三十个泼皮，鲁达很快把他们制伏，令他们俯首帖耳。后来，他们请鲁达来吃饭。在他们吃饭的时候，有一个乌鸦在树上叫起来。鲁达就把树拔了。别的人都一齐拜倒。在过了一些时间，鲁达请了这些人来吃饭，然后吃完鲁达就拿着禅杖舞起来。边上有个人说：“使得好！”这个人是八十万禁军枪棒头林冲。林冲和鲁达成了很好的朋友，结拜为兄弟。忽然，林冲得到消息，他的娘子撞见个无赖。这个无赖一见到林冲就逃跑了。林冲又发现这个无赖是高俅的儿子。林冲跑到高俅的儿子高衙内的家里，把高衙内吓了，使高衙内病死。高太尉想报仇，叫人打林冲很多次，然后把他押到别的地方。

九纹龙来到了一个茶馆。他在这儿休息了一会儿，然后问茶馆里的人有没有人看到过王进。有一个叫鲁达的人，说王进在延安府。他们到茶馆外面走了一会儿，然后遇到九纹龙的第一个师父。三人一起去酒楼吃酒。在酒楼里面，他们听到隔壁有人啼哭。鲁达问了她后，发现郑屠骗了她的三千贯钱。鲁达消遣了郑屠，然后把他大打一顿。鲁达打完，只好逃跑了，要不然他会被抓住的。鲁达决定变成一个和尚，但他实在太馋了。他忍不住喝酒，然后一喝酒就会变得很急躁。他一急噪就开始打人。最后，和尚的主持告诉鲁达他不应该当一个和尚，然后把他送走了。

史太公患病去世了。少华山被强盗征服了，九纹龙知道他们下面会打史家村。他叫人杀了两头肥水牛，备下好酒，请史家村里的人到他家里来商议。九纹龙带着史家村里的人，抓住了强盗的一个头子。另外两个头子没办法，想出了苦肉计。他们告诉九纹龙如果抓住一个头子，另外两个头子就会向他投降，因为三个头子想在一起。他们双双跪倒，恳求跟另外个头子被绑住。九纹龙被感动了，把另外个头子放了。晚上，这三个头子用火把史家村烧了，把史家村也包围了。九纹龙只好逃跑。

今天我读了水浒传的第一章。有一个人叫高二，他品行恶劣，但因为踢球踢得好，人们都称他高俅。他的好朋友是端王，然后因为皇帝无子，端王赵佶成了皇帝，高俅也就当了大官。大家都去祝贺高俅，但有个人没来，就是王进。王进的爸爸以前打过高俅所以高俅觉得王进是装病没来。高俅大骂了王进一顿。王进知道高俅当官了后，就带着母亲逃跑了。他碰到了史进，也叫九纹龙。他教了九纹龙十八般武艺。

中国科举是古代很大的考试。你如果考过第一级，你就是一个举人。然后，你要考解元，这是三元中第一元。明年，二月份，你就要考会元，这是三元中的第二元。这考试真的是一个很苦的考试，没有什么教师给你考，就是一个监狱。考生的屋子长五尺，宽四尺，高八尺，进去只能带三根蜡烛，笔，墨，和一个考卷。一进去，外面就上锁关门。晚上想睡觉就要我在地上睡。考完这个考试，就要考第三元, 这个考试每三年只有一场，如果考过就能当官。

朱元璋拟定了一个几乎完美的计划。朱元璋的大军分了三路，其中徐达是中路，李文忠是右路，和冯胜为西路。在出征之前，朱元璋让将军们自己挑先锋。徐达挑了蓝玉，冯胜挑了傅友德。这个人是个真正的传奇人物，从来没有打过败仗。蓝玉和傅友德一起把王保保打得落花流水，他被逼迫撤退。王保保知道他军队的实力不够，打不过明军，所以只能用伏军。王保保等着明军追上来。果然，明军追了王保保，追到了一个埋伏里。元军的埋伏没成功，明军把他们追回到了蒙古。傅友德又征服了好几个城池。

Many websites are playing even more and more on people's natural feelings. These strategies are employed frequently on websites like Amazon. On Amazon, signing out is hard. There is no obvious 'Sign out' button, and to sign out you have to hover over your name, and then scroll to the bottom. There is a small button which says "Not (blank)? Sign out". It makes you feel weird because to sign out you have to say that you are not you. There's also scarcity inflation. Some websites say that there is only one left, when in actuality there are a lot left. This plays on people's natural biases, making them want to buy the product. Also, websites are designed so that it is easy to sign up, and then hard to opt out. Or so that the expensive things are highlighted, while the other things are very hard to see. Or that there are tiny checkboxes that you can barely see that will spam you with e-mail if they are left checked. These websites do experience better res

Fentanyl is a new drug that is insanely powerful. At 50 times the power of heroin, 2 mg, or six grains of salt, could be lethal. And this drug is much cheaper, too. It is being produced in Mexico, in illegal labs. It is being produced in China, where it can be ordered in the mail. It does not require large swaths of poppy fields to produce. It can be produced by simple chemistry. Joseph was a high schooler. He had a job, and earned $12.75 an hour at a nursing home. The year after he graduated from high school, a friend gave him some Percocet pills. When he took them, he instantly felt high. He said that he wanted to feel like that for the rest of his life. His habit quickly escalated to 10 or 20 pills a day. Then he got into fentanyl. He became insanely high and wandered around like a drunkard. Crashing into doors. Doing stupid things. He got put in jail, then right afterwards, he got high again. Modern technology has made more and more drugs that are even worse than the last. Each

王保保的军队实在太累了，他们一看到明军退后了，就睡着了。他们知道这次安静并不正常，但他们实在太累了。徐达趁机进攻了。王保保整个的军队一下子就被消灭了。王保保逃掉了，但他的军队全都被抓住了。王保保的十万大军一晚上就被毁掉了。王保保逃到了河边，没有渡河的船，所以他拿了一块儿木头，让老婆，孩子，和自己抓住，然后从黄河一边到另外一边。他跑回到了蒙古，然后开始痛哭。

徐达率领明军骑兵，到达了王保保的军的地方，但因为兵力不够强，徐达没有发动进攻。徐达决定不打也不撤。常遇春决定应该偷袭敌营。这个计划成功了，王保保被打得落花流水。此时，中国北方的地区落进了明军的手里。王保保只能逃回到太原。但王保保也有计划。他多在太原也是有原因的。他现在就要等一个鱼上钩。过了一些时候，他得到了一个机会。他拿了十余万军，让一万军进兰州，另外一些军围在兰州外面，藏起来。他知道兰州对明军太重要了，肯定会有人来救援。果然，于光来救援了，很快就被杀了。王保保知道还会有人来，所以他就待在兰州，等着。果然，又有了一个鱼上钩，但这次是个鳄鱼。朱元璋亲自率领大军，分五路来打王保保。

元朝是朱元璋最大的对手。他想报仇，因为在元朝的统治下，他失去了父母，失去了他的整个生活。他被逼迫成一个和尚，天天靠讨饭度日。朱元璋，陈友谅，张士诚都在打一个淘汰赛，而最后胜利的人可以跟元朝打仗。现在，比赛最后一轮开始了。至正二十七年（1367）十月，朱元璋派大将徐达，常遇春挥师北伐。元朝以为朱元璋的起义军没那么可怕，没怎么防守。等他们发现朱元璋很可怕后，已经太晚了。朱元璋已经打倒了好几个城池。朱元璋越打越厉害，1368年就达到了首都，建立了明朝。但是蒙古贵族仍然企图重新入主中原，不断地攻打中国。王保保率领十余万军队来攻打中国。朱元璋很聪明，叫徐达和常遇春分两路，一路打太原，一路打王保保。王保保得到消息，很快就去防守太原了，不在攻打中国了。

朱元璋打败了和杀了陈友谅后，只有张士诚还没被朱元璋打败。张士诚本来是很容易打败的。但朱元璋亲爱的侄子，朱文正，试图投降给张士诚。还好朱元璋临时抓住了朱文正。朱元璋本来想处死他，但马皇后劝他只用鞭抽他，朱元璋也就没处死他。但始终张士诚都不知道什么在发生。朱元璋要打平江了。张士诚知道了以后，知道如果平江被击败了，他就没路可走了。张士诚决定拼死一搏。朱元璋的兵分十一个路来打平江，和把平江围住了。朱元璋还用了好多火铳和襄阳炮。八个月后，平江被攻下了，张士诚也被朱元璋杀了。

The market for cheap hacking and hackers-for-hire is growing huge. Hackers from Russia and other companies are receiving lots of business, according to reports by analysts from security firm Dell SecureWorks Inc. The analysts scoured dozens of websites on the dark web and found that malware is becoming “much cheaper and continues to offer a low barrier to entry for cybercriminals looking to steal information.” Among the many things that are offered, stealing e-mails is a popular service. For only $129, you can hire someone to hack a private e-mail account. For $500, you can hire a hacker to hack a corporate e-mail account. And many hackers brag that their service is 'undetectable'. Imagine that someone else could be using your e-mail account and reading all your personal information with you even knowing about it. Anyone with Internet access and a bit of money can potentially wreak havoc on computer networks. Hacking has become a way to facilitate all sorts of crimes, from

张定边的三个船冲向朱元璋的旗舰。双方顿时停下了战争，大家都惊呆了。张定便趁机冲到朱元璋的中军。朱元璋的兵这才反应过来，把张定边围住了。张定边一身都是胆，锐不可当。他杀了朱元璋的好多兵和好多将军。朱元璋的兵队撤退了。陈友谅很高兴，决定集群突击。但应为船的速度都不一样，陈友谅决定把船用铁链连起来。第二天，朱元璋想用火来烧陈友谅的船也不行。这是因为没有风。陈友谅的船开始了攻击，朱元璋被打的落花流水，连忙撤退。突然，朱元璋的将军丁普郎向敌军冲去，但因为他不是向兵少的地方冲，而是向兵多的地方冲，他一下子就被杀害了。朱元璋的兵队一整天都在往回退，一直到下午三点钟。突然，一个大风开始吹了。朱元璋得意极了，叫火船立刻向陈友谅的船走。陈友谅的兵队被烧成以前的一半，陈友谅的将军也都投降了。朱元璋把陈友谅战死了，把他的儿子也杀了。陈友谅被彻底除掉了，中国被统一了。

朱元璋去帮朱文正了。他边走边想：“我从一个物所有的放牛娃，到了千军万马的统率者，现在我要争夺天下！”但朱元璋想到陈友谅后，开始颤抖，因为陈友谅的大军比朱元璋的大军大三倍，和船也不是小的破船，是大的战船。七月十六日，朱元璋分兵两路，把陈友谅的退路挡住了。朱元璋想：“我一定不能输，要不然一切就全完了！”七月二十一日，朱元璋很抵触，因为他想不出来办法用他的小渔船来打陈友谅的大战船。朱元璋的名将徐达有办法，用很多小船分十几个路来打大船。陈友谅丢了二十多个战船。但陈友谅回击，把徐达的船打掉了，徐达的兵暂时失去了对船队的指挥能力。陈友谅趁机击沉了许多朱元璋的船。两方都损失了很多。 他们都退了一步。

Recently I read an article on the New York Times about how some prices on retail websites were listed to look like they were more expensive than they actually were. For example, the Cuisinart Mini-Prep Plus Processor is $40 on the Cuisinart website, but is listed at $75 with a $35 discount on Amazon. It looks like a good deal, but is it really? However, on some other products, like the Razer BlackWidow Chroma (http://www.amazon.com/Razer-BlackWidow-Chroma-Mechanical-Keyboard/dp/B00MTWV0II/ref=lp_172487_1_6?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1457288234&sr=1-6, http://www.razerzone.com/store/razer-blackwidow-chroma) sells for $170 on the Razer Website and $140 on Amazon ($30 discount). I'm not sure if all of the prices are accurate, or if some of them are just not updated as much. It is a sales tactic that is drawing legal scrutiny, as well as prompting questions about the integrity of e-commerce. If everyone is getting a deal, is anyone really getting a deal? Overstock.com was recentl

朱文正打走了陈友谅。 陈友谅被打的落花流水，决定攻打新城门。陈友谅到了城门。他攻城的时候，发现防守的兵们扔的箭石不猛烈，就叫他的兵们把吕公车。然后，守着这个门的将领居然把门打开了。他的士兵从门里冲出来，杀了一阵后退回到城里了。之后，汉军再也不敢打新城们了。最后，陈友谅决定攻打水路。防守的军队用长矛来打陈友谅的军队，但陈友谅的士兵用手抓住长矛，把他们停住。突然，防守的军队不再扔长矛了。过了两个小时的时间，汉军都觉得很奇怪。再过了一会儿，长毛又开始从城门上掉了。汉军试图抓住它们的时候，长毛把他们的手都烧坏了。原来防守的军队是去加热了。陈友谅大败，但还有很多兵。朱文正知道如果打持久战的话，他会输得，所以叫张子明去朱元璋要求援兵。

陈友谅很生气，因为朱元璋把他的军队杀得很惨。他决定要收拾朱元璋，攻打洪都。朱元璋的弟弟朱文正来防守洪都。朱文正安排好五个大将来访城里的八个门，然后自己带着两千人来帮要帮忙的人。陈友谅首先攻击了抚州门。陈友谅一开始攻击，大石头和木头就像雨一样砸在士兵们的身上。陈友谅很失望。过了几天的战斗，陈友谅的士兵们在墙里挖出了一个很大的洞。但管这个门的大将却没害怕，他的士兵们拿出火枪来。陈友谅的兵害怕的退了。

当太平失守的消息传到朱元璋后，朱元璋叫他的谋士们来跟他商量对策，但感觉他们都已经准备好了逃跑的东西，因为他们都觉得朱元璋没戏了。此时，刘基发言，说大家都太胆怯了，把陈友谅引到一个地方，然后用伏兵把他灭掉，不是很容易吗？朱元璋决定在龙湾决战。陈友谅听说他的弟弟陈友仁到达了龙湾，所以自己也去帮忙。但是，朱元璋在远处的狮子山上看着他们呢。忽然，边上的伏兵都冲出来了，吧陈友谅的军队杀得落花流水。陈友谅逃掉了。虽然朱元璋打了胜战，但还是很不轻松，因为他在河的下游。他想喝水的时候，就像：“我在喝陈友谅洗脸和洗脚的水。” 朱元璋决定必须要灭掉陈友谅。陈友谅做了中国的第一个铁皮战船，打了好几个胜战。陈友谅抓住了韩林儿和刘福通。朱元璋去救他们的时候，刘福通死了。

Today I went to a march about justice for Peter Liang. Peter Liang was an Asian NYPD cop. He was assigned to patrol one of the most dangerous parts of New York, and then, he fired his weapon accidentally down a stairwell with no lights in it. The bullet ricocheted and hit Akai Gurley, a 28-year old. He was killed. This was not the first time a cop killed a black male. And yet he is the only cop that is convicted of a crime. Out of the white policeman who shot a black male in broad daylight 12 times, the white policeman who choked a black male to death, and the Asian policeman who shoots accidentally and kills a man with a ricocheting bullet, the Asian is convicted of manslaughter. During the march, there were these African-Americans who came in and started shouting "Black Lives Matter!" and swearing at us through a megaphone. A lot of people tried to stop them peacefully, but they wouldn't listen. They left afterwards, laughing like it was a funny joke. A lot of the pro

Recently, there was a terrorist attack in San Bernandino. The attacker carried an iPhone 5C. The police picked up the phone after the attack, and tried to unlock it. However, it had a feature activated that erased all the data on the phone after 10 failed password attempts. With this feature, the FBI could not use a brute-force attack on the phone. It asked Apple for help in unlocking the phone. Apple refused to unlock the phone, stating that it could not crack the passcode either. It also stated that this would cause many privacy issues, from hackers figuring out how to hack the iPhone to a totalitarian government. I agree with Apple, because this is not a one-time scenario as the FBI says. If they get a method to unlock the phone, they will be able to unlock any phone, any time. I think Apple should take a stand for the future of our privacy.

India has recently released a bunch of ultra-cheap smartphones. One smartphone, the Cloud FX, is the first phone to use Mozilla's Firefox OS. At 1999 rupees, it is only $33. But don't get too excited. It has 256 MB ram, and a 3.5 inch screen. It also has a tiny camera. Web browsing makes it crash, along with many other things. Reading the news also kills it. It is a very weak smartphone. Before you think $33 is cheap, though, you might want to consider the $4 smartphone. Made by a startup company, it looks like an Android and has a 4 inch screen. The phones given to journalists to try looked as if the branding from another manufacturer had been covered up with white-out on the phone’s front. Indian flag stickers covered the rear. The phones used an Android operating system. Obviously, everyone wants to buy a 'great and cheap' phone from India!

Recently I read an article about software that can detect emotions in the faces of CEOs to predict how well their company will do in the future. James Cicon built software that analyzed video of the faces of Fortune 500 executives for signs of emotions like fear, anger, disgust, and surprise. He scanned hundreds of videos from quarterly reports. The emotions, he found, correlated with profit margins, returns on assets, stock price moves, and other measures of performance at the associated companies. What surprised me the most about this was that even negative emotions like fear had positive effects on the stock and performance of the company. Dr. Cicon pointed to psychological research from other people: "Fear is widely recognized as a powerful motivator. Thus it is not surprising to find that a CEO who appears fearful under interrogation is perceived by the market as a CEO who will work harder to increase firm value.” So fear from CEOs actually makes their companies do

朱元璋想攻打陈友谅，但想不出好办法。陈友谅的军比他多的多，他怎么能打败他呢？突然，朱元璋想到了一个好办法。他叫陈友谅以前的将军想陈友谅写信，让他到秦淮河。这个老将军说会把这个河上的桥拆掉，让陈友谅的水军通过。但陈友谅一到那儿，发现没有以前的桥了，现在有一个石桥。陈友谅很失望，所以到龙湾去打朱元璋。他一到那儿，就被朱元璋的军杀了，因为朱元璋早就埋伏在那儿等着他了。

陈友谅杀掉倪文俊后，成为了最高的官。陈友谅恨徐寿辉，因为他觉得徐寿辉很傻，不应该在他上面。所以陈友谅就把他除掉了，徐寿辉最后恳求陈友谅不要杀他，但陈友谅还是杀了他。陈友谅自称皇帝，去打朱元璋了。朱元璋在暴雨里，不停地打仗，这里大胜，那里大胜，打了差不多一百个战争。他很头疼，因为张士诚老来骚扰他的军队。本来军队就很小，然后还下雨，然后还被张士诚骚扰，实在是忍受不了。1357年，张士诚被朱元璋打得落花流水。这时，朱元璋得到了一个勇将，名字叫常遇春。

朱元璋刚打到了和州，孙德崖就打了过来。郭子兴带了几万兵来打孙德崖的几万兵，但这么多人哪里能在和州这么小的地方打仗呀？孙德崖有道理，跟朱元璋说他自己会走开。但郭子兴很蠢，把孙德崖抓了起来。孙德崖的兵把朱元璋抓了起来，然后郭子兴就蒙了。最后，把朱元璋和孙德崖放回去后，朱元璋开始攻打南京。但这些事令郭子兴很生气，因为他让手下的敌人跑了。郭子兴得了心病，死了。到了南京，朱元璋两次打都失败了，但这是好事，因为朱元璋的上级都死了，他终于可以自己领导整个军队了。他十天就攻下了南京。有一个叫张士诚的人，他是贩私盐的。他觉得实在忍不住了，开始了起义，自称王了。元朝的军队冲上来，十万大军，打了三月，最后张士诚赢了。这事谁都不会想到，张士诚这么小的军队怎么防的住元朝的大军？因为张士诚想：“不打也要死，所以干嘛不打？”但之后，张士诚有钱了，就变了，不想起义了。

朱重八跟造反的人连起来。他一进军，就被汤和看出来是优秀的人了。不久，他就变成郭子兴的生边军。他又娶了个老婆。但是，郭子兴一晚上被几个别的起义军领导的军打了。朱重八救了他，然后这让郭子兴觉得朱重八太厉害了，想干掉他，所以把他关进监狱里，不给他食物。他的妻子给他送吃的，然后郭子兴把朱重八放走了因为他不想杀朱重八。朱重八后来攒了很多兵，开始自己的起义军。后来，郭子兴被赶出他自己的起义军的时候，朱重八因为‘以前如果没有郭子兴就不会有现在’把他的起义军让给了郭子兴。郭子兴了解了，朱重八是对的，他不应该对他不好。

Recently, there has been growing concern at the Center for Disease Control over using your cellphone too much. A 2010 study said that there was no problem with using your cellphone, but that was 2010, and cellphone usage has increased by a lot in the past few years. When the CDC published new guidelines 18 months ago regarding the radiation risk from cellphones, it used unusually bold language on the topic for the American health agency: “We recommend caution in cellphone use.” The agency’s website previously had said that any risks “likely are comparable to other lifestyle choices we make every day.” Within weeks, though, the C.D.C. reversed course. It no longer recommended caution, and deleted a passage specifically addressing potential risks for children. There seems to be a lot of debate, as many scientists have reached different conclusions based on the same evidence. Radiation released by nuclear bombs is obviously harmful. Known as ionizing radiation, it is powerful enou

There has recently been a new innovation in technology, called the OrCam MyMe. Like Google Glass, the OrCam MyMe will speak to you through a Bluetooth earpiece. However, rather than hanging suspended above your eye, the MyMe camera is a pendant designed to clip unobtrusively on your shirt or perhaps your belt. The camera is designed to not have the privacy problems that the Google Glass faced, because it does not record user data, it just analyzes it. For example, one of the most interesting potential applications will be MyMe’s ability to generate a “word cloud” from a conversation without actually recording the conversation itself. The idea is that you would be able to later gather insights to your interactions with people in a less invasive and more useful manner. There are many other applications for this technology, and I think it might be paired with VR to create virtual worlds that are personalized for you to explore.

Meditation reduces stress and anxiety, makes people kinder, and gives people a more overall sense of well-being. The author of the article I read, Michael Hsu, apparently has practiced wu ming qigong for 15 years. For years, he was a fanatic and practiced many times each day. Yet now, with a family of three children, he cannot afford so much time to meditate. So he looked into ways to meditate less, so he wouldn't have to practice so much, but meditate better. That's how he found the Muse, a $300 meditation device that helps people meditate. It works by sensing your brain waves. The more unfocused you are, the louder the sound it makes gets, and if you reach ultimate focus, you hear birds chirping. Apparently this is a very effective tool, because he became more aware of what was going on around him, and also he really enjoyed using it, as it has an effective motivation system. After a while, he felt that he really wanted to use it every day. I think the Muse sounds interest