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7 days ago
An Island Frozen in Time and Price By MATT GROSS FROM the ice-cold waters of the Strait of Georgia, the 150-mile-long waterway that separates Vancouver Island from mainland British Columbia , the eastern shore of Galiano Island looked untouched by man — if not by nature. The sandstone shore was curled and carved by centuries of storms and waves, and beyond it rose the spruce, fir and russet-trunk arbutus trees that cover much of this skinny, 19-mile-long island. South of where I swam was a sheltered cove, Pebble Beach, protected from the wind, its namesake pebbles warmed by the unclouded sun. Under the water lay thick-bodied ocher starfish, and on its surface floated the bulbous heads of bull kelp. The only sign I saw, one afternoon in early August, that human beings lived on Galiano were the not-so-bulbous heads and not-so-thick bodies of Heather, Noah and Miss Mae, the 20-something strangers I’d met five minutes before, who themselves were floating in the water in a ...
7 days ago
36 Hours in Turks and Caicos By JEREMY W. PETERS DANGLING at the southern end of the Bahamas island chain like an after-thought, Turks and Caicos was often overlooked as a Caribbean destination. But thanks to some of the swankiest names in hotels — Regent, Amanresorts and Meriden, to name a few — Turks and Caicos is now firmly on the map of those seeking a beach vacation with heavy pampering and a splash of indulgence. It is the kind of place where hotel staff members adjust your beach chair umbrella as the sun shifts and pass out cool towels to keep you from overheating. And moderately priced hotels have maid service a mere two times a day, instead of providing guests with a small army of personal servants. Technically, the islands are in the Atlantic, but with this level of coddling — not to mention some of the bluest waters in the world — who cares? Friday 5:30 p.m. 1) SUNSET SHOW Chances are your hotel is somewhere on Grace Bay, ...
16 days ago
需审慎对待的女知识分子——安•兰德中国接受综述 谢鹏 作者系中山大学中文系，比较文学博士研究生 安•兰德（Ayn Rand，1905-1982）是俄裔美籍当代小说家，“客观主义哲学”的创始人，大众哲学家；也有人称其为公共知识分子（Public Intellectual）。兰德一生著述丰富，写作领域涉及文学创作（包括小说与剧本）与文艺理论、哲学（伦理学和认识论）政治学等。兰德早年创作剧本，担任好莱坞Demille Studios 电影公司的编剧，著有剧本《红色走卒》（Red Pawn, 1932）、《1月16日晚》（Night of January 16th，1935，原名《受审的女人》Woman on Trial）等；长篇小说《源泉》（The Fountainhead, 1943）与《阿特拉斯耸耸肩》（Atlas Shrugged, 1957）多次重版，为其赢得声誉，并改编成影视作品；《浪漫的宣言：一种文学哲学》（The Romantic Manifesto: A Philosophy of Literature, 1969）是表达兰德文艺思想的理论著作。兰德的哲学著作有《致新知识分子——安•兰德的哲学》（For the New Intellectual——The Philosophy of Ayn Rand, 1961）、《自私的德性》（The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism，1964）与《客观主义认识论导论》（The Introduction of Objectivist Epistemology，1966）；《资本主义：未知的理念》（Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal,1966）和《新左派：反工业革命》（The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution, 1971）是体现了其政治、经济观念的文集。[1] 虽然兰德一生留下了丰富的、跨领域的著作，但在其生前，美国主流学界并没有对其投以关注。直到1984年，才开始有哲学家严肃地评估兰德哲学思想的价值；[2] 1987年美国作家研究系列丛书出版了兰德的研究成果；[ 3]1995年，有了第一部讨论兰德思想渊源的学术专著《安•兰德：一个俄国激进分子》（Ayn Rand: A ...
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路透新加坡11月2日电---也许明年去萨尔瓦多、贝加尔湖或爱尔兰的科克游玩一番不错，这几个地方最近都入选了《孤单星球》（Lonely Planet）的2010年最佳旅游目的地名单。 该名单于周一公布，是该公司第五次发表此类名单。 《孤单星球》的亚太传播经理Adam Bennett说：“这份名单是我们评选出来的，认为人们应该考虑明年去体验的事或去玩的地方。不管你是什麽风格的人，你都应能在这些地方找到灵感。” “无论是地理上的还是文化上的，这份名单都会让你有一番全新的体验，更会让你燃起旅游的热情。” 该名单列出的前十大值得旅游的国家、地区和城市有： 最佳国家 萨尔瓦多、德国、希腊、马来西亚、摩洛哥、尼泊尔、新西兰、葡萄牙、苏里南和美国 最佳地区 法国阿尔萨斯、印尼巴厘岛、巴西费尔南多・迪诺罗尼亚岛、印度果阿、柬埔寨戈公保育走廊、俄罗斯贝加尔湖、墨西哥奥亚沙加、非洲南部、英格兰湖区、西澳大利亚州西南部地区 最佳城市 阿联酋阿布扎比、美国查尔斯顿、爱尔兰科克、厄瓜多尔昆卡、土耳其伊斯坦布尔、日本京都、意大利莱切、波斯尼亚萨拉热窝、新加坡和加拿大温哥华。
