Sunday, September 6, 2009

[Taipei Times] Chen kicks her way to Deaflympics gold

Chen I-chun celebrates with a Chinese Taipei flag after winning Taiwan’s first gold medal at the Deaflympics in Taipei yesterday.
PHOTO: CHANG CHIA-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
Chen I-chun (陳怡君) yesterday clinched Taiwan’s first Deaflympics gold of these Games by defeating Greece’s Vasiliki Zapanti-Fragkou 8-0 in the women’s taekwondo under-49kg category just three seconds into round two of the final.

[TAIPEI TIMES] Magazine lists Ma as one of world’s ‘gutsiest’ leaders

President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) has been selected as one of the world’s “gutsiest” leaders in the September-October issue of the humorous US public affairs magazine mental_floss.

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美雜誌 馬總統列全球五大最具膽識領袖

  • 2009-09-06
  • 中國時報
  • 【中央社】

 發行全美雜誌「mental_floss」最新一期報導,將總統馬英九列為全球五大最具膽識領袖;台灣面對全球金融海嘯衝擊,因馬總統的機智及改善兩岸關係,使經濟前景變好。

 與馬總統並列為五大全球最具膽識領袖的還有德國總理梅克爾(Angela Merkel)、烏干達總統穆塞維尼(Yoweri Museveni)、巴西總統魯拉(Luis InacioLula da Silva)與智利總統巴舍萊(MichelleBachelet)。Read More ...

中國時報2009台北聽障奧運圖輯 [Link]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_floss

The magazine was co-founded by William E. Pearson and Mangesh Hattikudur while they were students at Duke University. According to the mental_floss website, the idea came from conversations at the Duke cafeteria about the need for an educational magazine that was funny and entertaining [2].

Feeling Smart Duke Magazine, Volume 87, No.4, May-June 2001.
Cover Story:

The World's Gutsiest Leaders



Whether they're healing a tortured nation, conquering AIDS, uniting Europe, galvanizing Latin America, or wooing China, these heads of state are proving that they have what it takes to change the world.

http://www.mentalfloss.com/magazine/

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