谷歌 Nexus 7 平板

Google has unveiled two new devices - the 7-inch Nexus 7 tablet and the Nexus Q social streaming device - at its fifth annual Google I/O developers conference.  Although the tablet carries the Google brand, the machine will be made by AsusTek Computer Inc.

With Google recent purchase  of Motorola Mobility  ; it has full  capability   to expand into the mobile device-making business  , but the company has stressed  it’s interest  and  distribution will continue to rely  on  manufacturers that support and  embraced Android   even though  their own brand of  flagship line of "Nexus" smart Mobile device is growing rapidly  ,with  the Nexus 7 tablet,  it  will further be  showcase for their new version of Google Inc.'s Android operating system called the "Jelly Bean."  

Although the tablet carries the Google brand, the machine will be made by AsusTek Computer Inc. Google recently expanded into the device-making business with its $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility, but the company has stressed that it intends to continue to rely on Asus and other manufacturers that have embraced Android.

Google  also  launch  its    first social streaming media player, Nexus Q  , a circular orbitally  look  device which  is able to stream music, HD movies, TV shows and YouTube videos to your home theater system or stereo system using Google Play. In Brief it is very much like a cloud based digital media player  with many feature thrown in.

The device can be  controlled by your Android phone or tablet but content is extracted directly from Google cloud. Google manage  to differentiate itself from similar streaming media  products   and has   incorporated  the  Nexus Q with social media  capabilities.

It   works  like a cloud-connected jukebox where everyone can share and reach  to  friends  and others with  a  same  playlist   created   by same minded friends  . Anyone in the group can access  to the playlist   and  move songs up or down on the playlist or even play a new track instantly  

The device is  an Android-powered computer with a dual-core OMAP4460 processor running Ice Cream Sandwich and 16GB inbuilt  storage capacity . Its rear panel offer connectivity options which  include an optical audio port, Ethernet jack, micro-HDMI port and a micro-USB port.  

Promise of Avatar Leads to the Legend Of Korra

 Sequel to the Last Avatar – What Happen to The Avatar  before The Legend Of Korra

Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Promise    is a graphic novel written by Gene Yang and illustrated by Gurihiru. It is a sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender and a prequel to The Legend of Korra, both created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. Part 1 of the The Promise  , was released on January 25, 2012, Part 2 was launched on May 30, 2012 and Part 3 is scheduled for  released on September 26, 2012.

The Storyline  is set one year after the conclusion of the original series, Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Promise details the adventures of Avatar Aang and his friends soon after the War, and will progress   to the  New sequel series The Legend of Korra

The events of The Promise Part 1 begin immediately after the last episode of the original series, "Sozin's Comet: The Final Battle", but after a few pages move forward one year.

Although the War is now over, tensions run high as Aang and Zuko are put on a "collision course" after the Avatar travels to a Fire Nation colony and finds "tension between neighbors" – a threat that may "shatter the world's newfound peace". The unfinished conversation between Zuko andOzai about the whereabouts of Ursa, Zuko's long lost mother is completed, but the conversation takes a different path after Zuko asks the question and her fate still remains unknown. Negotiations with Earth King Kuei and the beginning of the Harmony Restoration Movement commence.

Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 1 [Paperback]

Michael Dante DiMartino (Author), Brian Konietzko (Author), Gene Luen Yang (Author), Bryan Gurihiru (Author)

Gene Luen Yang began drawing comic books in the fifth grade. In 1997, he received a Xeric Grant for Gordon Yamamoto and the King of the Geeks, his first comics work. He has since written and drawn a number of titles, including Level Up and Prime Baby. American Born Chinese, his first graphic novel from First Second, was a National Book Award finalist, as well as the winner of the Printz Award and an Eisner Award. He also won an Eisner for The Eternal Smile, a collaboration with Derek Kirk Kim.

Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 2 [Paperback]

Gene Luen Yang (Author), Michael Dante DiMartino (Author), Bryan Konietzko (Author), Gurihiru (Author)

Avatar: The Last Airbender creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko continue the story right where the TV series left off! Aang and Katara are working tirelessly for peace when an impasse between Fire Lord Zuko and Earth King Kuei over Fire Nation colonies within the borders of the Earth Nation threatens to plunge the world back into war! Meanwhile, Sokka must help Toph prepare her hapless first class of metalbending students to defend their school against a rival class of firebenders! Written by Eisner winner and National Book Award nominee Gene Luen Yang (American Born Chinese) and drawn by Gurihiru (Thor and the Warriors Four), this is the adventure Avatar fans have been craving!

Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 3 [Paperback]

Gene Yang (Author), Michael Dante DiMartino (Author), Bryan Konietzko (Author), Gurihiru (Illustrator)

Avatar: The Last Airbender creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko bring The Promise to its explosive conclusion! The Harmony Restoration Movement has failed, and the four nations are plunged back into war! In the midst of the battle, can Aang and Fire Lord Zuko mend the rift between them, or will Aang be forced to take actions that cant be undone? Written by Eisner winner and National Book Award nominee Gene Luen Yang (American Born Chinese) and drawn by Gurihiru (Thor and the Warriors Four), this is the adventure Avatar fans have been craving!

Beijing Forbidden City -China's Largest Imperial Palace

The Forbidden City in Beijing is China’s largest imperial palace and is listed by UNSECO as a World Heritage Site in 1987.

The Forbidden City was commissioned by the Ming Emperor Yongle in 1406. He had seized the throne from his nephew Emperor Jian Wen and shifted the Ming capital from Nanjing to Beijing where he was based.

As the capital of the Ming Empire, the Forbidden City was the seat of his imperial authority and the centre of his empire. Over the next 500 years, Forbidden City was home to 24 emperors from the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The last resident of Forbidden City is Puyi who was also the last emperor of China. Although the Qing dynasty abdicated in 1912, he managed to stay in the Forbidden City until his expulsion in 1924.

        

RECENT HISTORY OF FORBIDDEN CITY

The following year, Forbidden City became Gu Gong Museum, 故宫博物院, and for the first time in 500 years, ordinary people could enter what was once forbidden. In fact, this was the first time in the history of China when ordinary people could enter an imperial palace whenever they choose to!

Despite its name change, Forbidden City continued to be its better known name and reference. Although the Forbidden City has almost 1000 rooms, most visitors roam through the three most important audience halls (Zhong He Dian, Bao He Dian and Tai He Dian) followed by the halls in the inner palace and the Imperial Garden. Opposite the palace is the Coal Hill (or Prospect Hill) that offers a view of the entire palace complex and surrounding area.

              

In recent times, the Forbidden City was occupied and looted three times by occupation forces; Anglo-French forces in 1860 during the Second Opium War, Eight Nations Allied forces in 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion and by the Japanese in 1937 during the Sino Japanese War.

In fact, years before the Japanese invasion, the Republic of China government removed many precious artifacts from the Palace for safekeeping. When the Nationalists lost the civil war in 1949, these artifacts were transported to Taiwan. The National Palace Museum, a replica of the Forbidden City, was constructed to house the artifacts.

Written by : Chinatownology