Mafia is Hot!

Don't know how Mafia has blown in recently, but definitely this very enjoyable party game is catching up day by day among ET members!

Basic Gameplay:

1 Cop 1 Killer for 6-7 people;
2 Cops 2 Killers for 8-10 people;
3 Cops 3 Killers for 11-14 people;
4 Cops 4 Killers for 15-20 people.

For other game rules, please go read the encyclopedia link above. =)

E-tailing Team Roundup

I dedicate this article to all my team members who furnished me with success through their attitude, actions and behaviors.

Sorry to say that you missed something big and important if you had never come across the members of E-tailing team before. Stand corrected and humbly apologize for your unluckiness!

To keep you informed, here is a roundup of the E-tailing clan.

E-tailing team currently consists of a gang of smart boys and a smattering of volatile gals, and together peg the headcount at 11.

LJC is an art director advocating extremism, who resorts to approaches beyond the norm all the time. Though an extremist, he has always been the wind beneath my wings, and his support is unsurpassed, to say the least.

His mighty graphic skills enable him to capture and communicate all the website elements in a clear and memorable way. In fact, a majority of our company's websites are crafted by his wits, and I am telling you that he is a proven king of art. Do not doubt!

Ring, enthusiastic and dedicated to having the greatest number of visitors converted, acts as a usability specialist in our swarm. He is diligent and witty though sometimes out of function. One piece of info I need to post here is that he is a singleton and open to all hot chicks! Hurry up, Ladies! Snatch Ring as quickly as you can with your thumb and forefinger or a fat chance will just slip away from your watering mouth! (Am I promoting a human product? Yeah, bcuz I am a cyber marketer. 0_o)

Zoe, a guardian angel of E-tailing group, who attends to whatever is needed and wanted with the spirit of an angel. Zoe has an angel face but with a rotten soul. (Sorry, I shouldn't tell the truth here, should I rewrite it to "with a kind heart" or something else to spare myself a heavy thrashing? 0_o) She always brings to office some wacky stuff, one of her wacky toys was a Curse Baby that scared the pants off me when I first caught sight of the spooky plaything during working hours.

Hmmm, I almost forgot her signature red babushka, (a woman's head scarf) She wore it, she really wore it! And here comes with her pithy saying "practicality is more important than prettiness."

It is reportedly that she has some backdoor romance with a vegetable farmer. (Ring solely contributed to this grapevine.)

Henry is described as "a person of exceptional intelligence" or "a walking encyclopedia" within our group. He is always the first to beat any brain teaser. If you want to be creamed in any contest, Henry is just a Skype call away.

He has a mountain of movies storing in his supercomputer and also runs a small video rental business. If you find yourself bored, turn to Henry and he can definitely give you something sweet to light you up. (Got me? AV really does the trick!)

PS: According a dictionary from University of Cambridge, AV is officially defined as Animal Video.

Rounding up the first part of this article is me, Dennis, the supervisor of E-tailing tribe. Like building a castle in the air, I was catapulted, without an ounce of omen, into being a webmaster in 2007 for some misty reasons. Now one of my daily chores is to put foundations under the unsteady-going castle and to glorify it. (too metaphorical to understand? Spare me! This is my style.)

To be Continue

Thanks for your reading. Feel free to drop me a line at
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for any inquiries regarding astronomy, geography or cosmography. I promise you a kick-ass reply within one business day.

Have a good day!

KFC门

光阴荏苒，日月如梭。又是一个喜鹊报晓春来早的羊城二月，眼看着ET全体组员的年龄又集体拔高一岁，这陈年的租子旧月的帐也该清一清啦，谁让地主家也没有余粮啊。且让我们拨开历史的风尘，回溯到那遥远的2008，那也是一个喜鹊报晓春来早的羊城二月。。。。。。。

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战地记者爆料站 公元2008年2月14日电 UE ET组四大才子之一凌有志（Ring）在情人节被一不愿意透露姓名的知情人士踢爆KFC门事件，爆料站特派员就此事件进行深入调查采访，第一时间将第一手资料以飨广大读者。

据悉，此次KFC门事件的导火索是一位自称为deep throat的人士提供资料给某知名媒体。据称“他最大的难题，是要出面请很多同事，因为有份得知KFC门事件的同事都有一定的后台，很不容易解决。” 这一牵扯到多方江湖势力的消息迅速在编辑部内引发广泛关注及讨论。且看某资深评论员的观点：“这是一个非常棘手的整治外交事件， 而历史告诉我们政治外交事件的解决往往依赖于经济贸易的发展。而当下正处于通货膨胀与共同繁荣并存的一个动荡的时代，ring将何去何从，我们拭目以待。 但值得庆幸的是，KFC依然坚挺，没有与大多数食品供应商一样趁机提价。”而我站本着实事求是的原则，在三个代表重要思想的指导下，在八荣八耻社会主义荣 辱观的感召下，用事实说话，随机采访了路人甲乙丙丁对就此事发表的各种看法。

路人甲：ring 就是好人， ring 请我们吃KFC 就是好事！我代表广州人民人感谢你啊感谢你！

路人乙：ring哥不辞劳苦，带手信来送给我们吃，不多说，人民需要这样的公仆！

路人丙：我知ljc的，帮他选电脑配置，他答应请KFC。

路人丁：还要再请kfc，ring哥，你实在系今期的部门之星呀！

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看来ring同学的KFC门并不是丑闻？且看路人ABCD的说法。

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路人A：他每次去吃，过后都会跟我们说。。。怎么性质有点像CGX......

Ring回应：唉，我经常独自去吃KFC，然后那些有邪恶用心的人就一起起哄说我要请他们吃KFC！

小编再次插花：吃独食就是你的不对了，还拿出来炫耀，神仙也救不了你~

Ring再回应：独自去吃跟别人知不知道是不相干的啊

路人B：Henry和Zoe与Ring打赌拼图，Zoe和Henry拼出来，ring就请全组人KFC，事实很明显，他一个人输了。我说的可全是事实哦~大家作证。

Ring:!@$#%&^&*%$

路人C：哦，上次ring 吹水说安味稻开业， 结果害我们要走很远路去吃饭，决定由他请大家KFC补偿。

Ring回应：都系媒体炒作的结果！万恶的xx主义！(由于有不和谐言论，马赛克之。)

路人D：有人炒你，就代表你有市场，值得一炒。

综上观点所述，KFC门事件真相仍是山重水复云遮雾绕，而小编区区在下本人我，虽然不顾个人安危深入事件中心调查，获得多方面前线资料，但无奈观点 众多，爆料更是似魔似幻风中凌乱，仍是不得其门而入。如有失实报道，还请各位知情者不吝斧正。

爆料电话：123456789

敬请各位读者继续关注我站由 denden 同学做的后续报道。

How to Expand Your Domain

Here are two sites that come in handy when you want to expand your market share in the future. You can check whether your desired domain is taken, or whether there is loophole in your competitor's domain protection.

IANA
http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/

EURODNS
http://www.eurodns.com/

网络文献 (据说转自刘谦博客)

刘谦先生：

小女发现您老不凡的文学功底，可谓是字字珠玑，句句经典，是我辈应当学习之典范。醍醐灌顶或许不足以形容大师文章的万一；巫山行云，长江流水更难以比拟大师的文才！黄钟大吕，振聋发聩！你烛照天下，明见万里；雨露苍生，泽被万方！透过你深邃的文字，我仿佛看到了你鹰视狼顾，龙行虎步的伟岸英姿；仿佛看到了你手执如椽大笔，写天下文章的智慧神态；仿佛看见了你按剑四顾，江山无数的英武气概！

大师定是好书之人，小女自小便痴迷书本，有“书虫”之称。拿破伦言：历史是胜利者书写的。所以，看到辛亥革命后的历史，总有些怀疑，您要知道国内的出版物可是很政治的。十分想看看，台湾的历史书对这段的描述，您能否借我几本书看看。小女当感激涕零，为表感谢，特让我侄女为奴为婢，侍奉您老终身。

愚姨　王东妹敬上

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谦复:

小弟自幼才疏学浅，鲁钝之至，蒙此谬赞，真的汗涔涔而泪潸潸啊。

东姨自幼便获得书虫的美誉，真的让吾辈瞠目结舌，好生佩服。东姨所学之广，见闻之博，更如同佛光普照大地，另吾辈心中温暖而又一望无际啊。

无奈小弟资质顽劣，朽木难雕，除了低俗漫画与肮脏小说之外，对於其他书籍的涉猎均是无能为力。如今获得东姨垂青，共游知识的浩瀚大海，智慧的神秘殿堂，却只能捶胸顿足，力不从心，真的再度汗涔涔而泪潸潸啊。

Sank Your Teeth Into Something

Never too old to learn! I've collected another phrase into my pocket thanks to my extensive reading.

get/sink your teeth into something

This phrase means to start to do something with a lot of energy and enthusiasm.

Examples:

Up till then she'd only had small parts in films and nothing she could get her teeth into.

It's a really exciting project - I can't wait to sink my teeth into it.

I Witness a Scene of Car Crash

I must be a quick learner, a newly-learned word instantly shot up from my mind when I saw Zoe's face yesterday night. The volatile internal volcanos made her face look like a "scene of car crash." Though she laid the blame on a sort of unbeknown water, but I think there must be another reason behind all this. :)

My only regret is that - there's no photo available to remind us how a "scene of car crash on someone's face" would look like. XD

Gavin is Gone

We had dinner together tonight and talked endlessly in a sincere fashion. He will leave in two weeks time.

Gavin, wish you a bright future. See you freind.

无题（其实我也是取题无能）

深邃的夜空，又是一个孤独夜，很想写点什么，可惜胸中无墨，自问也不是完全无墨，只是偏偏肚子里颠簸着的是洋墨水。也不知从什么时候，我一看到中文就会迷惘，这可能就叫收之桑榆，失之东隅。

儿时听过一句话，读万卷书不如行万里路。小生我几乎接近读万卷书这个境界，但路却只行了区区数十里。其实我很想当一匹脱疆的野马，到处走走，但可惜时不我与。

我也一直缺一个相机，就算走过的路也连马蹄都没能留下一个，多少有点遗憾。想来也差不多是时候添置一部了。不幸偶是一纯种相机盲，被网上琳琳种种的点评弄得眼花缭乱，动辄过千银的价格差异，看得我瞳孔扩张。

本小生自问是永远无法跟上电子产品更新换代的步伐，何必去追逐那些所谓的高价品而烧钱呢？其实最重要的还是要看自己的定位，够用即可。但还是心有不甘，什么是够用呢？够用到什么时候呢？人生就是有太多问号，有时在想解决一个问号的过程中又产生了更多的问号。

孤独的时候我喜欢写写东西，但已厌倦了如工作般地用洋文表达自己。

中文不达标的我，幸好还有这里一片乐土。

有些东西，我只想写给我喜欢的人看。

我爱你，占宇。

Let's Kick

Well, today I'd like to talk about a simple verb -- kick.

I'd bet you use this verb from time to time in your daily conversation, like you would 'kick someone's ass' when you are angry at that someone.

Let's now expand this verb with two different prepositions, namely, kick in and kick off.

Kick in = to start operating or happening

We still don't know why the emergency generator failed to kick in when the power failed.

Kick off = to begin something

We like to kick off the summer by having friends over for a barbecue.

You would see a lot of use of these two phrases in news items, so better equip yourself with them, and don't forget to put the duo into your own writing starting from today!

Hope you enjoy the verb, see you later!