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10, originally uploaded by Hina :-).

I need more gazes like this.... come to me!

失散孖女一見如故 助揭心靈感應之謎 各自被收養 在美奇蹟重逢

失散孖女一見如故 助揭心靈感應之謎 各自被收養 在美奇蹟重逢

(明報)2009年12月22日 星期二 05:10


【明報專訊】中國一對孖女出世不久就被母親遺棄，先後獲兩個美國 家庭領養，到美國不同地方生活。雖然相隔千里，但她們不約而同擁有相同的名字，愛好也接近。更神奇的是，她們自幼便常覺得自己有個姊妹。

兩人6年前首度重逢便一見如故，手拖手不願放開。

她們的故事引起加州研究人員的興趣，希望從她們身上為孖生兄弟姊妹是否真的存在心靈感應尋找答案。 1999年12月，廣東省江門市社會福利院在半個月間，先後接收了兩名初生女嬰。

兩名女嬰雖然在同一間孤兒院生活了9個月，但一直無人察覺她們是孖生的，看護人員根據經驗，分別幫她們敲定12月1日和12月16日為出生日期。 較遲進孤兒院的女嬰，後來先被美國亞拉巴馬州的哈林頓夫婦領養，取名梅雷迪斯．埃倫（Meredith Ellen）；一個月後，來自芝加哥的里滕豪斯夫婦收養了另一女嬰，為她取名梅雷迪斯．格雷斯（Meredith Grace）。

名字相同 喜好接近 儘管在不同地方成長，但兩名女嬰卻似有神秘紐帶，她們同樣喜歡地理，在4歲均曾向父母要一個地球儀作為禮物。她們還似乎時常思念對方。

埃倫兩歲時就對養父母說﹕「我好孤單。我希望有個姊妹。」父母於是收養了另一個女孩給她作伴，但她仍時常悶悶不樂。遠在芝加哥的格雷斯也常跟她的幼稚園老師說，她在中國有一個姊妹；3歲時，她造句稱﹕「我長大後想當姊妹。」

養父網上交流 揭樣貌相似 當里滕豪斯想為格雷斯領養一個姊妹時，哈林頓夫婦在網上的留言吸引了他的注意。他記得，當初準備領養格雷斯時，曾與對方通過電郵，分享經驗，他還記得當年雙方都為養女取名梅雷迪斯。兩家人後來沒再聯絡，但事隔4年再看哈林頓夫婦上載的照片，他卻發現後者養女的容貌，竟跟他的養女很相似。

里滕豪斯於是聯絡上哈林頓一家，雙方發現兩個女孩的身高、體重、性格均很相似。當埃倫看見格雷斯的照片時，也把照中人誤當自己。

兩對夫婦遂為養女們做基因鑑定，結果證實她們的確是孿生姊妹。2003年，兩個家庭安排養女們首次在亞拉巴馬相見。小姊妹互相擁抱又凝視良久，然後就手牽手走在一起。雖然往返兩地的機票和酒店花費不菲，但這6年來，兩個家庭每年都會安排小姊妹見面至少兩次。她們每次相會都表現得很親厚，一分手就大發脾氣和嚎哭。

助大學探孖胎奧秘 這對孖女如今是加州大學富勒頓孿生研究中心主任西格爾（Nancy Segal）的研究對象，她相信她們的個案顯示了同卵孿生兒可能有「心靈感應」。連同這對小姊妹在內，她共找了9對在中國出生，但由不同家庭領養的孿生兒（同卵和異卵受精各5對），與另外30對在一起成長的孿生兒進行研究，探討孖胎的奧秘，但暫時未有結論。









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Sweet...

Is life this fragile?

L.A. Coroner: Brittany Murphy Dead at 32
Dec. 20, 2009, 2:42 PM EST

By Sharon Waxman and Lew HarrisTheWrap

Actress Brittany Murphy has died, according to the Los Angeles coroner's office.

The 32-year-old actress, who starred in "Clueless" and with Eminem in "8 Mile," was declared dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, according to Selena Barrows, an investigator with the coroner's office.

"We have a preliminary death report of someone with the name of Brittany Murphy," Barrows told TheWrap. The report came from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at 11 a.m. on Sunday.

The news was first reported by TMZ.com.

TMZ said multiple sources reported that the actress had gone into cardiac arrest and could not be revived on Sunday morning.



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Barrows said cardiac arrest could mean any number of things, and was not an indication of the cause of death.

However, Murphy's suspected excessive use of drugs had been the subject of widespread speculation, and was even the subject of a parody sketch on a recent "Saturday Night Live" Weekend Update.

The Los Angeles City Fire Department said a 911 call was made at 8 a.m. from the Los Angeles home of Murphy's husband, Simon Monjack. She was pronounced dead on arrival at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Born in Atlanta, Murphy started acting in regional theater at age 9; by age 13, she had signed with a manager and began appearing in television commercials. Her first roles were on TV series such as "Murphy Brown" and "Parker Lewis Can't Lose," which led to her breakthrough film, 1995's "Clueless."

She had five movies currently in production, including "Poor Things," with Rosario Dawson; "Shrinking Charlotte," with Kathleen Turner; and Sylvester Stallone's "The Expendables," with Stallone, Jet Li and Jason Statham.

In 2005, she signed on as the spokesmodel for Jordache Jeans. She has been named to both FHM's 10 Sexiest Women List, and Maxim's Hot 100.

In 2006, she released the single "Faster Kill Pussycat," which became a club hit on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart. She also covered Queen's "Somebody to Love" and Earth, Wind & Fire's "Boogie Wonderland" for the film "Happy Feet."

She married screenwriter Monjack in 2007; before that, she was engaged to talent manager Jeff Kwatinetz, and production assistant Joe Macaluso. In late 2002, she dated Ashton Kutcher, with who she co-starred in the film "Just Married."

Kutcher late Sunday morning tweeted about Murphy's death: "2day the world lost a little piece of sunshine. My deepest condolences go out 2 Brittany's family, her husband, & her amazing mother Sharon."










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Thinking...

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Thinking, is a monster.

Once you fall into the trap of Thinking...

You will never be able to escape.

2009.12.19

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Rainbow C.

Rainbow C., originally uploaded by Hina :-).

:-)

Tiger, lion and bear form unusual friendship

Baloo the bear, Leo the Lion and Shere Khan the tiger have the most unusual and unlikely friendship between them.

Rescued eight years ago during a police drugs raid in Atlanta, Georgia, the three friends were only cubs at the time and barely two months old.

They had been kept as status symbol pets by the drug barons.

Delivered to the Noah's Ark animal rescue centre in Locust Grove, Georgia, the decision was made to keep the youngsters together.

"We could have separated them, but since they came as a kind of family, the zoo decided to keep them together," said Diane Smith, assistant director of the Noah's Ark zoo.

"To our knowledge, this is the only place where you'll find this combination of animals together, they are our BLT, (bear, lion and tiger).

Living with the zoo's founders for the past eight years, Shere Khan, Baloo and Leo have now moved to a purpose built habitat were the US public can now witness first hand their touching relationship.

"We didn't have the money to move them at first," said DIane.

"Now their habitat is sorted and they have been moved away from the children's zoo areas where the public couldn't really get a good look.

"Now, though, it is possible to see Baloo, who is a 1,000 pound bear, Shere Khan, a 350 pound tiger and Leo, who is also 350 pounds messing around like brothers.

"They are totally oblivious to the fact that in any other circumstance they would not be friends."
Handled by Charles and Jama Hedgecoth, the zoo's owners and founders, the three friendly giants appear to have have no comprehension of their animal differences.

"Baloo and Shere Khan are very close," says DIane.

"That is because they rise early, as Leo being a lion likes to spend most the day sleeping.

"It is wonderful and magical to see a giant American Black Bear put his arm around a Bengal tiger and then to see the tiger nuzzle up to the bear like a domestic cat.

"When Leo wakes up the three of them mess around for most of the day before they settle down to some food."

Surprisingly for three apex predators with the power to kill with a single bite or swipe of their paw, they are very relaxed around each other.

'"They eat, sleep and play together," said Jama Hedgecoth, founder of Noah's Ark zoo.

As they treat each other as siblings they will lie on top of each other for heat and simply for affection.

"At the moment they are getting used to their new habitat.

"Shere Khan is being quite reticent about the move, but Baloo, the bear is very good at leading him on and making him feel comfortable and safe."

Explaining that the three 'brothers' have always seemed to share a unique bond, Charles Hedgecoth, Jama's husband and fellow founder talks about his role in their upbringing.

"They are obviously not wild animals any more," said Charles.

"Noah's Ark is their home and they could not possibly be separated from each other.

"You just have to remember who you're dealing with when you are with them though.

"It's when you forget that these fellows are wild animals that you get yourself in trouble."
According to DIane Smith, the trio's new habitat cost an estimated £15,000 and had to be constructed carefully, in order to accommodate its occupants.

"The clubhouse had to be very sturdy for the guys, because they all sleep in it together,"
We had to include a creek, because the tiger and the bear both like to be in water."







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Pretty Violinist...

Violinist at G.E.M.'s concert, originally uploaded by Hina :-).

I saw this pretty Violinist at G.E.M.'s concert held in HITEC, Hong Kong.

Well... pity I don't have her name.