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We are living in Network Society by internet, email, Facebook, Twitter and other Social media.

Network Society has given us the opportunity to connect to friends, family, colleagues, customers and even complete strangers. Almost young people like to connect and travel because connections and travels always broaden new interesting horizon.

We are living in Network Society

“TRAVEL in NETWORK SOCIETY” is a new ebook on Amazon for young readers. It includes short stories of in simple English style. These stories were experiences of Travels and Network Society. This book help young readers to add some skills on journey to the inetersting horizon.

Here is the link to this book on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074BVCTZF

The new ebook "Travel in Network Society"

If you met difficulty when download this book from Amazon then you can download at the link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9tv35H881ByYnc0Z1p0c3RUWHM/view?usp=sharing

It is free download from 1-Aug-2017 to  30-Sep-2017. This is a gift to young readers from author Nguyen Quy Minh Hien with the best wishes.

In Network Society, let believe that success is waiting you everywhere.

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Facebook jumped by 60 million monthly active users from 1.94 billion in march 2017 to 2.00 billion in June 2017. The rate of growth seems to continue at 20 million active users per month. So, by the end of this year we should see 2.1 billion Facebook monthly active users.

Maybe you know the first on top social networking sites, but do you know what’s is behind it?

Here is the list of 15 most popular social networking site and apps and their monthly visitors, statistic in July 2017:

1- Facebook: 2,000,000,000 monthly visitors

2- YouTube: 1,000,000,000 monthly visitors

3- Instagram: 700,000,000 monthly visitors

4- Twitter: 313,000,000 monthly visitors

5- Reddit: 250,000,000 monthly visitors

6- Vine Camera: 200,000,000 monthly visitors (In January 2017, The Vine became the Vine Camera)

7- Pinterest: 150,000,000 monthly visitors

8- Ask.fm: 160,000,000 monthly visitors

9- Tumblr: 115,000,000 monthly visitors

10- Flickr: 112,000,000 monthly visitors

11- Google+: 111,000,000 monthly visitors

12- LinkedIn: 106,000,000 monthly visitors

13- VK: 90,000,000 monthly visitors

14- ClassMates: 57,000,000 monthly visitors

15- Meetup: 30,300,000 monthly visitors

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[Source: https://www.dreamgrow.com; statistic in July 2017]

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(ICTPress) - Nhà văn, nhà báo Đặng Vương Hưng vừa trao tặng Bảo tàng Phụ nữ các kỷ vật chiến tranh của những chiến sỹ đã từng tham gia hoạt động cách mạng và làm nhiệm vụ chăm sóc, cứu chữa thương binh trong cuộc kháng chiến của dân tộc, trong đó có tập bản thảo dịch viết tay cuốn Nhật ký Đặng Thùy Trâm.

Tập bản thảo dịch tiếng Anh viết tay gốc cuốn nhật ký Đặng Thuỳ Trâm được trao tặng cùng với phong bì có bút tích của ông Carl W. Greifzu - cựu chiến binh Mỹ, người đã lưu giữ Tập bản thảo trong suốt hơn 30 năm và trực tiếp giao lại cho nhà văn, nhà báo Đặng Vương Hưng.

Bản thảo do bà Trần Thị Kim Dung, người vợ Việt Nam, quê Bắc Ninh của cựu binh Carl dịch trong thập niên 80 tại Mỹ, gồm 102 trang, được viết bằng bút chì trên hai mặt giấy, với nhiều nét chữ hiệu đính.

Trang đầu Tập bản thảo dịch của Nhật ký Đặng Thùy Trâm

Đây là bản dịch tiếng Anh đầu tiên của Nhật ký Đặng Thùy Trâm. Từ bản dịch viết tay này của bà Trần Kim Dung, cựu binh Carl W. Greifzu đã trực tiếp hiệu đính và sử dụng máy chữ gõ thành văn bản hoàn chỉnh (Kỷ vật bản vi tính của Carl W. Greifzu hiện đang được lưu giữ tại Bảo tàng Chứng tích Chiến tranh - TP. HCM) rồi phô tô thêm hàng trăm bản gửi cho các cựu binh Mỹ cùng đọc. Họ nhận ra giá trị của cuốn nhật ký, nên đã tìm cách gửi nội dung về Việt Nam trao lại cho gia đình Liệt sĩ Đặng Thùy Trâm…

Nhà báo Đặng Vương Hưng kể lại: Tháng 3/2016 nhân chuyến về thăm quê vợ tại Bắc Ninh, Carl W. Greifzu đã đến thăm hỏi gia đình và viếng mộ của liệt sỹ Đặng Thùy Trâm, đồng thời gặp nhà báo Đặng Vương Hưng để trao tặng tập bản thảo này sau một thời gian liên hệ trước đó.

Bởi mong ước của Carl là "Vì lợi ích của nhân dân Việt Nam, tôi mong muốn tập bản thảo sẽ được sử dụng với hiệu quả tốt nhất tại một trong các bảo tàng ở Việt Nam".

Câu chuyện Nhật ký Đặng Thùy Trâm được dịch ra tiếng Anh thế nào cũng được ông chia sẻ với nhà báo. Tháng 9/1971, Carl W. Greifzu - cựu chiến binh Mỹ trong chiến tranh Việt Nam đã có cơ duyên khi được Fredric Whitehurst, lính Mỹ tại chiến trường Đức Phổ, Quảng Ngãi gửi giữ hộ cuốn sổ tay của bác sỹ Đặng Thùy Trâm. Những ký ức về cuộc chiến luôn ám ảnh, nên ông thường nhờ vợ là bà Trần Thị Kim Dung - người Việt Nam đọc cho nghe từng đoạn của cuốn nhật ký. Càng ngày những dòng nhật ký viết chân thật về cuộc sống nơi chiến tuyến càng cuốn hút ông. Nhận ra giá trị của di vật đặc biệt của một “nữ bác sỹ Việt Cộng”, Carl W. Greifzu đã đề nghị vợ dịch toàn bộ nội dung ra giấy bằng tiếng Anh với mong muốn để nhiều người, đặc biệt là các cựu chiến binh Mỹ cùng được đọc, giúp họ hiểu thêm về cuộc chiến tranh ở Việt Nam. Ông cũng chính là người tự đánh máy chữ và hiệu đính bản thảo đó.

Nội dung bản sao cuốn nhật ký đã được trao trả cho gia đình liệt sỹ từ trước, nhưng tập bản thảo gốc dịch tiếng Anh Carl W. Greifzu vẫn giữ trong suốt hơn 30 năm. Tháng 3/2016 nhân chuyến về thăm quê vợ tại Bắc Ninh, Carl W. Greifzu đã đến thăm hỏi gia đình và viếng mộ của liệt sỹ Đặng Thùy Trâm, đồng thời trao tặng Tập bản thảo cho nhà văn Đặng Vương Hưng.

Bút tích đề tặng của Carl W. Greifzu ghi trên phong bì

Carl W. Greifzu đã viết trên chiếc phong bì đựng Tập bản thảo gửi tới nhà báo Đặng Vương Hưng.  "Thay mặt Trần Thị Kim Dung, tôi vui mừng trao cho ông Đặng Vương Hưng vì lợi ích của nhân dân Việt Nam, bản dịch gốc ra tiếng Anh nhật ký của bác sỹ Đặng Thùy Trâm. Hà Nội, tháng 3, ngày 23 năm 2016. Carl W. Greifzu".

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Lake Forest is a city located along the shore of Lake Michigan. This city is among the wealthiest cities in the United States. It locates in Lake County, Illinois, United States and is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the North Shore.

Lake Forest Bank

On Green Bay road and other avenues, between green of high trees, we see many very big villas with large gardens. The central business district includes a Metra commuter railroad station on the North Line and extends beyond Market Square, providing a mixture of retail, banking, and professional services, as well as restaurants. Market Square is composed of a wide variety of shops and restaurants…

A street in Market Square area, Lake Forest

Many architectures in Lake Forest have North European style. Lake Forest was founded around Lake Forest College and was laid out as a town in 1857 as a stop for travelers making their way to Chicago. The Lake Forest City Hall, designed by Charles Sumner Frost, was completed in 1898 and originally housed the fire department, the Lake Forest Library, and city offices.

Visit Lake Forest city, we feel clean air of pure sunlight and wind, green color of tree, blue color of sky… It is the rhyme of Lake and Forest in this gentle city.

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Of the ten tallest building in the United States, four are located in Chicago.

Chicago is the birthplace of the skyscraper.

The Home Insurance Building, completed in 1885, is regarded as the world's first skyscraper. This building used the steel-frame method, innovated in Chicago. It was originally built with 10 stories, a considerable height in the 1800s, to a height of 138 feet (42 m), making it the tallest building in the world. It was later expanded to 12 stories with a height of 180 feet (55 m). The building was demolished in 1931. New York City then began building skyscrapers as Chicago had done, and the two cities were virtually the only cities in the world with huge skylines for many decades.

Trump Tower in Chicago

Chicago has always played a prominent role in the development of skyscrapers and three past buildings have been the tallest building in the United States. Chicago is the third-largest city in the United States now. This is home to 1,315 completed high-rises, 44 of which stand taller than 600 feet (183 m).

Sears Tower

The tallest building in the city is the 108–story Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower), which rises 1,451 feet (442 m) in the Chicago Loop and was completed in 1974. Sears Tower was the tallest building in the world from its completion, and remained the tallest building in the United States until May 10, 2013 when it was overtaken by One World Trade Center in New York City. The second-, third- and fourth-tallest buildings in Chicago are the Trump International Hotel & Tower, the Aon Center and the John Hancock Center, respectively. 

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July 4 is Independence Day of United State.

However, July 2 was the day the Continental Congress voted in support of independence from the British. But the date written on the Declaration of Independence is July 4. So, since 1776, Americans have celebrated July 4 as the country’s Independence Day.

People honor this day with parades, fireworks and celebrations.

The 30th president, Calvin Coolidge, was born on July 4. Several early presidents of the United States died on July 4. They include John Adams, the second president, and Thomas Jefferson, the third president, both died on the country’s 50th anniversary of Independence Day. James Monroe, the fifth U.S. president, died on July 4, 1831. “Patriotic to the end” was a sentence about them.

Americans really love fireworks. On the occation of Independence Day, fireworks are performed at many places, including public park and familial party. The American Pyrotechnic Association reported that Americans spent $825 million on fireworks last year. Happy Independence Day!

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Frank Lloyd Wright (8 June 1867 - 9 April 1959) was an American architect, interior designer, writer, and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures, 532 of which were completed. He was the architect of the famous architecture Fallingwater , which has been called "the best all-time work of American architecture".

Fallingwater - the best all-time work of American architecture

Wright believed in designing structures that were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture. Fallingwater, one of Wright's most famous private residences, completed 1937, was built for Mr. and Mrs. Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr., at Mill Run, Pennsylvania. Constructed over a 30-foot waterfall, it was designed according to Wright's desire to place the occupants close to the natural surroundings. The house was intended to be more of a family getaway, rather than a live-in home. The construction is a series of cantilevered balconies and terraces, using limestone for all verticals and concrete for the horizontals.

Wright was a leader of the Prairie Schoolmovement of architecture and developed the concept of the Usonian home in Broadacre City, his unique vision for urban planning in the United States. In addition to his houses, Wright designed original and innovative offices, churches, schools, skyscrapers, hotels, museums and other structures. He often designed interior elements for these buildings as well, including furniture and stained glass.

1966 U.S. postage stamp honoring Frank Lloyd Wright

Wright wrote 20 books and many articles and was a popular lecturer in the United States and in Europe. Wright was recognized in 1991 by the American Institute of Architects as "the greatest American architect of all time".

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In Houston, just southwest of downtown, in the pedestrian-friendly Museum District, more than 8.7 million visitors explore the 19 cultural institutions that make up the tree-lined, culture-filled neighborhood each year. Visitors can learn history and arts with life-scale, interactive exhibits, and audio and video technology...

The high-tech digital movie experience allows visitors a glimpse for historical stories. In The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the film typically plays once every hour. The museums also has monthly program for people. Participants can join to interactive exhibit experiences, lively conversations, storytelling and other multi-sensory activities. All of the museums offer free times or days and 10 of the museums are free all the time. Visitors can see schedules of Museums on internet and select the best choice.

The Museum District is divided into four walkable zones. Zone 1 includes: Houston Center for Photography, Rothko Chapel, The Menil Collection. Zone 2 includes: Diverseworks, Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Lawndale Art Center, Czech Center Museum Houston, Houston Museum of African American Culture, Asia Society Texas Center, Holocaust Museum Houston. Zone 3 includes: The Jung Center, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Zone 4 includes: Children’s Museum of Houston, The Health Museum, Houston Museum of Natural Science; Rice Gallery, Houston Zoo. The Museum District is served by four stops on the Metro, and is easily accessible from I-69/US 59, State Highway 288, Main Street…

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When told about Las Vegas, everybody always thought about a large casino. In fact, Las Vegas had more things. Came to Las Vegas, travellers can visit simulations of famous places of the world. A street of French style with a model of the Eiffel tower locates in the centre area of Las Vegas. Magnificent and bright buildings look like palaces in Andersen’s stories, they locate near high Egypt pillars with ideogram. The little statue of Libertas was standing not far from there. An artificial river was flowing between streets and buildings, shops and hotels. Boatmen has been wearing clothes of European 18th century as boatmen in Venice, Italy… Although, Las Vegas noon outdoor weather was very hot but indoor streets with old European style was cool. Nice air, blue sky, white cloud, road of flagstones, café, shops, hotels…all connected in a system.

Las Vegas

In Las Vegas, every hotel was every special design and every specific style. This hotel was figure of a multicolors tropical island, that hotel had old Greece style with very nice statues, other hotel was a mysterious Arab castle… The common ground of all hotels here were a very large casino. Casinos of big hotels were built under ground floor. Many game machines and gambling dens were disposed in the ground floor of these hotels. In the ground floor, casinos were lighted all days and nights. Therefore Las Vegas was called “light city”. Las Vegas was city of casinos and “Lost Wages” was other nickname of this city.

Las Vegas is the name of this city, also is name of an algorithm. It was Las Vegas algorithm. Hardly imagine that the city of casinos and games was birthplace of this complex algorithm. However, someone could find a relation between this algorithm with rule of games, win or fail. It could be performed in the running game-machines of this beautiful city. Las Vegas was built in early 20 century. At first, the city had only one small train station and few buildings in desert. Although desert weather was very hard, Las Vegas was built. A stunted area became a stunning city. The city was beautiful like paradise in legend. It was the “Great Algorithm”.

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Calico Ghost Town was a special interesting visiting place in the US West region. More hundred years ago, the town of Calico was bustling with prospectors searching for its mineral riches. Silver was king here and the Calico Mining district became one of the richest in the state. Calico town was born in March 1881 with 40 people. Next year, 1882, Calico population increased 7 times to 300 people. Mining increased very fast. Calico could boast boom-town status, producing 86 milion usd in silver, 45 milion usd in borax. While highest business, 1887, Calico had 1200 inhabitants. Next two years, Calico population changed: decreased to 500 residents in 1888 and increased to 800 residents in 1889. In its golden age, this town had 22 saloons.

Calico Ghost Town

However, after silver and borax mining became exhausted, inhabitants removed to other places. After solutions to keep the town survive but inhabitants were very little: 10 residents in 1951, 15 residents in 1981 and then 8 residents in 2001, Administration decided that Calico town became a visiting place. They called donations from supporters to keep this town like as memorial of past time when people came West to find gold. The town was named “Ghost Town” to attract tourist’s imagination. However we did not have opportunity to see any ghost in this town to satisfy our imagination. The reason could be that we came Calico at noon when desert area in the West American region was very hot, higher 40oC temperature, maybe all ghosts stayed at shelters to avoid sun and hot weather. Along main road of Calico town, we visited houses of hundred-years-old style. Visitors could image about old West American people by men-mannequins with gun in belt, felt hat, jeans and womenmannequins with chignon, needleworks beside window. Music from old bar, old shop but only tables and chairs stayed there; no customers, no seller, nobody.

Telegraph box in a Museum

We saw the Post at a corner in Calico Ghost Town. Wow. It was a special memory of Post, the oldest communication service. In other museums in US, visitors always could find models of the post or telegraph box at a corner of the museum. Information and communications services are being very important for life and society from more hundred years to now.

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