Happy Holiday !!!!!!

2008 新年快樂

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　　　　預祝 2008年平安快樂
Happy new year and many more to come !

Happy New Year!

Auld Lang Syne - Lyrics

Don't be left speechless when the bells chime and everyone crosses arms to sing in the New Year. These are the words to Auld Lang Syne.
Meaning: auld lang syne - times gone by

English translation from Robert Burns’ (Scottish) verses:
Should old acquaintance be forgot,and never brought to mind ?Should old acquaintance be forgot,and auld lang syne ?
CHORUS:
For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we'll take a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
And surely you’ll buy your pint cup!And surely I’ll buy mine!And we'll take a cup o’ kindness yet,for auld lang syne.
CHORUS
We two have run about the hills,and picked the daisies fine ;But we’ve wandered many a weary foot,since auld lang syne.
CHORUS
We two have paddled in the stream,from morning sun till dine (dinner time) ;But seas between us broad have roaredsince auld lang syne.
CHORUS
And there’s a hand my trusty friend!And give us a hand o’ thine!And we’ll take a right good-will draught,for auld lang syne.
CHORUS

上學? 放學?

爸爸和小華一同參觀一個攝影展覽。
一幅名為“上學途中”的照片吸引了他們，拍攝的是一群孩子 背著書包嘻嘻爆笑地走著，十分生動。
可是小華說：“題目寫錯了！”
爸爸問：“怎麼錯了？”
小華說：“應該是‘放學途中’，上學哪有這麼開心！”

生命 --- 好短文共享

以下的故事，可能令你改變對生命的看法：

我和一位朋友傾談，他說雖然有兩份工作，而每月的收入僅僅稍逾一千美元，但他已很高興了，我很奇怪他還可以那麼開心，因為他的收入微薄，要節衣縮食才可以供養他年邁的父母，他的岳父母，太太，兩個女兒共八個人，還有一般家庭的各項開支. 他解釋說，是因為一次在數年前他在印度目睹的事件。

當時他因為一次重大的挫折、心情低落，所以到印度散心，他說他親眼看到一個印度婦人用割肉刀, 將她的兒子的右手切下了。那婦人無助的眼神，那四歲的稚童痛苦的呻吟，至今仍令他難以釋懷。

你可能會問：為什麼那母親要這樣做?是否她的孩子太頑皮，或是他的手受到感染? 都不是，原來只是為了行乞！那絕望母親特意把孩子弄成傷殘，使他可以在街上行乞，可以有東西吃. 我的朋友嚇呆了，他把他吃到一半的麵包放下，隨即有五六個小孩湧至，爭著這片佈滿沙石的麵包，就如面對飢餓時的自然反應。

他對這情景很吃驚，他著他的導遊開車把他送到最近的麵包店，他去到其中兩家，把它們所的麵包都買下來，麵包店的老闆很愕然，不過還是願意把所有都賣給他。他花了不足一百元，就買到約四百塊麵包(即每塊少於25仙)，又用了一百元買一些日用品。

於是，他坐在一部載滿麵包的貨車往街上去，當他分發麵包和日用品給那些大部份是傷殘的兒童時，他們都報以歡喜和鞠躬，就是這樣，他在生命中第一次想到人們怎麼可以為一片價值不足25分的麵包而放棄自己的尊嚴。

他開始對自己說他是多麼的幸運 ─ 他有個完整的身軀，有一份工作，有個家庭，有機會抱怨食品的好與壞，有機會穿衣服，有機會擁有很多這些人沒有的東西。現在，我開始想到，和感受到我的生命是否真的那麼差？也許…我就覺得不是那麼差，你呢？
下一次你覺得自己的生命很差的時候，想想那個因為行乞失去了一隻手的小孩吧！『滿足感』不是來自滿足於你想要的，而是了解到你所擁有的是那麼多。

當快樂之門關上時，另一道門就會打開，但很多時我們只盯著已關的門而沒有看到已為我們打開的那道門。

的確，我們要到失去時才知到我們擁有，但我們亦要等到東西來臨時才知道我們沒有它們。

對人付出所有的愛, 並不能確保他們同樣愛你！

不要期望愛人會有回報；只管讓愛,在他們的心中成長，但如果沒有成長，那便滿足於,愛已在你心中成長。

最快樂的人不一定擁有最好的東西，他們只是把握和珍惜所有他們得到的東西。那些會哭、會受傷害、曾經尋覓、曾經嘗試的人是快樂的，因為他們珍惜那些曾經擦過他們生命的人的重要性。

愛由一個微笑開始，經過擁吻而成長，以一滴眼淚結朿，最美好的將來永遠建基於已被遺忘的過去.

你的生命不會順利，除非你放下你過去的失敗和痛苦。

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

發現年青人大都 snowboarding, 已很少人ski, 我是人老心不老

好歌欣賞 Without You -- Mariah Carey

Without you

No, I can't forget this evening
Oh, your face as you were leaving
But I guess that's just the way the story goes
You always smile
But in your eyes your sorrow show
Yes, it shows

No, I can't forget tomorrow
When I think of all my sorrow
When I had you there, but then I let you go
And now it's only fair that I should let you know
What you should know

I can't live, if living is without you
I can't live, I can't give anymore
I can't live, if living is without you
I can't live, I can't give anymore

Merry Christmas to you!!!

The following link is to one of the best Christmas jingles I've ever seen - if it doesn't get you in the mood for Santa Claus, you're hopeless. Don't know who did the graphics but the song was originally recorded by the Drifters in 1954. Turn the volume up - these reindeer can sing. Happy Holidays.


http://www.thecompassgroup.biz/merryxmas.swf

感人的聖誕歌 --- Christmas Shoe 聖誕鞋

Christmas Shoe 聖誕鞋 歌詞很感人

今天在美國的一位友人傳給我這首歌, 以及他在部落格裡說他翻譯這首歌時的心情...

"可能隨著年紀成長,我已經很久沒有被任何一首歌所感動了而就在幾天前我三十二歲的生日時,在開車的路上聽廣播聽到了這一首 Christmas Shoes (聖誕舞鞋),它的歌詞感動了我。這動人心旋的歌詞讓我決定將它翻成中文。
我雖試著照字翻,但也更試著用心翻,翻著翻著眼淚竟掉下來了。好久好久沒有這麼的sentimental 了。
希望大家會喜歡。喜歡的話 foward it on..."



It was almost Christmas time,
聖誕節就快到了
There I stood in another line
我又在那兒排隊
Tryin' to buy that last gift or two,
準備買最後的一、兩份禮物
Not really in the Christmas mood
還沒有真的感覺聖誕的氣紛當中
Standing right in front of me was
排在我前面的是一位
A little boy waiting anxiously
等到很急的小男孩
Pacing 'round like little boys do
就像一般小男生一樣的動來動去的
And in his hands he held a pair of shoes
而他的手中提了一雙鞋子
His clothes were worn and old,
他身上的衣服又破又舊
He was dirty from head to toe
他從頭到腳都髒髒的
And when it came his time to pay
而當排隊排到他時
I couldn't believe what I heard him say
我簡直無法相信我所聽到他說的話
Sir, I want to buy these shoes
先生,我想買這雙鞋
For my Mama, please
是要給我媽媽的、拜託你
It's Christmas Eve and these shoes are just her size
今天是聖誕夜而這雙鞋的尸寸剛好適合她
Could you hurry, sir,
請麻煩快點,先生
Daddy says there's not much time
爸爸說時間不多了
You see she's been sick for quite a while
因為媽媽已經病了很久了
And I know these shoes would make her smile
而我知道這雙鞋子可以讓她開心
And I want her to look beautiful if Mama meets Jesus tonight
而且如果今晚媽媽去見耶穌的話我要讓媽媽看起來漂亮
He counted pennies for what seemed like years
小男孩一毛一毛的數錢、數了好久
Then the cashier said, "Son, there's not enough here
"然後店員說,”小男孩、這兒的錢不夠”
He searched his pockets frantically
小男孩很急,拼命的搜口袋
Then he turned and he looked at me
然往他轉向身來看著我

He said Mama made Christmas good at our house, though most years she just did without
他說媽媽這幾年下來在什麼都沒有的情況下將家裡聖誕節打點的很好
Tell me Sir, what am I going to do
先生,能不能告訴我、我現在該怎麼辦?
Somehow I've got to buy her these Christmas shoes
無論如何我一定要買這雙聖誕舞鞋給她
So I laid the money down,
所以我把錢拿出來
I just had to help him out
我一定要幫助他
I'll never forget the look on his face when
我將絕對無法忘記他臉上那時的表情
He said Mama's gonna look so great
他說媽媽將會很漂亮
Sir, I want to buy these shoes
先生,我想買這雙鞋
For my Mama, please
通是要給我媽媽的、拜託你
It's Christmas Eve and these shoes are just her size
今天是聖誕夜而這雙鞋的尸寸剛好適合她
Could you hurry, sir,
請麻煩快點,先生
Daddy says there's not much time
爸爸說時間不多了
You see she's been sick for quite a while
因為媽媽已經病了很久了
And I know these shoes would make her smile
而我知道這雙鞋子可以讓她開心
And I want her to look beautiful if Mama meets Jesus tonight
而且如果今晚媽媽去見耶穌的話我要讓媽媽看起來漂亮
I knew I'd caught a glimpse of heaven's love
我當時馬上就知道我目瞥了天堂聖潔的愛
As he thanked me and ran out
當小男孩向我道謝後就趕著走了時
I knew that God had sent that little boy
我知道小男孩是上帝派來
To remind me just what Christmas is all about
提醒我聖誕的意義是什麼

讀者文摘

http://www.readersdigest.com.tw/

浮世繪

這天和同事閒聊，小張談起她和丈夫相處的點滴。

小張：親愛的，結婚這麼多年，你都沒有送我禮物。今年情人節，你就破例，讓我高興一下好嗎？

小張丈夫：你沒聽說結婚是愛情的墳墓嗎？

小張：但也要掃墓啊！

丈夫：清明節還沒到。

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姑媽年紀不小，有一次我去看她，她戴著帽子來開門。
我有點意外，問她：「你要出門？」
她回答說：「不。每次有人來，我都戴上帽子，如果是不想見的人，就說正好要外出；是你的話，就說剛剛進門。」

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開懷篇

招聘面試快結束時，人力資源部主管問剛從大學畢業的工程師：「你想要多少薪水？」
工程師想了一會兒，大膽地回答：「嗯，年薪十二萬五千美元可以嗎？」
主管說：「好啊，再給你每年五個星期的有薪年假，醫療和牙科費用全數報銷，退休金百分之百由公司支付，再送你一輛保時捷跑車，你覺得怎樣？」
工程師吃驚地說：「哇，你在開玩笑嗎？」
主管說：「是的，你不是嗎？」

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一位很渴望結婚的年輕人對朋友說：「每個我帶回家的女朋友，母親都不喜歡。我該怎麼辦？」
朋友建議說：「這個好辦，只要找一個各方面都像你母親的，就可以了。」
「我試過了，但是我父親又不喜歡。」

湖南，悠縣，网岭鎮

鎮政府大樓，黨書記和鎮長請我們吃中飯。看看湖南特有的大碗菜，全部只用大碗公。
三杯紅酒之外是他們自己用糯米釀的米酒。(紅酒是我們隨車帶去的).
黨書記和鎮長官位平行，實際上書記才是掌權者。

是誰把衣服晾在堂堂辦公大樓??

恭喜 - Chemistry 65- Anniversary

謝謝阿炫及豆腐的耕耘, 請大象多多上網, Post. 年紀超過50歲的人群,很少有Blogger site.

糖果是公的還是母的?

答案：母的，因為糖果會生螞蟻 <------答案在這裡，ｈｅ。。ｈｅ。。。

I want more....

Wall Street traders gather to protest bonus drop. Look at their cars...

好歌分享 whitney houston : i will always love you

I will always love you

lyrics:

I will always love you

If I should stay
I would only be in your way
So Ill go, but I know
Ill think of you every step of the way

Chorus:

And I will always love you
I,will always love you
You, my darling you, you

Bitter sweet memories
That is all Im taking with me
So goodbye, please dont cry
We both know Im not what you need

Chorus

I hope life treats you kind
And I hope you have all you dreamed off
And I wish to you joy and happiness
But above all this I wish to you love

Chorus

高雄85大樓

沉魚回娘家 - 高雄.....
夜宿金典酒店。

台南魚塭

一大早去台南安南區的魚塭，意外撈到兩條虱目魚。

歡迎留美學人 明炫兄及落雁嫂 11/19 凱旋歸國

歡迎留美學人 明炫兄及落雁嫂, 於本月(11月) 19日星期一, 凱旋歸國.

為感謝明炫兄夫婦對本班及本部落格的支持與貢獻, 在下冒昧代表本班同學已於兩週前買好兩碗落雁嫂指定的'阿宗麵線' 及兩碗'劉山東牛肉麵', 只待兩位學人返抵國門後, 即可立即歡樂享用.

兩位學人如果感覺, 在下敝人我的盛情, 不知何以為報的話, 那就大顆的鑽石買個幾顆,或送些金條 's,金磚 's , 在下都會勉為接受.... 哈.

至於, 我們其他同學還有什麼要款待這兩位學人的也請早日準備, 因為這兩位學人將訂於11月底返回僑居地.

America's Got Talent - Terry Fator

You really do have to look at all five of this guys acts,,,, he is unbelievable.

Watch each of the 5 short movie clips......you won't be sorry....this guy is good....

This guy (??) won $1,000,000.00 on America's Got Talent...and you'll see why!!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnVDHzUAj30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTSFhIv9bYg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGH-5-Gvjng
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDoKF1NZ8P8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuoR6OM6KxA&NR=1

November 15, 2007

Why FAS 157 strikes dread into bankers

My dear Friends,
I wrote "Please Protect Yourself" on November 4, 2007 at this blog. I think all of you are still totally unprepared for the new FAS 157 rule for the banks. It is all right if you never heard about it. But, this is probably the last chance you can protect your own bank deposite. FAS 157 will be officially announced on November 15, 2007. Therefore, you got to read this article now without any delay. You know what to do with your own money. The bank is just at the corner of the street. Please take a read of the article below:

Protect yourself from the worst and hope for the best. Good luck to all of us.

Just when we hoped the worst was over . . .William Rees-Mogg

We have heard about sub-prime mortgages; we have heard about collateralised debt obligations (CDOs); we have heard about banks writing down their assets; we have heard about global bankers resigning; we have heard about Northern Rock and the first run on a British bank in 140 years.

The risk of a worldwide banking crisis – one that is particularly damaging to mortgages, private equity, hedge funds and the banks themselves – is higher than it was a month ago, and the storm is rising.

This is still an emerging story. It was not until last Wednesday that The Financial Times led on the legal provision that CDOs can be liquidated by the senior holders when they go into default. That could lead to a fire sale of CDOs and still larger defaults.

Yet this, as important as it could be, is not the biggest threat. Few non-bankers have heard of FAS 157 and 159, yet these are the regulations that will set the terms on which the banks will value their assets. The trouble with FAS 157 and 159 is that they are perfectly reasonable regulations in themselves which could have disastrous, though unintended, consequences.

What are FAS 157 and 159? They are the new United States (Federal) accounting standards that have been introduced to regulate the valuation of bank assets. These valuations are of crucial importance because they are the basis of all bank lending: no assets, no lending; no lending, no bank. According to an informative article in The Financial Times, the new standards will apply fully from Thursday. Many US banks have adopted them already. All US quoted banks will have to publish asset figures in conformity with FAS 157 by next spring.

The new rules divide bank assets into three “levels”, according to the freedom with with which they can be bought or sold. Level-one assets, which are easy to value or trade, have to have quoted prices in active markets such as US government bonds or gold bullion. Level two is an intermediate stage; these assets are not as fully marketable as level one, but still sufficiently tradeable to have a definite value.

Level-three assets – usually artificial financial instruments – are the problem. They do not have quoted prices in active markets. They have to be valued by reference to the bank’s own models. According to the analyst Martin Hutchinson, who had analysed some of the US banks, the holdings of level-three assets are substantial. Lehman has $22 billion; Bear Stearns $20 billion; JP Morgan Chase $60 billion. Even these figures may be understated, since the banks have themselves decided whether assets belong to level three or the more acceptable level two, and they have an interest in placing as little in level three and as much in level two as they reasonably can.

Martin Hutchinson has also analysed the assets of Goldman Sachs. The bank has disclosed $72 billion of level-three assets, out of total assets of $900 billion. That seems reasonable enough, but it compares with Goldman Sachs’s capital of $36 billion. Any substantial write off of level-three assets would impact on Goldman Sachs net asset value.

One cannot say that FAS 157 is only an American regulation and the banks of other countries would not therefore be affected. Most global banks already have a listing in the United States that would therefore be subject to US accounting standards. Those that do not will be judged by FAS 157 as the international standard. From now on all major banks will have to declare their assets in the FAS 157 form with its division into different levels by marketability.

No doubt this is the reform that should have been introduced years ago; that would have saved a great deal of agony and some abuse. But FAS 157 is coming into effect at a most inconvenient time. The sub-prime mortgage defaults have already undermined confidence in mortgage banked securities. These form a significant part – perhaps about a quarter – of all level-three assets. Level three also includes higher-quality mortgages and leveraged bridged loans for buyouts.

The global banking system now faces the risk of a general flight towards cash and liquid level one assets on a scale that has not been seen since the early 1930s. Already British banks are showing signs of near panic. I hear of London banks going back on recently agreed loans to parties of good credit, presumably on orders from head office.

There have also been cancellations of offers of credit cards that had already been approved. One need have little sympathy for the US investment banks; they found it profitable to make speculative loans, and now they are paying the price.

Even if ordinary mortgages do continue to be offered – and they are bound to be restricted – sub-prime mortgages will no longer be available for first-time buyers. Yet the housing market depends on people being able to sell their first houses when they trade up to their second. If all banks are anxious to protect their cash reserves, and to reduce their level-three assets, that will make ordinary borrowing difficult and level-three borrowing impossible. Probably the downturn will spread into stock markets, even though it did not originate in stock market speculation.

It is far too late to cancel FAS 157 and 159, even if that were desirable. The concept of different levels for bank assets has been introduced to the banking system and the defaults on sub-prime mortgages have lowered the acceptability of all level-three assets. No one knows what they are worth and hardly anyone wants them.

Commercial banking, with its large customer base, is in better shape than investment banking, but will also be affected. FAS 157 may prove an historic regulatory blunder.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/william_rees_mogg/article2852547.ece

看看厲害的新加坡英文....從1, 2, 到10, 再倒數到1.

Exclusive Singlish Skill...

Even the Englishmen cannot construct sentences using numerals, which is an exclusive skill invented and owned only by Singaporeans.

Ah Beng was asked to construct sentences using 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,and 10... He not only did it to 10, but did it backwards to 1......!!! This was how it was done.

“1 day I go 2 climb up a 3 outside a house to peep. But the couple saw me, so I panic and 4 down. The man rushed out and wanted to 5 with me. I ran until I fell 6 and threw out. So I went into 7 eleven and grabbed some 8 to throw at him. Then I took a 9 and try to stab him. 10 god he ran away!!! So I put the 9 back and paid for the 8 and left 7 eleven. Next day, I called my Boss and say I’m 6. He said 5, tomorrow also no need to come back 4 work. He also told me to climb a 3 and jump down. I don't understand......I so nice 2 him. But I don't know what he 1.

文化不同

日本的一家公司要招聘員工，過一段嚴格的面試~ 公司從500多應徵者中選出了5 位佼佼者。 放榜這天，一個叫水原的青年看見榜上沒有自己的名字，悲痛欲死， 回到家中便要切腹自殺，幸好親人及時搶救，水原沒有死成。 正當水原悲傷之時，從公司卻傳來好消息： 水原的成績原是名列前矛的，只是由於電腦的錯誤導致了水原的落選。 正當水原一家人欣喜若望之時，從公司又傳來消息：水原被公司除了名。原因很簡單， 公司老闆說:如此小的挫折都受不了，這樣的人在公司是不成什麼大事的。
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美國的一家公司要招聘員工，過一段嚴格的面試~ 公司從500多應徵者中選出了5 位佼佼者。 放榜這天，一個叫湯姆的青年看見榜上沒有自己的名字，悲痛欲死， 回到家中便要舉槍自盡，幸好親人及時搶救，湯姆沒有死成。 正當湯姆悲傷之時，從公司卻傳來好消息：湯姆的成績原是名列前矛的， 只是由於電腦的錯誤導致了湯姆的落選。 正當湯姆一家人欣喜若望之時，美國各大州的之知名律師都來到湯姆的家中， 他們千方百計的鼓動湯姆到法院告這家公司，聲稱需支付巨額的精神賠償， 並自告奮勇的充當湯姆的律師。
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德國的一家公司要招聘員工，過一段嚴格的面試~ 公司從 500 多應徵者中選出了5 位佼佼者。 放榜這天，一個叫蕭恩的青年看見榜上沒有自己的名字，悲痛欲死，回到家中便要跳河自殺，幸好親人及時搶救，蕭恩沒有死成。 正當蕭恩悲傷之時，從公司卻傳來好消息：蕭恩的成績原是名列前矛的，只是由於電腦的錯誤導致了蕭恩的落選。正當蕭恩欣喜若望之時，蕭恩的父母卻堅決反對自己的兒子進入這家公司。 他們的理由不容置疑：這家公司作業效率如此差勁，進入這家公司對兒子的成績毫無益處。
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中國的一家公司要招聘員工，過一段嚴格的面試， 公司從500多應徵者中選出了5 位佼佼者。 放榜這天，一個叫志強的青年看見榜上沒有自己的名字，悲痛欲死， 回到家中便要懸樑自盡，幸好親人及時搶救，志強沒有死成。 正當志強悲傷之時，從公司卻傳來好消息：志強的成績原是名列前矛的，只是由於電腦的錯誤導致了志強的落選。正當志強欣喜若望之時，志強的父母來到公司，一看到公司老闆便跪了下來， 他們含淚的說真多虧你救了我兒子，我們家世世代代感謝你的大恩大德！
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台灣的一家公司要招聘員工，過一段嚴格的面試， 公司從500多應徵者中選出了5 位佼佼者。放榜這天， 一個叫俊傑的青年看見榜上沒有自己的名字，悲痛欲死， 回到家中便要磕藥自殺，幸好親人及時搶救，俊傑沒有死成。 正當俊傑悲傷之時，從公司卻傳來好消息：俊傑的成績原是名列前矛的，只是由於電腦的錯誤導致了俊傑的落選。正當傑欣喜若望之時， 媒體大幅報導此事，並邀請俊傑參加各種CALL IN評論及綜藝節目， 全國輿論熱烈討論電腦為何會出錯，是否有黑道介入或官商勾結， 至於俊傑到底有沒有去該公司上班，根本沒有人關心...

花東之旅

I came across these videos by accident:

20070921花東之旅(上)
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?ei=UTF-8&gid=787082&vid=1231513&b=2

20070921花東之旅(中)
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?gid=787082&b=1&vid=1236585&p=

20070921花東之旅(下)
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?ei=UTF-8&p=&gid=787082&vid=1237373&b=0

There are several other videos are pretty good too.

On my way to Hong Kong

Guys, I took a flight to Hong Kong on Nov. 3 and then enter China by car. Will post any picture that I find interesting, I may also take requests to post anything you guys want to see.

Visit my son's dorm

Visited my son's dorm at school recently. Share the picture with you.

My son, open-mouthed zombie, in the back with wild-girls zombies and Indiana Jones. Please introduce normal girl friend to him. I am so worry. (Halloween at dorm's hallway)

Please Protect Yourself

THE BEAR'S LAIR
Level 3 storm about to hit Wall Street
By Martin Hutchinson

There's a mystery on Wall Street. Merrill Lynch wrote off $8.4 billion in its subprime mortgage business, a figure revised up from $4.9 billion, yet Goldman Sachs reported an excellent quarter and didn't feel the need for any write-offs. The real secret of the difference is likely to be in the details of their accounting, and in particular in the murky world, shortly to be revealed, of their "Level



3" asset portfolios.

Both Merrill and Goldman have Harvard chairmen - Merrill's Stan O'Neal from Harvard Business School and Goldman's Lloyd Blankfein from Harvard College and Harvard Law School. Thus it's pretty unlikely their approaches to business are significantly different - or is a Harvard MBA really worth minus $8.4 billion compared with a law degree? (The special case of George W Bush may be disregarded in answering that question.)

We may be about to find out. From November 15, we will have a new tool for figuring out how much toxic waste is in investment banks' balance sheets. The new US accounting rule SFAS157 requires banks to divide their tradable assets into three "levels" according to how easy it is to get a market price for them. Level 1 assets have quoted prices in active markets. At the other extreme Level 3 assets have only unobservable inputs to measure value and are thus valued by reference to the banks' own models.

Goldman Sachs has disclosed its Level 3 assets, two quarters before it would be compelled to do so in the period ending February 29, 2008. Their total was $72 billion, which at first sight looks reasonable because it is only 8% of total assets. However the problem becomes more serious when you realize that $72 billion is twice Goldman's capital of $36 billion. In an extreme situation therefore, Goldman's entire existence rests on the value of its Level 3 assets.

The same presumably applies to other major investment banks - since they employ traders and risk managers with similar educations, operating in a similar culture, they probably have Level 3 assets of around twice capital. Citigroup, J P Morgan Chase and Bank of America may have less since their culture is different; before 1999 those institutions were pure commercial banks and a substantial part of their business still lies in retail commercial banking, an area in which the investment banks are not represented and Level 3 assets are scarce.

There has been no rush to disclose Level 3 assets in advance of the first quarter in which it becomes compulsory, probably that ending in February or March 2008. Figures that have been disclosed show Lehman with $22 billion in Level 3 assets, 100% of capital, Bear Stearns with $20 billion, 155% of capital, and J P Morgan Chase with about $60 billion, 50% of capital. However those figures are almost certainly low; the border between Level 2 and Level 3 is a fuzzy one and it is unquestionably in the interest of banks to classify as many of their assets as possible as Level 2, where analysts won't worry about them, rather than Level 3, where analyst concern is likely....more

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/IK03Dj03.html

這個經理很厲害....看他如何寫員工的評量表....哈

The following is an appraisal of a manager of his subordinate, Bob Smith. It was an open appraisal done face to face. This was what Bob’s manager wrote:

01. Bob Smith, my assistant programmer, can always be found
02. hard at work in his cubicle. Bob works independently, without
03. wasting company time talking to colleagues. Bob never
04. thinks twice about assisting fellow employees, and he always
05. finishes given assignments on time. Often he takes extended
06. measures to complete his work, sometimes skipping coffee
07. breaks. Bob is a dedicated individual who has absolutely no
08. vanity in spite of his high accomplishments and profound
09. knowledge in his field. I firmly believe that Bob can be
10. classed as a high-caliber employee, the type which cannot be
11. dispensed with. Consequently, I duly recommend that Bob be
12. promoted to executive management, and a proposal will be
13. executed as soon as possible.
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...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...

The appraisal speaks well of Bob Smith; where in fact the Bob Smith is not of the calibre as described. So the appraisor sent this foot note to the Human Resource Manager.

Footnote To The Human Resources Department: Bob Smith was standing over my shoulder while I wrote the report sent to you earlier today. Kindly read only the odd numbered lines only.

蛇蹤

今天在朋友家，有人來敲門說他們散步經過對面鄰居的前院時看到這條蛇，要我們要小心。順手拍了這兩張。打電話到animal control 說有蛇，她問是不是響尾蛇?我說NO，結果她的結論是「沒關係，牠自己會回家」。

我猜這八成可能是誰養的寵物偷偷溜出來了。

Not from me

Notification--

If any one recently received a weird mail sending from my e-mail address, with title: 珍藏...
That was not from me. My mail box was hacked, DAMN IT!

好歌欣賞 You've got a friend

You've got a friend　
　　
1. by : Celine Dion & Carol King & Gloria Stefan & Shanaia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCrw93zVfGk

2. by : James Taylor & Carole King
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUzgToWoA-U


lyrics :
When you're down and troubled
And you need a helping hand
And nothing, nothing is going right
Close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there
　　to brighten up even your darkest nights

You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again
Winter, spring, summer, or fall
All you have to do is call
and I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah
You've got a friend

If the sky above you should turn dark and full of clouds
And that cold north wind should begin to blow
Keep your head together and call my name out loud
And soon I will be knocking upon your door
You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
all you got to do is call
and I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah

Hey, ain't it good to know that you've got a friend?
People can be so cold
They'll hurt you and desert you
Well they'll take your soul if you let them
Oh yeah, but don't you let them

You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again
Oh babe, don't you know that
Winter, spring, summer or fall
Hey now, all you've got to do is call
Lord, I'll be there, yes I will
You've got a friend
You've got a friend
Ain't it good to know you've got a friend
Ain't it good to know you've got a friend
You've got a friend

好文章與大家分享......來自一位美麗又有智慧的女子

天堂門票

一對孿生弟同時進入大學考場。結果，哥哥收到了大學錄取通知書，弟弟則以兩分之差名落孫山。兄弟倆長相酷似，性格各異。
哥哥忠誠敦厚，弟弟活潑機靈；哥哥拙於言詞，弟弟口若懸河。
哥哥拿著大學錄取通知書，面對貧病交加的父母默默無語，弟弟關在房一堣不吃不喝，長籲短歎"天公無眼識良才"。

愁眉不展的老爸默思了兩個通宵，終於眨巴著眼睛向大兒子開口了："讓給弟弟去讀書吧，他天生是個讀書的料！"

哥哥把大學錄取通知書送到弟弟手中，並在弟弟身旁說了這麼一句話："這不是走進天堂的門票，別把太多的希望放在它的上面。"
弟弟不解，問："那你說這是什麼？"
哥哥答："一張吸水紙，專吸汗水的紙！"
弟弟搖著頭，笑哥哥盡說傻話。

開學了，弟弟背著行囊走進了大都市的高等學府。

哥哥則讓體弱多病的老爸從鎮辦水泥廠回家養病，自己頂上，站到碎石機旁，拿起了沈重的鋼撬……。碎石機上，有斑斑血跡。這台機子上，曾有多名工人軋斷了手指。哥哥打走上這個崗位的第一天起，就在做一個美麗 的夢。他花了3個月的時間，對機身進行了技術改造，既提高了碎石質量，又提高了安全係數，廠長把他調進了燒成車間。

燒成車間灰霧彌天，不少人得了矽肺病，他同幾個技術骨幹一起，
殫精竭慮，苦心鑽研，改善了車間的環保設施，廠長把他調進了科研實驗室。

在實驗室，他博覽群書，多次到名廠求經問道，反復實驗，提煉新的化學元素，經過一次又一次的創新實驗，使水泥質量大大提高，
讓工廠有了新的品牌產品，水泥暢銷華南幾省。再之後，他便成全市建材工業界的名人…

弟弟進入大學後，第一年還像讀書的樣子，也寫過幾封信問老爸的病；第二年，認識了一個大富人的女兒，就雙雙墜入愛河。

那女孩成了他取之不盡、用之不竭的錢包，整整兩年他沒向家中要過一分錢，卻通身脫土變洋，"帥呆了"、"酷斃了"。

進入大四後，那女孩跟他"拜拜"了，他便整個人陷入了"青春苦悶期"，泡酒吧，上網，無心讀書，考試靠作弊混得了大學畢業文憑。
他像一隻蒼蠅飛了一個圈子又回到家鄉所在市求職，他還有那麼一點羞恥感，不願在落魄的時候回家見父母。

經市人才中心介紹，他到一家響噹噹的建材製品公司應聘，好不容易闖過了三關，最後是在公司老總的辦公室。輪到他答辯時，老總遲遲不露面，最後秘書來了，告訴他已被錄用。不過，必須先到燒成車間當工人；他感到委屈，要求一定要見老總。秘書遞給他一張紙條，他展開一看，上書八個大字：

"欲上天堂，先下地獄。"

他一抬頭，猛見哥哥走了進來，端坐在老總的椅子上，他的臉頓時燒灼得發痛。天堂與地獄的差別在於心境，而不是環境！
『眼光，是你的智慧； 運氣，是你的福德。』

~聖嚴法師 法語~

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本文是"聖嚴法師"的法語, 是一位美麗又有智慧的女士寄給我的. 欲知美女姓名,請問 star.

另外,...何博士, 這樣可否算是半篇訪問, 矇混過關? ...哈.

同學專訪 - xxx 何大頭

阿炫問我是不是"信冷感"? 芳蘭問我近況? 上次同學會時間太短,一時一餐談不完,有人沒來, 所以建議開此專欄,可以自敘, 可以訪問別人(Tel, Skype, etc), 太太兒女秘書可代答代寫, 中英文均可,請請請大家 post.

1. 小孩: 有幾個小孩? 幾歲? 快要結婚了麼? 有沒Family 照片?我兒子還沒死會.
2 .愉樂: 週末做什麼消遣, 運動? 身體還好嗎?可做幾次伏地挺身? 好玩的地方?
3. 以前,目前做什麼? 每天忙什麼?有沒可分享的心得?賺錢机會?
4.人生看法? 將來, 退休要做什麼? Any dream?
5. 其它等等(No 政冶)? 請上網?

ToFu, 我中打利害吧! 我買了可用筆寫的小蒙恬

看看你是不是'信冷感'

[ 信關係]
你對「信生活」滿意嗎？
以轉發或收取 e-mail 消磨時間的可稱為有「信生活」。
因此靠 e-mail 交往的叫「信交」。
互相分享 e-mail 笑話的叫「信伴侶」。
只收不發叫「信冷感」。
發錯對象是「信騷擾」。
發不出去是「信功能障礙」。
看著 e-mail 傻笑的，基本上已達到了「信高潮」。
當然，你如果連 e-mail 都不會操作，就鐵定是「信無能」！
哈哈哈 ....

再說：
能感動人心的 e-mail 叫 ( 信感 )
向人家要 e-mail 地址就是想建立 (信關係 )
用 e-mail 購物或買賣股票叫 (信交易 )
在 e-mail 傳送的資訊叫 (信知識 )
有教導作用的信叫 ( 信教育 )
Junk mail 一大堆叫 ( 信氾濫 )
內容讓人想入非非的叫 ( 信挑逗 )
有些莫名其妙的 e-mail 可稱 (信變態 )
若受病毒入侵就是得了 ( 信病 )
如因而使得收發 e-mail 困難遲緩叫 ( 信功能衰退 )
那就要請教高人指點叫 ( 信諮詢 )
熟悉 e-mail 運作之高人就是 (信問題專家 )
須要加裝軟硬體以加強病毒防衛就叫 ( 信治療 )
有些 e-mail 圖文並茂，又有動畫，又有配音，這叫 (信技巧 )
各位信伴侶, 可不要得了信冷感

還有其他幾題題目....哈, 大家努力些

11.What part of London is in Brazil?
answer : ' L '.

還有其他幾題題目....哈, 大家努力些

有意思的....英文 腦筋急轉彎

哈, 不可以到google 或其他網站去找答案.

.答案請寫在comment中.
.答對的,字體將改為'粗體綠色' 答案為紅色.

1.What is smaller than an insect's mouth ?
answer : insect food.
2.From what number can one take half and leave nothing ?
answer : 8

3.What season is the most dangerous one ?
answer : fall. 跌倒有時會致命.

4.Can you name days of this week without saying:Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday,Thursday,and Firday?
answer : weekdays

5.What is black when it is clean and white when it is dirty?
answer : blackboard

6.What has teeth but can't eat?
answer : comb, Rake , and what else?

7.Four girls have a basket with four apples in it. How can you divide the apples so that each girl gets a whole apple and one still remains in the basket ?
answer : one girl got an apple with the basket.
何博士的答案也對, 　哈,　但太殘忍，也太浪費了．要殺了他，不會帶回家作佣人，或做小的．

8.What did zero say to eight?
sorry, ming-shen,您的答案也對, wearing a belt make you look slender....
這一題跟第九題可以有很多創意的說法, 大家可以在想想看.
bikerdoc : Nice belt. close, ...but i think there are some better ones.

9.What did number 1 say to 7?
bikerdoc : You have a long nose.... biker, please tell me whose nose is on top of his head.

10.What man can not live inside a house?
落雁嫂 : doorman... a doorman has the right to live inside the house, right.

11.What part of London is in Brazil?

12.Why is a river rich?
answer : cause a river has two banks

13.A man jump form a plane , but there was noting wrong with him .
Do you know why?
這題可以有多種答案.
飛劍兄, ha, close but not good enough, 您的答案太危險, 應還有更好的答案.
answer : he's a skydiver..... and what else?

14.Why did Jhone say he didn't know where the sun was?
biker : He lives at the opposite side of the moon.....biker, tell me who lives at the opposite side of the moon?..ha
落雁嫂 : it was cloudy and raining.....and what else?

15.Where dose a person stay for the longest time in his life ?
answer : in bed

16.Why dose Tom's mother go to work by plan every day?
answer : she is a flight attendant.

17.If it takes three and a half minutes to boil one egg , how long dose it
take to boil four eggs?
answer : 3 1/2 minutes , techincally right. maybe a few seconds more, ha.

18. If three birds are sitting on a fence and you shoot and kill one of them ,how many will be left?
answer : one dead bird

19.What can you hold in your left hand, but not in your right hand?
answer : your right hand.

20. What question can never get answer "yes"?
ming shen, my answer is yes either in my dream or in your dream. ha.
bikerdoc : What is the opposite of yes? ....yes? what? 我聽無啦...哈
落燕嫂 : Are you stupid?.....yes, mam, i'm as stupid as your hubbie. ha

鳳梨?

有一次無意中看到種鳳梨的介紹，如法泡製一翻居然給種活了。

First of all you need to buy a pineapple because it takes one to grow one.

The easiest way to grow the plant is to cut off the crown (the leafy top)........etc.....

有興趣的話可到下列網頁參考:
http://plantanswers.tamu.edu/fruit/pineapple.html

兩年後等著吃鳳梨了! 做室內觀賞植物也不錯。

TAIWAN ~Touch Your Heart~

ila formosa, taiwan will touch your heart...
let me share this clip with all you guys... This is where we come from... Taiwan..... enjoy...

taiwan will touch your heart

Rich Dad, Poor Dad:

What the rich teach their kids about money - That the poor and middle class do not!

http://tinyurl.com/yqar6o



Very good book to read and think about for a very long time.

You've Got A Friend

You've got a friend　　　James Taylor




When you're down and troubled
And you need a helping hand
And nothing, nothing is going right
Close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there
　　to brighten up even your darkest nights

You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again
Winter, spring, summer, or fall
All you have to do is call
and I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah
You've got a friend

If the sky above you should turn dark and full of clouds
And that cold north wind should begin to blow
Keep your head together and call my name out loud
And soon I will be knocking upon your door
You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
all you got to do is call
and I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah

Hey, ain't it good to know that you've got a friend?
People can be so cold
They'll hurt you and desert you
Well they'll take your soul if you let them
Oh yeah, but don't you let them

You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again
Oh babe, don't you know that
Winter, spring, summer or fall
Hey now, all you've got to do is call
Lord, I'll be there, yes I will
You've got a friend
You've got a friend
Ain't it good to know you've got a friend
Ain't it good to know you've got a friend
You've got a friend


Originally by James Taylor .....A song that I heard from a Japanese singer this



morning...hiraiken


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCrw93zVfGk

Did the price of gold go up? Nope! It is your dollar worth less.

Talk Sex, Anyone?

http://talksexwithsue.com/

前幾個星期日晚上11pm 臨睡前無意中轉台時看到這個老祖母主持 "談性" 的Call-in節目。
Sue Johanson is Canada's foremost sexual educator and counsellor, recipient of the distinguished Order of Canada.
想到我們成長過程，無形中不知被灌輸了多少錯誤的觀念..... 不妨到這節目的網站去修些學分吧!

美勝投王對決 洋基王建民 對 紅襪貝克特

9/16日台北時間 凌晨4:05分 看王建民奪19勝

美國 fox 廣播網全美直播

大聯盟目前有6位17勝投手, 王建民及貝克特各為18勝, 週日凌晨將對決爭第19勝. 兩人各剩3場比賽,都有機會爭取最佳投手的賽揚獎. 詳情看下面連結:

勝投王對決 王建民跟貝克特(beckett) 爭19勝

(Well, there is always a first time. Boston's Josh Beckett and New York's Chien-Ming Wang are the respective leaders of their postseason-bound staffs, and both will receive ample support among the voting members of the Baseball Writers Association of America. They are hardly running a match race, but their season-long excellence on the road to 20 wins will be hard to ignore.)

cy young award 賽揚獎 美國最佳投手獎

王建民 貝克特 對決勝投王 (中時)

My first woodwork

I have been in a woodwork class for women these days.

This is my first project, a stool (was supposed to be). Looks more like a small table after completed. The wood, rimu, was from our old kitchen cupboard.
Several decades ago, rimu here had been used massively for construction, it becoming an endangered species. Now, logging has been banned; the recycled timber and furniture made from it circulate popularly in the market.



After painted


Next project—a wine rack, for 8 bottles.

美女網賽 詹詠然/ 莊佳容 晉級冠軍賽

台灣女網雙傑詹詠然（右）、莊佳容六日（當地時間）打進2007年美國網球公開賽最後決賽，將在九日(台北時間禮拜一凌晨一點)爭奪冠軍，這也是台灣女網好手在美國公開賽最佳成績。

老空巢

大兒子去北加唸書, 小兒子沒人講話, 家中突然清靜下來, 我也開始湖失亂想, 兒子是否能試應, 是不是可以抗壓, 是否會被當, 會不會轉系, 女朋友分開吹了嗎, 新的長得的怎麼樣, 人好不好, 希望是我喜歡的, 為什麼不打電話回來, 想想---- 我當年翹課跳舞喝酒, 成績很爛, 我老爸也不知道, 所以嘛, 不必管他了, 只要定期寄錢去就是了, 不想了. 同學們, 分享你的經驗吧.

成功的秘密 / 為什麼很多同學都沒上線?

Secrets of Success
My success wasn’t based on how I could push down everyone around me. My success was based on how much I could push everybody up. And eventually their success was the same way. And in the process they pushed me up, and I pushed them up, and we kept doing that, and we still do that.

GEORGE LUCAS 導演 喬治魯卡斯

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不知道榮家住的這麼遠!?

哈, 有次在skype上, 我們有5六位同學在聊,長空飛劍突然問我說,為什麼我們有很多同學都沒上部落格來聊.

飛劍兄, 右邊的圖就是原因, 哈.

前幾天, 重人兄回台, 榮家是我找來預備做陪者之ㄧ. 他說他看我們在部落格上聊了很過癮, 也想來參一腳,甚至也想要大嫂一起來,但就是怎麼弄都上不來，哈。　後來我又打電話給他，他剛好在車上，他說回家後會馬上跟我聯絡，我來幫他解決。

結果到現在，他可能還沒有回到家，因為我還沒接到他的電話. 我的媽啊, 他公司離家可真遠! 人家何博士作飛機從台灣都回到美國5,6 天了, 他還沒到家.

不然就是他家的'馬'壞了, 可能是買到'跛腳馬', 不然他的'馬上',怎麼這麼慢.

還有可能是另一各原因, 他的'喜生'米堡, 真的很好吃, 生意好的不得了(我也常到costco買來吃) , 錢賺太多 , 數到現在還數不完. 說到這裡我就想起他說改天也要拿各2箱給我, 我看我先買匹好一點的馬送他, 否則要等這騎跛腳馬的'馬上' , 不知要等多久.

劉山東牛肉麵....好吃,star 推薦

知道何博士要到台灣來吃牛肉麵, 芒果冰, 蚵仔煎, 特別約了幾位同學來陪我們這位大博士去吃. 可是何博士實在太客氣, 連續等了幾天的電話(我平時在家不常開手機, 可是楊佩芬一早就幫我連開了幾天手機), 但都沒有電話 .

哈, 我看它是想吃三井,不好意思說, 所以沒有來電話.

不過,何大人沒來, 我的饞蟲卻來了. 等到晚上6點鐘還沒電話, 受不了了,就殺到 star 推薦要帶何大人去吃的劉山東牛肉麵店.

哇, 真的好吃. 棒 ! 真是正統的黃牛肉麵. 何博士沒吃到,真是可惜了.

(劉山東牛肉麵在 2006 年的台北牛肉麵節，以「清燉蔭豉牛肉麵」作品獲得傳統組冠軍。)

請點

google 有關劉山東牛肉麵介紹網站

巴菲特的建言

幾個同學都說好 就將他post 上來

There was a one-hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the second richest man who has donated $31 billion to charity. Here are some very interesting aspects of his life:
(以下摘錄自CNBC電視台對世界排名第二的富豪華倫巴菲特所做的一小時專訪,巴菲特目前已經捐310億美元給慈善機構,他對於人生的一些見解非常有趣)

1.He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late!
(他11歲開始買了第一張股票,但現在還是很後悔說他太晚買了!)

2.He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers.
(他14歲時,就用他從小時候送報紙所賺的錢,買了一個小農場.)

3.He still lives in the same small 3-bedroom house in mid-town Omaha, that he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He says that he has everything he needs in that house. His house does not have a wall or a fence.
(他雖然富甲一方,卻仍然住在奧瑪哈小鎮的一棟三房小屋內,那是他結婚50週年後所買的房子.他說他們家什麼都有了啊! 他家甚至連圍牆或籬笆都沒有!)

4.He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him.
(他都自己開車出門,也沒有請司機或保全人員跟著他.)

5.He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world's largest private jet company.
(他雖然是世界最大的私人噴射客機公司的老闆,但卻從來沒有搭私人飛機旅行過.)

6.His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies. He writes only one letter each year to the CEOs of these companies, giving them goals for the year. He never holds meetings or calls them on a regular basis. He has given his CEO's only two rules.
(他公司 Berkshire Hathaway,旗下擁有63家企業.他每年只寫一封信給這些企業的總裁,把今
年的營運目標告訴他們.他從來不曾定期主持或召開會議,他給這些總裁們的守則只有以下兩條
Rule number 1: do not lose any of your share holder's money.
(守則一:不要讓公司的投資人虧錢)
Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1.
(守則二: 不要忘記守則一)

7.He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His past time after he gets home is to make himself some pop corn and watch Television.
(他不太跟群眾交際應酬.下班後主要活動就是弄一點爆米花來吃吃,跟看看電視.)

8.Bill Gates, the world's richest man met him for the first time only 5 years ago. Bill Gates did not think he had anything in common with Warren Buffet. So he had scheduled his meeting only for half hour. But when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for ten hours and Bill Gates became a devotee of Warren Buffet.
(五年前世界首富比爾蓋茲第一次跟巴菲特見面,他覺得他跟巴菲特根本沒有什麼共同點,所以他只排了半個小時跟巴菲特會談.但當他們見面後,一共談了10個小時,從此之後,比爾蓋茲開始變成巴菲特的忠實信徒,獻身慈善事業.)

9.Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone,nor has a computer on his desk.
(巴菲特不帶手機,桌上有沒電腦.)

His advice to young people:

"Stay away from credit cards and invest in yourself and Remember:
他給時下年輕人的建議是「遠離信用卡的物慾, 多投資自己並且牢記」

A.Money doesn't create man but it is the man who created money.
(錢是人創造出來的,但是錢不會創造人.)

B.Live your life as simple as you are.
(過你自己想過的簡單生活吧!)

C.Don't do what others say, just listen them, but do what you feel good
(別人說的話聽聽可以,但不一定要照做,做你自己覺得很棒的事.)

D.Don't go on brand name; just wear those things in which u feel comfortable.
(別走入名牌的迷思,穿你覺得舒服的服飾即可.)

E.Don't waste your money on unnecessary things; just spend on them who really in need rather.
(與其把錢花在不必要的事情上,倒不如把錢花在真正需要的地方.)

F.After all it's your life then why give chance to others to rule our life.
(總而言之,這是你的人生,幹嘛讓其他人來指揮你的人生呢?)

威廉波特

今天剛好看到少棒跟日本的比賽，只可惜到後來延長賽時輸給日本的一隻全壘打。
看這些小球員才十一二歲，我倒比他們還緊張。國內現在還有人半夜起來看轉播嗎?

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Why Men Die Younger.....

科技新知----紙電池 採用奈米碳管

Nanocomposite paper uses carbon nanotubes (black section) to create ultra-thin energy storage batteries and supercapacitors.

Paper battery is rechargable 美國壬色列理工學院(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute，RPI)的研究人員宣佈研發出像紙一樣薄的電池。研究人員是將一張由垂直奈米管(vertical nanotubes)組成的毯子(carpet)浸泡在離子液體電解質(ionic liquid electrolyte)中，然後得到了一種可儲存電能的細胞膜質(cellulose)紙張。 RPI研究團隊透過將二次奈米管電極(second nanotube electrode)放置在上述紙張的另一面，製造出了一種超級電容器(supercapacitor)；然後研究人員在紙張的頂端放置一個鋰電極(lithium electrode)，就產生了號稱像紙一般薄的可充電電池。RPI教授Robert Linhardt表示：「該種紙張嵌入了奈米碳管，而且電解質也浸透了該紙張，所以它的外觀與重量就與一般的紙張沒兩樣。」 這種超級電容器/可充電電池是RPI多個實驗室歷經一年半的聯合研究成果。其中一個實驗室負責製造用以做為電池電極的奈米碳管架構；研究人員在一張薄板上垂直培育出奈米碳管，然後讓液體狀的細胞膜質灌注在由奈米碳管「森林」中，就形成了電池。另一個實驗室則負責添加一種鋰材質的頂端電極，以及一個次奈米碳管電極，製造出這種可充電電池/超級電容器。 一開始離子液體會分解細胞膜質，將其轉變成為膠狀(gel)；這種流質就是電池的電解質，負責將離子從紙電池的這端運送到另一端。 每張紙電池能產生約2.4伏特(volts)的電能，能量密度約每平方公分0.6毫安培(milliamps/cm2)；也可將紙電池堆疊起來以獲得更高的電能。若還需要更大的電流，還可以把紙張面積加大。RPI的研究人員表示，這種紙電池能在-100~300°F的溫度範圍內運作，能傳遞高速的浪湧電流(surges of current)，可碾壓翻轉、也能被裁切成各種形狀。 到目前為止，RPI的研究人員僅將該紙電池重複充電過100次，不過他們指其性能在充電過後並無退化的跡象。下一步，研究人員打算繼續測試該種電池的最高重複充電壽命，並為提升其能量密度進行設計最佳化。 而因為該種紙張具備生物相容性(biocompatible)，研究人員也將針對紙電池在醫療植入設備(medical implants)供電上的應用進行實驗，甚至可能採用血液或是汗液來做為液體電解質。此外研究人員也將採用傳統的捲軸式印刷製程(roll-to-roll printing presses)，來尋找生產這種電池/電容器的最佳方法。 參考原文