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去年對日地震捐款 台灣最多
2011-04-16
日本地震捐款 台灣竟然世界第一
日本「週刊新潮」最新一期報導,日本大地震,台灣捐款救災金額超過四十億台幣,居世界第一,讓日本人很驚訝,也了解到台灣是患難見真情的朋友。「新潮」並刊出馬英九總統上電視,為日本震災募款的圖片報導。
報導說,這次大地震有一百卅個以上的國家與地區來援。如美國,不只是捐款,還將救援命名為「朋友大作戰」,動員約一萬八千名軍人。
「新潮」說,在全球援助當中,來自台灣的援助最令人驚訝。台灣出動救援隊、物資等,也透過紅十字會捐款,台灣人口約兩千三百萬人,捐款竟比美國還多,而且九成善款來自民間。
報導引述一位旅台日籍媒體人的話表示,台灣在九二一大地震時,日本率先派出救難隊,也送了巨額捐款,台灣人不會忘記當時的恩情。
日本地震捐款 台灣竟然世界第一
日本「週刊新潮」最新一期報導,日本大地震,台灣捐款救災金額超過四十億台幣,居世界第一,讓日本人很驚訝,也了解到台灣是患難見真情的朋友。「新潮」並刊出馬英九總統上電視,為日本震災募款的圖片報導。
報導說,這次大地震有一百卅個以上的國家與地區來援。如美國,不只是捐款,還將救援命名為「朋友大作戰」,動員約一萬八千名軍人。
「新潮」說,在全球援助當中,來自台灣的援助最令人驚訝。台灣出動救援隊、物資等,也透過紅十字會捐款,台灣人口約兩千三百萬人,捐款竟比美國還多,而且九成善款來自民間。
報導引述一位旅台日籍媒體人的話表示,台灣在九二一大地震時,日本率先派出救難隊,也送了巨額捐款,台灣人不會忘記當時的恩情。
311震災周年 日登感謝廣告
「台灣的各位,謝謝你們。」為感謝台灣民眾在三一一東日本大震災時對日本鉅額捐款的義行,日本交流協會台北事務所於震災屆滿一年的三月十一日起,將在台灣主要電視台連播一周的感謝台灣廣告,災民們將以最有活力的笑容,親口向台灣民眾道謝。日本交流協會指出,全球只對台灣才播出感謝廣告。
廣告片中的人物有震災當天出生的嬰兒及其父母、漁民、木工及新聞工作者等災民,除介紹災區重建中的生活情形,還傳達「託台灣的各位之福,我們變元氣了,謝謝你們的支援!」等訊息。
受災戶在影片說,因有台灣的捐款讓他們熬了過來,重新出航,堅強活下去。結語說道:「一碗湯、一條毛毯,這些擁抱日本的溫暖,我們一直放在心裡...」廣告片除在電視台播出,還會透過「You Tube」等影音網站、戶外電視牆、捷運電視螢幕等播放。平面感謝廣告,也將在中時等大報刊登。
日本首相野田佳彥並以「邁向重生的決心」為題針對三一一周年發表感言指出,「我們絕不會忘記在地震中失去摯愛的家人、朋友及同胞。並且,我們也不會忘記來自台灣及國際社會的支援與協助。」日本很感謝台灣及國際社會的援助,想藉此機會表達衷心的謝意。
三月十六日及廿五日也將在台北市的中正紀念堂舉辦「日本文化的元氣發信」免費電影放映會,放映從福島受災後重新站起的《加油、扶桑花女孩!生在福島。她們的現在~》一片,該片是拍攝「夏威夷溫泉渡假村」(電影《扶桑花的女孩》故事背景)的重建過程,另一部則是以千葉縣浦安市為背景的影片《親情四重奏》。.....
廣告片中的人物有震災當天出生的嬰兒及其父母、漁民、木工及新聞工作者等災民,除介紹災區重建中的生活情形,還傳達「託台灣的各位之福,我們變元氣了,謝謝你們的支援!」等訊息。
受災戶在影片說,因有台灣的捐款讓他們熬了過來,重新出航,堅強活下去。結語說道:「一碗湯、一條毛毯,這些擁抱日本的溫暖,我們一直放在心裡...」廣告片除在電視台播出,還會透過「You Tube」等影音網站、戶外電視牆、捷運電視螢幕等播放。平面感謝廣告,也將在中時等大報刊登。
日本首相野田佳彥並以「邁向重生的決心」為題針對三一一周年發表感言指出,「我們絕不會忘記在地震中失去摯愛的家人、朋友及同胞。並且,我們也不會忘記來自台灣及國際社會的支援與協助。」日本很感謝台灣及國際社會的援助,想藉此機會表達衷心的謝意。
三月十六日及廿五日也將在台北市的中正紀念堂舉辦「日本文化的元氣發信」免費電影放映會,放映從福島受災後重新站起的《加油、扶桑花女孩!生在福島。她們的現在~》一片,該片是拍攝「夏威夷溫泉渡假村」(電影《扶桑花的女孩》故事背景)的重建過程,另一部則是以千葉縣浦安市為背景的影片《親情四重奏》。.....
2012年2月11日 星期六
2012年2月6日 星期一
2012年2月4日 星期六
2012年1月24日 星期二
2011年12月30日 星期五
吳寶春:從被嫌難吃出發

2011-12-30 00:59 中國時報 【專訪籌備:江慧真、高有智、何榮幸/執筆:高有智】
拿下世界麵包冠軍的吳寶春,出身貧窮家庭,從屏東北上當麵包學徒,一路苦拚實幹,終於站上世界舞台。在他人生困頓的時期,一度苦思不通麵包烘焙祕訣,他曾拿著得意的麵包請教朋友,對方竟吃了兩口就丟掉,搖頭說了兩個字:「難吃!」他並不生氣,反而看到了希望,因為對方看出他的生活缺少品味,味覺沒有啟發。吳寶春就此踏上一段尋求美味之旅,如今更成為年輕人追尋夢想的榜樣。
吳寶春的麵包店剛創下營收入破億的佳績,他也慷慨撥出一千萬元給員工分紅與訓練。他在接受作家小野和中時採訪團隊專訪時,侃侃而談窮苦孩子走向世界舞台的心路歷程。他曾經很愛哭,但為了成功,他噙住眼淚,學會堅強,不屈不撓,也希望能把自己的經驗分享給全台灣。
看病沒有錢 半夜急著出去借
父親早逝,吳寶春在母親含辛茹苦的撫養下長大。他從小功課不好,排名幾乎都是全班倒數,連九九乘法表、注音符號都不會.....
2011年12月23日 星期五
尹衍樑將捐95%財產 設基金會、比諾貝爾獎高的"唐獎"
潤泰集團總裁尹衍樑日前接受「今周刊」專訪透露,他將捐出個人百分之九十五的財產,成立公益基金會;他還計畫設立「東方諾貝爾獎:唐獎」,分三大獎項,包括永續工程類、醫療生技類、漢學類,獎金規模將比諾貝爾獎更高。
根據今周刊估算,尹衍樑目前身價達台幣一千億元以上(有人估算,他的財產近兩千億元);若捐出百分之九十五的財產,捐款總額至少九百五十億元,將是台灣史上最高額的企業家捐款,也是台灣企業家最大膽的財產規劃。
尹衍樑向今周刊透露,他的太太和兒女都很贊成他要捐出財產,他希望未來不要讓子女因為分財產變成仇人,而且子女也可以幫他管理這個基金會。
決定捐出九成五的財富,尹衍樑仍然每天早上六點就進辦公室。他說,「賺錢對我來說,只是在履行社會責任,這是我的樂趣。」
他還表示,心中有一個未實現的夢想,就是要成立名為「唐獎」的東方諾貝爾獎,單一獎項的獎金規模將比諾貝爾獎還高。 據今周刊表示,諾貝爾獎目前每個獎項獎金為一千萬瑞典克郎,相當於台幣四千四百多萬元;若「唐獎」單項獎金高過諾貝爾獎,手筆將相當驚人。
尹衍樑表示,唐獎的籌備委員已經開過會,遴選辦法、規則也都有了;籌備委員會曾建議,獎項要有尹家家族的名稱,但尹衍樑不同意,唐獎的提名評選將完全獨立,他也沒有投票權。
他說,台灣雖小,但影響力可以遍及全世界,他希望他的公益基金會能夠走出台灣,以世界為對象。
尹衍樑最近將頭髮剃光,頂著一個大光頭。他說,兩年前他就想剃光頭,但沒有一個理髮師敢動刀;一個多月前,兩名理髮師在他強迫下,先幫他剪成平頭,他後來乾脆自己買電動剃刀,把頭髮理光。
尹衍樑說,「頭頂上的東西不重要,頭皮下的東西才重要」,他還決定在百年之後,將捐出大體及身體重要器官。
根據今周刊估算,尹衍樑目前身價達台幣一千億元以上(有人估算,他的財產近兩千億元);若捐出百分之九十五的財產,捐款總額至少九百五十億元,將是台灣史上最高額的企業家捐款,也是台灣企業家最大膽的財產規劃。
尹衍樑向今周刊透露,他的太太和兒女都很贊成他要捐出財產,他希望未來不要讓子女因為分財產變成仇人,而且子女也可以幫他管理這個基金會。
決定捐出九成五的財富,尹衍樑仍然每天早上六點就進辦公室。他說,「賺錢對我來說,只是在履行社會責任,這是我的樂趣。」
他還表示,心中有一個未實現的夢想,就是要成立名為「唐獎」的東方諾貝爾獎,單一獎項的獎金規模將比諾貝爾獎還高。 據今周刊表示,諾貝爾獎目前每個獎項獎金為一千萬瑞典克郎,相當於台幣四千四百多萬元;若「唐獎」單項獎金高過諾貝爾獎,手筆將相當驚人。
尹衍樑表示,唐獎的籌備委員已經開過會,遴選辦法、規則也都有了;籌備委員會曾建議,獎項要有尹家家族的名稱,但尹衍樑不同意,唐獎的提名評選將完全獨立,他也沒有投票權。
他說,台灣雖小,但影響力可以遍及全世界,他希望他的公益基金會能夠走出台灣,以世界為對象。
尹衍樑最近將頭髮剃光,頂著一個大光頭。他說,兩年前他就想剃光頭,但沒有一個理髮師敢動刀;一個多月前,兩名理髮師在他強迫下,先幫他剪成平頭,他後來乾脆自己買電動剃刀,把頭髮理光。
尹衍樑說,「頭頂上的東西不重要,頭皮下的東西才重要」,他還決定在百年之後,將捐出大體及身體重要器官。
2011年12月7日 星期三
DEUS EX MACHINA
by Egon von Greyerz – December 2011
Please read the artilce carefully. God help us.
"The world is in a total mess and there is absolutely no solution to this unprecedented crisis. The hyperinflationary depression that we will experience in the next few years will totally destroy the majority of the credit based wealth that has been created in the last few decades.
In order to preserve wealth and keep capital intact, it is critical to keep a major part of investment assets in precious metals held outside the banking system. But for investors who continue to follow conventional wisdom, they will sadly find that their investment strategy was merely conventional and contained no wisdom."
Please protect yourselves. We basically run out of time.
Please read the artilce carefully. God help us.
"The world is in a total mess and there is absolutely no solution to this unprecedented crisis. The hyperinflationary depression that we will experience in the next few years will totally destroy the majority of the credit based wealth that has been created in the last few decades.
In order to preserve wealth and keep capital intact, it is critical to keep a major part of investment assets in precious metals held outside the banking system. But for investors who continue to follow conventional wisdom, they will sadly find that their investment strategy was merely conventional and contained no wisdom."
Please protect yourselves. We basically run out of time.
2011年11月20日 星期日
Star做瑜珈 [側邊棒式]
2011年11月17日 星期四
2011年11月16日 星期三
35年reunion 的會後與石全的小聚會
2011年11月15日 星期二
2011年10月31日 星期一
2011年10月30日 星期日
2011年10月26日 星期三
2011年10月16日 星期日
2011年10月15日 星期六
2011年10月8日 星期六
Ridiculed crystal work wins Nobel for Israeli
An Israeli scientist who suffered years of ridicule and even lost a research post for claiming to have found an entirely new class of solid material was awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry on Wednesday for his discovery of quasicrystals.
Three decades after Dan Shechtman looked with an electron microscope at a metal alloy and saw a pattern familiar in Islamic art but then unknown at a molecular level, those non-stick, rust-free, heat-resistant quasicrystals are finding their way into tools from LEDs to engines and frying pans.
Shechtman, 70, from Israel's Technion institute in Haifa, was working in the United States in 1982 when he observed atoms in a crystal he had made form a five-sided pattern that did not repeat itself, defying received wisdom that they must create repetitious patterns, like triangles, squares or hexagons.
"People just laughed at me," Shechtman recalled in an interview this year with Israeli newspaper Haaretz, noting how Linus Pauling, a colossus of science and double Nobel laureate, mounted a frightening "crusade" against him, saying: "There is no such thing as quasicrystals, only quasi-scientists."
After telling Shechtman to go back and read the textbook, the head of his research group asked him to leave for "bringing disgrace" on the team. "I felt rejected," Shechtman remembered.
"His discovery was extremely controversial," said the Nobel Committee at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which granted him the 10-million crown ($1.5-million) award.
"Dan Shechtman had to fight a fierce battle against established science ... His battle eventually forced scientists to reconsider their conception of the very nature of matter.
"In quasicrystals, we find the fascinating mosaics of the Arabic world reproduced at the level of atoms: regular patterns that never repeat themselves."
..more
Three decades after Dan Shechtman looked with an electron microscope at a metal alloy and saw a pattern familiar in Islamic art but then unknown at a molecular level, those non-stick, rust-free, heat-resistant quasicrystals are finding their way into tools from LEDs to engines and frying pans.
Shechtman, 70, from Israel's Technion institute in Haifa, was working in the United States in 1982 when he observed atoms in a crystal he had made form a five-sided pattern that did not repeat itself, defying received wisdom that they must create repetitious patterns, like triangles, squares or hexagons.
"People just laughed at me," Shechtman recalled in an interview this year with Israeli newspaper Haaretz, noting how Linus Pauling, a colossus of science and double Nobel laureate, mounted a frightening "crusade" against him, saying: "There is no such thing as quasicrystals, only quasi-scientists."
After telling Shechtman to go back and read the textbook, the head of his research group asked him to leave for "bringing disgrace" on the team. "I felt rejected," Shechtman remembered.
"His discovery was extremely controversial," said the Nobel Committee at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which granted him the 10-million crown ($1.5-million) award.
"Dan Shechtman had to fight a fierce battle against established science ... His battle eventually forced scientists to reconsider their conception of the very nature of matter.
"In quasicrystals, we find the fascinating mosaics of the Arabic world reproduced at the level of atoms: regular patterns that never repeat themselves."
..more
2011年9月19日 星期一
10月29日 同學會通知 ; 請與陳志鴻聯絡
各位班友您好:
由於 reunion day(10月29日) 時間將近,為了確認各位同學是否出席,麻煩請回信或者e-mail通知
10/29當天請大家10:00AM系上報到,系上請大家中午聚餐(飯包),不限人數;另外晚上由黃耀星與杜福新請大家在全國飯店聚餐(buffet)
1. 10/29 (六) 晚上於全國飯店聚餐,請圈選是否參加,如欲參加並請告知人數
YES( )---參加人數
NO ( )
2. 10月28日有些同學會提早到台中,陳志鴻當天晚上(周五晚)做東請大家在新月梧桐(台中市五權西三街95號)吃飯
10/28 (五) 晚上聚餐,請填寫是否參加,如欲參加並請告知人數
YES( )---參加人數
NO ( )
3. 遠方同學如欲代訂飯店,請先告知代訂房型
以下是全國飯店網址可以供各位參考
http://www.hotel-national.com.tw/chinese/1_hotel_rooms/hotel_rooms_overview.php
是否代訂全國飯店,請在下列圈選
YES( )---房型
NO ( )
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(杜福新附註 : 10月29日 同學會當天下午 3點 到6點, 將租用一輛遊覽車到台中新舊市區遊覽,費用由黃耀星提供。)
由於 reunion day(10月29日) 時間將近,為了確認各位同學是否出席,麻煩請回信或者e-mail通知
10/29當天請大家10:00AM系上報到,系上請大家中午聚餐(飯包),不限人數;另外晚上由黃耀星與杜福新請大家在全國飯店聚餐(buffet)
1. 10/29 (六) 晚上於全國飯店聚餐,請圈選是否參加,如欲參加並請告知人數
YES( )---參加人數
NO ( )
2. 10月28日有些同學會提早到台中,陳志鴻當天晚上(周五晚)做東請大家在新月梧桐(台中市五權西三街95號)吃飯
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3. 遠方同學如欲代訂飯店,請先告知代訂房型
以下是全國飯店網址可以供各位參考
http://www.hotel-national.com.tw/chinese/1_hotel_rooms/hotel_rooms_overview.php
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2011年9月15日 星期四
A Golden Mulligan
Few would dispute that the twelve year (and still counting) bull market in gold has been the opportunity of this investment lifetime. Even fewer have participated. From its 20 year bear market low in August of 1999, bullion has appreciated more than seven fold. That works out to a $US compound return of 18.0% compared to 0.7% for the S&P 500. There is a paltry $2 trillion of investment gold, approximately 1% of global financial assets. It is not main stream. It is not widely held. The rationale for investing is antithetical to mainstream thinking. The opportunity has been missed by almost every conceivable category of investor including pension funds,
endowments, mutual funds, and central banks, all of whom could be safely described as
underweight the metal, overweight dicey financial assets. Despite the headlines, gold remains under owned.
To regard the lengthy bull market in gold as an isolated fact would be simplistic and superficial. The media and most of the financial community are captivated by daily price action, but see nothing more. To most, it is a speculation, probably an overcrowded trade, and maybe a bubble. It is seen in the narrowest of terms, as an odd curiosity that will at some point just go away.
more... Click the above link.
endowments, mutual funds, and central banks, all of whom could be safely described as
underweight the metal, overweight dicey financial assets. Despite the headlines, gold remains under owned.
To regard the lengthy bull market in gold as an isolated fact would be simplistic and superficial. The media and most of the financial community are captivated by daily price action, but see nothing more. To most, it is a speculation, probably an overcrowded trade, and maybe a bubble. It is seen in the narrowest of terms, as an odd curiosity that will at some point just go away.
more... Click the above link.
2011年9月5日 星期一
2011年9月4日 星期日
再等5年 腹部抽脂注射頭皮減肥生髮一兼二顧
2011-09-03 中國時報 諶悠文/綜合報導
只要打一針,就可以跟禿頭說掰掰?美國耶魯大學一項研究指出,皮膚裡的脂肪細胞被確認是毛髮生長所需化學物質的來源,有朝一日只要從童山濯濯者的腹部抽出一些脂肪,再注射到他的頭皮,便可製造出一種化學訊號,喚醒沉睡的毛囊,讓頭髮冒出來。
科學家預期,利用自體脂肪細胞生髮的技術,最快將在五年內問世,以後或許可以在抽脂減肥的時候,順便把抽出來的脂肪細胞注射進頭皮,用來生髮,一兼二顧。或者,也可以把含有生髮化學物質的藥膏或乳液塗抹在頭皮上。
耶魯大學的研究團隊以小鼠做實驗,實驗顯示毛髮幹細胞由脂肪控制,當毛囊開始長出頭髮時,附近皮膚內的「前驅」脂肪細胞數目增加四倍。
研究人員以無法製造這些脂肪細胞的缺陷小鼠做實驗。正常的毛髮生長有周期性,可是缺陷鼠的毛囊變成一直處於休止期。科學家把健康鼠的脂肪細胞注射到缺陷鼠的身上,兩周後小鼠的毛囊開始長出新毛。
實驗顯示,前驅脂肪細胞會製造出一種化學物質,即血小板衍生生長因子,其濃度為附近細胞的一百倍,把這種生長因子注射進缺陷鼠的皮膚,可以刺激八六%的毛囊生長。
這項研究成果,發表在最新一期《細胞》(Cell)期刊上。研究人員正繼續研究是否其他化學物質也發揮作用,不過這項對小鼠所做的實驗是否也適用於人體,目前還不清楚。
只要打一針,就可以跟禿頭說掰掰?美國耶魯大學一項研究指出,皮膚裡的脂肪細胞被確認是毛髮生長所需化學物質的來源,有朝一日只要從童山濯濯者的腹部抽出一些脂肪,再注射到他的頭皮,便可製造出一種化學訊號,喚醒沉睡的毛囊,讓頭髮冒出來。
科學家預期,利用自體脂肪細胞生髮的技術,最快將在五年內問世,以後或許可以在抽脂減肥的時候,順便把抽出來的脂肪細胞注射進頭皮,用來生髮,一兼二顧。或者,也可以把含有生髮化學物質的藥膏或乳液塗抹在頭皮上。
耶魯大學的研究團隊以小鼠做實驗,實驗顯示毛髮幹細胞由脂肪控制,當毛囊開始長出頭髮時,附近皮膚內的「前驅」脂肪細胞數目增加四倍。
研究人員以無法製造這些脂肪細胞的缺陷小鼠做實驗。正常的毛髮生長有周期性,可是缺陷鼠的毛囊變成一直處於休止期。科學家把健康鼠的脂肪細胞注射到缺陷鼠的身上,兩周後小鼠的毛囊開始長出新毛。
實驗顯示,前驅脂肪細胞會製造出一種化學物質,即血小板衍生生長因子,其濃度為附近細胞的一百倍,把這種生長因子注射進缺陷鼠的皮膚,可以刺激八六%的毛囊生長。
這項研究成果,發表在最新一期《細胞》(Cell)期刊上。研究人員正繼續研究是否其他化學物質也發揮作用,不過這項對小鼠所做的實驗是否也適用於人體,目前還不清楚。
2011年8月27日 星期六
絕種原生香米 冰存38年復生
2011-08-27 中國時報 【沈揮勝/南投報導】
▲瑞岩香米外觀呈現金褐色,與一般白米相較,體積大了約一倍半。(沈揮勝攝)
泰雅族醫師楊茂銀,卅八年前用家鄉瑞岩部落的原生香米蒸飯,招待來訪的恩師鍾文政,順手抓把穀子給老師留作紀念。這種形狀奇特的大型稻作,因稻熱病而全面絕滅,當年的「紀念品」去年物歸原主。楊茂銀細心育苗存活一芽,今年結穗纍纍成了保脈種源。
去年九月獲選「醫療終身奉獻獎」的楊茂銀,六十二年就讀北醫大時,恩師鍾文政為研究原住民罹患寄生蟲情形,花三天時間從梨山環山部落,徒步翻山越嶺抵南投縣仁愛鄉瑞岩部落。
楊茂銀拿收成的原生稻穀舂米招待,並順手抓一把穀子給老師。鍾文政將那把穀子帶回台北,以舊報紙封存,擺冰箱冷藏;卅多年來冰箱迭有更換,但這包「紀念品」始終未丟棄。
楊茂銀說,瑞岩原生稻六十二、三年還有人試著再插秧,但隨著化肥及改良種水稻被引進山區,原生稻或感染稻熱病、或穗而不稔,完全絕種。
原先在山地衛生所系統服務的楊茂銀,七十八年轉往信義鄉新中橫公路旁開業。九十八年底,鍾文政到信義鄉,找前鄉長全文章醫師及楊茂銀聚會敘舊。
席間,楊向鍾提及老師那一年吃的香米已經絕種。鍾文政回應:「我就知道總有一天,你會問我這件事。那一把穀,已擺在我冰箱卅七年!」
鍾文政承諾,北返後盡速郵寄那包稻穀。去年元月,楊茂銀抖著雙手,將裝有四、五百粒穀子的郵包分裝一半,委請中國醫藥大學教授吳金濱幫忙育苗。
吳金濱以培養皿育出一芽,楊茂銀則以傳統催芽方式育出三芽,但因操之過急誤加營養劑,只剩一芽存活。該芽從根部陸續竄出側芽,共結出十三束稻穗;收割後萌出的再生稻又抽出十多穗,兩期共收穫八千粒穀子。
今年春季,楊茂銀在診所側方一塊約六坪大的空地上,以去年的穀子分別播撒在數十只的盆盤中。他的太太高阿珠,擔心仁愛鄉的稻種,無法適應信義鄉的土質,還返瑞岩老家用車載回故鄉泥土栽植。
七月植株成熟,莖葉最高者達一八三公分,最矮者亦超過一三五公分,遠比一般稻米高出一倍,產量讓人驚訝。楊茂銀拉著老婆的手說:「謝謝妳的支持,謝謝幫忙運土,這漂亮的紫金色穀子,就用咱倆姓名末字來命名,稱它『銀珠香米』。」
銀珠香米七月底收割,穫量八公斤,刻正準備量產,再播四分地。農試所稻作研究室專家聞風趕來探究竟,直呼:「大開眼界,一輩子最驚奇的回憶!國家種源庫現有約八千種樣本,找不到如此特殊的原始種香糯米。」
2011年8月21日 星期日
2011年8月13日 星期六
2011年8月10日 星期三
子曰
Woman asks: If I sleep with 3 men, everyone calls me a slut.
But when a man sleeps with 8 girls, everyone calls him a real man. How come?
Confucius say: 'It's very simple.
When one lock can be opened by 3 different keys, it's a bad lock.
But when one key can open 8 different locks, we call it a master key'.
But when a man sleeps with 8 girls, everyone calls him a real man. How come?
Confucius say: 'It's very simple.
When one lock can be opened by 3 different keys, it's a bad lock.
But when one key can open 8 different locks, we call it a master key'.
2011年8月9日 星期二
2011年8月5日 星期五
老不死
Retirement Plans for 1,000-Year-Olds
by Joe Mont
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Medical strides have allowed people all over the world to live longer. According to one researcher, we are on the cusp of routinely living to 150, and the first person to blow out 1,000 candles on their birthday cake could be born within the next two decades.
Biomedical gerontologist Dr. Aubrey de Grey, of the California-based Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence Foundation, made those claims in a recent research paper. His prediction is that the increasing ability of scientists to engineer replacement tissue will allow for customizable, replaceable organs in the not-so-distant future.
Living to 150 or even 1,000 may not be as far-fetched as it might seem. In the U.S., life expectancy has nearly doubled since 1900. More telling, the number of 100-year-olds in 1990 totaled roughly 37,000, but there are more than 84,000 now and, according to Census Bureau projections, by 2050 there could be more than 580,000 Americans older than 100.
If mega aging occurs as de Grey theorizes, it would have a monumental impact on society. Would natural resources be able to keep pace with the population? How would governments and global economies manage?
As humans reach 150 years old and beyond, financial playbooks would be thrown out the window.
With "aging workforce" taking on a whole new meaning, employee churn would be rare. As companies hold onto employees for many decades, how will a younger workforce earn their paycheck?
A big question would be how long a person could continue to work and how long a post-career retirement would last. Would dementia and other physical ailments add millions to the ranks of the disabled, requiring ever-escalating financial and medical support for decade after decade?
The insurance industry would be thrown into chaos, as actuarial tables and mortality credits prove no longer viable in an era of artificially prolonged life. An upside for the industry might come from all those added years of premiums they can collect before a life insurance policy is paid out.
Retirement strategies would need to radically evolve to keep up with changes in society.
"Retirement is expensive and will become even more expensive in the future," said Jean-Claude Menard, chief actuary of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions in Canada, at the Society of Actuaries' symposium Living to 100 in January. "No matter if it is a fully funded plan or a pay-as-you-go plan, no matter if it is a [defined-benefit] or a defined-contribution solution, no matter if it is a national public scheme or a private pension plan, the fact is that increased longevity will continue to put pressure on the financing of pension plans."
Corporate pensions and government entitlement programs — Social Security and Medicare — would likely be stressed beyond their capability.
On top of the strain already felt in budgets for Social Security and Medicare, research shows that their funding gaps will increase along with the average age of beneficiaries.
A study by the MacArthur Research Network on an Aging Society found that by 2050 Americans may live 3.1 to 7.9 years longer than official government projections, resulting in sharply higher costs for government programs that serve older citizens. The study estimates that cumulative outlays for Medicare and Social Security could rise by $3.2 trillion to $8.3 trillion from current government projections by 2050.
"Even small changes in life expectancy produce large changes in the number of older Americans," said Dr. S. Jay Olshansky, a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago's School of Public Health and one of the authors of the study. "Therefore, our projections of longer life expectancy have profound implications for America's fiscal situation, health care system and labor markets."
"Although the nation will become increasingly gray in subsequent decades, the United States is not well prepared to deal with the myriad consequences of this impending reality," said Dr. John Rowe, who chairs the MacArthur Research Network and is former CEO of Aetna.
With the ability to age like Methuselah, a massively longer time horizon for retirement savings might ease some of the concerns for investors.
If a preretiree were to add just an additional $1,000 a year to an initial 10,000 in a 401(k) or IRA (assuming a 5% compounding return), they will amass roughly $4 million over the course of a century. Saving or investing for 150 years would see that total rise to $6.7 million within 150 years and $536 million after 200 years.
The longer they live, the better the news: That mere $1,000 a year would accrue $6.1 billion over 250 years. By the time they reach 800 to 1,000 years old, they will hypothetically have trillions at their disposal.
Those science fiction-level returns may be of little consolation to a society on the cusp of making 100 years old the new norm.
A recent study by SunAmerica Financial Group and Age Wave, a research and consulting firm focused on population aging, found that 67% of respondents say they would like to live to 100. Among the advantages of living to 100 they cited were "remaining productive, establishing deep relationships with family, witnessing new discoveries and experiencing many years of leisure."
Jana Greer, president and CEO of SunAmerica Retirement Markets and senior vice president of SunAmerica Inc., says many Americans are postponing retirement because they have the health and willingness to work later into life. While 10 years ago most were planning to retire at about age 64 or 65, today's workers have moved that target up to 69. She refers to the trend as "Retirement 3.0."
"You might think they are delaying it simply because of the challenges obviously of the recession and the impact that has had on their financial condition," Greer says. "Actually, we are finding that people want to stay engaged. Not only are they working full-time longer, but one of the huge findings out of the study was that retirement doesn't mean 'retirement' any more. It doesn't mean the end of work. About two-thirds of the people in the study — both preretirees and retirees — want to stay working in some way during their retirement, whether it is part-time or flexible, coming in and out of the workforce."
Living longer, however, doesn't always mean being able to work longer or preserving savings.
Asked about the "major worries of living to 100," 73% of those surveyed cited serious health problems; 59% feared being a burden to their family; 49% said a top concern was running out of money; and 26% said they fretted about not being able to leave an inheritance for their family.
Those fears are reflected in investment goals. Priorities were to "not lose value" and "to protect their income stream from market loss and guarantee it for life," Greer says.
"I think people are realizing that with increased longevity they have got to plan for their future income stream, not just a lump sum that is going to tide them through," she adds.
These findings feed into SunAmerica's projection that the annuity marketplace, specifically the variable annuities they offer, will continue to grow in popularity among investors.
Research earlier this year by the Society of Actuaries revea led that as ages draw close to triple digits, many are woefully underprepared for the challenge.
Nearly half (48%) of the polled respondents, ages 45-70, "have no financial plans in place to protect themselves against outliving their assets and the rising cost of health care should they live longer than they expected," the research showed. More than one-third are worried about running out of money during retirement, but only 20%plan to buy an annuity or other form of guaranteed lifetime income to protect their assets.
The survey also found that 75% of those ages 45-70 protect their tangible assets, such as housing, through home or renter's insurance. Only 19%, however, plan to insure the extra costs of disability and well-being by buying long-term care insurance.
by Joe Mont
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Medical strides have allowed people all over the world to live longer. According to one researcher, we are on the cusp of routinely living to 150, and the first person to blow out 1,000 candles on their birthday cake could be born within the next two decades.
Biomedical gerontologist Dr. Aubrey de Grey, of the California-based Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence Foundation, made those claims in a recent research paper. His prediction is that the increasing ability of scientists to engineer replacement tissue will allow for customizable, replaceable organs in the not-so-distant future.
Living to 150 or even 1,000 may not be as far-fetched as it might seem. In the U.S., life expectancy has nearly doubled since 1900. More telling, the number of 100-year-olds in 1990 totaled roughly 37,000, but there are more than 84,000 now and, according to Census Bureau projections, by 2050 there could be more than 580,000 Americans older than 100.
If mega aging occurs as de Grey theorizes, it would have a monumental impact on society. Would natural resources be able to keep pace with the population? How would governments and global economies manage?
As humans reach 150 years old and beyond, financial playbooks would be thrown out the window.
With "aging workforce" taking on a whole new meaning, employee churn would be rare. As companies hold onto employees for many decades, how will a younger workforce earn their paycheck?
A big question would be how long a person could continue to work and how long a post-career retirement would last. Would dementia and other physical ailments add millions to the ranks of the disabled, requiring ever-escalating financial and medical support for decade after decade?
The insurance industry would be thrown into chaos, as actuarial tables and mortality credits prove no longer viable in an era of artificially prolonged life. An upside for the industry might come from all those added years of premiums they can collect before a life insurance policy is paid out.
Retirement strategies would need to radically evolve to keep up with changes in society.
"Retirement is expensive and will become even more expensive in the future," said Jean-Claude Menard, chief actuary of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions in Canada, at the Society of Actuaries' symposium Living to 100 in January. "No matter if it is a fully funded plan or a pay-as-you-go plan, no matter if it is a [defined-benefit] or a defined-contribution solution, no matter if it is a national public scheme or a private pension plan, the fact is that increased longevity will continue to put pressure on the financing of pension plans."
Corporate pensions and government entitlement programs — Social Security and Medicare — would likely be stressed beyond their capability.
On top of the strain already felt in budgets for Social Security and Medicare, research shows that their funding gaps will increase along with the average age of beneficiaries.
A study by the MacArthur Research Network on an Aging Society found that by 2050 Americans may live 3.1 to 7.9 years longer than official government projections, resulting in sharply higher costs for government programs that serve older citizens. The study estimates that cumulative outlays for Medicare and Social Security could rise by $3.2 trillion to $8.3 trillion from current government projections by 2050.
"Even small changes in life expectancy produce large changes in the number of older Americans," said Dr. S. Jay Olshansky, a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago's School of Public Health and one of the authors of the study. "Therefore, our projections of longer life expectancy have profound implications for America's fiscal situation, health care system and labor markets."
"Although the nation will become increasingly gray in subsequent decades, the United States is not well prepared to deal with the myriad consequences of this impending reality," said Dr. John Rowe, who chairs the MacArthur Research Network and is former CEO of Aetna.
With the ability to age like Methuselah, a massively longer time horizon for retirement savings might ease some of the concerns for investors.
If a preretiree were to add just an additional $1,000 a year to an initial 10,000 in a 401(k) or IRA (assuming a 5% compounding return), they will amass roughly $4 million over the course of a century. Saving or investing for 150 years would see that total rise to $6.7 million within 150 years and $536 million after 200 years.
The longer they live, the better the news: That mere $1,000 a year would accrue $6.1 billion over 250 years. By the time they reach 800 to 1,000 years old, they will hypothetically have trillions at their disposal.
Those science fiction-level returns may be of little consolation to a society on the cusp of making 100 years old the new norm.
A recent study by SunAmerica Financial Group and Age Wave, a research and consulting firm focused on population aging, found that 67% of respondents say they would like to live to 100. Among the advantages of living to 100 they cited were "remaining productive, establishing deep relationships with family, witnessing new discoveries and experiencing many years of leisure."
Jana Greer, president and CEO of SunAmerica Retirement Markets and senior vice president of SunAmerica Inc., says many Americans are postponing retirement because they have the health and willingness to work later into life. While 10 years ago most were planning to retire at about age 64 or 65, today's workers have moved that target up to 69. She refers to the trend as "Retirement 3.0."
"You might think they are delaying it simply because of the challenges obviously of the recession and the impact that has had on their financial condition," Greer says. "Actually, we are finding that people want to stay engaged. Not only are they working full-time longer, but one of the huge findings out of the study was that retirement doesn't mean 'retirement' any more. It doesn't mean the end of work. About two-thirds of the people in the study — both preretirees and retirees — want to stay working in some way during their retirement, whether it is part-time or flexible, coming in and out of the workforce."
Living longer, however, doesn't always mean being able to work longer or preserving savings.
Asked about the "major worries of living to 100," 73% of those surveyed cited serious health problems; 59% feared being a burden to their family; 49% said a top concern was running out of money; and 26% said they fretted about not being able to leave an inheritance for their family.
Those fears are reflected in investment goals. Priorities were to "not lose value" and "to protect their income stream from market loss and guarantee it for life," Greer says.
"I think people are realizing that with increased longevity they have got to plan for their future income stream, not just a lump sum that is going to tide them through," she adds.
These findings feed into SunAmerica's projection that the annuity marketplace, specifically the variable annuities they offer, will continue to grow in popularity among investors.
Research earlier this year by the Society of Actuaries revea led that as ages draw close to triple digits, many are woefully underprepared for the challenge.
Nearly half (48%) of the polled respondents, ages 45-70, "have no financial plans in place to protect themselves against outliving their assets and the rising cost of health care should they live longer than they expected," the research showed. More than one-third are worried about running out of money during retirement, but only 20%plan to buy an annuity or other form of guaranteed lifetime income to protect their assets.
The survey also found that 75% of those ages 45-70 protect their tangible assets, such as housing, through home or renter's insurance. Only 19%, however, plan to insure the extra costs of disability and well-being by buying long-term care insurance.
2011年8月1日 星期一
Nature by the numbers
Fibonacci Sequence animated in mesmerizing video
http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-cetera/nature-by-the-numbers-fibonacci-sequence-animated-in-mesmerizing-video-20110730/
http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-cetera/nature-by-the-numbers-fibonacci-sequence-animated-in-mesmerizing-video-20110730/
2011年7月31日 星期日
2011年7月25日 星期一
Star 開港 ---
這一年多來就是隨心所欲,量力而為,每周日上一堂課,每次兩個半鐘頭。慢慢筋骨拉開,汗水如泉湧而下,有些動作漸漸就可上手。瑜珈老師經常說: 運動後的乳酸堆積在肌肉裡,我們應享受這種酸和更開敞的胸襟及拉筋的舒暢。
老實說,每次上完課後,滿身的汗水,身體確實是有舒暢的感覺。回家沖完澡,約莫兩小時後,肌肉整個放鬆下來,痠痛就漸漸浮出來。隔天(周一)感覺稍微痠痛,第三天(周二)最痛苦,有時後抬腳就酸。這時就藉助 Mineral Ice (一種類似撒隆巴斯的cream)可暫時舒緩一點,久而久之也漸漸習慣。
最近突發奇想,每周三如果多上一堂課,讓周日熱身練過的身體,休息兩天再接著上一次。這時筋骨尚未完全鬆冷,做起可能比較不會痠痛。然後休息周四、五、六,周日再上。這樣一來,整個七天內筋骨不會停頓太久。目前初步實施中,待實驗幾周,看看以毒攻毒的方式是否奏效,再向大家報告。
(附上小女子略具雛形的倒立照片,努力就有成果。)
2011年7月21日 星期四
2011年7月4日 星期一
2011年7月3日 星期日
好在我們都不太須減肥
維治在前面的comment中提到,要減肥最好是少坐. 那是對的但很難, 太辛苦了。
我有個不要那麼辛苦的做法, 我從最胖75公斤,慢慢減到目前63到64公斤,我也沒有餓著。
我的方法是:
要減肥, 最重要是少吃。
要減一公斤, 約要消耗熱量7700大卡。
60公斤的人每小時快走6公里,約只消耗204大卡。
要每天快走1小時, 走37天,才能減1公斤。太辛苦了.
我們每天正常人,男的約要2000大卡, 女的要1600大卡.
只要每一餐吃8分飽, 1天就減少300到400大卡. 那只要20到25天就可以減少1公斤.
可分批一段一段(幾個月或幾年)的減.
當然到了我們這年紀,槌子的少坐多動時最重要的. "要每天要動"
好在我們同學上次同學會見面時都維持得很好,都不太須減肥, 哈。
2011年6月25日 星期六
英研究:日限600卡路里 糖尿不藥而癒營養師籲勿亂試
(附有英國最大網路報 guardian.co.uk 的原文報導)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jun/24/low-calorie-diet-hope-cure-diabetes
【明報專訊】糖尿病一直被視為無藥可根治,但英國紐卡素大學研究發現通過嚴格控制飲食,持續8周每天只吸收600卡路里,可令二型糖尿病患者不藥而癒。病人之後恢復正常飲食,18個月後血糖水平仍然正常,毋須食藥。牛津大學教授認為研究結果是一大突破,不過亦有糖尿病醫生認為,真正成效仍有待觀察,呼籲市民勿自行仿效。
患病少於4年癡肥者 11人7成功
紐卡素大學的研究於著名的糖尿病醫學期刊《Diabetologia》上發表。英國紐卡素大學邀請11名介乎35至65歲、證實患二型糖尿病不多於4年的患者,參與最新的糖尿病研究。參加者須持續8星期進食特製餐單(見圖),每天僅吸收600卡路里(正常成年人一天約需2000卡路里),並需維持正常活動。其中7人成功在8星期內,將血糖降至正常水平。參加者在8星期後,按營養師提供的健康餐單,恢復正常飲食水平,體重逐步回升,但血糖維持正常。
製胰島素細胞 18月後仍正常
參與研究的11名糖尿病患者,BMI指數(身高/體重)平均達33.6,屬嚴重超重。嚴控飲食8周後,參加者平均減重15公斤,肝內脂質下降達30%,負責製造胰島素的β細胞功能恢復正常,身體組織抗拒胰島素的病徵消失,肝臟及胰臟的脂肪亦減少。雖然恢復正常飲食後,參加者平均體重12周內回升3公斤,但體內肝臟及胰臟脂肪卻能保持不變。
牛津大學人類新陳代謝學教授Keith Frayn說,紐卡素大學的發現相當重要。他指出,進行收窄胃部治癡肥手術的人,在手術後糖尿病亦會突然消失,毋須再食藥,「這個研究顯示,在二型糖尿病患者身上,短時間的體重驟降可達至(手術的)相同效果」。
正常日需至少千卡 港醫有保留
不過,本港的糖尿病科醫生則對研究有保留。中大糖尿及內分泌科主管周振中指出,研究對象均為病態肥胖者,他們的糖尿病多由肥胖引起,故通過超低卡路里餐單,助他們在短時間內減重,令血糖水平回復正常並不出奇。但他警告,正常人即使躺着不活動,每日最少都要1000卡路里才可維持新陳代謝,超低卡路里的極端餐單非人人能承受,可能令人出現暈眩、骨質疏鬆及尿酸升高等併發症,建議必須徵詢醫生建議下進行。
本身患有二型糖尿病的家庭醫學專科醫生蔡堅說,二型糖尿病可通過戒口、做運動及進食糖尿病藥物等方法治療,但有八成病人都是靠食藥控制。他說:「我不可能做到,香港病人亦做不到,一碟雞鵝飯已經超過600卡路里,要好大意志才可以跟足(超低卡路里餐單)。」身心營養顧問註冊營養師劉立儀則說,即使減肥餐單每日最少都有1200卡路里,如長期進食不足,會令人「超肚餓」,回復正常進食時,體重可能嚴重反彈,呼籲市民勿亂試。
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jun/24/low-calorie-diet-hope-cure-diabetes
【明報專訊】糖尿病一直被視為無藥可根治,但英國紐卡素大學研究發現通過嚴格控制飲食,持續8周每天只吸收600卡路里,可令二型糖尿病患者不藥而癒。病人之後恢復正常飲食,18個月後血糖水平仍然正常,毋須食藥。牛津大學教授認為研究結果是一大突破,不過亦有糖尿病醫生認為,真正成效仍有待觀察,呼籲市民勿自行仿效。
患病少於4年癡肥者 11人7成功
紐卡素大學的研究於著名的糖尿病醫學期刊《Diabetologia》上發表。英國紐卡素大學邀請11名介乎35至65歲、證實患二型糖尿病不多於4年的患者,參與最新的糖尿病研究。參加者須持續8星期進食特製餐單(見圖),每天僅吸收600卡路里(正常成年人一天約需2000卡路里),並需維持正常活動。其中7人成功在8星期內,將血糖降至正常水平。參加者在8星期後,按營養師提供的健康餐單,恢復正常飲食水平,體重逐步回升,但血糖維持正常。
製胰島素細胞 18月後仍正常
參與研究的11名糖尿病患者,BMI指數(身高/體重)平均達33.6,屬嚴重超重。嚴控飲食8周後,參加者平均減重15公斤,肝內脂質下降達30%,負責製造胰島素的β細胞功能恢復正常,身體組織抗拒胰島素的病徵消失,肝臟及胰臟的脂肪亦減少。雖然恢復正常飲食後,參加者平均體重12周內回升3公斤,但體內肝臟及胰臟脂肪卻能保持不變。
牛津大學人類新陳代謝學教授Keith Frayn說,紐卡素大學的發現相當重要。他指出,進行收窄胃部治癡肥手術的人,在手術後糖尿病亦會突然消失,毋須再食藥,「這個研究顯示,在二型糖尿病患者身上,短時間的體重驟降可達至(手術的)相同效果」。
正常日需至少千卡 港醫有保留
不過,本港的糖尿病科醫生則對研究有保留。中大糖尿及內分泌科主管周振中指出,研究對象均為病態肥胖者,他們的糖尿病多由肥胖引起,故通過超低卡路里餐單,助他們在短時間內減重,令血糖水平回復正常並不出奇。但他警告,正常人即使躺着不活動,每日最少都要1000卡路里才可維持新陳代謝,超低卡路里的極端餐單非人人能承受,可能令人出現暈眩、骨質疏鬆及尿酸升高等併發症,建議必須徵詢醫生建議下進行。
本身患有二型糖尿病的家庭醫學專科醫生蔡堅說,二型糖尿病可通過戒口、做運動及進食糖尿病藥物等方法治療,但有八成病人都是靠食藥控制。他說:「我不可能做到,香港病人亦做不到,一碟雞鵝飯已經超過600卡路里,要好大意志才可以跟足(超低卡路里餐單)。」身心營養顧問註冊營養師劉立儀則說,即使減肥餐單每日最少都有1200卡路里,如長期進食不足,會令人「超肚餓」,回復正常進食時,體重可能嚴重反彈,呼籲市民勿亂試。
2011年6月20日 星期一
2011年6月1日 星期三
TODAY SEEMS LIKE A GOOD DAY FOR A LITTLE HUMOR
CAN YOU GUESS WHAT THIS SHORT AD IS ABOUT? STAY TO THE END TO FIND OUT.
2011年5月31日 星期二
笑話一則
阿明到泰國洽公,晚上叫了個小姐.........
幾番雲雨後,小姐在阿明懷中還不停摸著阿明的小弟弟
阿明非常得意,問:「你還想再來嗎?」
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小姐黯然:「不是,就是挺懷念的,因為
...................... 以前我也有!
幾番雲雨後,小姐在阿明懷中還不停摸著阿明的小弟弟
阿明非常得意,問:「你還想再來嗎?」
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小姐黯然:「不是,就是挺懷念的,因為
...................... 以前我也有!
2011年5月29日 星期日
Robot Uses Supersonic Jets of Air to Stick to Almost Anything
"An Investigation into Improved Non-Contact Adhesion Mechanism Suitable for Wall Climbing Robotic Applications,"
If this sounds interesting to you, read on...
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/robot-uses-supersonic-jets-of-air-to-stick-to-almost-anything
If this sounds interesting to you, read on...
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/robot-uses-supersonic-jets-of-air-to-stick-to-almost-anything
2011年5月17日 星期二
2011年5月15日 星期日
2011年5月11日 星期三
數學奇才 從台大跳讀哈佛博士

更新日期:2011/05/11 02:48 李義/高雄報導
兩歲才開口叫爸媽、曾被醫師懷疑是自閉症的蔡政江,五歲時測出智商一六六,求學期間,在國際數學競賽中獲獎無數。他現在是台大數學系應屆畢業生,還跳級獲哈佛大學數學博士班錄取,八月出國進修,邁向人生新里程碑。
蔡政江的成長過程,讓蔡媽媽有著天才與白癡一線間的歡樂與痛苦記憶。兩歲前,蔡政江不說話,連肚子餓了也只會拿奶瓶給媽媽,父母憂心不已。
三歲那年,父母為他做農曆及陽曆生日後,蔡政江才開了金口,但開口閉口都是說著日曆。蔡媽媽說,他能準確說出今年某月某日是星期幾,還能推算出去年、明年的同一天是星期幾。
對日期特殊偏好嚇壞了蔡媽媽,「好像電影《雨人》」,遍訪名醫都給了「可能是自閉症」答案。蔡爸蔡媽買了一堆特教書籍做最壞打算時,他卻又畫起迷宮給全家人玩,令家人驚訝不已。
驚喜參半下,不足六歲的蔡政江參加入學鑑定,智商竟高達一六六,蔡媽媽第一時間反應:「是不是弄錯了?」蔡政江自此開始資優之路。
小學五年級就到中山大學修高中數學課,讀立志中學國中部時摘下亞太奧林匹亞銅牌,邁出國際數學競賽第一步。此後,他成為國際數學競賽常勝軍,建國中學要爭取他入學,最後他選擇雄中,就近接受中山大學教授指導。
數學領域表現傑出,三年半就畢業,台大數學系教授王金龍慧眼,蔡政江升大二暑假時,推薦參加全球數學界至高榮譽「新世界數學獎」。累積輝煌戰果,讓哈佛也為之眼睛一亮,錄取博士班,預計今年八月赴美求學。
2011年5月7日 星期六
A B C D E F G H I J K (A good joke)
連永杰前幾天傳來一個脫俗的笑話
A wife asked her husband to describe her .....
He said, 'You're A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K'.
She said, 'What does that mean?'
He said: Adorable, Beautiful, Cute, Delightful, Elegant, Foxy, Gorgeous, Hot'.
She said: 'Oh that's so lovely. What about I, J, K ?'.
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He said: I'm Just Kidding.....!!!
A wife asked her husband to describe her .....
He said, 'You're A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K'.
She said, 'What does that mean?'
He said: Adorable, Beautiful, Cute, Delightful, Elegant, Foxy, Gorgeous, Hot'.
She said: 'Oh that's so lovely. What about I, J, K ?'.
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He said: I'm Just Kidding.....!!!
2011年5月3日 星期二
I understand..
笑話一則
買山寨版 DVD 就是有這樣的經典翻譯
上星期大陸友人來台,送我一片DVD,昨天我看這片子,我不知道片名,是個有點老的片子。
裡面,男主角說了一句話:「Oh...I understand.. .」
下面的字幕寫著:「哦...我下面站起來了...」
女主角說:「I'm so afraid you don't understand.. .」
下面的字幕寫著:「我還真怕你下面站不起來呢!!」
買山寨版 DVD 就是有這樣的經典翻譯
上星期大陸友人來台,送我一片DVD,昨天我看這片子,我不知道片名,是個有點老的片子。
裡面,男主角說了一句話:「Oh...I understand.. .」
下面的字幕寫著:「哦...我下面站起來了...」
女主角說:「I'm so afraid you don't understand.. .」
下面的字幕寫著:「我還真怕你下面站不起來呢!!」
2011年5月2日 星期一
reunion day 訂在今年10月29日(星期六) -- (更新訊息 Update)
今天(2011/05/02)剛剛跟陳志鴻聯絡, 所得的訊息是這樣 :
1. 10月29日reunion 那天,學校當天的活動詳情,要等到下學期行事曆出來才會確定 。 因此就到時再來決定是: 1.參加學校或系上活動; 或2. 坐遊覽車作台中懷舊之旅。
2. 10月28日有些同學會提早到台中,陳志鴻說"當天晚上(周五晚)他要做東請大家吃飯"。
3. 另外各位如果 聯絡地址, email 帳號, 電話, 工作等有變更請通知陳志鴻,他的email: jyhhchen@dragon.nchu.edu.tw 。 到時他的助教或學生會與大家聯絡。
其他請參閱2011年4月9日星期六登載的"我們的reunion day 訂在今年10月29日(星期六)"訊息。
P.S. :請大家多發表意見或提供想法。
1. 10月29日reunion 那天,學校當天的活動詳情,要等到下學期行事曆出來才會確定 。 因此就到時再來決定是: 1.參加學校或系上活動; 或2. 坐遊覽車作台中懷舊之旅。
2. 10月28日有些同學會提早到台中,陳志鴻說"當天晚上(周五晚)他要做東請大家吃飯"。
3. 另外各位如果 聯絡地址, email 帳號, 電話, 工作等有變更請通知陳志鴻,他的email: jyhhchen@dragon.nchu.edu.tw 。 到時他的助教或學生會與大家聯絡。
其他請參閱2011年4月9日星期六登載的"我們的reunion day 訂在今年10月29日(星期六)"訊息。
P.S. :請大家多發表意見或提供想法。
2011年4月29日 星期五
2011年4月25日 星期一
阿茲海默症疫苗 後年問世
2011-04-24 中國時報 尹德瀚/綜合報導
一種用以治療阿茲海默氏症(Alzheimer’s)和其他失智症的新藥物「bapineuzumab」已經進入第三階段(最後階段)臨床試驗,可望在兩年內問世,這種新藥業經證實可以停止甚至逆轉失智症對腦部造成的損害,雖無徹底治癒的效果,但已被視為研究老人失智症的最重大突破。
bapineuzumab算是一種疫苗,由美國輝瑞、嬌生集團和愛爾蘭Elan公司等大藥廠共同研發,其主要作用是防止甚或逆轉「類澱粉蛋白」(amyloid)在腦部沈積。目前這種新藥已在全球針對一萬多名病人進行最後階段臨床試驗,而早期試驗顯示,該藥可減少類澱粉蛋白沈積塊的數量約達二五%。
類澱粉蛋白是一種有毒蛋白,會在腦部形成沈積塊,一旦沈積塊愈長愈大,便會阻擋腦細胞互相溝通,從而影響人的記憶、情緒和行為。
現行藥物可以延遲失智症的進程,但不能減少類澱粉蛋白,因此藥效很快失效。
bapineuzumab含有一種抗體,可以鎖定類澱粉蛋白並設法將其排出體外,因此可能大幅延緩失智症的進展。但bapineuzumab只是本身含有抗體,並不能促使人體免疫系統自行製造抗體,因此病患每個月就須注射一次,每年治療費用需數千美元,且須終生施打。
然而,若干專家認為,類澱粉蛋白不見得就是導致阿茲海默症的元凶。有早期試驗顯示,bapineuzumab並非對所有人有效,特別是對帶有容易罹患失智症基因的人幾乎毫無作用。
研究失智症的英國專家瑞德利(Simon Ridley)說,如果進一步試驗顯示這種疫苗不但能清除腦部類澱粉蛋白沈積塊,且能預防失智症,那的確是重大突破。但他也提醒說,高劑量bapineuzumab會造成副作用,導致某些病人罹患血管性腦水腫。
一種用以治療阿茲海默氏症(Alzheimer’s)和其他失智症的新藥物「bapineuzumab」已經進入第三階段(最後階段)臨床試驗,可望在兩年內問世,這種新藥業經證實可以停止甚至逆轉失智症對腦部造成的損害,雖無徹底治癒的效果,但已被視為研究老人失智症的最重大突破。
bapineuzumab算是一種疫苗,由美國輝瑞、嬌生集團和愛爾蘭Elan公司等大藥廠共同研發,其主要作用是防止甚或逆轉「類澱粉蛋白」(amyloid)在腦部沈積。目前這種新藥已在全球針對一萬多名病人進行最後階段臨床試驗,而早期試驗顯示,該藥可減少類澱粉蛋白沈積塊的數量約達二五%。
類澱粉蛋白是一種有毒蛋白,會在腦部形成沈積塊,一旦沈積塊愈長愈大,便會阻擋腦細胞互相溝通,從而影響人的記憶、情緒和行為。
現行藥物可以延遲失智症的進程,但不能減少類澱粉蛋白,因此藥效很快失效。
bapineuzumab含有一種抗體,可以鎖定類澱粉蛋白並設法將其排出體外,因此可能大幅延緩失智症的進展。但bapineuzumab只是本身含有抗體,並不能促使人體免疫系統自行製造抗體,因此病患每個月就須注射一次,每年治療費用需數千美元,且須終生施打。
然而,若干專家認為,類澱粉蛋白不見得就是導致阿茲海默症的元凶。有早期試驗顯示,bapineuzumab並非對所有人有效,特別是對帶有容易罹患失智症基因的人幾乎毫無作用。
研究失智症的英國專家瑞德利(Simon Ridley)說,如果進一步試驗顯示這種疫苗不但能清除腦部類澱粉蛋白沈積塊,且能預防失智症,那的確是重大突破。但他也提醒說,高劑量bapineuzumab會造成副作用,導致某些病人罹患血管性腦水腫。
2011年4月23日 星期六
史上最貴博士受騙 買麵包花1200萬
竹科主管網購「好吃到會流淚」法式小吐司 被騙操作提款機 7次提款交騙徒 警方逮12嫌 贓款僅剩4萬餘
2011-04-23 中國時報 【陳育賢/竹市報導】
史上最貴麵包詐騙案宣布偵破!竹科一名博士學歷主管,去年底網購「好吃到會流淚」的法式小吐司麵包,竟被陸續騙走一千兩百多萬元。新竹市刑大廿二日破獲此詐騙集團,逮捕十二名嫌犯,主嫌是一對年輕情侶。查扣大批電腦,惟現金只扣得四萬多元。
嫌犯向警方表示,當時根本不知道那人是博士,還以為是有錢的田僑仔。後來知道是博士後,雖有點同情他,但他們只負責取款,也就不以為意了。
這名張姓博士主管,去年底上網購買超人氣、號稱「好吃到會流淚」的法式小吐司,一份只要九十九元,但被害人以網路刷卡付款後,交易及個人資料疑似被詐騙集團的網路駭客鎖定截取。
歹徒先以錯勾分期付款為由,要被害人到提款機操作取消,再以凍結帳戶、涉嫌洗錢等理由恐嚇被害人,要求提款交付金管會監管;被害人就此陷入連環圈套,竟接連七次提、交款,共被騙走一千兩百卅萬餘元,號稱史上最貴的麵包。
新竹市刑大科技犯罪偵查隊與刑事局偵九隊,經五個多月偵辦,先鎖定出面取款的三名「假書記官」,再查出背後犯罪網絡,昨在桃園、台中逮捕十二名嫌犯,有三名為十四至十七歲少年。但現金只扣得四萬多元。
警方指出,主嫌熊海生(廿九歲)及其莊姓女友,以日薪三千元,雇用國中生充當假書記官出面取款。此集團配發傳統呼叫器,採單線連絡,發話全以公用電話撥出,手機只用一周就連同晶片丟掉,讓警方難以追查。
警方調查,熊嫌與大陸詐騙集團合作,大陸方面專責物色目標及執行電話詐騙,熊嫌指派車手取款。
張姓博士獲知破案後,雖然表示開心及感謝警方,對為何會陷入連環圈套卻不想多談,只以「記憶也很模糊」帶過。他說,細節實在很模糊,待想清楚時,已被騙走一千多萬元了;這種不光彩的事,不想多談。吃一次虧學一次乖,以後會小心一點,至於錢,再賺就有。
2011-04-23 中國時報 【陳育賢/竹市報導】
史上最貴麵包詐騙案宣布偵破!竹科一名博士學歷主管,去年底網購「好吃到會流淚」的法式小吐司麵包,竟被陸續騙走一千兩百多萬元。新竹市刑大廿二日破獲此詐騙集團,逮捕十二名嫌犯,主嫌是一對年輕情侶。查扣大批電腦,惟現金只扣得四萬多元。
嫌犯向警方表示,當時根本不知道那人是博士,還以為是有錢的田僑仔。後來知道是博士後,雖有點同情他,但他們只負責取款,也就不以為意了。
這名張姓博士主管,去年底上網購買超人氣、號稱「好吃到會流淚」的法式小吐司,一份只要九十九元,但被害人以網路刷卡付款後,交易及個人資料疑似被詐騙集團的網路駭客鎖定截取。
歹徒先以錯勾分期付款為由,要被害人到提款機操作取消,再以凍結帳戶、涉嫌洗錢等理由恐嚇被害人,要求提款交付金管會監管;被害人就此陷入連環圈套,竟接連七次提、交款,共被騙走一千兩百卅萬餘元,號稱史上最貴的麵包。
新竹市刑大科技犯罪偵查隊與刑事局偵九隊,經五個多月偵辦,先鎖定出面取款的三名「假書記官」,再查出背後犯罪網絡,昨在桃園、台中逮捕十二名嫌犯,有三名為十四至十七歲少年。但現金只扣得四萬多元。
警方指出,主嫌熊海生(廿九歲)及其莊姓女友,以日薪三千元,雇用國中生充當假書記官出面取款。此集團配發傳統呼叫器,採單線連絡,發話全以公用電話撥出,手機只用一周就連同晶片丟掉,讓警方難以追查。
警方調查,熊嫌與大陸詐騙集團合作,大陸方面專責物色目標及執行電話詐騙,熊嫌指派車手取款。
張姓博士獲知破案後,雖然表示開心及感謝警方,對為何會陷入連環圈套卻不想多談,只以「記憶也很模糊」帶過。他說,細節實在很模糊,待想清楚時,已被騙走一千多萬元了;這種不光彩的事,不想多談。吃一次虧學一次乖,以後會小心一點,至於錢,再賺就有。
2011年4月15日 星期五
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