Tuesday, November 23

The Peace Bridge in Calgary

I passed the construction site everyday, and today I finally got a chance to check the location from Google Map:



From the map you can see there are already one bridge (E) and 2 pedestrian bridges nearby: The (A) is on the east, 920 meters away, the (D) is on the west, 300 meters away. These 2 bridges have overhead bridges to walk through the busy Memorial Drive. But the Peace Bridge (C) is not having an overhead, so people have to walk through the Memorial Drive.
So, should we install traffic lights to help crossing the street? Wait, on the 270 meters east, (B) site already has traffic lights.

The Peace Bridge is totally a waste of money.

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Minus 20 tomorrow

Minus 20 tomorrow. It is not perfect, but it is still much better than today.
因为今天是零下30度啊。

自从上周一晚上下雪以来,这里就是冰川世纪,一直在零下10以下,到处是冰雪。平时半小时的路程,1小时还不一定能到达,还要特别小心碰撞。

这个星期,全城人民都在质疑“全球变暖”理论。

在家里上了两天班。公司允许在家上班,但是不鼓励,因为在公司上班能避免家里闲事的打扰,有事情方便与同事商量,也比较有团队协作的感觉。

Saturday, November 20

The Ultimate Goals Program

This is the script of the last chapter of The Ultimate Goals Program audio book:

You now have learnt perhaps the most comprehensive strategies for setting and achieving goals that has ever recorded in a single program. By practicing these rules and principles, you can accomplish more in the coming months and years, and most people accomplished in a life time. The most important quality you can develop for life-long success is the habit of taking action on your plans, goals, ideas and insights. The more often you try, the sooner you will triumph. There is a direct relationship between the number of things you attempt, and your accomplishment in life.

Here are the 21 steps for setting and achieving goals, and for living a wonderful life.

  • 1st, unlock your potential. Always remember that your true potential is unlimited. Whatever you've accomplished until now has only been a preparation for the amazing things you can accomplish in the future.
  • 2nd, take charge of your life. You are completely responsible for everything you are today, for everything you think, say and do, and for everything you become from this moment forward. Refuse to make excuses or blame others. Instead, make progress toward your goals everyday.
  • 3rd, create your own future. Imaging that you have no limitation of what you can do, be or have in the months and years ahead. Think about it, Plan your future as if you have all the resource you needed to create any life you desired.
  • 4th, clarify your values. Your innermost values and convictions define you as a person. Take the time to think through what you really believe in and care about in each area of your life. Refuse to deviate from what you feel is right for you.
  • 5th, determine your true goals. Decide for yourself what you really want to accomplish in every area of your life. Clarity is the central for happiness and high performance living.
  • 6th, decide upon your major definitive purpose. You need a central purpose to build your life around. There must be a single goal that will help you to achieve other goals more than any other. Decide what that goal is for you and work on it all the time.
  • 7th, analyze your believes. Your believes about your own abilities and about the world around you have more impact on you than any other factor. Make sure your believes are positive and consistent for achieving everything is possible for you.
  • 8th, start the beginning. Do a careful analysis of your starting point before you set off to the achievement of your goal. Determine your exact situation today, and be both honest and realistic about what you want to accomplish in the future.
  • 9th, measure your progress. Set clear benchmarks, measures for yourself on your road to the goals. Enable you to
  • 10th, eliminate your road blocks. Success boils down to Fortunately, problem solving is a skill you can master with practice and thereby achieving your goals faster than you ever thought possible.
  • 11th, become an expert in your field. You have within you right now the ability of being one of the very best of what you do, to join the top 10 percent in your field. Set this as a goal, work on it everyday and never stop working at it until you get there.
  • 12th, get around the right people. Your choice of people with whom to live, work, social has more affect in your success than any other factor. Resolve today to socialize with only people you like, respect, and admire. Fly with the eagles if you want to be an eagle yourself.
  • 13th, make a plan of action. An ordinary person with a well thought-out plan will run circles around a genius without one. Your ability to plan and organize in-advance will enable you to accomplish even the most complex and biggest goals.
  • 14th, Manage your time will. Learn how to double or triple your productivity performance and output by practicing practical and proven time-management principles. Always set priorities before your begin. And then, concentrate on the most valuable use of your time.
  • 15th, review your goals regularly. Take time everyday, every week, month to review and reevaluate your goals and objectives. Make sure that you are still on track, and you are still working toward things that's important for you. Be prepared to modify your goals and plans with new information.
  • 16th, visualize your goals continually. Direct a movie of your mind. Your imagination is the preview of your life coming attraction. Repeatedly see your goals as if they already exist. Your clear and exciting mental images activate all your mental power and attract your goals into your life.
  • 17th, activate your super conscious mind. You have within you and around you an incredible power that will bring you everything and anything you want or need. Take the time regularly to tap into this amazing source of ideas and insights for goal attainment.
  • 18th, remain flexible at all time. Be clear about your goal, but be flexible about the process of achieving it. Be constantly open and aware to new, better, faster, cheaper ways to achieve the same result. And, if something is not working, be willing to try a different approach.
  • 19th, unlock your inborn creativity. You have more creative ability to solve problems and come up with new and better ways for goal attainment than you have ever used. You are a potential genius. You can tap into your intelligence to overcome any obstacle and achieve any goal you set for yourself.
  • 20th, do something everyday. Use the momentum principle of success by getting started toward your goal and then doing something everyday to moves youself closer to what you want to accomplish. Action-orientation is the central to your success.
  • 21th, persist until you success. In a final analysis, your ability of persist longer than anyone else is the one quality that will guarantee great success in life. Persistence is self-discipline and action, and is the true measure of your belief in yourself. Resolving in advance that you will never give up.

Well here they are, the 21 most important principles of goal setting and goal achieving ever discovered. Your regular review and practice of these principles will enable you to live a extraordinary living. Nothing can stop you now. Good luck, and thanks for listening.

Thursday, November 4

学好数学很重要

话说人民日报又发表了雄文一篇,叫做《我国公民享有言论出版自由是不争的事实》。

好吧,看原文:
据统计,目前我国境内网站已达279万个,网民人数达到4.2亿,互联网普及率达到31.8%,超过世界平均水平;各家网站都十分注重为网民提供发表言论的服务,约80%的网站提供电子公告服务;我国现有上百万个论坛、2.31亿个博客用户,每天人们通过论坛、新闻评论、博客等渠道发表的言论达300多万条;超过66%的中国网民经常在网上发表言论,就各种话题进行讨论,表达思想观点。

小学计算题......4.2亿网民,66%经常发表言论,算下来就是2.7亿网民经常发表言论。然后每天竟有高达300多万条言论通过各种渠道被发表!相当于说:
如果这些活跃网民每日一条言论,相当于每天有95.5%的言论被删除。
如果这些活跃网民每十天才发表一条言论,相当于每天有85.2%的言论被删除。
如果这些活跃网民每月才发表一条言论,相当于每天有55.6%的言论被删除。

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Wednesday, November 3

cold《感冒白皮书》

《感冒白皮书》指出,很多人并不知道,感冒其实没得治。有些人会服用抗生素,其实抗生素根本不能消灭病毒,胡乱吃药可能会加重病情。感冒药的主要功效是缓解症状,让你感觉好受点、休息好点,但并不能缩短病程。那么,究竟哪些事情是感冒后必须做的?美国“健康播报网”认为,以下9件事必不可少。

 第一步:找一张床。感冒后,最好给自己找张舒服点的床躺下来。不要想着去上班,也不要强忍着出去聚会、玩乐或者运动。解放军总医院呼吸科主任刘又宁说,睡觉就是“最好的感冒药”,每天一定要保证8小时睡眠。如果可以的话,最好请假在家休息1—2天,这样可以少将疾病传染给他人。



  第二步:补点维生素C。不管是服用维生素C补充剂,还是吃点富含维C的水果,比如枣、橙子、猕猴桃、橘子、柚子等,都能起到缓解感冒症状的作用。一般来说,酸味重的水果维C含量都不少。喝橙汁在补维C的同时,还能消除口腔中的不适感。

 第三步:吃块黑巧克力。它不仅能补充抗氧化剂,英国伦敦大学的研究还显示,其中所含的可可碱有止咳功效。

第四步:打开加湿器。秋冬季节干燥的空气会让呼吸道感到不适,在床边或沙发边放置加湿器,可以让你呼吸更顺畅。使用前,最好彻底清洗一下,以免病毒通过其散播。

 第五步:吃流质食物。热汤和热粥都是不错的选择。几百年来都流传着鸡汤治感冒的说法,英国学者发现这是有道理的,因为鸡汤中的某些成分可以减少咳嗽,而且热汤和热粥的蒸汽也有助于缓解鼻塞。

  第六步:换个大水杯。保证每天喝2000毫升水,其中有一部分最好是电解质饮料。

  第七步:远离乳制品。刘又宁表示,奶酪等较难消化的奶制品,感冒时最好别吃,但是可以适当喝些牛奶。如果胃口不好,可以喝些酸奶。

  第八步:服用非处方药。布洛芬、扑热息痛或止咳糖浆等非处方药都能减轻感冒的症状。刘又宁说,虽然这些药不能抗病毒,但能让你感觉好受些。

  第九步:耐心等它过去。你的病需要7天左右才会自行消失。但如果症状一直持续或急剧恶化,最好去医院请医生诊断。

Origin: 新华网

抗生素真的不管用呀?怎么我家小泡泡看病时要是感冒严重,医生总是给开抗生素呢?
 
泡,测试:D
 
也许对小孩子,医生害怕发炎吧。这也是滥用抗生素的表现啊。

馒头说过,发烧到多少度的时候,他就催着医生开抗生素,因为怕引起中耳炎,破坏听力云云。
 
哦,看来也不完全是滥用抗生素。医生也怕病症变严重。