关教授说我是爱因斯坦的忠实信徒，的确是。前几天看到了这个。。。。和当年第一次读老爱一样激动。 愛因斯坦在1916年發表的廣義相對論中，所加入的「宇宙常數」項其實就是物質間的一種斥力。愛因斯坦為了修正原來方程式所導致的變動宇宙，刻意加入了宇宙常數項修正，以產生相斥力量與重力抗衡，建立符合當時大多數人所深信的靜態宇宙。但後來哈伯的觀測確認了宇宙確實在膨脹，宇宙常數的說法便成了令愛因斯坦懊悔不已的錯誤。但現在看來，似乎又不是如此了！愛因斯坦的宇宙常數概念與暗能量竟然不谋而合？

All my bags are packed I'm ready to goI'm standin' here outside your doorI hate to wake you up to say goodbyeBut the dawn is breakin' it's early mornThe taxi's waitin' he's blowin' his hornAlready I'm so lonesome I could dieSo kiss me and smile for meTell me that you'll wait for meHold me like you'll never let me goCause I'm leavin' on a jet planeDon

巴尔的老婆 二三十年前，我们院儿里有个叫巴尔的人，至于他为什么叫巴尔，有一段掌故，我要跟我妈去核实之后再跟各位说明，记得好像跟蒙古有关。他老婆的大名叫什么现在老人们也记不清了，总之大家都记得她，一提她，嘴巴紧的老人都憋不住乐，别的什么“头儿”的名字都忘了的时候，大家却都忘不了她：“是巴尔家的婆娘”。所以她的名字自然就是巴尔老婆。 这段往事是昨晚上我泡澡的时候想起来的。泡澡是个好习惯，据说格林斯潘就天天泡澡，如果水太热了，他明儿一大早就跟国会说，国内经济过热；如果是水漫出浴盆，他第二天肯定是要削减利息的

好电影从来得不到媒体推荐，真是可惜。 THE LEGEND OF SURIYOTHAI Funded by the Thai royal family, in part to redress the fuzzy history in 1999’s Anna and the King, The Legend of Suriyothai is written and directed by royal Prince Chatri Chalerm Yukol. An epic of the founding of Thailand, the film portrays the 16th-century life of Queen Suriyothai, a kind of Thai Boadicea who rode into battle to protect her husband, King Thienracha. The production details are spectacular, from the surreal ritual danc

The Greenwich Story By L. R. Liu (First published in #1 Transmission Magazine, 2004) * Stream of consciousness on Friday morning: they say people talk to themselves when they are alone I came. I saw. I conquered. I am not Julius Caesar and I have a much lower standard. In my little world, I reckon, I’ve arrived. Here I am, living near Greenwich, a name that locked my decision on where to nest. A nice flat on the ground floor, overlooking the River Thames. Be

what is American spirit? take a flight to new mexico and go to Bandelier National monument. travel, after all, should be more than just getting somewhere, when you really tavel, you fall under the spell of a place, the land of enchantment. New Mexico-magical, complelling, crowed with spirits. Know the name of NM State? Land of enchatment. These men made caves remainds me of those similar ones in Turkey.

胡果威：统一世界语言的梦想 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　·胡果威· 先父一生致力于研究国学，他的遗著《胡邦彦文存》最近由岳麓书社出版。除了诗词、骈文之外，还有大量为维护中文的纯洁大声疾呼的文章。我这个不肖之子在国内学的是英美文学，1980年代初出国，先后攻读国际商学和法律。父子二人一中一西，一土一洋，自然会对许多问题有不同的看法。先父对于我们中西文化方面的差异似乎还勉强可以容忍，允许我保留自己的看法。然而谈到语言，我认为今后世界语言必定会统一，而且今后的世界语理应是拼音文字。

Experiencing autumn is liberal arts. It begins with a landscape painting in brilliant colors to delight our eyes, progresses as a string quartet in a minor key to stir our moods, and ends in profound poetic verses to deepen our awareness. Its motif, inherently universal and rich, is so meaningful to us. It means beautiful. Nature displays arrays of striking scenic foliage in dashing red, blazing orange and radiant gold. We are surrounded with bold colors. From mystery morning mist, clear October sky, spl

读到的理论是Mozart Effect. 据说因为，莫扎特的音乐很有秩序，小小年纪练习莫扎特后会帮助提高时空理性(spatial-temporal reasoning）。所以，小孩子练习Mozart才是很重要的，一举两得啊！ http://www.writewww.com/topic.php?tkey=1306375009&theme_id=1&to_rid=2438&tpc=1&page_no=1 既然是这样，巴赫平静 (serenity)，理性，和平衡(well-tempered)的音乐对人们有什么影响？ 贝多芬热情（exuberance）、美好的音乐对人们又有什么影响？

If you ever wonder where those WWII soldiers are nowadays, I can proudly tell you I am fortunate enough to know one of them as my colleague and friend. He was a company commander under general Patton during WWII, leading his company in various battles fighting the Germans in 1944-1945. Out of the 180 soldiers in his company, 48 were killed during the war. He received the Silver Star and three Bronze Stars for bravery. He told me some most unforgettable war stories. He is my war hero, he is also the most ki

Life of Liberty Robert Nozick, R.I.P. http://old.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-epstein012402.shtml By Richard A. Epstein, James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law, the University of Chicago & Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow, the Hoover Institution January 24, 2002 10:20 a.m. The bulletin on the Harvard University website reported Wednesday today the death at age 63 of Robert Nozick. The release goes on to write what everyone who knew Nozick would confirm. As teache

风中的枫：墓床——小议顾城（cm1105d） 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　·风中的枫· 《墓床》 我知道永逝降临，并不悲伤 松林中安放着我的愿望 下边有海，远看像水池 一点点跟我的是下午的阳光 人时已尽，人世很长 我在中间应当休息 走过的人说树枝低了 走过的人说树枝在长 我认为这是已故诗人顾城最优秀的一首诗：忧伤之极却“并不悲伤”，在对死亡的冥想里进入恬静唯美之境。作者对生命业已倦怠，听到死亡在黑暗中召唤，像永恒，又像冷却的灰烬，喃喃发出谶语和启示。死亡一直是当代汉诗�

繁缕 多雨的日子 草疯长，树叶疯长 人，缩在屋子里 这什么鬼天气！ 清草，阴沉沉的 阳光透过云缝 打在润湿的草尖上 星星点点芒 金灿灿的，近看 如珍珠，水银泻地 水珠的核心 有微细白苞蕊 繁星点滴，如缕 如果不是霪雨将歇 也不曾留意 心思渐已转晴 05/23/11 ==== 连续十天阴雨，把人身体下得没脾气。昨早闷沉沉的，似有转机。雨停间息观见许 多杂草疯长，花苞都要开了。我惊异于繁缕(Chickweed)微细白的小花苞蕊，嵌在 水珠内。 Stellaria med

比旧型号轻1000磅，每年可以为UPS省8000多万油钱。

好逗的研究。 http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2011/05/why-positive-fantasies-make-your-dreams.html Wednesday, 25 May 2011 Why positive fantasies make your dreams less likely to come true It's a trusted tool in the self-help armoury - visualising yourself having achieved your goals, be that weighing less, enjoying the view atop Everest, or walking down the aisle with the girl or boy of your dreams. Trouble is, reams of research shows that indulging in positive fantasies actually makes pe

Tao Neyu: Lois Ehlert: Tomie DePaola: Ed Young: Regis Faller:

“Although the film's first screening was greeted with applause, it has already split its early viewers. Von Trier himself, however, is apparently siding with its sternest critics. He said: "Maybe it's crap. Of course I hope not, but there's quite a big possibility that this might be really not worth seeing." http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/may/18/lars-von-trier-cannes-2011-nazi-comments Lars von Trier is known for being unpredictable, quixotic, puckish and deliberately provocative. But even

谢谢苏三的链接，我看到阿姗当年的读书笔记，很棒，抄过来： “上个月读了 Augustine 的 Confessions，其中好几章都是讲《创世纪》的，讲了“宇宙存在之前，上帝在哪里”，讲了创世纪的那六天。我不会转述，但他的确花了不少功夫找到自己满意的解释。我印象中，他反复讲了真理是有多种正确的解释和理解的。这个我同意。神的一日是人的千年，也可以有多种解释。下面是我做的笔记： He also agrees that many different interpretation of the same truth is possible. When he tries to explain the meaning of the Genesis (Augustine spends a

iPad is cool, but it's not a good e-reader in my opinion if only for one thing: its backlit lcd. I want something that looks more like natural ink on paper that's easy on the eyes. Yet I held off buying the kindle because I find its size too cumbersome. Last night when I happened to notice the new Kindle 3 is a 6 inch, I decided to give it a try. So today during lunch I rushed to Best Buy. I wanted to compare the 3G vs wifi version. To my disappointment the demo units aren't setup for this purpose. You c

喜欢这个，哈哈，it's a mess. "Darwinists are a little bit like the pre-Darwinists before them, who would have marveled at the perfection of God's creation," he told BBC News. "We tend to marvel at the Darwinian perfection of organisms now, saying 'this must have been highly selected for, it's a tuned and sophisticated machine'. "In fact, it's a mess - there's so much unnecessary complexity." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13445951 Protein flaws responsible for comp

这里一定有阴谋，古狗怎么把左下和右下方那两张图也找出来了？

非洲协会 黄金、象牙海岸 阿拉伯商贩黑人奴隶 萄葡牙人谋取暴利 此外非洲是个迷 新世界不断新发现 探险传教、殖民分划 启蒙，英国为后起之秀 对贩奴一味反对 “三分之一人类居地 几乎全部的非洲 至今解者了了无几……” 建立非洲内陆协会 拓宽吾人认识范围 将必实用而有益 约瑟夫＊班克斯爵士 俨然挑起协会重任 开明政治，废奴 促进国内的资本主义 尼罗河源头之迷 引诸多探险家前行。 05/02/2011 ==== 十八世纪末兴起的非洲内陆的勘探与自然考察，Joseph Banks建立的African Association (Association for Pr

Religion is a touchy subject. Oddly enough, as I have come to discover in these pages, so is Apple. Somehow both inspire such extreme levels of devotion that I am amazed there hasn't yet been an Apple-inspired war, with bodies strewn across the malls of America. Some British neuroscientists chose to investigate whether there may possibly be some scientific similarities between devotees of a Creator and of Cupertino. You will be stunned into additional homilies in the chapel of your choice when

曼昆的这段话说的真好。对任何专业都适用。 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/08/business/economy/08view.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=mankiw&st=cse AFTER more than a quarter-century as a professional economist, I have a confession to make: There is a lot I don’t know about the economy. Indeed, the area of economics where I have devoted most of my energy and attention — the ups and downs of the business cycle — is where I find myself most often confronting important questions without obvious answers. Now, if yo

Oh I sure hope it is good! http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi140942617/