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3月2日 Today I was somehow reminded of a friend I knew about 4 years back. We haven't spoken in a long time, because of demographical gaps, and perhaps most important of all, the fundamental changes we both have gone through. I searched her name on Google, hoping to come across her blog or forum. In some way or the other, I hoped to see her again, to tell her that I missed talking to her, and that I had my own problems to deal with, which had kept me occupied and ignorant. There I was shocked to see that in September 2007, she was involved in a head on collision that took her life...
Look back, everything has changed over the past 2 years. We both have became different individuals, doing different things, and now living in different worlds. I want to take this moment to reflect upon myself. I can only bear my gratitudes to God, for giving us moments like this, to remind ourselves that the life is worth a while. 8月14日 小时侯我很爱跳舞 叔叔喜欢逗我玩-我恨死了! 我学会保护自己了,可是叔叔他…… 我要练习金刚指,长大了弹叔叔一下子……哈哈哈 为了节约时间,妈妈把我和盘子一块洗 对有些事情我还不明白 刚上学的时候,感觉读书像是在念经 做作业的事情让我思考很多,经常令我头疼…… 平时不好好读书,考试的时候只有作弊 没想到,被班主任发现了…… 后来找到了学英语的捷径 我最喜欢世界地理 最讨厌数学,每次我的答案都是…… 后来我喜欢上了电脑 而且迷上了上网 而且不分昼夜 由于我非法操作,电脑出现了蓝屏 没有电脑,就睡不着觉…… 高中时候很喜欢踢足球 但是国足总是让人失望 还有很多丑闻,比如....... 但我觉得米卢还是很不错的一个教练,我有幸得到了他的签名 爸爸不许我看球,说如果不好好学习,将来会去要饭 后来我长的人高马大了,也上班了……爸爸告戒我 我想我一定会挣大钱!!! 有了钱,我认识了许多狐朋狗友 相处一直都很好 我很喜欢美女 看到美女,我就会…… 我很讨厌恐龙, 尤其是那些自以为自己很性感的 后来我交了一个女朋友,朋友都说很漂亮,我觉得也是,呵呵 她说要跟着我一辈子 我陪她看了一场《英雄 从电影院回来的那个晚上,我们相爱了…… 因为没有避孕,幸运地生下一个世纪婴儿 我带着女朋友,看看自由女神像 还经常开着保时捷,带她去兜风 带她去 做 爱 可是她就是喜欢上了自摸 摸她的咪咪 对别人露三点 还让一个男人给她搓澡 后来觉得她有点像男孩子 7月23日 [1] 《圣经》 它是了解西方文化的钥匙! 作为基督教的正式经典,其最重要的主题是人。
[2] 《古兰经》 伊斯兰教的经典。从对世俗的征服来看,它表现的威力比任何神迹都大。
[3] 牛顿《自然哲学的数学原理》 没有牛顿,就没有近代科学。牛顿第一次表明人可以像上帝那样洞察世界的奥妙,这种思想在思想史上是空前的。
[4] 达尔文《物种起源》 达尔文的伟大之处,就是在于在看来不变的事物中找到变化,在看来没有联系的事物中找到关系。
[5] 弗洛伊德《梦的解析》 梦是最一般的心理现象之一,也是各种迷信和预言的来源之一。弗洛伊德主要功绩在于理性地把梦作为一种对象来研究,并得出划时代的发现——潜意识。弗洛伊德指出,人并不是自己行为和精神的主宰,他在很大程度上受潜意识控制。
[6] 欧几里得《几何原本》 除了《圣经》以外,没有任何其他著作有这么多人阅读、学习和研究,正是《几何原本》把数学变成脱离实际的纯粹数学,并且对于近代科学有着不可替代的作用。
[7] 亚当·斯密《国富论》 用科学的方法对经济体制运行规律进行研究,斯密发现了任何时代、任何社会运行的主要矛盾——公平与效率。
[8] 马尔萨斯《人口原理》 两个世纪以来,马尔萨斯可以说被攻击得体无完肤。不过,即便他的每一句话、每个数据都是错的,其精神实质总是得到辉煌的证实。
[9] 卡逊《寂静的春天》 同《人口原理》一样,《寂静的春天》是人类对自己的生存状况提出严重警告的警世之作,在它出版四十多年之后,“环境”已经成为最流行的热门词条之一。
[10] 马克思,恩格斯《==宣言》 这是一部气势磅礴的作品,同时它又是具有深刻思想的理论著作,这两者的结合造成它的非凡的影响。它是“共产主义的圣经”,真正影响了千百万人的思想和行动。
[11] 《论语》 代表中国文化的首屈一指的著作。其核心思想在于人和人之间有差别、不能平等,这也是两千五百年来中国文化的核心。许多古代文化消亡了,而中国文化却在变化中存续下来,这可能是孔子和他的《论语》的功劳。
[12] 孙武《孙子兵法》 它是中国也是世界上最早以及最有影响的军事理论著作,它同儒家思想共同塑造了中国传统文化,而这种思想完全深入到现代人的思想之中。《孙子兵法》提供的“计谋”形成中华民族两千五百年来斗争哲学的主导技术,但单纯技术观点并不能带来胜利,许多情况下还遭到失败。
[13] 拉瓦锡《化学原论》 人类面对的就是多样多彩的物质世界,化学就是关于多样性的科学,而且化学不单纯是“自然科学”,它还是人工科学。不少人低估了化学革命,也没有对拉瓦锡的功绩予以充分的肯定。
[14] 麦克斯韦《电磁通论》 麦克斯韦的电磁理论不仅在理论上是物理科学的重大突破和完美综合,而且从技术上产生出惊人结果。一方面通过电工学使整个文明社会电气化,使工业自动化成为可能;另一方面,通过电磁波的预言和发现,直接把人类引导到无线电世纪,而这构成了信息与传媒社会的必不可少的物质基础。
[15] M.韦伯《新教伦理与资本主义精神》 马克斯·韦伯是20世纪最伟大的社会科学家,从某种意义上讲可以与马克思相提并论。马克思侧重经济基础,而韦伯则强调意识形态,特别是宗教的作用。在一个片面强调竞争、优胜劣汰、尔虞我诈的社会中,理性的经济伦理——诚实、信任、责任、互惠是多么难以建立起来。而这就是韦伯的新教伦理学说的重要意义。
[16] J.S.穆勒《论自由》 “自由”是一个美丽的字眼,但不少人对它只是泛泛而谈,许多人批判它更是偷换概念、言不及义。穆勒的《论自由》是迄今为止论述社会自由最重要的著作,也是第一批介绍到中国的世界名著。遗憾的是,一百年后,一些中国人对此书的内容仍然茫然无知。
[17] 孟德斯鸠《论法的精神》 法律是人类最古老、也是最普遍的建制之一。历史上的许多政治理想和社会大同的思想,最终只有通过法律才能落在实处。所以历代思想家对法律多有思考,但他们往往从某一角度出发,而带有一定的局限。本书是第一部系统的法学巨著,其核心在于法律至上和三权分立学说。这不仅在历史上有着重大作用,而且对今曰仍有不可忽视的影响。
[18] 卢梭《社会契约论》 启蒙运动时期是一个思想大解放的时代,它与工业制度的结合是社会现代化的两个动力。卢梭是法国启蒙运动时期最有影响的思想家;但时至今曰,人们对卢梭仍有许多误解,不是认为他的思想和其他人差不多,就是认为他十分激进。仔细研究一下他的思想,会发现他有许多独创之处。
[19] 希特勒《我的奋斗》 《我的奋斗》是一个非常好的反面教材。希特勒在书中反复明确宣传他的政治理想。概括起来就是:种族主义、大曰耳曼==义、生存空间、第三帝国的理想国。这些思想在希特勒死后并没有消失,仍然在以各种形式延续着。
[20] 麦克卢汉《理解媒体》 我们生活在信息时代,可是很少人关注信息的传播;我们生活在媒体的包围之中,可是没什么人注意到它的影响。麦克卢汉是最早开始关心媒体对个人、对社会的改造的人,提出“媒体即消息”的论点。他开拓了一个无尽的前沿,但还有许多问题需要进一步挖掘。
[21] 柏拉图《共和国》 世界哲学归根溯源只有两种,其中之一是希腊哲学。了解希腊哲学,首先要谈柏拉图。柏拉图的伟大之处就在于他把哲学提高到一个新的境界:哲学不是那种空洞言词的游戏,也不是宗教和意识形态的教条。哲学要对一般概念和理论进行发挥和论证。
[22] 亚里士多德《工具论》 亚里士多德是许多学科的开创者。与柏拉图不同,他是学科的体系化者;后来许多哲学、科学体系的建立是以他的体系为模式来做的。《工具论》是亚里士多德的逻辑论文的汇编。逻辑和语言一样,平时感觉不到它有多重要,而只有在思想混乱一团时才感到其必不可少。逻辑是整理思想和知识的框架,没有它,理论和科学都无从产生。
[23] 薛定谔《生命是什么?》 20世纪生命科学最重要的事件是分子生物学的产生,分子生物学来自沃森和克里克的DNA双螺旋模型。而这两位科学家恰巧都受到薛定谔这本小册子的深刻影响,他们的成就,使其后五十年生物学完全改变面貌,而且还将在下一个五十年、一百年改变世界的面貌。这条路恰巧是一位连化学都不太懂的物理学家打通的。
[24] 维纳《控制论》 该书实际上预示了第二次世界大战以后一整套新学科的产生。控制论所包括的内容十分庞杂;20世纪晚期发展起来的一套理论,如非线性科学、浑沌理论、复杂性理论、人工生命、直接或间接的与控制论特别是维纳的思想有关。
[25] 威尔逊《社会生物学:新的综合》 正如威尔逊所说,社会生物学的主要目的,是建立一个普遍理论,使之能够依据群体的各种参数关系以及由物种遗传结构所产生的行为在受到制约的情况下,来预见社会组织的特征。显然,这在理论上是一个非常大胆的尝试。正如达尔文一样,只要把动物同人类联系起来,终将会受到挑战。
[26] 莎士比亚《哈姆雷特》 莎士比亚对人的本质的洞察上升到了哲学的高度。从古到今,人最感兴趣的问题还是人本身,人希望认识自己;而这恰巧是人本主义或人文主义的实质。但人是复杂的,这种认识也不是一蹴而就的,所以文艺作品为我们提供一个最佳的场所。
[27] 陀斯妥耶夫斯基《卡拉马佐夫兄弟们》 陀斯妥耶夫斯基在作家当中是最伟大的思想家。如果说,“文学是人学”,那他就是人类心灵最为深刻的探索者。或许,是人心的洞察者。俗话说“人心叵测”,这似乎有贬义,但人心的确难以用科学的方法、理性的方法来度量,而文学作品却可以弥补科学的不足。
[28] 孔德《实证哲学教程》 孔德的《实证哲学教程》可以看成是19世纪初思想状况的一个百科全书,从这里勾画出未来发展的蓝图。这本百科全书的大纲就是科学分类。学科的不断分化与专门化是一种不可遏制的趋势,只有科学分类才能告诉我们它们发展的逻辑线索和历史线索。
[29] 边沁《道德与立法原理引论》 边沁在国内不大为人所知,但不少人对他的“功利主义”应该有所耳闻。边沁的功利主义主要问题在于他过于强调个人幸福与公共幸福的一致性,而且事在人为,总可以使其一致。虽然边沁的每一种理想都遭到许多反对,但是在英国本土却渐进地得到贯彻,这也许是19世纪英国得到和平发展的原因所在。
[30] 《奥义书》 世界哲学归根溯源只有两种,其中之一是印对卉学。但印对卉学过于抽象、过于脱离现实和现世,它没能繁衍出健康的自然哲学和社会哲学,而只是停留在纯哲学的层面,更多的是塑造印度人乃至印度宗教的精神。《奥义书》是印对卉学的源泉。它首先从巫术、仪式中过渡到哲学性质的问题,并谋求其解答;它开辟了印对卉学的先河。
[31] 歌德《浮士德》 歌德用“古典的”形式创造一个崭新的,完全属于新时代的理想的人。在歌德的浮士德身上,最主要的是为求知识的无尽的探索精神,这个精神可称之为浮士德精神。正是这种精神成就了西方的科学昌明与文化鼎盛的时代。
[32] 塞万提斯《唐·吉诃德》 名著的伟大之处在于它有助于精神的提升,精神提升的关键在于人生意义的认同。唐·吉诃德和他的仆人桑丘以及书中的其他人物对每个读者来说都不陌生,一个人在他生活中,总会遇到类似的人物和情景。除了技术进步之外,你会发现现代的人性与塞万提斯描写的16世纪的人性与非人性何其相似乃尔。
[33] 凯恩斯《就业、利息和货币通论》 不管你相信不相信资本主义必将灭亡,20世纪没能灭亡恐怕得归功于凯恩斯,是他拯救了资本主义免遭灭顶之灾。战后经济学的理论框架也是他奠定的。
[34] 凡勃仑《有闲阶级论》 阶级的划分除了马克思的经典定义之外,一般使用比较随便,但划分的依据不外乎政治、经济与身份地位。但凡勃仑是一位另类的思想家,他把人按“闲暇”来分类,分成有闲阶级和无闲阶级。由于有闲阶级越来越成为现代生活中十分重要的因素,有必要对有闲阶级的地位和存在价值做一番探讨。
[35] 福柯《词与物》 很难用一句话概括这本书,实在要说,那就是“学科分类与演化的科学框架”。在学科肆意泛滥的今天,科学的分类实属当务之急。
[36] 罗尔斯《正义论》 罗尔斯的《正义论》于1971年出版。其中讨论的主题没有一样是新的,也就是说,这些都是启蒙运动时期的问题,但是,他却是在新的环境之下来考虑的。换句话说,这本书标志着道德哲学由现代到后现代的转变。
[37] 卡西尔《符号形式的哲学》 “人是什么?”——人们对哲学本来应该解决的最根本问题一直没有给出像样的答案。卡西尔解决这个问题的出发点与众不同,那就是“人是符号的动物”。这打开了一个新的通道。由于所有的文化的基础都是建立在人有形成概念的能力之上,这种能力使我们能够发明和使用人工记号和符号。卡西尔认为这些“符号形式”正是哲学所应该集中研究的对象。
[38] 乔姆斯基《句法结构》 语言是21世纪最主要的研究对象之一。人的一生都在用语言同人打交道,也通过语言进行思考;但是围绕语言有许多老大难问题至今不能理解。1957年出版的《句法结构》引起一场语言学上的乔姆斯基革命;这是一场对整个语言理论的正本清源。它不仅在语言学界激起强烈反响,而且影响到许多周边领域,涉及许多基本问题。
[39] 冯·诺伊曼,摩根斯坦《对策论与经济行为》 冯·诺伊曼的工作从方法上标志着数理经济学的新时代。他的方法证明,现代数学的公理思想,抽象的概念对于实际问题一样有着巨大的应用价值。他的哲学观点预示着未来数学家的工作——数学家可以在极其广泛的领域中选择课题进行研究,无论是对策论还是与经济学的结合已经取得而且必将取得重大进展。
[40] 微耳和《细胞病理学》 现在的西医被称为“科学的”,归根结底,有赖于把疾病的原因建立在实证的基础上。而这正好是德国医学家微耳和的主要贡献。他是细胞病理学的缔造者。1858年他发表了《细胞病理学》,其中完整地阐述细胞学说,并声称“所有细胞来自细胞”。
[41] 汤因比《历史研究》 今天的新闻就是明天的历史,有识之士总要考虑当前与过去的关联,将来的发展趋势等等;而这就需要通过学习和研究历史,建立一种历史哲学或历史观。而史论就是为这些人打造航海罗盘的。汤因比的《历史研究》在众多的史论中占有十分重要的地位,因为它包含大量的理论概括及创新。
[42] 布罗代尔《15至18世纪的物质文明、经济与资本主义》 到了20世纪,史学界出现一次大的革命,那就是“年鉴学派”的兴起。年鉴学派反对把历史局限于政治史范围之内,主张研究历史的全貌。布罗代尔就是年鉴学派第二代的代表人物,由于他的工作,年鉴学派在二战后占主流地位,其影响也从法国扩大到全球。 www.6park.com
[43] 罗素《自由与组织》 在18世纪末,可以说所有国家都在同一起跑线上,却因为各种原因产生了如今如此惊人的差距。过去的历史哲学也许能指明历史发展的方向和动力,但无法预测历史发展的速度。而19~20世纪与以往历史的不同之处正好在于速度的变化。罗素的高明之处就在于他能指出引向这种变化的因素。
[44] 霍布斯鲍姆《极端的年代》 在整个历史长河中,20世纪究竟是继往开来走向进步走向辉煌的时代,还是一个无足轻重的一个小插曲,现在下结论还为时过早。但作为一个极端的时代,肯定会遗留下相当多的后遗症,值得我们反思。
[45] 亨廷顿《文明的冲突与世界秩序的重建》 在21世纪,各种文明的命运是我们首先要关心的问题。本书就是在历史转折关头反思的结果。亨廷顿害怕伊斯兰文明与儒教文明联手打败基督教文明,但是前两者是不可能结合的,这点上他的判断显然有误。然而文明的冲突是否能造成新一轮的“西方的没落”,却不是没有可能。
[46] 加缪《鼠疫》 从古到今,人类不断面对各种灾难,但他们很少能够对灾难有所准备。这本讲人类如何面对灾难的书创作于希特勒时代,许多人感到无望。在这关键时刻,加缪看到面对灾难的惟一正确态度,就是不要听从命运的摆布,也不要听从权威与利益集团的煽动。
[47] 劳伦斯《查泰莱夫人的情人》 这是一本“禁书”,也许是最著名的、名副其实的禁书。尽管它因“性”被禁,却并不等于说它的题材只是性。在书中,劳伦斯不仅要求一个人真正“性”的解放,更要求从工业文明、传统文化以及精神束缚中解放出来,成为“解放的人”。这些才是劳伦斯思想的深义。
[48] 尼采《查拉图斯特拉如是说》 19世纪两位大思想家对20世纪有着持续的影响:一位是马克思,一位是尼采。这本书是尼采著作的顶峰。它包括尼采过去的一切思想,这些思想用两个新的概念,即超人和永远轮回来加以贯穿。
[49] 波普尔《科学发现的逻辑》 波普尔的《科学发现的逻辑》是科学哲学的一次革命。波普尔说:“经验科学就是理论体系,我们可以把认识逻辑称做理论的理论。”“科学的理论就是普遍的命题。”按照他的学说,科学理论“不是由观察开始,而是由问题开始”。波普尔的整个科学理论的出发点是划界问题,也就是找出一个判据来区别科学与“伪科学”的界限。
[50] 托夫勒《第三次浪潮》 人们对未来有所企盼,但同时又对未来充满恐惧;在一个变化剧烈的世界中有着大量的不确定性,人们希望驾驭它。到20世纪后半,未来学应运而生。对未来学家的评价首先在于对还没有发生的事或仅仅处于萌芽状态的东西能否做出比较准确的预测。托夫勒做到了这点。他的这本书在1980年出版,而20世纪后二十年正是按照这个蓝图来实现的
[51] 波伏瓦《第二性》 女性占人类的一半,但研究与思考女性问题的著作却少得可怜;英译本《第二性》1953年出版后立即成为畅销书。尽管时隔半个多世纪,女性主义和谈论女性的书出版无数,但是没有一本书像这本书一样,使人感受到如此浓郁的学者气息。
[52] 纪德《伪币制造者》 在大众文化如此昌盛的今天,纪德的书不会出现在休闲读者之中。但是,文化也是两极分化的,在高雅文化发展而且存在发展土壤的地方,纪德不会消失,相反,会维持着他那至高无上的地位。他的作品很观念化。在本书中,他试图成为真的人,但什么是真的?
[53] 萨义德《知识分子的代表》 尽管关于知识分子的理论著作难以产生,但我们还是选择了萨义德的这本书。因为我们也许可以从思想自由和知识分子看到文明的未来。在书中,萨义德提出的问题令人深思,1987年贾可比的《最后的知识分子》出版,以后是否还有知识分子?
[54] 莫诺《偶然与必然》 生命科学存在着许多谜!至今我们还对生物体的精巧别致莫名其妙,我们还不知人是不是一台机器,也不知生物进化是不是一个必然的过程,也不知道生死界究竟在何处?而这本书阐述就是法国生物学家莫诺对生物进化的哲学思考。
[55] 萧伯纳《人与超人》 萧伯纳是仅次于莎士比亚的英国(爱尔兰)剧作家,在世界戏剧史上大致也处于同等地位。他的大部分剧本可以称之为“思想剧”,而其中顶尖之作可以说是《人与超人》,该剧真正表现了萧伯纳自己特有的哲学——生命力哲学。
[56] 西蒙《人工物的科学》 近二百年实验科学的发展给我们带来一个人工的世界;而制造人工物就是发明、仿造、改进、组合直至本书所说的设计。尽管现在设计科学已成为一个专业领域,但未来需要的恰巧是西蒙这样的博家而不是狭窄领域的专家。只有他们才能设计出未来人工物的世界。
[57] 泰勒《原始文化》 “文化”一词在媒体上的运用真是泛滥成灾,可是没什么人对它哪怕有最粗略的界定;是泰勒给他的研究对象“文化”以一个比较确切的定义,他的《原始文化》被公认为文化人类学的奠基之作。表面上看,它是纯学理的研究;然而,自然语言与原始思维对于21世纪人工智能的探讨有着重要意义。
[58] 怀特海《科学与近代世界》 数学在近代科学产生与发展中有着不可替代的重要作用。许多人也知道,也说,但并不理解。其实,欧洲人领先也就三百年,可为什么老跟不上呢?中国怎么拿个诺贝尔这么困难?这可以说是“新李约瑟疑难”。其实,照怀特海那样研究一下这三百年的历史,就会有八九不离十的答案。
[59] 格劳秀斯《战争与和平法》 格劳秀斯的伟大著作已经问世将近四百年了。今天战争与和平仍是世界的头号问题。格劳秀斯已经考虑到对于战犯、损害和战费不加追究以换取有保障的和平。遗憾的是,人们似乎并没有从历史中学会足够的智慧,来处理战争的后果。
[60] 埃柯《玫瑰的名字》 随着技术的进步,过去靠指纹破不了的案今天可用DNA破案了;但是,心灵的事情就说不准了。符号表达是极为复杂的一件事,符号技术远没有基因鉴定那么方便。但是,符号学会给我们带来一个全新的,难以想像的世界。埃柯的小说神奇之处就在于此。
[61] 笛卡尔《方法谈》 什么是科学精神,到现在仍然是众说纷纭。但是,科学精神一定会导致科学发展,其起点必定是求知的欲望。笛卡尔在《方法谈》一书中一开始就讲述他从学校出来后的二十年的探索过程,而且在探索过程中开创出自己独特的理论与方法。这就是笛卡尔哲学体系,其核心是认识论。正是笛卡尔把哲学扭转到了正确的方向。
[62] 培根《论学术的进展》 四百年来,尽管人们早已享受近现代科学所带来的种种福利,然而人们的头脑不一定比古时更少教条、偏见、迷信以及愚昧和疯狂的古怪思想。而培根的伟大贡献正在于列举了四种使人陷于这类错误的“偶象”(idol)或幻象。
[63] 哈耶克《通往奴役之路》 哈耶克以经济学家知名,还荣获1974年诺贝尔经济学奖,但是,他的政治哲学更有创见,更有影响。哈耶克的思想总有点不合时宜,但从长期来看又显得十分深刻。他是位彻头彻尾的自由主义者。他的真知灼见不能因意识形态的关系而被我们舍弃。
[64] 奥威尔《1984年》 在20世纪反乌托邦、反集权主义的作品中,谁又能比奥威尔写得更好呢?在他那里,既有卡夫卡的个人处境,又有A.赫胥黎的科技统治,同时还有柯斯特勒的现实主义。《1984年》是一个警世之作,就像马尔萨斯和卡逊的著作一样。
[65] 卡夫卡《审判》 卡夫卡的不朽在于他提出的问题远比他解答的多得多。在《城堡》中他谈到“提问题是主要的”。实际上这就是科学与人生的真谛。思想来源于对问题的探索,探索过程也许比拾取现成答案更有意义。
[66] C.P.斯诺《两种文化》 斯诺两种文化的论点很简单:科学家应该读过莎士比亚,而文学家应该懂得热力学第二定律讲什么。不幸的是,这种情况越来越难以实现了。到了21世纪初,除了高喊“科学与人文相结合”的口号之外,什么也没有了,一维的人降为零维的人。然而沿着本书界定的思想史的轨迹走下去,是可能升维,升到三维四维,甚至成为“超人”的。
[67] 帕斯卡《思想录》 世界上的问题,特别是人的问题,不确定性或者偶然性是经常起作用的因素。实际上,帕斯卡尔以概率的方法对于决定论的世界观提出挑战,不管这种决定论是上帝的决定论还是科学的决定论。这种方法到20世纪发展成为一套随机的决策理论。
[68] 尼赫鲁《印度的发现》 印度同中国一样也是现在世界四大文化之一,但我们对印度却知之甚少。话说回来,要想了解一个民族,最好的办法是了解其历史。尽管印度的历史支离破碎,缺环甚多;但《印度的发现》就是了解印度历史的最好的入门书。
[69] 列夫·托尔斯泰《战争与和平》 托尔斯泰无疑是有史以来最伟大的作家之一。作为大文豪,他的作品足以为他争取到不朽的地位,但作为一个伟大的人,他并不满足。他生命最后三十年就是在对人生的一些基本问题的思考中度过的。我们选《战争与和平》,是因为从中可直接看到他的历史思想。历史虽已过去,但无法用刀斧砍去,它依然影响我们的现在,也影响我们的未来。
[70] 鲁迅《阿Q正传》 要在中国作家中选出一位思想家可不容易,特立独行不是中国人的精神。稍稍离经叛道,不是棒杀,默杀,就是捧杀。无疑,每一套杀法,鲁迅都经过,只是什么时候干什么,随时代的潮涨潮落决定。但是,近百年来中国首屈一指的作家还是鲁迅,而《阿Q正传》是其代表作。
[71] 本尼迪克特《菊与刀》 进入21世纪,世界上有五个经济大国,而曰本是惟一入围的东方国家,也是最快达到这一步的国家。本书完成于二战刚刚结束时,作者对曰本的民族性做了很好的概括。时隔五六十年,书中的观点基本上没过时。我们可以把这点称之为“民族性”的稳定性。无疑,曰本过去是、将来也会是一个有影响的民族。
[72] 加西亚·马尔科斯《百年孤独》 对大多数人来说,拉丁美洲仍是个神秘的地区。马尔科斯在这本书中用马孔多来凝缩整个哥伦比亚乃至整个拉丁美洲的命运。愚昧闭塞和混乱是百年不变的内因,而美国佬、独裁者则是外因。那么“孤独”又是什么意思,作者说“孤独的反义词是团结”,他暗示了出路,但结论令人沮丧:经历了百年,又回到原位,这似乎就是拉丁美洲的命运。
[73] 康拉德《黑暗的心》 非洲大陆是地理概念,我们所知甚少的那部分通称撒哈拉以南的非洲,此书说的就是这块地方。黑暗的心有两种含义,一是黑非洲的心脏地带,当时的比属刚果;一是文明人即殖民者来到之后,从外到里进行掠夺,并从精神上进行腐蚀的罪恶行径。黑非洲不是倒退,就是仍然停滞在那里。人口不断地增长,永远伴随饥荒与贫困,其前景令人忧虑。
[74] 冯特《民族心理学》 长期以来,对心灵的研究一直是哲学甚至神学的领地,至今心理学是否是科学仍有很多争议。冯特的主要贡献就在于倡导用科学方法研究心理。1879年,他在莱比锡建立世界第一个心理学实验室,这标志着实验心理学正式诞生,也标志着作为科学的心理学的产生。
[75] 李约瑟《中国的科学与文明》 李约瑟的《中国的科学与文明》卷帙浩繁,至今仍然没能结束。他花了毕生精力研究中国古代科学与技术,最后留下了著名的李约瑟疑难:为什么如此先进的古代“科技”,没能产生近代科学?
[76] 托马斯·阿奎那《神学大全》 《圣经》中存在大量前后矛盾、不可思议甚至荒谬的地方,这些早在基督教初创时就有人意识到了。但其中许多人采取“信仰主义”态度,“正因为其不可信才信”。而托马斯·阿奎那第一次寻求对基督教第一信条即“上帝的存在性和惟一性”以证明。这不仅使神学带有数学的风味,还由此推出一系列命题并构成精微的神学体系。
[77] 卡莱尔《英雄与英雄崇拜》 这本书的种种观点有许多人支持,更遭到很多批判。但正如卡莱尔所说“只要人类存在一天,英雄崇拜就永远不会消亡”。究竟“时势造英雄”还是“英雄造时势”不是简单用“是”和“否”能回答的问题。随着现代社会的多元化,更提出了“英雄如何从各界脱颖而出”的问题。
[78] 《阿含经》 佛教是最古老的世界宗教。佛教没有把人的崇拜集中起来的神,更没有一本大家都认同的经典。《阿含经》是最为接近原始佛教的经典,而其中包括上百部经。
[79] 蒙田《随笔集》 一个国家即使有诗、戏剧以及后来的小说,如果没有像样的精美散文,就称不上文学大国。蒙田开创的随笔为散文开拓了最高级的文学形式,而且以其直截了当、言之有物、极富启发性而为它树立了标准和榜样。
[80] 哈代《无名的裘德》 哈代作品的悲剧性震撼人心。这是一种真正的人性的悲剧。人希望精神的上升,但并非所有人都有这个机会,有机会的人未必真正有学识和创见,他们劝裘德安分守己、乐天知命,难道这应该是未来人的哲学吗?
[81] 列宁《国家与革命》 《国家与革命》系统考察和阐明了马克思和恩格斯在国家问题上的基本理论,列宁由此大大发展了马克思主义理论,并且通过自己的革命实践建立了第一个无产阶级专政的国家。
[82] 老聃《道德经》 它是世界上影响很大但篇幅最短的书。总的说来,《老子》与《论语》几乎完全不同而且相互补充构成中国传统文化。孔子一直是中国文化的在朝派,而老子则是在野派。老子乃至道家学说最有意义的地方在于给孔子的“理想国”开辟一个精神逃脱的小路。
[83] 笛福《鲁滨逊飘流记》 从某些文化看来,征服自然以及诸如此类的自我挑战是不可理喻的傻事。而这些傻事的背后,有的却是一种可贵的精神力量,在困境中通过艰苦劳动生活下去的意志以及战胜灾难、孤独的勇气。虽然,“人定胜天”之类的话,现在看来是不对的,但是,现代人还是应该以鲁滨逊的精神来保护人类生存环境并且战胜自我的。
[84] 叔本华《作为意志和表象的世界》 真正伟大的思想总是要经受时间的考验。批判叔本华的人很多,但批判他最厉害的卢卡奇也不得不承认他的哲学才能。叔本华的原创思想很多,其基础是两大理论:惟意志论和悲观主义。前者建立以意志为核心的形而上学,从而开辟了近两个世纪的非理性思潮。
[85] 杜威《==义与教育》 西方哲学几乎全部来自欧洲,只有实用主义哲学是美国土生土长的。实用主义哲学是一个十分灵活、密切联系实际的哲学,它的精神完全反映在教育学当中,更重要的是,教育这个话题将是21世纪的最主要的争论问题之一,而杜威的思想以及后来进步教育的实践对于后来人肯定有借鉴意义。
[86] 贝克尔《人力资本》 除了人口、环境问题之外,21世纪最大的问题是健康、教育以及相关的人与社会的发展。通常人们总强调人与人,国与国之间的物质差距;其实,从长远看,精神文化差距才是最大的。而贝克尔的核心思想在于这也需要投资!他还指出除了个人收益之外,也要考虑社会收益,而这也是未来需要深入研究的课题。
[87] 熊彼得《经济发展理论》 熊彼得明确区别发明与创新是他的独特之处。从亚当·斯密到马克思都知道技术发明对经济的重大推动,但熊彼得式的创新完全是“企业家”的事。熊彼得这种观点不仅为过去许多技术进步导致创新从而推动经济高涨的事例所证明,更明显地表现在2000年,高涨的信息经济突然“泡沫破裂”。
[88] 博尔赫斯《文集》 博尔赫斯有一个与众不同的特点,那就是他可能读过成千上万的作家和作品。他的作品把二千五百年的世界文明精华纳入其中。这也许正是“古典”的真谛。生命太短了,你怎么能读那么多,体会那么深。那么读博尔赫斯吧,他能帮你。
[89] 斯特伦奇《国家与市场》 20世纪末到21世纪初,全球化的趋势势不可挡。虽说国际关系、国际事务、国际政治、国际经济学早已成为研究的领域;但是,只有本书给出系统的总结,同时制定了一个研究和分析的框架,而这正是今后理论和实践工作的起点。
[90] 狄更斯《双城记》 它叙述了法国大革命那个翻天覆地的时代,其中展示了残酷的阶级斗争。狄更斯再次以悲天悯人的精神,为世界编织出一个善良的人替友赴死的故事。但是,他无法解释历史之谜:这一切究竟为什么发生?
[91] 《毛主席语录》 ==是位历史大人物,他极大地影响了中国历史的进程。我们不妨把==的一生分为三个时期。而《毛主席语录》出版于第三时期的正中间,包含了后期(从1949年到1963年)的部分内容,但极为重要的后期思想(1963年到1976年)则没有反映出来,这是全面、准确掌握==思想不可不注意的事。
[92] 库恩《科学革命的结构》 库恩对科学哲学的贡献主要是提出了“范式”概念以及常规科学与科学革命的划分。他成为科学哲学中历史学派的开创者。受他的理论影响的主要是社会科学和人文科学领域的学者,这些学者急于要把自己的专业纳入一般科学的框架之中,而这种混合确实起着一定的作用。
[93] 罗斯托《经济增长的阶段》 罗斯托的理论核心就是所有国家的经济发展都要经历五个阶段。但由于他的理论是建立在从1800年到1950年这个阶段的经济基础上,因此在应对后工业社会的情况时有着明显的不足。人口、贫困、发展、失业仍然是21世纪经济的大问题。从传统经济到现代化再到全球化仍有漫长的道路要走。罗斯托的研究只不过为增长与发展经济学的研究开了一个头。
[94] 法约尔《工业管理与一般管理》 到20世纪初,管理进入科学管理阶段。法约尔对管理给出一个框架,开创了组织研究领域,拓广了科学管理原理所涉及的领域,为现代组织理论打下一个基础。他把组织比做有机体,对后来人是有启发意义的。正因为如此,他的理论不断得到批判、补充和发展。
[95] 马尔库塞《一维的人》 20世纪60年代中期,西方发达国家爆发了震惊世界的学生运动,而被激进的学生们奉为精神导师的是3M:马克思、==和马尔库塞。二战以后西方国家的新变化,促使他们对马克思主义重新进行反思。《一维的人》正是马尔库塞在这方面成熟思考的产物。
[96] 维科《新科学》 维科是18世纪到19世纪的浪漫主义思潮的先驱。由于当时的主流趋势是应用自然科学方法去研究一切现象,特别是心理的、政治的、经济的、文化的;但是维科第一个明确区分开自然科学与人文研究,并认识到文化的多元性,这为比较文化人类学,比较历史语言学,比较历史美学,比较历史法理学等奠定基础。
[97] 伏尔泰《老实人或乐观主义》 伏尔泰是启蒙运动的旗手。他的著作太多了,很难讲哪一个是他的代表作。不过有一类作品适合我们的需要,那就是哲理小说。似乎没什么其他作家写过这类作品。《老实人》的哲理相当简单,但在任何时代都碰到:不管是自然灾祸还是人为苦难,都和上帝无关。人们只有通过理智和正义,努力与邪恶势力斗争,世界才能逐渐变得更为美好。
[98] 卡内蒂《群众与权力》 卡内蒂的《群众与权力》是他一生体验与不断探索与思考的结果。全书以科学的精神研究了四大主题:群众、权力、死亡、转变,而且把它们紧密地联系在一起。在历史上的确对群众心理学有过一些探讨,不过还没有什么理论研究。卡内提的独到之处在于把权力与死亡联系在一起。他说:“幸存之际就是权力在握之际。”
[99] 马斯洛《动机与人格》 时至今曰,心理学已经成为极为庞杂的学科体系。在20世纪中期,两个最大的学术派则是弗洛伊德的精神分析以及强调科学方法的行为主义学派。而马斯洛倡导了心理学研究的第三思潮,即人本主义心理学。这一思潮强调人有独立人格,有发展自身的潜能,能够自我实现。“自我实现”这个概念就是马斯洛提出并且大大加以发挥的。
[100] 曹雪芹《红楼梦》 《红楼梦》在中国影响极大,在世界上却影响很小。这种反差说明什么呢?《红楼梦》彻头彻尾的“中国味”。而这种中国味也许可以从中国诗词、中国书画、中国园林,甚至中国戏曲中体会一二,但《红楼梦》却是全方位的。它是中国(传统)社会的缩影。
How many of these have you read? 7月5日
sometimes i feel like a great chef who has devoted his entire life to monastic study of the art of cooking & gathered the finest ingredients & built the most advanced kitchen & prepared the most exquisite meal so perfect so delicious so extraordinary more astounding than any meal ever created yet each day i stand in my window & watch ninety-seven percent of the world walk past my restaurant into the mcdonald’s across the street.
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SEOUL, South Korea – May 19, 2007 – Blizzard Entertainment® today unveiled StarCraft® II, the sequel to its award-winning real-time strategy game StarCraft, at the 2007 Blizzard Worldwide Invitational event in Seoul, South Korea. The announcement took place inside the Olympic Gymnastics Arena, in front of thousands of attendees, who received a presentation that included a StarCraft II cinematic trailer and a gameplay demonstration by the development team.
Designed to be the ultimate competitive real-time strategy game, StarCraft II will feature the return of the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg races, overhauled and re-imagined with Blizzard's signature approach to game balance. Each race will be further distinguished from the others, with several new units and new gameplay mechanics, as well as new abilities for some of the classic StarCraft units that will be making a reappearance in the game. StarCraft II will also feature a custom 3D-graphics engine with realistic physics and the ability to render several large, highly detailed units and massive armies on-screen simultaneously.
"With StarCraft II, we'll be able to do everything we wanted to do with the original StarCraft and more," stated Mike Morhaime, president and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "We recognize that expectations are high following the long-running popularity of the original game, but we plan to meet those expectations and deliver an engaging, action-packed, competitive experience that StarCraft players and strategy gamers worldwide will enjoy."
StarCraft II will include a unique single-player campaign, as well as fast-paced online play through an upgraded version of Blizzard's renowned online gaming service, Battle.net®. In addition, the game will come with a powerful, full-featured map editor that will put the same tools used by Blizzard's designers into the hands of players.
Blizzard is developing StarCraft II for simultaneous release on the Windows® and Macintosh® PC platforms. Further information about the game, including details on the single-player, multiplayer, and map-editor features, as well as system requirements, pricing, and availability, will be announced in the months ahead. To learn more about StarCraft II, please visit the official website at www.starcraft2.com.
About the StarCraft Series Since its debut in 1998, the original StarCraft has won unprecedented critical acclaim and has remained a staple of tournament gaming worldwide. The game's expansion set, StarCraft: Brood War, also released in 1998, is still considered by many to be one of the best add-on products ever created. To date, the series has sold more than 9.5 million copies worldwide.* StarCraft's gritty sci-fi universe has also spawned numerous complementary products, including several novels and action figures, as well as a pen-and-paper role-playing game.
Visit www.starcraft2.com for screenshots, features, and updates. Long Live Blizzard !
FAQ
What is StarCraft II?
StarCraft II is the ultimate competitive real-time strategy game, and the sequel to the hit original, StarCraft. The game will include three completely distinct and balanced races, the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg, which have been overhauled and re-imagined with a number of new units for each, as well as new tricks for some of the classic units that are returning.
When is the game coming out?
At this point, it's too early to provide an initial estimate on the release date. As with all Blizzard games, we will take as much time as needed to ensure the game is as fun, balanced, and polished as possible.
How will StarCraft II be different from StarCraft?
StarCraft II will run on a vibrant new 3D-graphics engine that will be capable of rendering beautiful landscapes as well as massive individual units and army sizes.
We're also introducing a number of distinct new units to the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg, and even some of the familiar units that return in StarCraft II will have new tricks up their sleeves, which will give the game its own unique flavor.
In addition, Battle.net will be overhauled with some new and exciting features to enhance online play and competition, while the story-mode campaign will also offer some unique aspects for players who enjoy single-player content. We'll have more details on all these aspects in the months to come.
Will there be both single-player and multiplayer components?
Yes, StarCraft II will include a unique story-mode campaign, as well as multiplayer capability over Battle.net. We'll provide more detail on both of these aspects a little further along in the development process.
What will StarCraft II's story line be? Will any of the characters from the original StarCraft make an appearance in StarCraft II?
It's a little too early to get into details on the story. Once we're able to discuss the single-player campaign in detail, we'll also share some exciting information about the story line for the game.
How many cinematic cut-scenes will be included?
We know that StarCraft II players will expect to see some Blizzard-quality cinematic content in the game, and we have definite plans to include multiple cinematics, starting with a cinematic intro. We'll provide further confirmation once final determinations have been made.
How many races are in StarCraft II?
In StarCraft II, players will see the return of the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg races. Our goal is to ensure that all the factions in the game play even more distinctly from one another than in the original StarCraft, while still maintaining the fine balance that helped make StarCraft such a classic. We're also introducing a number of new units to each race, as well as modifying some of the familiar units returning in StarCraft II. With these design refinements and the new features we have planned for the single-player and multiplayer elements of the game, StarCraft II will offer a next-generation StarCraft experience.
StarCraft II has some big shoes to fill - is there added pressure in developing a follow-up to one of the most beloved games of all time?
We recognize that the bar is set pretty high, but this type of pressure is not new to us. Warcraft III had to follow in the footsteps of Warcraft II, and Diablo II had to follow the original Diablo. Creating a StarCraft game that's bigger and better than the original is definitely a big challenge, but it's one that we fully intend to meet and exceed.
Will the game be released in multiple countries? Will the release be simultaneous? Which countries and what languages will the game be localized in?
Our goal is to release the game simultaneously across the world in multiple languages. As we get closer to release, we'll have more details to share.
Will there also be an expansion, and if so, what features will it contain?
Our focus has been and will continue to be on developing and refining the core StarCraft II experience, so we haven't really had much time to consider what types of things we would include with an expansion for the game if we were to do one.
Will there be a console version of StarCraft II?
StarCraft II is being developed for the PC. We have no current plans to bring the game to any console platform.
Battle.net
- Will Battle.net be overhauled? Will there be new features?
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There will be some exciting new changes and features to Battle.net that will help us ensure that StarCraft II will be the ultimate competitive online real-time strategy game. We're not quite ready to discuss those features at this time, but we look forward to getting into more detail in the future.
- Will we still be able to play the original StarCraft on Battle.net after StarCraft II is released?
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Yes, you will.
- Will there be clan management?
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We're not quite ready to discuss specifics related to Battle.net at this time, but we look forward to doing so in the future.
- What steps are being taken to prevent cheating in multiplayer games?
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We don't want to tip our hand to the people who may try to cheat on Battle.net, so we can't go into too much detail, but rest assured that security is one of our top priorities as we redesign and overhaul Battle.net, and we will take every precaution to ensure fairness in our online games. We've taken an aggressive stance against cheating in all of our games, and our players have overwhelmingly supported us in that, so we don't have any intention to make any changes in that regard.
Cost, Rating, Beta/Trial versions
- How much will StarCraft II cost? Where can I buy this game?
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Pricing and availability will be determined and announced much closer to the release date.
- What will StarCraft II's rating be?
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We are aiming for a T-rating in the US, and similar ratings elsewhere in the world, but those details won't be finalized until we get closer to release.
- Will there be a closed or open beta? How about a trial or demo version?
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Decisions related to beta testing and trial or demo versions are usually made further along in the development process. We don't have any details available on these topics at the moment, but we will be happy to share the news once final decisions have been made.
- Will there be a collector's edition?
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Decisions related to the types of retail packages available will be made much closer to the game's release date.
Technical Aspects
- What are the system requirements for StarCraft II?
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We'll have more details on specific system requirements closer to the release date.
- Will the game run natively on Windows Vista?
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StarCraft II will be fully compatible with Windows Vista, as well as XP. We'll have more details on system requirements closer to release.
- Will StarCraft II be available on Mac simultaneously with PC?
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As with all of Blizzard's recent releases, StarCraft II will ship on both PC and Mac simultaneously.
- Will StarCraft II take advantage of DirectX 10? What other graphical goodies are included?
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The game will be compatible with DirectX 10, and we're still considering whether there will be exclusive DirectX 10 graphic effects, but the graphics engine will also be very scalable to ensure that a wide range of different systems will be capable of running StarCraft II. The new engine is also capable of rendering very large units, as well as large numbers of units on screen together. Havok physics have been integrated into the engine for added realism as well.
Infor from: http://www.starcraft2.com 4月21日 Among the most prestigeous film festivals, Cannes Film Festival is the most superior one. It's held annually in a small town name Cannes, south of France. Hundreds of most influential, stylish, master filmaker gather, and showcase their latest masterpieces. To some extent, I think Cannes gives a chance for filmakers all over the world to show their talent. In that sense, it's more superior than the Academy Award Ceremony. The 60th Cannes Film Festival will be held in mid May. Where both the weather, and the peoples' mood would give the tail wind to a journey of fantasy and pleasure.
PARIS -- The Festival de Cannes will be ringing in its 60th anniversary with what promises to be a star-studded, U.S.-heavy official lineup as organizers announced the schedule Thursday.
The Riviera-set shindig will open with Wong Kar Wai's "My Blueberry Nights," finally putting to bed speculation that the director's first English-language film wouldn't be finished in time for a Cannes slot.
This year's lineup is a heady mix of fest vets and fresh faces after last year's lineup introduced a lot of newcomers. Of the 22 films In Competition, 13 are from directors who have never before vied for the Palme d'Or.
The lineup features a potpourri of international talent and, according to the festival's artistic director Thierry Fremaux: "It's becoming more and more difficult to say what nationality each film is."
Returning to Cannes are previous Palme d'Or winners the Coen brothers with "No Country for Old Men" and Gus Van Sant with "Paranoid Park." Meanwhile, Quentin Tarantino is scheduled to bring to the Competition lineup a version of "Death Proof" the helmer created specifically for the festival that is different from the "Grindhouse" cut Dimension Films released stateside this month.
In this year's Out of Competition category Brit Michael Winterbottom is the sole U.K. flagwaver, returning to Cannes for the sixth time with Paramount Vantage's Angelina Jolie starrer "A Mighty Heart."
Steven Soderbergh is back with his much-anticipated star-powered "Ocean's Thirteen" (Warner Bros.) and Michael Moore with his expectedly controversial health care documentary "Sicko" (the Weinstein Co.).
With "Blueberry," "Sicko" and "Death Proof," the Weinstein Co. will have a particularly high profile at this year's fest.
"We are so proud to have three films premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in the Official Selection, especially these specific three films, which were all made by filmmakers who have a long history with the festival," Harvey Weinstein said. "We've never had this many films premiere in the Official Selection."
Said Moore, whose "Fahrenheit 9/11" took the Palme d'Or three years ago: "I'm honored to be asked again to Cannes. It's been a good luck charm for us and the perfect place to present our work to the rest of the world."
David Fincher's "Zodiac," a Paramount /Warner Bros. co-production previously tipped to be the closing film, also will cross the Atlantic to compete for the fest's top prize.
While the American faces in official selection are recognizable, the selection committee opted for Gallic filmmakers never before seen In Competition, including Catherine Breillat for "Une Vieille Maitresse" and Christophe Honore for "Les Chansons d'Amour."
New York artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel is bringing "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," while the black-and-white cartoon "Persepolis" will animate the Competition category.
Asian films are a noticeable minority In Competition this year, with only Korean Lee Chang-dong's "Secret Sunshine," Japanese Naomi Kawase's "Mogari no Mori" and Kim Ki-duk's "Breath" making the cut.
And jury president Stephen Frears will find it easier to avoid judging his fellow Brits' efforts with U.K. titles noticeably absent.
Eastern European filmmakers find themselves firmly in the spotlight with two Russian films in the running from helmers Andrey Zvyagintsev and Alexander Sokourov, in addition to offerings from Hungarian, Romanian and Serbian directors.
Bela Tarr's "The Man From London," Cristian Mungiu's "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days" and Cannes pro Emir Kusturica with "Promise Me This" are all set to arrive in France.
Turkish-German helmer Fatih Akin's "Auf Der Anderen Seite Des Lebens" and Raphael Nadjari's "Tehelim," an Israeli production, also will vie for the fest's top prize.
Selectors sorted through 3,983 submissions, including 1,615 features from 95 countries before making the final cut, organizers said.
Midnight screenings include Abel Ferrara's "Go Go Tales" and a U2 concert filmed in 3-D. The festival will close with Canadian director Denys Arcand's "The Age of Darkness" in an Out Of Competition slot.
From a director's lesson with Martin Scorsese to a compilation of short films from the creme de la creme of international helmers and an homage to Henry Fonda, the festival will celebrate its 60th anniversary in style. Organizers also will add a new theater, christened the "Salle du 60eme," in between the Palais and the Riviera.
"We wanted to combine tradition and modernity, major signatures and young sprouts," festival president Gilles Jacob said at a news conference in Paris. "We want to adapt the festival to the future."
The Festival de Cannes runs May 16-27.
A complete list of today's lineup announcement follows.
Opening night: "My Blueberry Nights," Wong Kar Wai, Hong Kong
In Competition: "An Old Mistress" (Une Vieille Maitresse), Catherine Breillat, France "The Love Songs" (Les Chansons d'amour), Christophe Honore, France "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," Julian Schnabel, France "Auf Der Anderen Seite Des Lebens," Fatih Akin, Turkey "Breath," Kim Ki-duk, South Korea "No Country for Old Men," Joel and Ethan Coen, U.S. "Zodiac," David Fincher, U.S. "We Own the Night," James Gray, U.S. "Mogari No Mori," Naomi Kawase, Japan "Promise Me This," Emir Kusturica, Serbia "Secret Sunshine," Lee Chang-Dong, South Korea "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days," Cristian Mungiu, Romania "Tehilim," Raphael Nadjari, France "Silent Light," Carlos Reygadas, Mexico "Persepolis," Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, France "Import/Export," Ulrich Seid, Austria "Alexandra," Alexander Sokourov, Russia "Death Proof," Quentin Tarantino, U.S. "The Man From London," Bela Tarr, Hungary "Paranoid Park," Gus Van Sant, U.S. "The Banishment," Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russia
Out of Competition: "Sicko," Michael Moore, U.S. "Ocean's Thirteen," Steven Soderbergh, U.S. "A Mighty Heart," Michael Winterbottom, U.K.
Closing night: "The Age of Darkness," Denys Arcand, Canada
Un Certain Regard: "Calle Santa Fe," Carmen Castillo, Chile "Munyurangabo," Lee Isaac Chung, U.S. "Night Train," Yinan Diao, China "El Bano Del Papa," Enrique Fernandez and Cesar Charlone, Uruguay "Bikur Hatizmoret," Eran Kolirin, Israel "Mister Lonely," Harmony Korine, U.S. "Magnus," Kadri Kousaar, Estonia "Mang Shan," Yang Li, China "Mio Fratello e Figlio Unico," Daniele Luchetti, Italy "California Dreamin' " (Nesfarsit), Crisitan Nemescu, Romania "La Soledad," Jaime Rosales, Spain "Am Ende Kommen Touristen," Robert Thalheim, Germany "Kuaile Gongchang," Ekachai Uekrongtham, Singapore "Le Reve De La Nuit D'Avant," Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, France "Et Toi, T'Es Sur Qui?" Lola Doillon, France "L'Avocat De La Terreur," Barbet Schroeder, France "Les Pieuvres," Celine Sciamma, France
Short films: "Resistance Aux Tremblements," Olivier Hems, France "Run," Mark Albiston, New Zealand "The Oate's Valor," Tim Thaddeus Cahill, U.S. "The Last 15," Antonio Campos, U.S. "Grandma," Anthony Chen, Singapore "Ark," Grzegorz Jonkajtys, Poland "Ver Llover," Elisa Miller, Mexico "The Name of the Sparrow," Kyros Papavassiliou, Cyprus "Looking Glass," Erik Rosenlund, Sweden "My Sister," Marco Van Geffen, Netherlands "My Dear Rosetta," Hae-hoon Yang, South Korea
Midnight Screenings, Out of Competition: "Go Go Tales," Abel Ferrara, U.S. "U2 3D," Catherine Owens and Mark Pellington, U.S. "Boarding Gate," Olivier Assayas, France
Special Screenings, Out of Competition: "11th Hour," Leila Conners Petersen and Nadia Conners, U.S. "The War," Lynn Novick and Ken Burns, U.S. "He Fengming," Bing Wang, China "Retour En Normandie," Nicolas Philibert, France
Cannes jury: President: Stephen Frears, director, U.K. Maggie Cheung, actress, Hong Kong Toni Collette, actress, Australia Maria de Medeiros, director-actress, Portugal Sarah Polley, director-actress, Canada Marco Bellocchio, director, Italy Orhan Pamuk, writer, Turkey Michel Piccoli, director-actor, France Abderrahmane Sissako, director, Mauritania
The only disappointment for me is that Peter Greenaway's Nightwatching will not be shown. 4月17日
说英雄,谁是英雄?by 含笑让步的温柔(蚂蚁)
H3的世界里,总有一些兵种让我们感动。强力兵种的出现,往往刹那间就直接决定了整场战役的局势!!!在自动的国度里,他们是当 之无愧的军魂!!!!!!
一级:跳跳
吸精大法!!!!!!当战士举起法杖的瞬间,空气竟会因了一个一级兵种而凝了静谧的微颤!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-- --高手决战,一颤,岂非已是胜负之判?
二级:阿僵
杨过带刀,身残志高!绝技“小雷爆”,望者胆寒! 血长皮厚,自动战能强扛白骑!菜刀口之战,W2塔里斯率5马并小兵侵三八线,阿僵浴血卫疆。小塔经此役终生郁郁!!!!!!哀叹 :“但有阿僵守,切勿过路口!!!!!!!”
三级:飞斧
野蛮城当之无愧的中流砥柱!!!!!!!强横霸绝的实力,精准绝伦的射技,使本族六级兵种独眼巨人,也不得不沦为替补射手!!! !!!!!“既生瑜,何生亮??????”冷板凳上永远是独眼巨人落寞的身影。
“比蒙,冲!雷鸟,冲!食人魔,冲!狼骑,冲!大耳怪,冲!我来断后!!!!!!!”
不需要掩护。不屑于被掩护!!!!!斧石火电间,激扬着野蛮族最兽性的狂傲!!!!!!
千万兵阵,亦往矣。
飞斧,领导野蛮城成为H3最勇猛的种族。
四级:飞马
金龙族最美丽最勇敢最骄傲的战士!!!!! 龙哥不在的年代,永远是她第一个冲进敌阵!逼人的美色,凌厉的气势,强大的繁殖能力,致使无数英雄志竭精衰!!!!!!力量英雄 的噩梦!!!!!
鲜衣怒马横刀,何人齐得眉梢?????
五级:土元素
壮硕的身材!!!!!!顽强的生命斗志!!!!!经历生死的涅炼,披着硫袍从熔窟中走出,竟能昂立于终级魔法—末日审判!!!!!!生死两轮天,这是何等实力,又是何等气概!!!!!!!放眼五级,谁堪与战???????
六级:飞龙
六级兵种,竟能凭实力被冠以“龙”的尊誉!!!!!
青烟茵绕。梦里魂里,回回合合,最最难忘,是那一低首的温柔。
七级:鬼龙
高手寂寞。
于H3,他的名字就叫“老大”!!!!!!!!!!
“我服老大。”—在鬼龙面前,H3的终级杀手 “上帝之眼”蛮牛竟温顺得如同处子,低眉顺首,轻言细语。
“但愿同日死,更续不了情。”大天使与紫龙的爱情史诗是H3最感人的篇章。可是,生命有尽,命数不同。他们能同日投胎,生生世世 ,永远相伴吗?被称为H3界500年来最杰出的大魔导师--“魔尊”紫龙苦研魔典,百年不眠不休。
埃西672年,大天使249岁并364天,转世前夕。紫龙249岁并364天,正值中年。
“今夜我一定要与你同去。” 魔尊穷尽5轮究级魔法,娇躯巨震,芳汗淋漓,法杖竟是再也无力举起。难道真是天意难违????????
“我们去找老大。”大天使毅然下定决心。英俊刚毅的脸庞,一如既往的坚定。生死大限,莫测天威,魔尊亦无力抗违,这是怎样的一种 坚定???????只因凌霄殿外,万神之上,雄踞着七级兵种的老大!!!!!!!区区天命,于老大,也只是寂寞时翻拨的指尖细沙 罢了。
从此生生世世,执手携老。
有一种高度叫做寂寞。
星空里,鬼龙安静地飞翔,掠起寂寞的白光。
H3中最寂寞的飞翔。
老大。
寂寞如雪。
H3 强贴, 请读两遍. 2月12日
Peter Greenaway Takes On Morality, Genitalia, and The Thirty Years War
Brandon Judell
(indieWIRE/5.26.2000) --If you have trouble following a Kevin Smith caper, by all means drive full speed away from a Peter Greenaway offering. This most intelligent of directors readily creates features that entwine the more complex elements of mathematics, science, architecture, psychology, philsophy, film history, art and especially the metaphysical. Luckily, he also relishes with great glee sex and romance. Otherwise, his audiences would be totally comprised of Film Forum subscribers, film festival cognoscenti, and aging deconstructionists.
His latest effort, "8 1/2 Women" (Lions Gate Films) besides being a deliciously immoral tribute to the Fellini classic "8-1/2," is an often hilarious study of men's sexual fantasies about women. The father/son protagonists here soon learn that wealth, whiteness, and the penis only wield so much power, and the power game can be surprisingly turned against them with unexpected results.
indieWIRE caught up with the director of "Darwin" (1993), "M is for Man Music," "Mozart" (1991), "Drowning by Numbers" (1988), and "The Belly of an Architect" (1987) at the Paramount Hotel coffee shop in New York City.
indieWIRE: Your films deal a lot with "what is life?" especially in "A Zed and Two Naughts" (1985) with its whole obsession with decay. Nowadays, in such a film as "American Psycho" and the novels of Dennis Cooper, people are being sliced open in search of their souls. The heroes here are looking a for a cure to their own and society's soullessness. The answer, they feel, maybe just below the flesh. Have you wondered where the soul is?
Peter Greenaway: Well, you're obviously primed to ask exactly the right questions. I made a trilogy of films of which the third part is incomplete, and it was about the self-same subject. The trilogy of films was "Prospero's Books" (1991) about the uses and abuses of wisdom, the "Baby of Macon" (1993) which is about uses and abuses of religion, then there was a film which is basically about necrophilia and was about searching the soul.
It is interesting in European history how the soul has traveled from the belly where it used to be with the Romans up to the heart where it was with the Christians to up here in the sort of I suppose the 19th century post-ancien r間ime. Now presumably its up here somewhere and its outside the body all together. But the story was set during the Thirty Years War when Europe was filled with corpses, and an anatomist is looking for the soul. He still believes that the soul could physically be an organ like a spleen or part of the brain. He's determined to find the seat of the soul as a physical organ and possibly to be able to eradicate evil by creating some form of manipulation or experiment or physical operation on it. But people around him are also very keen to help him find the soul, so they trick him. Men and women are tricking him into finding the soul, but I won't elaborate.
I was also interested in necrophilia. and I also wanted to make a film, since it was set during the Thirty Years War, about the problems of war. And since war is conducted by old men, and we have an extraordinary number of ancient very, very good male actors in England, I wanted to utilize them. So my entire cast was over 65, and because we would have problems with all the prosthetics because it's difficult opening up all these corpses with the sort of budgets that we have, most of the film took place in the dark. So you can imagine what my financiers thought about a film about necrophilia with all the actors are over 65, and the entire film happening in the dark. So we have not yet found the money to make it. But it's on the drawing board, and we'll make it sooner or later.
iW: Maybe we can ask the kind folk reading this interview to donate to the project.
Greenaway: Their bodies?
iW: Bodies or money. Moving on to your current release, the hero, the father, in "8 1/2 Women" is 55. I'm not sure if you're near that age.
Greenaway: I'm 57.
iW: You describe Philip Emmenthal in your published screenplay as a very handsome man which describes you more than the actor you cast in the part. So how autobiographical is the film?
Greenaway: I'm basically an English, London-born and bred bourgeois. There's a way, of course I suppose, if we create an alter-ego, he'll always be larger than life than we would see ourselves. So the circumstances and the adventures that my alter-ego would be subjected to would be far more fantastic than I could ever create for myself. It's the Fellini/Mastroianni situation maybe. Fellini couldn't fuck all the women he wanted to so he sent Mastroianni out to do it instead.
iW: Jeanne Moreau once said, getting John Frankenheimer in trouble at the time when she was making his film "The Train," that she has affairs with all of her directors.
Greenaway: Uhhmmmm.
iW: Has that situation happened to you?
Greenaway: Mmmmm. By no means as large as the circumstances that some of my characters would suggest.
iW: There are scenes in "8 1/2 Women" that are quite shocking.
Greenaway: Like what?
iW: Well, first of all, the father and son here have sex together. Then there's a speech in the published script (Dis Voir, 1999; $19.95) which I'm not certain made it into the final film, about how a character loves vaginas and wishes he could cut them off so he could look at them whenever he wanted to. (Philip, after one of "his women" commits suicide: "It's a terrible waste of the most beautiful vagina I have ever seen. That's not true. Palmira's is bolder and bigger and more embracing and smells like heaven. And grips me like an octopus. I wonder if you could cut it out and keep it? In a fridge perhaps . . . ")
Greenaway: That didn't make it into the film, no.
iW: In a sense these scenes shouldn't be quite so shocking in the year 2000 but we're奺specially in America, every time an actress has a nude scene and there's a press conference, the question is always asked, "What was it like playing without your clothes on?" So do you find it odd that the idea of relishing sex so openly as you do is considered unconventional or at times offensive by so many?
Greenaway: I presume you are asking that rhetorically because you know the answers. Your puritanical background. You're Protestant, maybe Calvinistic sort of, concerns for all those sorts of difficult problems that you have. The way that I would answer those sorts of questions is that I'm a European. I suppose we would see these things from a different perspective. I was trained as a painter. I'm very familiar with the nude body, masculine and feminine. I do I suppose have a soapbox position, and I want to be certain that the human body is in the center of the frame. Its physicality is important and is always very, very strongly positive because I think that that physicality would begin to lose perspective over all the other senses. So these are almost polemical positions as well as I suppose positions of enormous personal curiosity about gender situations and gender politics.
iW: I'm not sure if you saw Lars von Trier's "The Idiots" where all of the penises of his actors are blocked out with black rectangles. With you, penises are just a normal thing. There's a great speech here where the father says how the penis inspired him to become an architect. (Philip: "Contemplating my father's prick, I often think that was how I got interested in engineering奣he penis -- if you think about it -- is the most enterprising engineering feat imaginable -- cantilevered structure, hydraulics, propulsion, pistons, compression, inflation, heat sensitive -- practically every engineering characteristic -- towers, draw-bridges, rocket-ships -- no man-made engineering structure to match it"). Did the penis inspire you to become a director?
Greenaway: (laughter) Well, again a sense of irony. Well, this film has irritated and exacerbated a lot of people because of its sort of up-front male sexual fantasy but I think if you're going to deal in male sexual fantasy, you better come out with it. You better be there because we have organized, for example, nine sexual male stereotypes which are pretty frank in their concerns: Wishing to fuck a nun, wishing to fuck a woman who's always astride a horse奅tcetera. Etcetera. I suppose it's deeply politically incorrect to even imagine a scenario where two men, leave alone a father and his son, have the means to create a private bordello which is deeply妛hich should not be considered in civilized circumstances. Though again it might be a sexual dream by either or both sexes.
iW: All the men in your films tend to be normal or well-endowed. One would think that if you were a director with a very small penis, none of this male nudity would be so easily bandied about.
Greenaway: You think so?
iW: Yes, one gets the sense from your films' sensibilities that you must be very satisfactorily endowed.
Greenaway: I feel very comfortable about discussing sexual matters under these circumstances in context. I suppose also I've created for myself now a platform on a rostrum whereby the confidence grows picture by picture by picture. The very fact that you are asking me these questions suggests there's a legitimacy which is perfectly possible to discuss. Where speaking with other directors under other circumstances, it might be more difficult to make that as an open subject. I suppose on another level, I'm often irritated that, basically, certainly should we say Hollywood orthodox cinema deals in nudity primarily from the point of the view of the female body and she has to be aged between 16 and 30. What happens to the rest of us? What happens to the whole mass of man/female, masculine/feminine kind who do not get represented in this context? We ought to be there along with everybody else.
iW: How do you react to charges of misogyny in your films? Do they bother you?
Greenaway: Well, there's a thin edge all the time. I suppose you've got to be very, careful how to play it. I remember in "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover" (1989), which might be a film you saw, there is a way in which the Helen Mirren character certainly ends up literally and metaphorically on top. She's a victor but she has to be incredibly humiliated in order to get there. Now is my sense of humiliating Helen Mirren part of a misogynist plot or is it a natural path taken in order for us to reach closure. I would of course fall down heavily on the second part of that.
iW: That film spoiled a date of mine. It's definitely not a first date movie I found out the hard way.
Greenaway: (laughs)
iW: In "The Pillow Book" (1996), you treat homosexuality and bisexuality so naturally, so wonderfully. Few other directors would be capable of making these acts seem so natural, such a part of everyday life. Is that because anything dealing with sex is normal to you?
Greenaway: Yes, indeed. Could I pick up on how you talked about perversity? I mean what is perversity?
iW: Things your parents don't want you to do.
Greenaway: (Laughs) The other curious comment often made which surprised about me about American commentators is how they regard me as "fetishistic." I can see by the way they use the word, it has deep in their minds pejorative overtones. But why should we believe that fetishism is pejorative? Why would an American think that fetishism is pejorative?
iW: We're just a very uptight nation. We're quite afraid of sex.
Greenaway: Why is this? We can talk about inherited Puritanism and the pilgrim fathers and the values of the family and so on, but it still doesn't really answer the question.
iW: Well, our ancestors came here supposedly to separate religion and state, and they failed. And just as long as religion is involved?/B>
Greenaway: But that was such a long time ago.
iW: Edmund White once said that Frenchmen think we Americans are crazy because 3/4 of our population insist they talk to God. So we really believe in sin. Maybe sin makes sex more pleasurable to folks when they think they will be punished for doing the nasty.
Greenaway: Maybe.
iW: Well, I want to thank you for?/B>
Greenaway: It's been my pleasure.
[Brandon Judell is a regular contributor and critic for indieWIRE. He has been a contributing editor to Detour since 1992 and also contributed articles to The Village Voice, The New York Daily News, FILMMAKER Magazine, The Advocate and Prevention's Guide to Weight Loss.]
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Peter Greenaway, a controversial director/artist. One of the three directors among Stanley Kubrick and Alfred Hitchcock whom I respect and admire. 2月4日
- "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." — Rhett Butler (Clark Gable), Gone with the Wind (1939)[2]
- "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse." — Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando), The Godfather (1972)[3]
- "You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am." — Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando), On the Waterfront (1954)[4]
- "Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." — Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland), The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- "Here's looking at you, kid." — Humphrey Bogart, Casablanca (1942)
- "Go ahead, make my day." — Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood), Sudden Impact (1983)
- "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up." — Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson), Sunset Boulevard (1950) [5]
- "May the Force be with you." Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Star Wars (1977)
- "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night." — Margo Channing (Bette Davis), All About Eve (1950)
- "You talkin' to me?" Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro), Taxi Driver (1976)[6]
- "What we've got here is failure to communicate." — Captain (Strother Martin), Cool Hand Luke (1967)[7]
- "I love the smell of napalm in the morning." — Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore (Robert Duvall), Apocalypse Now (1979)
- "Love means never having to say you're sorry." — Oliver Barrett IV (Ryan O'Neal), Love Story (1970)[8]
- "The stuff that dreams are made of." — Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart), The Maltese Falcon (1941)[9]
- "E.T. phone home." — E.T. (Pat Welsh), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
- "They call me Mister Tibbs!" — Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier), In the Heat of the Night (1967)
- "Rosebud." — Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles), Citizen Kane (1941)
- "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" — Arthur "Cody" Jarrett (James Cagney), White Heat (1949)
- "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" — Howard Beale (Peter Finch), Network (1976)
- "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." — Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), Casablanca (1942)
- "A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti." — Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
- "Bond. James Bond." — James Bond (Sean Connery), Dr. No (1962)
- "There's no place like home." — Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- "I am big! It's the pictures that got small." — Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson), Sunset Boulevard (1950)
- "Show me the money!" — Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.), Jerry Maguire (1996)
- "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" — Lady Lou (Mae West), She Done Him Wrong (1933)[10]
- "I'm walking here! I'm walking here!" — "Ratso" Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman), Midnight Cowboy (1969)[11]
- "Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By.'" — Ilsa Laszlo (Ingrid Bergman), Casablanca (1942)[12]
- "You can't handle the truth!" — Col. Nathan Jessep (Jack Nicholson), A Few Good Men (1992)[13]
- "I want to be alone." — Grusinskaya (Greta Garbo), Grand Hotel (1932)
- "After all, tomorrow is another day!" — Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh), Gone with the Wind (1939)
- "Round up the usual suspects." — Capt. Louis Renault (Claude Rains), Casablanca (1942)
- "I'll have what she's having." — Customer (Estelle Reiner), When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
- "You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow." — Marie "Slim" Browning (Lauren Bacall), To Have and Have Not (1944)[14]
- "You're gonna need a bigger boat." — Martin Brody (Roy Scheider), Jaws (1975)
- "Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!" — "Gold Hat" (Alfonso Bedoya), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) Lampooned in "Blazing Saddles" as "Badges? We don't need no 'steenking' badges!".
- "I'll be back." — The Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger), The Terminator (1984)
- "Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth." — Lou Gehrig (Gary Cooper), The Pride of the Yankees (1942)[15]
- "If you build it, he will come." — Shoeless Joe Jackson (Ray Liotta), Field of Dreams (1989)[16]
- "Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." — Forrest Gump, (Tom Hanks), Forrest Gump (1994)
- "We rob banks." — Clyde Barrow (Warren Beatty), Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
- "Plastics." — Mr. Maguire (Walter Brooke), The Graduate (1967)
- "We'll always have Paris." — Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), Casablanca (1942)
- "I see dead people." — Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment), The Sixth Sense (1999)[17]
- "Stella! Hey, Stella!" — Stanley Kowalski (Marlon Brando), A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
- "Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars." — Charlotte Vale (Bette Davis), Now, Voyager (1942)
- "Shane. Shane. Come back!" — Joey Starrett (Brandon De Wilde), Shane (1953)[18]
- "Well, nobody's perfect." — Osgood Fielding III (Joe E. Brown), Some Like It Hot (1959)
- "It's alive! It's alive!" — Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive), Frankenstein (1931)
- "Houston, we have a problem." — Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Apollo 13 (1995)[19]
- "You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?" — Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood), Dirty Harry (1971)[20]
- "You had me at 'hello.'" — Dorothy Boyd (Renee Zellwegger), Jerry Maguire (1996)[21]
- "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know." — Capt. Jeffrey T. Spaulding (Groucho Marx), Animal Crackers (1930) [22]
- "There's no crying in baseball!" — Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks), A League of Their Own (1992)
- "La-dee-da, la-dee-da." — Annie Hall (Diane Keaton), Annie Hall (1977)
- "A boy's best friend is his mother." — Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), Psycho (1960)
- "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good." — Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), Wall Street (1987)
- "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer." — Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), The Godfather: Part II (1974)
- "As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again." — Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh), Gone with the Wind (1939)
- "Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!" — Oliver (Oliver Hardy), Sons of the Desert (1933)
- "Say 'hello' to my little friend!" — Tony Montana (Al Pacino), Scarface (1983)
- "What a dump." — Rosa Moline (Bette Davis), Beyond the Forest (1949)[23]
- "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?" — Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman), The Graduate (1967)
- "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!" — President Merkin Muffley (Peter Sellers), Dr. Strangelove (1964)
- "Elementary, my dear Watson." — Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone), The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)[24]
- "Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape." — George Taylor (Charlton Heston), Planet of the Apes (1968)
- "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine." — Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), Casablanca (1942)
- "Heeere's Johnny!" — Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), The Shining (1980)
- "They're here!" — Carol Anne Freeling (Heather O'Rourke), Poltergeist (1982)
- "Is it safe?" — Dr. Christian Szell (Laurence Olivier), Marathon Man (1976)
- "Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nothin' yet!" — Jakie Rabinowitz/Jack Robin (Al Jolson), The Jazz Singer (1927)
- "No wire hangers, ever!" — Joan Crawford (Faye Dunaway), Mommie Dearest (1981)[25]
- "Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?" — Cesare Enrico "Rico" Bandello (Edward G. Robinson), Little Caesar (1930)
- "Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown." — Duffy (Bruce Glover), Chinatown (1974)
- "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." — Blanche Dubois (Vivien Leigh), A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
- "Hasta la vista, baby." — The Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- "Soylent Green is people!" — Det. Robert Thorn (Charlton Heston), Soylent Green (1973)
- "Open the pod bay doors, HAL." — Dave Bowman (Keir Dullea), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- Striker: "Surely you can't be serious." Rumack: "I am serious…and don't call me Shirley." — Ted Striker (Robert Hays) and Dr. Rumack (Leslie Nielsen), Airplane! (1980)
- "Yo, Adrian!" — Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), Rocky (1976)
- "Hello, gorgeous." — Fanny Brice (Barbara Streisand), Funny Girl (1968)
- "Toga! Toga!" — John "Bluto" Blutarsky (John Belushi), National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
- "Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make." — Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi), Dracula (1931)[26]
- "Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. 'Twas Beauty killed the Beast." — Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong), King Kong (1933)[27]
- "My precious." — Gollum (Andy Serkis), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
- "Attica! Attica!" — Sonny Wortzik (Al Pacino), Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
- "Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!" — Julian Marsh (Warner Baxter), 42nd Street (1933)
- "Listen to me, mister. You're my knight in shining armor. Don't you forget it. You're going to get back on that horse, and I'm going to be right behind you, holding on tight, and away we're gonna go, go, go!" — Ethel Thayer (Katharine Hepburn), On Golden Pond (1981)
- "Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper." — Knute Rockne (Pat O'Brien), Knute Rockne, All American (1940)
- "A martini. Shaken, not stirred." — James Bond (Sean Connery), Goldfinger (1964)
- "Who's on First?" — Dexter (Bud Abbott), The Naughty Nineties (1945)
- "Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac...It's in the hole! It's in the hole! It's in the hole!" — Carl Spackler (Bill Murray), Caddyshack (1980)
- "Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!" — Mame Dennis (Rosalind Russell), Auntie Mame (1958)
- "I feel the need — the need for speed!" — Lt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell (Tom Cruise) and Lt. Nick "Goose" Bradshaw (Anthony Edwards), Top Gun (1986)
- "Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary." — John Keating (Robin Williams), Dead Poets Society (1989)
- "Snap out of it!" — Loretta Castorini (Cher), Moonstruck (1987)
- "My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you." — George M. Cohan (James Cagney), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
- "Nobody puts Baby in a corner." — Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze), Dirty Dancing (1987)
- "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!" — Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton), The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- "I'm the king of the world!" — Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio), Titanic (1997)
1月30日 1、有两根不均匀分布的香,香烧完的时间是一个小时,你能用什么方法来确定一段15分钟的时间? 2、一个经理有三个女儿,三个女儿的年龄加起来等于13,三个女儿的年龄乘起来等于经理自己的年龄,有一个下属已知道经理的年龄,但仍不能确定经理三个女儿的年龄,这时经理说只有一个女儿的头发是黑的,然后这个下属就知道了经理三个女儿的年龄。请问三个女儿的年龄分别是多少?为什么? 3、有三个人去住旅馆,住三间房,每一间房$10元,于是他们一共付给老板$30,第二天,老板觉得三间房只需要$25元就够了于是叫小弟退回$5给三位客人,谁知小弟贪心,只退回每人$1,自己偷偷拿了$2,这样一来便等于那三位客人每人各花了九元,于是三个人一共花了$27,再加上小弟独吞了不$2,总共是$29。可是当初他们三个人一共付出$30那么还有$1呢? 4、有两位盲人,他们都各自买了两对黑袜和两对白袜,八对袜了的布质、大小完全相同, 而每对袜了都有一张商标纸连着。两位盲人不小心将八对袜了混在一起。他们每人怎样才能取回黑袜和白袜各两对呢? 5、有一辆火车以每小时15公里的速度离开洛杉矶直奔纽约,另一辆火车以每小时20公里的速度从纽约开往洛杉矶。如果有一只鸟,以30公里每小时的速度和两辆火车同时启动,从洛杉矶出发,碰到另一辆车后返回,依次在两辆火车来回飞行,直到两辆火车相遇,请问,这只小鸟飞行了多长距离? 6、你有两个罐子,50个红色弹球,50个蓝色弹球,随机选出一个罐子,随机选取出一个弹球放入罐子,怎么给红色弹球最大的选中机会?在你的计划中,得到红球的准确几率是多少? 7、你有四个装药丸的罐子,每个药丸都有一定的重量,被污染的药丸是没被污染的重量+1.只称量一次,如何判断哪个罐子的药被污染了? 8、你有一桶果冻,其中有黄色,绿色,红色三种,闭上眼睛,抓取两个同种颜色的果冻。抓取多少个就可以确定你肯定有两个同一颜色的果冻? 9、对一批编号为1~100,全部开关朝上(开)的灯进行以下*作:凡是1的倍数反方向拨一次开关;2的倍数反方向又拨一次开关;3的倍数反方向又拨一次开关……问:最后为关熄状态的灯的编号。 10、想象你在镜子前,请问,为什么镜子中的影像可以颠倒左右,却不能颠倒上下? 11、一群人开舞会,每人头上都戴着一顶帽子。帽子只有黑白两种,黑的至少有一顶。每个人都能看到其它人帽子的颜色,却看不到自己的。主持人先让大家看看别人头上戴的是什幺帽子,然后关灯,如果有人认为自己戴的是黑帽子,就打自己一个耳光。第一次关灯,没有声音。于是再开灯,大家再看一遍,关灯时仍然鸦雀无声。一直到第三次关灯,才有劈劈啪啪打耳光的声音响起。问有多少人戴着黑帽子? 12、两个圆环,半径分别是1和2,小圆在大圆内部绕大圆圆周一周,问小圆自身转了几周?如果在大圆的外部,小圆自身转几周呢? 13、1元钱一瓶汽水,喝完后两个空瓶换一瓶汽水,问:你有20元钱,最多可以喝到几瓶汽水?
1月11日
'WoW': 8 million served
World's top massively multiplayer online role-playing game hits McDonald's-esque milestone more than two years after its release.
Published: January 11, 2007, 1:48 PM PST
Currently, the populat ion of Earth is estimated to be 6.7 billion people. As of this week, roughly 0.1 percent of the sum of modern humanity plays World of Warcraft.
On Thursday, Blizzard Entertainment announced that more than 8 million people subscribe to the massive massively multiplayer online role-playing game, setting a new milestone for the title more than two years after its fall 2004 release.
As it is with the real-world population, Chinese subscribers are the largest demographic in Azeroth, totaling 3.5 million players, Blizzard said. Next up is North America, with 2 million players, followed by Europe, with 1.5 million--the remainder of subscribers are in other territories. Subscription rates vary by region, but U.S. players pay $14.95 each month to play WoW after doling out the suggested retail price for the game, which has been lowered to $19.99.
"We're ecstatic that the World of Warcraft community has continued to grow steadily since we launched the game," Blizzard President and co-founder Mike Morhaime said. "This milestone wouldn't have been possible for us to achieve without the incredible support of our players."
Though its original world is already popular, WoW's borders will soon grow, courtesy of next week's release of the "Burning Crusade" expansion pack. Like the original WoW, it is rated T for Teen. However, at $39.99, it will cost more than the original game, which is required to play the expansion. Blizzard is the company I truely admire. Everyone of their games truly counted and made large impacts in the heart of the Asians. (Starcraft, warcraft...) I also admire its foresight and forthright in the establishment of Battle.Net. Definitelly something every gaming studio and distributor should learn from. 12月25日 To be honest, I'm don't feel I have a holiday spirit this year. Because of global warming, we ain't getting any snow this winter. Doing our part for environment is great, but I'm I getting too much influence from the green team? I'm finding about 4 out of 12 my designs have "tree(s)" in it. Some of them are mistaken into Christmas trees.
Food is great too, I've just had a super sweet dessert that is giving me a mild headache right now. hehe.
Anyway, best wishes to you and your family. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. All things go well in the new year, that's a promise.
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12月14日
刀不磨不快,用脑同磨刀的道理一样。
人的大脑是一个高度复杂和特殊化了的器官,别看它只有1300~1500克的重量,仅占自身体重的2%~3%,却有150亿个左右的神经细胞,一生中能储 存1000亿个信息单位,比世界上最大的、能藏书达2000万册的美国国会图书馆的储藏量还要多三四十倍。而这些细胞中用于一般人正常需要的仅占10%, 还有90%的细胞经常处于"失业"状态。所以,只有经常用脑,多思维,多记忆,才能使尽可能多的脑神经细胞有用武之地,以不断增加一个人的聪明才智。也就 是说,脑确实是越用越灵。19世纪法国科学家拉马克提出的"用进废退"的学说,照样适应于大脑的功能活动。
也许有人会担心,脑神经细胞没有再生能力,死一个就要少一个,久而久之,不就慢慢把脑用坏了吗?其实,完全没有担这个心的必要,即使脑细胞以每小时死亡 1000个的速度来计算,到90岁时人脑才比30岁时缩小约10%,绝不会出现记忆丧失的问题。就是患有严重脑病的人中,真正完全失去记忆力的也仅占 5%。最近,美国、瑞典科学家经过研究首次发现,成年人即使到了六七十岁,大脑仍会产生新的脑细胞,从而打破了此前科学家们关于成人脑细胞损伤后不会再生 的定论。这些科学家在研究中发现,成人大脑中的海马状突起处有新的神经细胞产生。此处处于大脑的深层,对于人的学习和记忆力非常重要。如果这一研究成果最 终被确认,人的大脑开发将会有更加广阔的前景。
当然,按人的自然老化规律,脑的自然退化也是不可避免的。以脑的记忆和理解功能而言,人在少儿时期,靠的几乎全部是机械记忆,25岁左右是人生记忆的黄金 时代,记忆力就逐步达到了顶峰,以后又缓慢下降,到40岁左右,机械记忆一般约下降10%,但是分析、理解和判断能力却比青年人增加10%。这样一降一 升,总的来说,记忆能力与青年时代差不了多少,就是到了八九十岁高龄,记忆力也只比青年时期减退20%~40%。有些中等年纪的人就丢东忘西和高龄老年人 中出现的记忆力明显减退的状况,是和造成人体衰老的多种原因有关的,不能笼统地做出是由于"用脑过度"或把脑"用坏了"的武断结论。有科学家在研究大脑记 忆的移植问题,并取得了动物试验阶段的初步成果。如果这一研究获得成功,则实现大脑不老和进行异体人脑细胞间的优化组合是完全可能的。
因此说,不敢多用脑的人,倒不如说他不会科学用脑。脑是十分重要的,要不祖国医学怎么能把它尊为"元神之府"呢?脑又是十分娇嫩的,每分钟供应它的血和氧 分别要占心脏排出血量的15%和全身吸入氧气的20%,也就是900毫升血和45毫升氧气。如果大脑缺氧1.5分钟,人就会昏倒;缺氧5分钟,大脑皮质细 胞就会死亡。
大脑的两个半球又有严格的分工,右半球一方面支配左半身的活动,一方面主管音乐、直觉形象和非语言性活动。左半球一方面支配右身的活动,一方面主管逻辑思 维、高级神经活动和语言能力。脑力劳动者左半球的"劳动"时间客观上比右半球的长,所以,如果不有意识地给右半球"压担子",让左半球从"前线"换下来休 息一下,也会使大脑左半球疲劳,从而造成脑神经细胞的过多伤亡。
有人说,脑不怕用,关键是会用会养。比如说保证供给适当的营养,多食一些对脑有利、含胆碱成分高的鱼、肉、大豆、动物肝脏、蛋黄类食物,少食动物油脂;保 证充分的睡眠时间,使大脑的疲劳能尽快恢复,以保证它经常处于既不过于亢奋,又不过于抑制的最佳状态;调节用脑方式,如经过一段脑力劳动后就听听音乐、散 散步、活动活动手脚,以通过使用脑的右半球,使左半球稍事休息,并提高大脑组织的缓冲性能;选择适宜的学习环境,多吸点新鲜空气,使大脑有充足的氧气源; 运用适当的光线,以减轻视觉的疲劳;养成良好的姿势,以延缓学习时的劳累感等等。
生理学家认为,疲劳现象是保护健康的信号。如果经常不顾疲劳地蛮干,就会使大脑形成长时间的兴奋而导致神经衰弱,其结果只能是事倍功半,劳而无功。还有的 人在遇到疲劳时喜欢采取用冷水洗头、喝浓茶、一支接一支地抽烟等消极办法刺激大脑,这只能奏效于一时,长此以往,脑神经细胞会受到损害,结果只会影响人的 记忆力和思维能力。 8月8日 Sex Survey 2004 Results, conducted by Durex.
Enjoy
Age of first sex
- People worldwide are having sex for the first time at an average age of 17.7
- Women are sexually active earlier than men - at 17.5 compared with 17.8
- Young people are having sex for the first time at a younger age than previous generations - while the over 45s were 18.2 and 21-24 year olds were 17.5, 16-20 year olds were just 16.5
- Almost three in 10 (29%) say they were 16 or under when they lost their virginity
- Icelanders are having sex younger than those in any other country (15.7), followed by the Germans (16.2), and the Austrians (16.3)

Sexual Concerns
More than a third (35%) have had unprotected sex without knowing their partner's sexual history
Almost a quarter (24%) of 16-20 year olds admit to having taken this risk at least once and the figure rises to more than half in the 35-plus age group
Those most likely to have unsafe sex without asking about their partner's sexual history are the Danes, Swedes (both 64%), Japanese, Norwegians and South Africans (all 58%)
The lowest risk takers are people in India (20%), Vietnam (24%) and Spain (26%)
Male.. Pill?!
- More than half of men globally (59%) would be willing to take the male contraceptive pill - but less than half of women would trust a man to take it responsibly
- Brazilian men are most likely to use the male contraceptive pill (81%) - although only 64% of women would trust them to do so
- Almost 75% of Croatian women trust men to take the male contraceptive pill correctly compared to just one in five South African women
Frequency of Sex
- The French (137), Greeks (133) Hungarians and Serbian and Montenegrins (both 131) are having the most sex, while those in Japan (46), Hong Kong and Singapore (both 79) are the least sexually active
- Globally, people are having sex an average of 103 times a year with women (106) having sex more frequently than men (101)
- 35-44 year olds are having the most sex (116) compared to just 91 times for the 16-20 age group

Sexual Indulgence
More than a third (35%) watch pornography with their partner, 22% indulge in blindfolds or handcuffs and one in five uses sex toys
Watching pornography with their partner is more popular with women (38%) than men (33%) as is wearing blindfolds or handcuffs - 27% for women and 19% for men
South Africans are the nationality most likely to watch pornography (60%) while the Danes are the ones who most favour blindfolds or handcuffs (55%) and sex toys are most likely to be used by Icelanders
Almost eight in 10 people in Bulgaria, Croatia and the UK have indulged in one or more of these sexual activities compared to just 38% of Indians

Sexiest Features
A toned body (14%) - with the bottom (15%) and breasts and chest (14%) in particular - are the sexiest features. Men focus most on the breasts while women think eyes are the most sexy
One in 10 believe attitude is the sexiest factor while age, wealth and hair colour (all just 1%) are the least important things
More than a third of Swedes (34%) think attitude is the sexiest feature anyone can have while 23% of Danes go for sexy eyes and 32% of
Indians home in on the chest area

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 5月22日 It's been another week since I updated my blog. With much of work and "under construction" I just can't find any free time. But don't worry guys, I won't abandon my passion. With the newly released game, Heroes of Might and Magic V, something in me that died sometime ago came to life again.
Heroes of Might and Magic
The first time I've played this game, or one game from it's series, if I could recall was 1996. The year I took a visit to my aunt's new house in BeiJing. It was HOMM II that strongly attracted my attention. In ten years, I was happy to see there were more and more sequels from it's series, now the latest was HOMM 5.
After the development of HOMM 4, the original company 3DO, that made all the previous HOMM's went bankrupt. I was quite thrilled and didn't expect another sequel to this all-time strategy turn-play classic.
Until later UBi bought the brand name and now able to distribute a new sequel to this classic.
The game composes of about 6 kingdoms/races avaliable to choose from. Each have a unique city and are able to develop and ultimatelly produce powerful creatures. The heroes of each kingdom can then lead the creatures produced to fight with other races. The heroes are represented as a mounted warrior on the main map, and is allowd to tap into an adventure and explore the rest of the world.
During battle, creatures from each sides are clashed with each other and heroes from each side enchants spells to help their respective sides.
Compare to the old sole-2D version, the new version have improved dramatically. I enjoy this game as it followed me through my childhood and youth.
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 5月8日 It's been some time I have actually written an article or even actaully sit back and watch a film. My eye sight is getting a little dim and rather limited. But my passion for film haven't ceased. Here is an article about one of the film distributors for a change.
MGM, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
For sometime, I wondered why we don't see Leo the Lion roar anymore. The fade of this rather iconic lion marked the dissolvance of one of most important film distributor.
Actually it was originally combined by three different film distributing companies in 1924, that's why the name has three parts to it. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
The most recognized logo during the golden age of MGM
The golden age of MGM is around the around 1930-1950's. The studio already have tapped into the audiences' needs of sophistication and glamourity. But after WWII, the comapny graduaduly loses profit and finds it no longer capable of attracting many of it's audiences.
In 1967, MGM was sold to a Canadian investor, and it's also around then, it closed down it's animation unit.
Until in 2005, MGM was sold to Sony. Although it still claim that it will continuesly produce threatrical and tv shows.
Re gardless of the history, MGM is definitelly one of my favourite distributors that brought me countless exciting films. I'm not shivered to say that It's my 3rd favourite film distributor after Warner Bros., 20th Century FOX.
Some of it's classic films are Silence of the lambs, The usual suspects, Singin in the rain, Gone with the wind etc.
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 4月24日 山西美食
山西是华夏文明的发祥地之一,拥有众多的古遗址。人朴实而忠厚, 聪明敬业. 由于山西人精算, 很多象"乔家"的商人发了财. 组成了当时全国第一富的地区. 但近代山西没落了, 不少文明和财富都失传了. 但山西的面食还是一绝. 我先在想借这个机会向大家介绍一些名食:
臊子面
打卤面是面条的一种吃法,将面条煮好后,浇上卤吃。卤的做法多样,一般用黄花菜和木耳、肉片,一起炝锅加水煮,勾入淀粉、盐,也可以飞入鸡蛋。也有的卤用鸡蛋和西红柿做。西北地区用肉末和切碎的土豆做卤,叫做臊子面。(水浒传中鲁智深拳打镇关西前,曾让镇关西为他切“臊子”,看来这个名词是古老的中国西北词汇)。
灌肠
灌肠是一种北京特有的风味小吃,早在明刘若愚所著《明宫史》中就有记载。清光绪年间福兴居的灌肠在京城小有名气,福兴居的掌柜被称为为"灌肠普",传说其制作的灌肠为慈禧所喜。老北京的灌肠以长安街聚仙居的最好。
最初的灌肠是用猪大肠灌制进淀粉、碎肉制成的,后来随着历史的发展,灌肠的制作工艺发生了变化,改用淀粉加上红曲和香料灌在猪小肠中成型,而现在超市中能够买到的灌肠则把红曲和小肠都省去了,仅仅是用绿豆淀粉加香料灌制成型的一个长长的淀粉肠。
煎灌肠灌肠讲究用猪大肠中练出的油炸制,因此正宗的炸灌肠闻起来总有一股猪大肠的特殊味道,但现在人们出于健康的考虑已经很少用猪大肠油来炸灌肠。炸灌肠的时候须先将成型的灌肠切片,在饼铛中炸至两面冒泡变脆,即取出浇上拌好的盐水蒜汁趁烫吃。
刀削面
刀削面是山西特有的食品,目前正向各地流行。将面和成很硬的一团,烧一大锅开水,一手托着面,另一手用刀,将面像削铅笔一样地一条条直接削到锅里,面条两头尖中间宽,成柳叶状,煮熟捞出,加入卤或其他佐料食用。在山西,一般以番茄鸡蛋或肉糜做卤,为符合山西人口味,佐料中必须有醋,在其他地区可以根据不同口味加佐料。不过刀削面为了容易削,一般和得很硬,比一般面条或面片硬,口感有弹性,但不易消化。现在为了让更多的人容易掌握削面技能,已有带滚轮的削面刀面世。
烧卖
烧卖,又称烧麦,肖米,是一种以烫面为皮带馅上笼蒸熟的面食。 烧卖源起元大都,现在中国北京、山西、广东、山东、江浙等地均有分布。
烧卖用烫面,即用开水和面,面已半熟,再加入冷水和的面,以增加成型能力,用一种中间粗,两头有把的类似棒槌的特殊擀面杖擀皮,擀出的皮薄而不平,四边如同花边,中间放馅,不用包,一提就成型,上屉蒸熟。皮薄馅大,形若杯,底为圆,腰收细,上面如同花边,美观好吃。烧卖馅料多为萝卜、白菜、瘦肉等,加入调味的鱼露、味精。吃时配以醋、蒜丝,味道可口、鲜美。
猫耳朵
猫耳朵是北方地区(如山西,河北张家口)流行的食品,用当地出产的莜麦面做原料,面和好后,以菜刀为砧板,用一小块在刀面上搓成一小片,再卷成小卷,竖立着排在屉上蒸熟,类似一个个小猫耳朵,食用时放到碗中,浇上卤,类似面片汤。但莜麦制品好吃、不易消化、抗饿。
傅山头脑
(简称“头脑”)是山西太原特有的一种汤状食品,常作早点,对人体有滋补作用。相传由明末清初著名文人、医学家傅山发明。
其成分主要有有羊肉、羊髓、酒糟、煨面、藕根、长山药,黄芪、良姜等。吃时须佐以腌韭,类似药引子。
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 4月1日 BBC fools the nation
In 1957 the respected BBC news show Panorama announced that thanks to a very mild winter and the virtual elimination of the dreaded spaghetti weevil, Swiss farmers were enjoying a bumper spaghetti crop. It accompanied this announcement with footage of Swiss peasants pulling strands of spaghetti down from trees.
Huge numbers of viewers were taken in, and many called up wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti trees. To this question, the BBC diplomatically replied that they should "place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best." Check out the actual broadcast archived on the BBC's website (You need the RealVideo player installed to see it, and it usually loads very slowly).
Spaghetti is not a widely-eaten food in the UK and is considered by many as an exotic delicacy.
Mr Dimbleby explained how each year the end of March is a very anxious time for Spaghetti harvesters all over Europe as severe frost can impair the flavour of the spaghetti.
He also explained how each strand of spaghetti always grows to the same length thanks to years of hard work by generations of growers.
This is believed to be one of the first times the medium of television has been used to stage an April Fools Day hoax.
Watch and listen to the video by click me
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 3月17日
Four Greatest Novels in Chinese History, part 2
Article Written by MetalicKL
2. Xi You Ji (A Journey to the West) – Wu ChengZhi
Yet another classic Chinese novel that’s enormously popular around world especially in Asia today. It reflects the fantasy world and imagination kindled in the folktales and people. Journey to The West have a strong background on the Chinese Traditional culture, religion, Chinese Mythology, folk religion and value systems. In particularly, the pantheon of Taoist and Buddhist deities is still reflective of many Chinese folk religious beliefs today.
It’s truly an inspiring work that showed much determination of the crew, a monk name SanZang, a pig name BaJie, a monkey name WuKong, and friar sand to the west to get the holy scrolls as an atonement of sins. Along in the way, they encounter 81 calamities.
The monk and his disciples meet countless demons and fiends through the rough travel. Some demons intend to gain immortality from eating the flesh of the holy monk SanZang, some wants to merry him, and others just keep on giving them troubles. The settings are varied, from the fire mountain to the cold cave. Among his disciples, the monkey king was a stone monkey that gained spirits and becomes alive through thousands of years. The pig was once a warrior from the Heaven but was cast down for adultery and now is seeking a way to clear his sins. The Friar Sand was once a warrior from heaven and cast down as well.
All of his disciples protected the holy monk along the way, the monkey king had the most strength and power, knows the method of 72 transformations. In some situations, the holy monk and the monkey king actually encounters precarious conflicts, but they were all resolved, and at last, the holy scrolls were obtained and holy monk and all his disciples became the guardians of Heaven.
I have read this novel which consists of 100 chapters more than 10 times, and countless media works that adopted from this great literature filled with possibilities. Each character appears vividly in my mind. Poems embedded in the paragraphs are also fantastic.
I highly recommend this book, but choose translated version wisely. Read this book, and let the monkey inside you to free your imagination.
Read the English Adaptation at http://www.blackmask.com/thatway/books190c/jourwestdex.htm
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 3月12日 Sorry this may be too late, but whats need to be said must be said. First of all, have a great March Break Holiday, and safely, happily enjoy each day.
 
The glorious 78th Academy Award Ceremony was held on last week, March 5, 2006. In the Kodak Theatre, Hollywood. It was hosted by hilarious host Jon Stewart. The big movies of this time were Brokeback Mountain, with an astonishing eight nominations. Walk the line, Capote, Memoirs of a Geisha, Syriana, Munich, Good Night and Good luck, etc.
Suprisingly, Crash, directed by Paul Haggis, Won the best motion picture of the year instead of Brokeback. Lee Ang, won the best director. Philip Seymour Hoffman from Capote won the best actor, and Reese Witherspoon won the best actress.
In the best foreign film, Tsotsi, a South African film won the best foreign film of the year. Lee Ang and Tsotsi really made my day and proud.
The audience celebrities were glamourous. Actress with beautiful dress is few of the many highlights of the night. Jon Stewart even remarked, "STOP DOWNLOADING! Look at these poor actresses, they could barely affort dress to cover their breast..."
I watched Brokeback, which on had 3 awards that night. It really deserve more, I think maybe it was overlooked because Crash covered a bigger issue involves more people. Which was also an excellent movie that I saw in my media class.
I encourage anyone to watch, Brokeback Mountain, Crash, Good Night and good luck, Walk the Line, and Capote.
PS. the man on Good Night and Good Luck poster is not George Clooney, hehe. It's the main character.
Happy a happy week full of films~
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