2005年12月28日星期三
Science as “boringology”
The word "boringology" is coined by journalists of UK popular science magazine New Scientist. The point they want to make here is that observations or researches that seem to be boring can acturally be very meaningful and exciting. Science, and many other crafts that demand devotedness are all similar in this. You can really feel bored if you are not paying your effort in it! The pleasure from science lies in questioning, pondering and discovering.
2005年12月25日星期日
告别与总结 － 我的 2005
引子
孤单的平安夜，最适合用来写热烈的情书或者冷静的回忆，既然前者不适合我，那么在这里记录将要过去的2005年，自然是最合情合理的了。
回到 Blogchina 看了一下自己2004年的总结，发现自己当时还真是个惨绿少年……可能是感情的伤还新鲜而敏感。同时，必须说的是2004年发生的那么多事情，确实让这一年有着不同寻常的意义。
那么2005年又如何呢？它的意义是不是也要等到一年以后才会渐渐显现？
一、世界
我记得今年早些时候我到五道口电影院看了贾樟柯的《世界》，我要说的是，这部电影的玩票性质远远多于创作性质，我觉得没有同一天看的《国家宝藏》好看。
2005年的世界见到了太多的不幸。印度洋的海啸竟然在04年圣诞节袭击了东南亚和南亚，一年以后的今天，那里的人民还在为了重建家园而艰难度日，许多人心中留下的创伤更是难以愈合。两场飓风袭击了美洲。The Guardian 用两版刊登了一张照片，是挂在铁丝篱笆上的一具半腐尸体，让人难以相信这是新奥尔良，美国。印度的地震发生在十月，不知道震区的平民如何度过这个寒冬。
还有战争，新闻里出现最多的是伊拉克战争，可是在各大报纸都懒得分版面报道的地方，战争一直在继续。人们为了争夺有限的资源而互相争斗，在这个过程中消耗更多的资源和生命。就在几小时前，乍得宣布与刚果进入战争状态。Fallout 的台词说得好：“War, wars never change"。争斗是人类的天性。也许在我的有生之年，就可以看到为了争夺石油和水资源而爆发的战争。
全球变暖到了一个关键的年头。在蒙特利尔，各国代表再次坐到桌旁谈判。一些热带小国表现出色，争取到了保护雨林的经济补偿。迫于国内外压力，美国政府许诺继续就减排二氧化碳的问题进行谈判，但是众多 NGO 都发出了疑问：行动在哪里？
二、中国，英国
9月20日我来到了一个陌生的国家。最初的狼狈和拘谨现在还印象鲜明。特别是凌晨1点到达诺丁汉，却被人告知宿舍还没有开放时的无奈。后来的几天，戴着冷静和漠然的面具摸索着适应英国大学的生活。开学几周后，自己的热情投入让自己都感到惊讶，也许这里的确可以激发我的一些潜力。
当地人都很 nice，虽然我的非洲同学抱怨英国人冷冰冰的礼貌，不过在国内，我们对留学生只有更差吧，特别是来自第三世界国家的留学生。而且，只要自己愿意去接近，英国人其实很容易相处。相反，我倒不太愿意与这里的国人呆在一起，中国学联的 e-mail 被我当作 junk 直接删除。是我太热衷于拥抱更国际化的文化，还是对同类的不信任？
上课的过程中，与其他十几个国家的同学的思想交流和碰撞是一种难得的体验。这个世界的多样性也体现在小小的校园里。非洲同学总是很喧哗，他们中有些人以前可能很少用计算机，这使得他们的数据处理作业显得困难重重。我试着帮助他们，向他们解释统计学的概念，也许在他们回国后这些东西能对那里的人和环境有用。尽管我有时的确怀疑自己这样做的动机和结果。
最大的 cultural shock：两国的文化相似性，呵呵。
在这里常常看到一些关于国内的负面报道，特别是人权和自由。还有耶鲁的可持续发展指数，在这里才真正接触到而且关心。一面是我不愿看到的社会现实，一面是经济与环境、社会发展不平衡的祖国，让我这个总是不免理想主义的天秤座总是在未来的计划中摇摆不定。
不过西方对我国08年奥运会吉祥物的报道我是很赞同的。谁设计的？知不知道什么叫奥运精神？知不知道什么叫民间艺术？又是玩票性质大于艺术性质。
三、Braveheart
大概因为是最后一年在清华，对于协会的事情，总是愿意投入120％的精力。
1月攀冰，出任技术指导，总结见 B 版精华区。总觉得应该做得更好。helangturtle 说我当时的一句鼓励让他很受触动。看来以后确实应该多给人鼓励。没有04年攀冰时那种逍遥的感觉和简单的快乐，只想顺利地挂绳，攀爬，指导，然后回家，因为更多更重的责任，还是因为物是人非？
04年冬的骨膜炎让我直到4月都没有进行大强度的运动。5月为了不留遗憾地结束我在协会的野营生活，有些冒险地报名参加小五台活动。很高兴脚踝没有难为我，而且状态暴好，实现了五台连穿。现在仍然觉得这次小五台的队友是我历次野营中最好的一批，这次野营也是我本科4年最好的一次野营。游记见 B 版精华区。在三岔落日余晖中，伴着许巍的《旅行》煮面的感觉至今难忘。
之后是科考准备和登山集训。青藏铁路是个很好的 idea，以至于我开始为06年科考的出题人担心了 :)，不过以后如何做这一阶段的工作，还需要课题负责人多考虑。让开始的几个非正式队员分头去找资料是效率很低的做法。今年的登山集训不太强调跑步的速度，便宜了我的脚伤，不然真不知道能不能扛下来了。今年的集训对我来说，还有一大不同，就是要兼顾毕设和训练，出差的时候不能拉练，所以出现了中午在房山腐败，晚上在东操吭哧吭哧背砖补训练的有趣现象。毕设的最后阶段，因为忙于训练没有好好改论文，又是应该做得更好的地方。周杰伦的《七里香》伴我度过了集训时光，很有夏天的感觉。
7月，第二次到西藏，科考。痛心于当地经济的落后，政府的形式主义和官场作派，担心当地人究竟能从铁路获得什么。决心今后绝不供职于政府机关。在去错玛乡的路上陷车，落入急流，上岸后队友的衣服和话语让我温暖，很奇怪自己为什么一点都不害怕，换了衣服之后谈笑风生，好像落水的不是我而是 Mr. Bean。在牧民家中再次感受到亲切和温暖幸福，虽然他们并不代表所有的西藏牧民。探望桑丹康桑，在念青脚下暴走，玛吉阿米的留言簿和冈拉梅朵的促膝长谈，是我幸福而不能挽留的回忆。年轻真好。
这次西藏之行也让我开始真正理解我的队友。登山从人与山的对话，开始扩展到人与人用心的交流。
心中的梦想，在凝视念青的时候复苏了。
在英国加入了学校众多户外团体中的一个，因为没钱去野营，只有到室内抱石馆练习，正在缓慢进步中。这里的户外俱乐部不会象山野那样给人一种归属感。而现在的江湖也不是我们1字班的江湖了。又是一个”回不去了“。
四、学习
算是一种迟钝吧，我到了大四才开始找到大学学习的感觉。开始为了写论文里的一段话在图书馆里四处寻觅，开始学会组织自己的看法和表达，开始发现科学的魅力。刘老师对我的毕设指导很尽心，在她的小组里开始找到了王垠求之而不得的自由讨论的感觉。而且刘老师对于我的集训也非常理解和宽容，我在这里表达我无声的感谢。
到英国后的学习，大约是教授和同学都善于鼓励的缘故，我觉得信心很足，而且确实做得比在清华更好。当然清华的功底也在这里显现了作用。Press on!
对于更高的学位，我最大的愿望还是跟一个有见地的导师，研究自己喜欢的课题，学校的 reputation 和研究的艰苦程度都在其次。而且，我似乎已经决心走研究的道路。倒是从小一直教育我当科学家的父母，现在开始替我考虑科学研究的枯燥和艰苦，以及回报与付出的不成比例。他们的希望，是我找到一个可以挣大钱的工作。这样的前景不是不存在，可惜我不喜欢职场的复杂和朝九晚五的枯燥，我宁愿探求自然的复杂和忍受日复一日查文献做试验的枯燥。我想我已经是个 nerd 了，今后还将 nerd 下去，希望有一天可以升级为 geek :D。
五、运动
由于伤病，上半年没有正经运动过，科考后除了小规模的恢复也没有强度训练，到英国来之后时间有限，只能每周跑15－20k，力量训练2次，今天试图上量，脚踝又不爽了 :(。只好先保持训练的习惯，希望有时间的时候能够恢复到登山需要的水平。
六、友情
我总是在将要失去时才懂得珍惜。我不惮以最坏的考虑来揣度自己，却以为别人也这样看待自己，所以大学四年与我的同学间都没有真正的友谊。但是毕业的时候才发现他们还是没有抛弃我这个 black sheep，感激之余也觉得很对不起他们。
我的异性朋友们，redmoon，panda，koala，文盲，在这一年里给过我温暖和力量。现在大家天各一方，也各有各的事情去忙，联系少了，不过只要在 Google Talk 或者水木上看到她们在，也就暂时觉得不孤独。
小龙，kocu，以后希望还可以和他们一起去登山。今年和 kocu 一次秉烛夜谈，才发现这个土人心思的细腻和考虑问题的深入。回国后长沙是非去不可了。除了文盲的麻辣菜花蛇和杂烩汤，也要敲 kocu 的报告。
VstarLoss，也是今年才发现他与我的相似。这是个很有责任感和使命感的男人。不知道他会留几座8000m 等我回国和他一起去登。目前为止，他是我最理想的攀登伙伴。
apple, 时雪和 jiumoluoshi，我欠他们的远远多于我能给的。
七、爱情
据说天秤座今年桃花运从头走到尾。不过个人的态度对于结果的影响才是起决定作用的吧。05年不谈爱情：第一，没有时间，学习和协会占据了我的一切可支配时间；第二，没有心思，感觉自己面对 Emacs 的时候比面对女孩子的时候更自在也更舒坦；第三，我在等待一个能让我心甘情愿为她花时间和心思的人出现。
如果这个人不出现，我只好到拉萨附近养牛或者养狗为伴了。
现在对班上某同学有些 crush，让诸位看官失望了，属于最俗套又最没有前途的那一类暗恋对象。不过这个东西确实不用那么实际，不是么？
尾巴
2005年，感动于 Constant Gardener，奇怪为什么 Ralph Fiennes 没有被提名金球奖。心底里开始希望做个好人。
2005年，被那个意大利女孩感染和改变了。Live intuitively and actively.
2005年，开始上 reader 和豆瓣，文人相轻，党同伐异。
2005年，第一次觉得对未来有了把握。
2005年，开始用 MacOS，永远地抛弃了 Windows。
2005年，一切都在改变。
孤单的平安夜，最适合用来写热烈的情书或者冷静的回忆，既然前者不适合我，那么在这里记录将要过去的2005年，自然是最合情合理的了。
回到 Blogchina 看了一下自己2004年的总结，发现自己当时还真是个惨绿少年……可能是感情的伤还新鲜而敏感。同时，必须说的是2004年发生的那么多事情，确实让这一年有着不同寻常的意义。
那么2005年又如何呢？它的意义是不是也要等到一年以后才会渐渐显现？
一、世界
我记得今年早些时候我到五道口电影院看了贾樟柯的《世界》，我要说的是，这部电影的玩票性质远远多于创作性质，我觉得没有同一天看的《国家宝藏》好看。
2005年的世界见到了太多的不幸。印度洋的海啸竟然在04年圣诞节袭击了东南亚和南亚，一年以后的今天，那里的人民还在为了重建家园而艰难度日，许多人心中留下的创伤更是难以愈合。两场飓风袭击了美洲。The Guardian 用两版刊登了一张照片，是挂在铁丝篱笆上的一具半腐尸体，让人难以相信这是新奥尔良，美国。印度的地震发生在十月，不知道震区的平民如何度过这个寒冬。
还有战争，新闻里出现最多的是伊拉克战争，可是在各大报纸都懒得分版面报道的地方，战争一直在继续。人们为了争夺有限的资源而互相争斗，在这个过程中消耗更多的资源和生命。就在几小时前，乍得宣布与刚果进入战争状态。Fallout 的台词说得好：“War, wars never change"。争斗是人类的天性。也许在我的有生之年，就可以看到为了争夺石油和水资源而爆发的战争。
全球变暖到了一个关键的年头。在蒙特利尔，各国代表再次坐到桌旁谈判。一些热带小国表现出色，争取到了保护雨林的经济补偿。迫于国内外压力，美国政府许诺继续就减排二氧化碳的问题进行谈判，但是众多 NGO 都发出了疑问：行动在哪里？
二、中国，英国
9月20日我来到了一个陌生的国家。最初的狼狈和拘谨现在还印象鲜明。特别是凌晨1点到达诺丁汉，却被人告知宿舍还没有开放时的无奈。后来的几天，戴着冷静和漠然的面具摸索着适应英国大学的生活。开学几周后，自己的热情投入让自己都感到惊讶，也许这里的确可以激发我的一些潜力。
当地人都很 nice，虽然我的非洲同学抱怨英国人冷冰冰的礼貌，不过在国内，我们对留学生只有更差吧，特别是来自第三世界国家的留学生。而且，只要自己愿意去接近，英国人其实很容易相处。相反，我倒不太愿意与这里的国人呆在一起，中国学联的 e-mail 被我当作 junk 直接删除。是我太热衷于拥抱更国际化的文化，还是对同类的不信任？
上课的过程中，与其他十几个国家的同学的思想交流和碰撞是一种难得的体验。这个世界的多样性也体现在小小的校园里。非洲同学总是很喧哗，他们中有些人以前可能很少用计算机，这使得他们的数据处理作业显得困难重重。我试着帮助他们，向他们解释统计学的概念，也许在他们回国后这些东西能对那里的人和环境有用。尽管我有时的确怀疑自己这样做的动机和结果。
最大的 cultural shock：两国的文化相似性，呵呵。
在这里常常看到一些关于国内的负面报道，特别是人权和自由。还有耶鲁的可持续发展指数，在这里才真正接触到而且关心。一面是我不愿看到的社会现实，一面是经济与环境、社会发展不平衡的祖国，让我这个总是不免理想主义的天秤座总是在未来的计划中摇摆不定。
不过西方对我国08年奥运会吉祥物的报道我是很赞同的。谁设计的？知不知道什么叫奥运精神？知不知道什么叫民间艺术？又是玩票性质大于艺术性质。
三、Braveheart
大概因为是最后一年在清华，对于协会的事情，总是愿意投入120％的精力。
1月攀冰，出任技术指导，总结见 B 版精华区。总觉得应该做得更好。helangturtle 说我当时的一句鼓励让他很受触动。看来以后确实应该多给人鼓励。没有04年攀冰时那种逍遥的感觉和简单的快乐，只想顺利地挂绳，攀爬，指导，然后回家，因为更多更重的责任，还是因为物是人非？
04年冬的骨膜炎让我直到4月都没有进行大强度的运动。5月为了不留遗憾地结束我在协会的野营生活，有些冒险地报名参加小五台活动。很高兴脚踝没有难为我，而且状态暴好，实现了五台连穿。现在仍然觉得这次小五台的队友是我历次野营中最好的一批，这次野营也是我本科4年最好的一次野营。游记见 B 版精华区。在三岔落日余晖中，伴着许巍的《旅行》煮面的感觉至今难忘。
之后是科考准备和登山集训。青藏铁路是个很好的 idea，以至于我开始为06年科考的出题人担心了 :)，不过以后如何做这一阶段的工作，还需要课题负责人多考虑。让开始的几个非正式队员分头去找资料是效率很低的做法。今年的登山集训不太强调跑步的速度，便宜了我的脚伤，不然真不知道能不能扛下来了。今年的集训对我来说，还有一大不同，就是要兼顾毕设和训练，出差的时候不能拉练，所以出现了中午在房山腐败，晚上在东操吭哧吭哧背砖补训练的有趣现象。毕设的最后阶段，因为忙于训练没有好好改论文，又是应该做得更好的地方。周杰伦的《七里香》伴我度过了集训时光，很有夏天的感觉。
7月，第二次到西藏，科考。痛心于当地经济的落后，政府的形式主义和官场作派，担心当地人究竟能从铁路获得什么。决心今后绝不供职于政府机关。在去错玛乡的路上陷车，落入急流，上岸后队友的衣服和话语让我温暖，很奇怪自己为什么一点都不害怕，换了衣服之后谈笑风生，好像落水的不是我而是 Mr. Bean。在牧民家中再次感受到亲切和温暖幸福，虽然他们并不代表所有的西藏牧民。探望桑丹康桑，在念青脚下暴走，玛吉阿米的留言簿和冈拉梅朵的促膝长谈，是我幸福而不能挽留的回忆。年轻真好。
这次西藏之行也让我开始真正理解我的队友。登山从人与山的对话，开始扩展到人与人用心的交流。
心中的梦想，在凝视念青的时候复苏了。
在英国加入了学校众多户外团体中的一个，因为没钱去野营，只有到室内抱石馆练习，正在缓慢进步中。这里的户外俱乐部不会象山野那样给人一种归属感。而现在的江湖也不是我们1字班的江湖了。又是一个”回不去了“。
四、学习
算是一种迟钝吧，我到了大四才开始找到大学学习的感觉。开始为了写论文里的一段话在图书馆里四处寻觅，开始学会组织自己的看法和表达，开始发现科学的魅力。刘老师对我的毕设指导很尽心，在她的小组里开始找到了王垠求之而不得的自由讨论的感觉。而且刘老师对于我的集训也非常理解和宽容，我在这里表达我无声的感谢。
到英国后的学习，大约是教授和同学都善于鼓励的缘故，我觉得信心很足，而且确实做得比在清华更好。当然清华的功底也在这里显现了作用。Press on!
对于更高的学位，我最大的愿望还是跟一个有见地的导师，研究自己喜欢的课题，学校的 reputation 和研究的艰苦程度都在其次。而且，我似乎已经决心走研究的道路。倒是从小一直教育我当科学家的父母，现在开始替我考虑科学研究的枯燥和艰苦，以及回报与付出的不成比例。他们的希望，是我找到一个可以挣大钱的工作。这样的前景不是不存在，可惜我不喜欢职场的复杂和朝九晚五的枯燥，我宁愿探求自然的复杂和忍受日复一日查文献做试验的枯燥。我想我已经是个 nerd 了，今后还将 nerd 下去，希望有一天可以升级为 geek :D。
五、运动
由于伤病，上半年没有正经运动过，科考后除了小规模的恢复也没有强度训练，到英国来之后时间有限，只能每周跑15－20k，力量训练2次，今天试图上量，脚踝又不爽了 :(。只好先保持训练的习惯，希望有时间的时候能够恢复到登山需要的水平。
六、友情
我总是在将要失去时才懂得珍惜。我不惮以最坏的考虑来揣度自己，却以为别人也这样看待自己，所以大学四年与我的同学间都没有真正的友谊。但是毕业的时候才发现他们还是没有抛弃我这个 black sheep，感激之余也觉得很对不起他们。
我的异性朋友们，redmoon，panda，koala，文盲，在这一年里给过我温暖和力量。现在大家天各一方，也各有各的事情去忙，联系少了，不过只要在 Google Talk 或者水木上看到她们在，也就暂时觉得不孤独。
小龙，kocu，以后希望还可以和他们一起去登山。今年和 kocu 一次秉烛夜谈，才发现这个土人心思的细腻和考虑问题的深入。回国后长沙是非去不可了。除了文盲的麻辣菜花蛇和杂烩汤，也要敲 kocu 的报告。
VstarLoss，也是今年才发现他与我的相似。这是个很有责任感和使命感的男人。不知道他会留几座8000m 等我回国和他一起去登。目前为止，他是我最理想的攀登伙伴。
apple, 时雪和 jiumoluoshi，我欠他们的远远多于我能给的。
七、爱情
据说天秤座今年桃花运从头走到尾。不过个人的态度对于结果的影响才是起决定作用的吧。05年不谈爱情：第一，没有时间，学习和协会占据了我的一切可支配时间；第二，没有心思，感觉自己面对 Emacs 的时候比面对女孩子的时候更自在也更舒坦；第三，我在等待一个能让我心甘情愿为她花时间和心思的人出现。
如果这个人不出现，我只好到拉萨附近养牛或者养狗为伴了。
现在对班上某同学有些 crush，让诸位看官失望了，属于最俗套又最没有前途的那一类暗恋对象。不过这个东西确实不用那么实际，不是么？
尾巴
2005年，感动于 Constant Gardener，奇怪为什么 Ralph Fiennes 没有被提名金球奖。心底里开始希望做个好人。
2005年，被那个意大利女孩感染和改变了。Live intuitively and actively.
2005年，开始上 reader 和豆瓣，文人相轻，党同伐异。
2005年，第一次觉得对未来有了把握。
2005年，开始用 MacOS，永远地抛弃了 Windows。
2005年，一切都在改变。
2005年12月24日星期六
回顾 ＋ 备份：我的2004年
去年底写的年度总结，放在 blogchina，因为我已经不在那里 blog，就拷到这里，免得哪天被那帮人删了。
又到年底了。不记得是哪里说我这一年比较点背，不过总算是熬过来了。
到处都是回忆自己一年来如何如何的文章。我们要感谢blog和bbs，不然这样的文章以前是无处发表的。我也不能免俗，要抽空盘点一下我的2004，回想起来，还是做了不少事的。
一、出国
上半年打定了主意去英国，具体原因一是我之前几年一直抽不出空考GRE，而且背单词对于我这种每天不能保证固定时间做事的人来说太痛苦而且没效率了，所以只有考IELTS。那个学期基本上是在准备雅思的充实过程中度过的。多亏老爸出钱买了vaio，我可以每天晚上熄灯后接着写我的作文练习。在准备雅思的同时还在参加登山集训和准备科考，当然还有各门功课的考试，后来居然都比较顺利，结果也比较满意，想起来挺有成就感的。
考完雅思以后麻烦的部分才开始，多亏小猪介绍我到了zixia的UK版，在那里潜水的同时学到了不少东西，也基本从完全一无所知到对整个流程比较了解。不过目前为止我还没有到那里报道，嗯，等飞跃成功直接到uk club报到好了。
准备材料的过程，感觉就是简直没有精力再做其他的事了，每天上课的时候都常常要分心考虑接下来要准备哪些材料，跟学校联系到什么程度了，等等。有好几次以 为很快就能把材料寄出去了，却发现还有这样那样待确定的东西，于是就老是让这件事牵挂着，不爽。不过整个过程还是比较有条理的。
这个过程中很多人给了我鼓励，也许我找不到合适的机会对他们说谢谢，只好在这里表达一下了。
现在材料都寄出去了，我要做的就是等待。希望明年能有个好收成^_^。
二、科考
上次登山之后，父母说什么都不肯让我再去登山。于是今年我只好参加科考。不过科考的课题是很对我胃口的，所以我从准备到收尾一直都比较热心。
参加科考的这些队员，目前都是协会的骨干，其中好几个都是部长，很奇怪登山分队为什么反倒没有多出几个部长。科考的那段经历，其中有几天印象还是挺深刻 的，可是我这个人对于过去的事似乎向来都不太想得起，所以科考日记也实在写不出来。现在记得的也就是 yobetty 小时候把男生绑在树上打（-_-）的故事，还有扎 陵湖旁边颠簸的土路，玛多简陋的住所和餐馆，还有四处找车去曲麻莱的经历，已经挺丰富了不是么。
科考报告书还在制作中，看来要拖到2005年了。队员们干活的速度有些慢，可是也不能怪他们。低年级的要忙功课，高年级的要忙推研和找工作，我看样子倒成了最闲的人，也不好意思太催他们。
我在水木清华上的说明档曾经有这样一句话："我是清华园的普通一员，希望有一天能变得不普通。"现在看来，这句话在某种意义上实现了吧。
三、运动
2004年4、5月份大概是我最疯狂地进行体育锻炼的时候。4月11日是北京公路接力赛，这是一项很有挑战性的比赛，42.195公里的赛程被分成六段， 分别由一名运动员完成，我跑的是第五棒，5公里。此外，据当时登协的消息，五月份还有一个越野赛，我作为野外部长要组织山野协会的会员训练，自己也不能只 在旁边看。于是那一段时间，我每周二、四、六大运动量，周一、三、五小运动量，居然也坚持了几个星期，后来接力赛的成绩也还不错；只是越野赛后来没有下 文，很有些遗憾。
之后又是登山集训，因为觉得自己的体力正在巅峰状态，所以所有的训练体力上基本都没有什么问题，只是长期连续的训练带来一点点心理上的疲劳感。
放假回学校以后，立即开始准备马拉松。我已经大四了，以后读研也不会在北京，所以这可能是我最后一次参加北京马拉松的机会，尽管如此，我主要把马拉松作为 一种体验，能跑到3.5h左右就觉得不错了。但比赛前一次拉练，32公里我跑了两小时多一点，大家都撺掇我冲击二级运动员的标准，我也觉得状态不错，就奔 着这个目标去了。
因为准备比较充分，状态也好，我的成绩达到了3h2m48s，是清华业余选手中的第一，不过我是替别人跑的，所以拿不到证书了，只好这样安慰自己："虚名啊，就象天上的浮云！"
天气凉下来以后，似乎胰腺不太配合（本人有胰腺炎病史），膝盖也不舒服，于是就歇了一段时间。正好，协会举办攀冰集训，可以活动一下上肢，免得彻底颓掉。攀冰集训的气氛也一直很好，带给我的是好像刚入协会时的那种感觉。
8000米跑了34分56秒，不算很快，之后的锻炼也就是自己慢慢跑而已。
四、学习
上半年，也就是大三下学期，除了大三公认的繁重功课，我还有协会的工作和雅思考试，不过感觉好像还不如大二下学期累。成绩差强人意，也许老师们都不愿太难为一个大三的学生吧，不过我总觉得如果专心于功课的话成绩应该还可以好一些的。
下半年，学习上的任务不多了，我突然发现自己对研究还是有兴趣的，特别是生态学方面。在找兼职的时候参加了系里一个课题组，关于北京西南部地区生态的，于是顺理成章地加入，毕设的题目也定成它了。自己今后也许就沿着环境和生态学的道路一直走下去吧。
今天回味一下友情和爱情，比较8卦，不喜欢儿女情长的人可以不看（我也不喜欢......）
五、友情
这一年跟班级里同学的关系有所改善，不过也就只是那样而已，大概还没有什么人能自称比较了解我，我给他们的印象大概也就是比较阴沉的那种，不太好接近。眼看行将毕业，我也不想刻意去改善这种状况了。
在系里没有朋友的状况因为sgphlpzh的死而更加严重。sgphlpzh和我是同一年加入山野协会，不过比我出息得多，在我刚刚开始野外活动的时候已 经做了攀岩部长了，大概也就只有他能够比较理解我的沉默寡言，协会里小龙、kocu他们跟sgphlpzh熟得多，还经常一起出去喝酒。我虽然不跟他们去 喝，对他们却是很信赖的。
我们去科考，sgphlpzh做的后站，后来去了贵州。7月4日下午，我们正准备离开玛多去曲麻莱，手机里一个陌生的号码带来了不好的消息，于是我成了科 考队里第一个知道的人。从那时起我就一直在掩饰，掩饰心中空落的感觉，在新队员面前我这个登过山的相对老一点的科考队员必须显得处变不惊，否则队伍就乱 了。那天晚上我们10个人挤在卧铺车后面的4个铺位上赶往曲麻莱，我连流泪的空间都没有，现在想起来真是痛苦的一夜。
科考结束回到北京后，才听到关于他的死的一些说法。在我看来，他就是无聊的政府作秀行为的牺牲品，我想，如果六枝县的当任县长站在我面前，我一定会气愤得 眼睛充血，要把他打得体无完肤，可是这已经不能挽回sgphlpzh的生命了。对于sgphlpzh的死，我流下的眼泪最少，可是我直到现在仍然无法放 下。
......
跟协会里的其他人，也就是2001、2002年加入的一部分还比较熟络，2003、2004年的新会员，就只跟一起出去活动过的人比较熟了。我的知心朋友是初中的同学，高中、大学就没有跟别人有过那样好的朋友关系，不知道这是不是正常的。
六、爱情
嗯......不知道我有没有资格谈这个问题，也不知道我现在的心态是否足够正确，我尽量客观地记录吧。
1月份的攀冰是我第一次和那个女孩出去野营，当时很开心，不知道是不用做队长，还是因为她的缘故。后来又接触了几次，协会里的过来人都嗅出了8卦的气息。这样一来二去，经过一次一次的试探和半推半就的故作姿态，我们终于开始了正式的恋爱。那是2004年的5月16日。
刚开始的2个月是幸福的。我们互相迁就着对方，也许都改变了不少自己以前的生活习惯，一起上自习，一起吃饭，生活很是滋润，虽然有人告诉她我们其实不合适，虽然我父母告诉我即将出国的我不必对此太认真。
但是答应协会里朋友们的报告我一直拖到科考以后，实际上现在也没有兑现，因为我担心科考这样一段长时间的分离可以改变一些事情，如果我们的感情不能经受这段分离的考验，报告了大家后又分手岂不是很难看吗？
科考的时间其实并不长。但回来之后我并没有很积极地去找她。她大概也嗅出了一些clues，不过没有挑明而已。
尽管如此，这并不说明我不喜欢她了，只是一段时间的摇摆不定而已。
这个时候redmoon的出现起了微妙的作用，唉，"不是我的仇家派来玩我的吧"。一年半没联系的前暗恋对象在这个节骨眼上出现，导致我不可避免地要花一 些时间处理，跟她在一起的时间也更少了，估计也更心不在焉了吧。终于某一次腐败后在bbs上她提出了质问，我至今也不知道那是不是每个女生都会搞的试探问 题，反正我把这当成是摊牌了。此后两人关系迅速恶化，任什么人都无法挽回，终于今天变成介于陌生人和仇人的状态。
这个基本上概括了我2004年的感情经历。我至今后悔，不后悔分手，后悔的是当初的开始。
在ptt和水木的感情版面都看了些文章，我才发现，首先我不是象星象书里描写的那种迷人的天秤座大帅锅，其次，我不懂得什么叫爱情，它对我来说太复杂也太 费力，要我每天多花45分钟陪女朋友吃饭，不如调一段matlab function对我的吸引力大，就连看论文也比这有趣得多。不错，我就是那种叫nerd的人，在感情方面很懒惰，也许会喜欢恋爱的感觉，但不愿意付出。计算机，由于它完全的理性和高度的可控制性，成为了我们这样的人最佳的伴侣。
其实该写的都写得差不多了，只是今天发生的一些事让我想要把这几篇文章都收个尾。
昨天在 zixia 上在线听 Classic 的原声，音乐的风格我很喜欢，半是和煦的阳光暖洋洋的感觉，半是不得不放弃自己曾苦苦追求的东西时那种残忍的伤感。也许是很适合我的性格吧，我对这部电影和 soundtrack 都有一种相见恨晚的感觉。
昨天晚上做了个恶梦。梦见自己的朋友不幸出了事。我被巨大的震惊和痛苦攫住，掩面哭泣，直到我发现这只是一个梦而醒来，仍然被巨大的痛苦压在床上动弹不 得。我一定真的哭了，可能真的哭出了声。我现在才知道 sgphlpzh 走的时候，kocu 和 thss 他们的心情究竟会如何。我的心情到现在还很压抑，我只希望我的朋友们一切都还好。
前女友又换了个 id 在水木的 memory 版发文章，同样是回忆她的2004，被放到 recommend 版。也许是好奇，也许是别的什么情感的驱使，我还是跟到了 memory，看她写的回忆那段感情的文字，不禁要感叹，原来人要靠近和彼此了解是这样难。我看那篇文章的时候，耳机里响着的还是 Classic ，让我有种落泪的冲动。不论如何，我是不必再回去了。过去也从来没有过所谓的爱情。
她的新 id 被我放进黑名单又拿出来了。不管怎么样，既然已经快刀乱麻，也就不必做得那样绝了。
母亲的重病和对父亲不照顾她的不满，以及父亲的理由，让我对婚姻和家庭的意义产生了怀疑。我也许继承了父亲那驿动不止和永不满足的基因，永远不会甘愿和一 个人厮守一生，当那个人年华老去，她便成为我们不愿背负的负担。有可能，当我们真正遇到一个 Lady Right 的时候我们才会甘愿为她放弃我们轻飘飘的天性，老老实实做个好男人，和她一起慢慢变老，然而这种几率实在是太小太小。
2004年带给我的是忧郁和后悔。2005年，希望我能习惯于这一切。
又到年底了。不记得是哪里说我这一年比较点背，不过总算是熬过来了。
到处都是回忆自己一年来如何如何的文章。我们要感谢blog和bbs，不然这样的文章以前是无处发表的。我也不能免俗，要抽空盘点一下我的2004，回想起来，还是做了不少事的。
一、出国
上半年打定了主意去英国，具体原因一是我之前几年一直抽不出空考GRE，而且背单词对于我这种每天不能保证固定时间做事的人来说太痛苦而且没效率了，所以只有考IELTS。那个学期基本上是在准备雅思的充实过程中度过的。多亏老爸出钱买了vaio，我可以每天晚上熄灯后接着写我的作文练习。在准备雅思的同时还在参加登山集训和准备科考，当然还有各门功课的考试，后来居然都比较顺利，结果也比较满意，想起来挺有成就感的。
考完雅思以后麻烦的部分才开始，多亏小猪介绍我到了zixia的UK版，在那里潜水的同时学到了不少东西，也基本从完全一无所知到对整个流程比较了解。不过目前为止我还没有到那里报道，嗯，等飞跃成功直接到uk club报到好了。
准备材料的过程，感觉就是简直没有精力再做其他的事了，每天上课的时候都常常要分心考虑接下来要准备哪些材料，跟学校联系到什么程度了，等等。有好几次以 为很快就能把材料寄出去了，却发现还有这样那样待确定的东西，于是就老是让这件事牵挂着，不爽。不过整个过程还是比较有条理的。
这个过程中很多人给了我鼓励，也许我找不到合适的机会对他们说谢谢，只好在这里表达一下了。
现在材料都寄出去了，我要做的就是等待。希望明年能有个好收成^_^。
二、科考
上次登山之后，父母说什么都不肯让我再去登山。于是今年我只好参加科考。不过科考的课题是很对我胃口的，所以我从准备到收尾一直都比较热心。
参加科考的这些队员，目前都是协会的骨干，其中好几个都是部长，很奇怪登山分队为什么反倒没有多出几个部长。科考的那段经历，其中有几天印象还是挺深刻 的，可是我这个人对于过去的事似乎向来都不太想得起，所以科考日记也实在写不出来。现在记得的也就是 yobetty 小时候把男生绑在树上打（-_-）的故事，还有扎 陵湖旁边颠簸的土路，玛多简陋的住所和餐馆，还有四处找车去曲麻莱的经历，已经挺丰富了不是么。
科考报告书还在制作中，看来要拖到2005年了。队员们干活的速度有些慢，可是也不能怪他们。低年级的要忙功课，高年级的要忙推研和找工作，我看样子倒成了最闲的人，也不好意思太催他们。
我在水木清华上的说明档曾经有这样一句话："我是清华园的普通一员，希望有一天能变得不普通。"现在看来，这句话在某种意义上实现了吧。
三、运动
2004年4、5月份大概是我最疯狂地进行体育锻炼的时候。4月11日是北京公路接力赛，这是一项很有挑战性的比赛，42.195公里的赛程被分成六段， 分别由一名运动员完成，我跑的是第五棒，5公里。此外，据当时登协的消息，五月份还有一个越野赛，我作为野外部长要组织山野协会的会员训练，自己也不能只 在旁边看。于是那一段时间，我每周二、四、六大运动量，周一、三、五小运动量，居然也坚持了几个星期，后来接力赛的成绩也还不错；只是越野赛后来没有下 文，很有些遗憾。
之后又是登山集训，因为觉得自己的体力正在巅峰状态，所以所有的训练体力上基本都没有什么问题，只是长期连续的训练带来一点点心理上的疲劳感。
放假回学校以后，立即开始准备马拉松。我已经大四了，以后读研也不会在北京，所以这可能是我最后一次参加北京马拉松的机会，尽管如此，我主要把马拉松作为 一种体验，能跑到3.5h左右就觉得不错了。但比赛前一次拉练，32公里我跑了两小时多一点，大家都撺掇我冲击二级运动员的标准，我也觉得状态不错，就奔 着这个目标去了。
因为准备比较充分，状态也好，我的成绩达到了3h2m48s，是清华业余选手中的第一，不过我是替别人跑的，所以拿不到证书了，只好这样安慰自己："虚名啊，就象天上的浮云！"
天气凉下来以后，似乎胰腺不太配合（本人有胰腺炎病史），膝盖也不舒服，于是就歇了一段时间。正好，协会举办攀冰集训，可以活动一下上肢，免得彻底颓掉。攀冰集训的气氛也一直很好，带给我的是好像刚入协会时的那种感觉。
8000米跑了34分56秒，不算很快，之后的锻炼也就是自己慢慢跑而已。
四、学习
上半年，也就是大三下学期，除了大三公认的繁重功课，我还有协会的工作和雅思考试，不过感觉好像还不如大二下学期累。成绩差强人意，也许老师们都不愿太难为一个大三的学生吧，不过我总觉得如果专心于功课的话成绩应该还可以好一些的。
下半年，学习上的任务不多了，我突然发现自己对研究还是有兴趣的，特别是生态学方面。在找兼职的时候参加了系里一个课题组，关于北京西南部地区生态的，于是顺理成章地加入，毕设的题目也定成它了。自己今后也许就沿着环境和生态学的道路一直走下去吧。
今天回味一下友情和爱情，比较8卦，不喜欢儿女情长的人可以不看（我也不喜欢......）
五、友情
这一年跟班级里同学的关系有所改善，不过也就只是那样而已，大概还没有什么人能自称比较了解我，我给他们的印象大概也就是比较阴沉的那种，不太好接近。眼看行将毕业，我也不想刻意去改善这种状况了。
在系里没有朋友的状况因为sgphlpzh的死而更加严重。sgphlpzh和我是同一年加入山野协会，不过比我出息得多，在我刚刚开始野外活动的时候已 经做了攀岩部长了，大概也就只有他能够比较理解我的沉默寡言，协会里小龙、kocu他们跟sgphlpzh熟得多，还经常一起出去喝酒。我虽然不跟他们去 喝，对他们却是很信赖的。
我们去科考，sgphlpzh做的后站，后来去了贵州。7月4日下午，我们正准备离开玛多去曲麻莱，手机里一个陌生的号码带来了不好的消息，于是我成了科 考队里第一个知道的人。从那时起我就一直在掩饰，掩饰心中空落的感觉，在新队员面前我这个登过山的相对老一点的科考队员必须显得处变不惊，否则队伍就乱 了。那天晚上我们10个人挤在卧铺车后面的4个铺位上赶往曲麻莱，我连流泪的空间都没有，现在想起来真是痛苦的一夜。
科考结束回到北京后，才听到关于他的死的一些说法。在我看来，他就是无聊的政府作秀行为的牺牲品，我想，如果六枝县的当任县长站在我面前，我一定会气愤得 眼睛充血，要把他打得体无完肤，可是这已经不能挽回sgphlpzh的生命了。对于sgphlpzh的死，我流下的眼泪最少，可是我直到现在仍然无法放 下。
......
跟协会里的其他人，也就是2001、2002年加入的一部分还比较熟络，2003、2004年的新会员，就只跟一起出去活动过的人比较熟了。我的知心朋友是初中的同学，高中、大学就没有跟别人有过那样好的朋友关系，不知道这是不是正常的。
六、爱情
嗯......不知道我有没有资格谈这个问题，也不知道我现在的心态是否足够正确，我尽量客观地记录吧。
1月份的攀冰是我第一次和那个女孩出去野营，当时很开心，不知道是不用做队长，还是因为她的缘故。后来又接触了几次，协会里的过来人都嗅出了8卦的气息。这样一来二去，经过一次一次的试探和半推半就的故作姿态，我们终于开始了正式的恋爱。那是2004年的5月16日。
刚开始的2个月是幸福的。我们互相迁就着对方，也许都改变了不少自己以前的生活习惯，一起上自习，一起吃饭，生活很是滋润，虽然有人告诉她我们其实不合适，虽然我父母告诉我即将出国的我不必对此太认真。
但是答应协会里朋友们的报告我一直拖到科考以后，实际上现在也没有兑现，因为我担心科考这样一段长时间的分离可以改变一些事情，如果我们的感情不能经受这段分离的考验，报告了大家后又分手岂不是很难看吗？
科考的时间其实并不长。但回来之后我并没有很积极地去找她。她大概也嗅出了一些clues，不过没有挑明而已。
尽管如此，这并不说明我不喜欢她了，只是一段时间的摇摆不定而已。
这个时候redmoon的出现起了微妙的作用，唉，"不是我的仇家派来玩我的吧"。一年半没联系的前暗恋对象在这个节骨眼上出现，导致我不可避免地要花一 些时间处理，跟她在一起的时间也更少了，估计也更心不在焉了吧。终于某一次腐败后在bbs上她提出了质问，我至今也不知道那是不是每个女生都会搞的试探问 题，反正我把这当成是摊牌了。此后两人关系迅速恶化，任什么人都无法挽回，终于今天变成介于陌生人和仇人的状态。
这个基本上概括了我2004年的感情经历。我至今后悔，不后悔分手，后悔的是当初的开始。
在ptt和水木的感情版面都看了些文章，我才发现，首先我不是象星象书里描写的那种迷人的天秤座大帅锅，其次，我不懂得什么叫爱情，它对我来说太复杂也太 费力，要我每天多花45分钟陪女朋友吃饭，不如调一段matlab function对我的吸引力大，就连看论文也比这有趣得多。不错，我就是那种叫nerd的人，在感情方面很懒惰，也许会喜欢恋爱的感觉，但不愿意付出。计算机，由于它完全的理性和高度的可控制性，成为了我们这样的人最佳的伴侣。
其实该写的都写得差不多了，只是今天发生的一些事让我想要把这几篇文章都收个尾。
昨天在 zixia 上在线听 Classic 的原声，音乐的风格我很喜欢，半是和煦的阳光暖洋洋的感觉，半是不得不放弃自己曾苦苦追求的东西时那种残忍的伤感。也许是很适合我的性格吧，我对这部电影和 soundtrack 都有一种相见恨晚的感觉。
昨天晚上做了个恶梦。梦见自己的朋友不幸出了事。我被巨大的震惊和痛苦攫住，掩面哭泣，直到我发现这只是一个梦而醒来，仍然被巨大的痛苦压在床上动弹不 得。我一定真的哭了，可能真的哭出了声。我现在才知道 sgphlpzh 走的时候，kocu 和 thss 他们的心情究竟会如何。我的心情到现在还很压抑，我只希望我的朋友们一切都还好。
前女友又换了个 id 在水木的 memory 版发文章，同样是回忆她的2004，被放到 recommend 版。也许是好奇，也许是别的什么情感的驱使，我还是跟到了 memory，看她写的回忆那段感情的文字，不禁要感叹，原来人要靠近和彼此了解是这样难。我看那篇文章的时候，耳机里响着的还是 Classic ，让我有种落泪的冲动。不论如何，我是不必再回去了。过去也从来没有过所谓的爱情。
她的新 id 被我放进黑名单又拿出来了。不管怎么样，既然已经快刀乱麻，也就不必做得那样绝了。
母亲的重病和对父亲不照顾她的不满，以及父亲的理由，让我对婚姻和家庭的意义产生了怀疑。我也许继承了父亲那驿动不止和永不满足的基因，永远不会甘愿和一 个人厮守一生，当那个人年华老去，她便成为我们不愿背负的负担。有可能，当我们真正遇到一个 Lady Right 的时候我们才会甘愿为她放弃我们轻飘飘的天性，老老实实做个好男人，和她一起慢慢变老，然而这种几率实在是太小太小。
2004年带给我的是忧郁和后悔。2005年，希望我能习惯于这一切。
2005年12月21日星期三
在别人的 blog 上看到的测试
到这个人的 blog 的链接见我的英文 blog。（真绕）
正在等微波炉里的午饭，随手做了一下，结果如下：
正在等微波炉里的午饭，随手做了一下，结果如下：
| Your Heart Is Green |
 Love completes you, but that doesn't mean you seek it out. When love comes your way, you integrate it peacefully into the rest of you life. Your flirting style: Laid back Your lucky first date: Walking around aimlessly and talking Your dream lover: Is both enthusiastic and calm What you bring to relationships: Balance |
2005年12月20日星期二
Open or expose mind?
The US federal judge just announced that teaching "Intelligent Design" theory in schools in Pennsylvania is a violation of the Constitution.
"Intelligent Design" as an opponent of Darwinism in explaining evolution has been supported by the church. It argues that lives are too complicated to be created "by chance". Penn's teaching ID in school is considered as trying to mix church and state, thus a violation of US Constitution.
The proponents of ID argue that ID as well as Darwinism are all theories cannot be proved true or false, schools should teach the pupils both theories so as to make them 'open minded'.
Here comes an interesting problem: we all accept that science is open and can accept argument. Theories can be proven wrong no matter how prominent and popular it has been. Then can we teach the next generation an alternative theory which is not accepted by most people and could very possibly be wrong? To what extent can a state choose a theory and announce others as wrong? Here we can see that the state can well interfere arguments between theories, though the argument is mainly within scientific field and the result cannot be altered by government orders.
I do not really believe teaching ID to primary school students can make their mind open. At most, they will accept another kind of view on evolution and follow that all their lives. They may be too young to be critical.
I myself support DARWINISM as I do not want an 'architect' above us. Though, argument in the academic areas should be allowed and encouraged.
2005年12月17日星期六
不到三个月
这么一点时间居然就可以让我喜欢上一个以前不认识，文化背景完全不一样而又没说过几句话的女孩。
9月21日上午，前一天旅途的疲劳还没有解除，中午到 Cripps Hall 吃饭的时候帮她开过一次门，后来又看到过她若干次，红色的 t-shirt 和橙色的围巾很显眼。
9月27日，绪论课，才发现她和我是同班，不过当时没有什么特别的感觉，毕竟诺丁汉比清华小多了，遇上见过的人是常事。
10月22日 field trip ，发现她在荒草之中和我走得一样快，多了一分好感。
后来自己也不知道为什么开始越来越希望接近她了。
11月12日去 Beeston 买东西，居然在路上遇到她，车速太快，只来得及说声 Hi。
之后的每个星期居然都盼望周一和周四。这两天肯定可以看到她——要上一大堆课。
暴复杂的 Data Handling 作业倒让我有了不少和她交流的机会，要感谢 Dr. Field.
12月15日 Course meal，庆祝圣诞。没说上话。
12月16日，她要回意大利过圣诞了，"See you next year"。
现在，我正在想她，盼着1月13日的到来。
虽然可以确定她还是把我当一个普通朋友看待，而且真的发生什么的可能性，考虑到我们今后的去向，小而又小，不过我还是要试一次，不能因为现在看起来没有可能就放弃了机会。
不过在那之前，最重要的还是 PhD 的申请。
9月21日上午，前一天旅途的疲劳还没有解除，中午到 Cripps Hall 吃饭的时候帮她开过一次门，后来又看到过她若干次，红色的 t-shirt 和橙色的围巾很显眼。
9月27日，绪论课，才发现她和我是同班，不过当时没有什么特别的感觉，毕竟诺丁汉比清华小多了，遇上见过的人是常事。
10月22日 field trip ，发现她在荒草之中和我走得一样快，多了一分好感。
后来自己也不知道为什么开始越来越希望接近她了。
11月12日去 Beeston 买东西，居然在路上遇到她，车速太快，只来得及说声 Hi。
之后的每个星期居然都盼望周一和周四。这两天肯定可以看到她——要上一大堆课。
暴复杂的 Data Handling 作业倒让我有了不少和她交流的机会，要感谢 Dr. Field.
12月15日 Course meal，庆祝圣诞。没说上话。
12月16日，她要回意大利过圣诞了，"See you next year"。
现在，我正在想她，盼着1月13日的到来。
虽然可以确定她还是把我当一个普通朋友看待，而且真的发生什么的可能性，考虑到我们今后的去向，小而又小，不过我还是要试一次，不能因为现在看起来没有可能就放弃了机会。
不过在那之前，最重要的还是 PhD 的申请。
2005年12月15日星期四
2005年12月14日星期三
We didn’t get the contract!
In today's meeting, we, the NU Consultants, did not get the bid for the Peak District National Park Monitoring plan.
All people in the team have invested a lot in this project. Vicky contributed a lot of brilliant ideas, Jenny and Val worked hard to make the presentation attractive. I read a lot of backgrounds and did a lot of note taking.
But Livia's group got the 'check'. They won because their plan are more practical (though I don't think it is half as innovative as ours). We lost the bid maybe because that we had too little about budget.
Congratulations to Livia and her colleagues. We will try to fight back in the future.
Though it is not real bidding, but I won't say it is "just a simulation" because the winner won't say so, neither do I. Hopefully we will have a analysis of the performance this friday.
All people in the team have invested a lot in this project. Vicky contributed a lot of brilliant ideas, Jenny and Val worked hard to make the presentation attractive. I read a lot of backgrounds and did a lot of note taking.
But Livia's group got the 'check'. They won because their plan are more practical (though I don't think it is half as innovative as ours). We lost the bid maybe because that we had too little about budget.
Congratulations to Livia and her colleagues. We will try to fight back in the future.
Though it is not real bidding, but I won't say it is "just a simulation" because the winner won't say so, neither do I. Hopefully we will have a analysis of the performance this friday.
2005年12月10日星期六
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: The Nexus: Where Science Meets Society
This title is of high interest to me because it is the problem we often encounter in Environmental Mangement. Ms. Jackson's address, though highly US-centrism, did reveal some perspectives and insights on science and the society.
The article starts with a retrospective view of the role of science in the history of human development. Then it identified several trends in the recent decades: multidisciplinary, globalization (and national security), decline of workforce and educated scientists, multiple voices or information overload. Scientific innovasion has a better prospect today than any time before, but the challenges of the trends must be answered. More investment on research and education, and more consideration on attract, nourish and raise talents, to ensure national security and interest in the new century.
This is applicable to other countries. However, what strikes me most is that in this information age, voices are easily drown in the turbulent ocean of information. A scientist today face the crisis that his opinions may not be heard and accepted as easily as 30 years ago. Science must address this difficulty to make sure people get valuable information. Or the value of science is lost in such a "Nexus" of interweaving interests and information. It could be replaced by badly proved information which can direct the society to a worse direction. (Though science itself is not necessarily good and correct, most of the time it is helpful in informing policies.)
It is unavoidable that scientists are more likely to 'encounter' the society today because of their research and the interaction of scientific and lay people. The trend calls for science that is more holistic, flexible, adaptable, informing and trustable.
The article starts with a retrospective view of the role of science in the history of human development. Then it identified several trends in the recent decades: multidisciplinary, globalization (and national security), decline of workforce and educated scientists, multiple voices or information overload. Scientific innovasion has a better prospect today than any time before, but the challenges of the trends must be answered. More investment on research and education, and more consideration on attract, nourish and raise talents, to ensure national security and interest in the new century.
This is applicable to other countries. However, what strikes me most is that in this information age, voices are easily drown in the turbulent ocean of information. A scientist today face the crisis that his opinions may not be heard and accepted as easily as 30 years ago. Science must address this difficulty to make sure people get valuable information. Or the value of science is lost in such a "Nexus" of interweaving interests and information. It could be replaced by badly proved information which can direct the society to a worse direction. (Though science itself is not necessarily good and correct, most of the time it is helpful in informing policies.)
It is unavoidable that scientists are more likely to 'encounter' the society today because of their research and the interaction of scientific and lay people. The trend calls for science that is more holistic, flexible, adaptable, informing and trustable.
又遇到“利”与“义”的矛盾了
(Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy et al. 2002 Environmental Sustainability Index. 2002.)
今天看了一个 Yale 的环境可持续性指数的报告，作为我们数据处理课下一次作业的准备。看完之后深受震动，因为中国的排名在参与评估的一百四十多个国家当中竟仅列第129位（2002年数据）。
出国之前打定主意要回国工作，不做二等公民，但是出国之后又觉得国内的自由和人权状况不能令人满意（这个在 Yale 报告中也提到了），所以也想过到别的国家呆着，至少得能访问 blogspot.com 吧！
今天看到这个报告，第一反应是不想回国了，但 second thought 是：这正是我学环境科学的原因啊。正因为状况堪忧，所以我这样的人有责任去改进。虽然在现有的体制和气氛之下，能做出什么样的成绩很难说，但是总要有人去改变，不然中国就永远不能成为一个足够可持续的国家。
另一个声音说：我这样的性格在国内目前的科研体制下绝对会过得很郁闷的。然后是那个经典的 Free Rider 悖论：即使我能给国内的环境状况带来任何改变，我自己也必将付出很大代价，而这样做的好处让全体国人分享了，我自己得到的很少。那么我是不是应该让别人来承担这个责任呢？
但是我好歹也是清华毕业的，说我们都以国家为己任可能有点假，但是我不想对不起在国内受的教育，特别是清华四年。
直到现在这两个声音还在我脑海中争吵。一个折衷的方案是到香港发展，可以享受民主政治又可以为国效力，不过，不知道那边的黑社会会不会让我郁闷的说⋯⋯
今天的两大收益
虽然准备考试准备得头大，但是中午溜到 Beeston 去散步＋购物，竟然遇到一个 Mormen 教派的传教士。他是葡萄牙人，眼神很清澈。虽然我并不相信他所说的神迹，也不愿因为信教而放弃我对世界的认知，但是我想到人不管是什么信仰，都应当作为一个整体而相互关怀，所以我对他的态度从最初的不信任转为寻求平等的交流（听他说话的时候我脑海中突然响起了 Lennon 的 Imagine ... 不知道算不算一个 miracle ...）。我们握手道别，我祝他圣诞快乐，彼此都很愉快。
另外，把 Mormen 作为一种文化研究也挺有意思的。改天去那个教堂看看，或者跟他们要一本他们的经典看看。
另外就是读到 AAAS 负责人在 Science 杂志上的致辞，虽然他的观点很有些美国中心论的味道，不过对于科学的作用以及科学发展的趋势和危机倒是有很深刻的分析。稍后我会把链接贴到 English blog 上。
另外，把 Mormen 作为一种文化研究也挺有意思的。改天去那个教堂看看，或者跟他们要一本他们的经典看看。
另外就是读到 AAAS 负责人在 Science 杂志上的致辞，虽然他的观点很有些美国中心论的味道，不过对于科学的作用以及科学发展的趋势和危机倒是有很深刻的分析。稍后我会把链接贴到 English blog 上。
The outcomes of Montreal 2005 COP/MOP
The curtain finally falls after two weeks of negotiation. Though the Independent critisized that there is too much more talk than action, from Friday night to Saturday night delegates from 157 countries finally made some progress in achieving an agreement on further reduction of GHG after 2012. In addition, the mechanism of compensating tropical forest conserving countries was also established in this conference. The total outcome seems not to be too bad.
The US still rejects the idea of global action to reduce carbon dioxide. They say they have spend $3bn on technologies that reduce emission and that was their effort. But Former President Mr. Clinton's speech apparently played a subtle role in the progress. This morning it is reported that US may have an agreement with other countries on further negotiation, after the impolite demostration of walking out the conference earlier yesterday.
This delegates also agreed on the scheme of auditing emission and a rule book making the Kyoto Protocal operational. The next step would be put all these into action. As Clinton said, 40 years later we could end up on a raft somewhere if we do nothing now.
The US still rejects the idea of global action to reduce carbon dioxide. They say they have spend $3bn on technologies that reduce emission and that was their effort. But Former President Mr. Clinton's speech apparently played a subtle role in the progress. This morning it is reported that US may have an agreement with other countries on further negotiation, after the impolite demostration of walking out the conference earlier yesterday.
This delegates also agreed on the scheme of auditing emission and a rule book making the Kyoto Protocal operational. The next step would be put all these into action. As Clinton said, 40 years later we could end up on a raft somewhere if we do nothing now.
2005年12月9日星期五
近来的困扰
1. 老爸非常希望我到美国读博士，但是我不想考 GRE。
好像不论如何都还是比较喜欢英国这边的学术气氛。在这里我有足够的自由而又能得到足够多的支持。在地理和环境方面这里的研究似乎并不弱于美国，而且对第三世界国家的关注比较多。英国的环境研究似乎更偏重农业一些，这应该是欧洲的土地利用状况决定的。
美国的生态学研究似乎确实更发达一些，特别是在理论和建模方面。但是实际应用起来，欧洲这边似乎有更多挑战和可研究的东西。而且欧洲与第三世界国家的关系提供了接触自然生态系统的可能。
有一条非学术的理由，就是欧洲的城市看起来更有文化的气氛。
所以也就不太想花时间精力去考 GRE，目前觉得专心读书和申请这边的 PhD 更重要。
2. 好像对某人有了一点特别的好感。
不许笑，恩。
好像不论如何都还是比较喜欢英国这边的学术气氛。在这里我有足够的自由而又能得到足够多的支持。在地理和环境方面这里的研究似乎并不弱于美国，而且对第三世界国家的关注比较多。英国的环境研究似乎更偏重农业一些，这应该是欧洲的土地利用状况决定的。
美国的生态学研究似乎确实更发达一些，特别是在理论和建模方面。但是实际应用起来，欧洲这边似乎有更多挑战和可研究的东西。而且欧洲与第三世界国家的关系提供了接触自然生态系统的可能。
有一条非学术的理由，就是欧洲的城市看起来更有文化的气氛。
所以也就不太想花时间精力去考 GRE，目前觉得专心读书和申请这边的 PhD 更重要。
2. 好像对某人有了一点特别的好感。
不许笑，恩。
2005年12月4日星期日
Witness history — or become history?
Yesterday there was large scale demonstration in London, Montreal, Washington and cities in other 30 countries. Over 100,000 people took part in it. The demonstration was timed to press the US and UK government to set effective agenda on cutting GHG emission.
As Margaret Beckett, the Secretary of State for the Environment said, the conference in Montreal is not very possible to achieve more than making the issue forward. Not much consensus can be achieved with the attitude of US government. The developing countries are doing something to cut CO2 emission. Now we must wait and see how US response.
The prospect is not optimistic. The change of global climate is at a speed faster than scientists predicted. Therefore this year's demonstration will be of historical meaning, no matter if it can push the US government forward in controlling GHG emission. Luckily the people's attitude has changed a lot since the Katrina disaster. Therefore perhaps we can expect an attitude change of the US government, too.
About UK PM Mr. Blair, I support his approving attitude on the issue of nuclear power -- at least it can solve the most urgent problem, and solution of nuclear waste disposal can be better expected than other low GHG emission energy sources. To what direction will he push Mr. Bush will possibly determine the coming days of mankind.
As Margaret Beckett, the Secretary of State for the Environment said, the conference in Montreal is not very possible to achieve more than making the issue forward. Not much consensus can be achieved with the attitude of US government. The developing countries are doing something to cut CO2 emission. Now we must wait and see how US response.
The prospect is not optimistic. The change of global climate is at a speed faster than scientists predicted. Therefore this year's demonstration will be of historical meaning, no matter if it can push the US government forward in controlling GHG emission. Luckily the people's attitude has changed a lot since the Katrina disaster. Therefore perhaps we can expect an attitude change of the US government, too.
About UK PM Mr. Blair, I support his approving attitude on the issue of nuclear power -- at least it can solve the most urgent problem, and solution of nuclear waste disposal can be better expected than other low GHG emission energy sources. To what direction will he push Mr. Bush will possibly determine the coming days of mankind.
寻找－选择
这几天在找各学校的 PhD 研究项目，深深体会到做出决定的不易。毕竟这是决定自己今后三年的目标，乃至一生的研究方向的问题，马虎不得。
最想去的名校剑桥和牛津，一个没有有空的导师，一个没有研究的空缺，目前看来没有什么指望。现在的目标初步定在爱丁堡和诺丁汉，两个学校都有我感兴趣的项目，虽然它们的 reputation 不及牛津剑桥，但如果三年都没法做自己感兴趣的东西，纵然头顶名校的光环，也会是极度痛苦的。
英国这边的环境科学，基本都归在地理学门下，所以做环境与社会以及景观的比较多。而我感兴趣的生态学是在生物学下，虽然我们学环境的也必然会涉及到。最近几个感兴趣的题目都是跟全球变化和景观有关的，离自己原先的目标——普通生态学倒是有些远了。想想从大一到现在，研究兴趣真是变了又变，不知今后又会有怎样的变化。也许这就是环境科学的特点——永远有可能从一个学科跨到另一个。
不过，自己小时候除了当兵以外的第二个愿望就是做科学家，在长大的过程中对于自己人生的规划也不断改变，想过经商，当记者，甚至当长途货车司机和作家，现在又有了搞科学的愿望而且正在这条道路上前进了，也算是坚持了初衷吧。
最想去的名校剑桥和牛津，一个没有有空的导师，一个没有研究的空缺，目前看来没有什么指望。现在的目标初步定在爱丁堡和诺丁汉，两个学校都有我感兴趣的项目，虽然它们的 reputation 不及牛津剑桥，但如果三年都没法做自己感兴趣的东西，纵然头顶名校的光环，也会是极度痛苦的。
英国这边的环境科学，基本都归在地理学门下，所以做环境与社会以及景观的比较多。而我感兴趣的生态学是在生物学下，虽然我们学环境的也必然会涉及到。最近几个感兴趣的题目都是跟全球变化和景观有关的，离自己原先的目标——普通生态学倒是有些远了。想想从大一到现在，研究兴趣真是变了又变，不知今后又会有怎样的变化。也许这就是环境科学的特点——永远有可能从一个学科跨到另一个。
不过，自己小时候除了当兵以外的第二个愿望就是做科学家，在长大的过程中对于自己人生的规划也不断改变，想过经商，当记者，甚至当长途货车司机和作家，现在又有了搞科学的愿望而且正在这条道路上前进了，也算是坚持了初衷吧。
2005年11月29日星期二
Could be some fruit from Montreal
The proposal by Papua New Guinea and other 9 countries is endorsed by Stiglitz and is widely praised. Seems Brazil is going to turn that into reality soon.
The pricing is adequate? At least it is practical. The price may change in the future. The important thing is to start the first step.
The pricing is adequate? At least it is practical. The price may change in the future. The important thing is to start the first step.
The good and the bad news about climate change
The Good:
An innovative proposal could become real and bring back rainforests.
The Inuits find that not only species they depend on are disappearing, the land, the house and themselves are endangered by climate change. Almost half the earth away, Tuvalu people are losing their island right under their feet. They are moving to New Zealand.
Climate change 'will dry Africa'
It is said that this Saturday people will hit the street calling for firm legislation on CO2 quota and reduction schedule. It could be an epic but also very sad scene.
An innovative proposal could become real and bring back rainforests.
Rainforests brought back to life as 'carbon trading' takes off
The Bad:The Inuits find that not only species they depend on are disappearing, the land, the house and themselves are endangered by climate change. Almost half the earth away, Tuvalu people are losing their island right under their feet. They are moving to New Zealand.
Climate change 'will dry Africa'
It is said that this Saturday people will hit the street calling for firm legislation on CO2 quota and reduction schedule. It could be an epic but also very sad scene.
发现一部好电影
The Constant Gardener
这部电影是和 tutorial group 的同学一起看的。在正式开演之前大概看了30分钟的广告和 trailer，但是电影开始之后所有人都沉默了128分钟。
它绝对不是你能边吃爆米花边看的电影。因为当你看到电影中的非洲之后，马上就会开始为自己的生活方式自责。这部影片再次对西方观众提出了质问：现在的生活方式到底是以怎样的代价换来的？当我们谈论非洲的时候好像在谈论另一个世界，但是这片大陆一直以来都在为整个世界提供资源，碳汇和生物多样性。从道义上说，我们是否能够忽略这片土地？
影片的官方 tagline 是 "Love at all cost"，我觉得不能完全体现影片的思想。倒是最后的旁白 "How cheaply can life be bought" 确实发人深省。
关于政治阴谋的影片不少了，但是这部影片提供了一个新的视角，质疑发达国家对第三世界的利用与道义债务，确实独树一帜，而且达到了相当的深度。
演员方面，Ralph Fiennes 的光彩盖过了所有其他角色，Rachel Weisz 的表演也很自然可亲，但是戏份太少，也没有太多剧情挑战，不好说比 Enemy at the Gates 时有没有进步。
导演 Fernando Meirelles 曾执导过 City of God ，回来看别人的影评才发现是他。他确实有入木三分地刻画贫富差距和社会不公的能力，不知道让他来拍《铁西区》的话会是什么样子。不过，希望他不会成为外国的张艺谋，也不要在成功之后去拍浮华的商业电影。
这部电影是和 tutorial group 的同学一起看的。在正式开演之前大概看了30分钟的广告和 trailer，但是电影开始之后所有人都沉默了128分钟。
它绝对不是你能边吃爆米花边看的电影。因为当你看到电影中的非洲之后，马上就会开始为自己的生活方式自责。这部影片再次对西方观众提出了质问：现在的生活方式到底是以怎样的代价换来的？当我们谈论非洲的时候好像在谈论另一个世界，但是这片大陆一直以来都在为整个世界提供资源，碳汇和生物多样性。从道义上说，我们是否能够忽略这片土地？
影片的官方 tagline 是 "Love at all cost"，我觉得不能完全体现影片的思想。倒是最后的旁白 "How cheaply can life be bought" 确实发人深省。
关于政治阴谋的影片不少了，但是这部影片提供了一个新的视角，质疑发达国家对第三世界的利用与道义债务，确实独树一帜，而且达到了相当的深度。
演员方面，Ralph Fiennes 的光彩盖过了所有其他角色，Rachel Weisz 的表演也很自然可亲，但是戏份太少，也没有太多剧情挑战，不好说比 Enemy at the Gates 时有没有进步。
导演 Fernando Meirelles 曾执导过 City of God ，回来看别人的影评才发现是他。他确实有入木三分地刻画贫富差距和社会不公的能力，不知道让他来拍《铁西区》的话会是什么样子。不过，希望他不会成为外国的张艺谋，也不要在成功之后去拍浮华的商业电影。
2005年11月28日星期一
The Opening of COP 11 and COP/MOP 1, Montreal
Today is the opening day of the eleventh session of the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention.
It could be a "historical event" because it is the first meeting of Parties to UNFCCC after Kyoto Protocal enter into force in February this year. However, the importance of the conference depends on its outcome. The attitudes of the US and 'big' developing countries, such as China, could well determine the result of this conference. A constructive result would be a better enforced reduction target than Kyoto, or the solution to debates between developed countries and LDCs. However, both of them would be too difficult to achieve before next protocol after Kyoto. It is helpful if they can proceed one step toward that in this conference.
Dispute is unavoidable. Some countries have already raised the problem of payback for conservation of rainforests in the first day's discussion. The problem is how we face and tackle with disputes. It is impossible to satisfy everyone. Compromising to everyone is not necessarily beneficial to all parties. It is ideal if all countries can consider holistically for the whole earth and mankind. Unfortunately, it is national interest often put before those.
Richard Kinley, Officer-in-Charge,UNFCCC states that:
"2005 has emerged as a remarkable year for international climate change policy. The entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol in February opened a new phase in international efforts to protect the global climate. The first ever meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol will open shortly, marking a formal start of work under the treaty."
Yes, but 2005 also saw the sign of end of fossil fuel, two horrible hurricanes, drought and flood all over the world. It could be too important if nothing is really done in this conference -- end of normal climate.
It could be a "historical event" because it is the first meeting of Parties to UNFCCC after Kyoto Protocal enter into force in February this year. However, the importance of the conference depends on its outcome. The attitudes of the US and 'big' developing countries, such as China, could well determine the result of this conference. A constructive result would be a better enforced reduction target than Kyoto, or the solution to debates between developed countries and LDCs. However, both of them would be too difficult to achieve before next protocol after Kyoto. It is helpful if they can proceed one step toward that in this conference.
Dispute is unavoidable. Some countries have already raised the problem of payback for conservation of rainforests in the first day's discussion. The problem is how we face and tackle with disputes. It is impossible to satisfy everyone. Compromising to everyone is not necessarily beneficial to all parties. It is ideal if all countries can consider holistically for the whole earth and mankind. Unfortunately, it is national interest often put before those.
Richard Kinley, Officer-in-Charge,UNFCCC states that:
"2005 has emerged as a remarkable year for international climate change policy. The entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol in February opened a new phase in international efforts to protect the global climate. The first ever meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol will open shortly, marking a formal start of work under the treaty."
Yes, but 2005 also saw the sign of end of fossil fuel, two horrible hurricanes, drought and flood all over the world. It could be too important if nothing is really done in this conference -- end of normal climate.
2005年11月27日星期日
2005年11月25日星期五
United Nations Climate Change Conference in Montreal
This would be the first conference of CCC after the Kyoto Protocol come into effect. This conference will discuss about issues of Developing countries' role in fighting climate change. What is also interesting is US and UK's attitude. The conference will begin in 28 Nov, I will try to track the progress.
UK wins European battle over emissions
But lose the battle against CO2 emission technically....
This is an example of how EC, ECJ and UK interact in the implementation of emission quota scheme and trade system. In order to make the policy success to most countries, ECJ agreed that the UK claim for increasing quota is necessary.
Hope this trade between ECJ and UK would ultimately bring the environment something good...better enforced quota system, for example.
This is an example of how EC, ECJ and UK interact in the implementation of emission quota scheme and trade system. In order to make the policy success to most countries, ECJ agreed that the UK claim for increasing quota is necessary.
Hope this trade between ECJ and UK would ultimately bring the environment something good...better enforced quota system, for example.
2005年11月24日星期四
Dissertation Idea 3
It looks quite attractive. I just don't know if it is 'original' and 'innovative' enough.
Basically it is about modeling the niche of invasive species and predicting their distribution. Using GIS you can even change some parameters to simulate environment changes and find the possible response of invaded ecosystem. But a lot of people had already done this....
Basically it is about modeling the niche of invasive species and predicting their distribution. Using GIS you can even change some parameters to simulate environment changes and find the possible response of invaded ecosystem. But a lot of people had already done this....
2005年11月21日星期一
Dissertation Idea 2
Only some very vague ideas so far. It is about invasive species.
It is known that in Peak District there are some species are under the threat of alien species. For example water vole predated by mink. An article discussed the possibility to predict invasion by niche analysis.
Or, it is possible to look to the trees planted by forestry sectors, see how they affect local moorland or bog.
Tomorrow I will go to check out the list of invasive species in UK. See what I can do on this.
It is known that in Peak District there are some species are under the threat of alien species. For example water vole predated by mink. An article discussed the possibility to predict invasion by niche analysis.
Or, it is possible to look to the trees planted by forestry sectors, see how they affect local moorland or bog.
Tomorrow I will go to check out the list of invasive species in UK. See what I can do on this.
2005年11月19日星期六
Dissertation Idea 1
Organic Farm vs. Conventional (inorganic) farm.
The first thought is to compare their productivity and biodiversity, but, if you search "Organic Farming" with Google, you will get an article at the second rank on this topic. Therefore if I want to be original, I have to choose another topic.
Another title I can think of now is organic farm vs. conventional farm in carbon dioxide consolidation and emission. But this will need a comprehensive understanding of farming processes on both types of farm. To make it simple, maybe I shouldn't consider the crops on farm because their fate is too complex. Maybe I shall focus on the process on these farms. Again, data sources would be a big problem, because I don't have time to collect data for a whole year.
The first thought is to compare their productivity and biodiversity, but, if you search "Organic Farming" with Google, you will get an article at the second rank on this topic. Therefore if I want to be original, I have to choose another topic.
Another title I can think of now is organic farm vs. conventional farm in carbon dioxide consolidation and emission. But this will need a comprehensive understanding of farming processes on both types of farm. To make it simple, maybe I shouldn't consider the crops on farm because their fate is too complex. Maybe I shall focus on the process on these farms. Again, data sources would be a big problem, because I don't have time to collect data for a whole year.
2005年11月18日星期五
Climate Change - negative
Yesterday I talked with Prof. Michael D. Steven, who is working on Climage Change in School of Geography. He told me that there is little I can do in a three-month dissertation on climate change, which is too complex and require long timescale research. On the ecosystem response, it is always changing and a lot of anthropogenic impacts other than climate change are influencing it. Thus it is very hard too.
He suggested that I can do something on air pollution, which is relatively easy and cheap to study. Or, urban warm-island, but that would require a car and I need to do the monitoring in the midnight.... Another option is to take part in his experiment on carbon dioxide. Seems among the three the last one is the most possible to succeed.
I need other information to decide what problem I should study in my dissertation.
He suggested that I can do something on air pollution, which is relatively easy and cheap to study. Or, urban warm-island, but that would require a car and I need to do the monitoring in the midnight.... Another option is to take part in his experiment on carbon dioxide. Seems among the three the last one is the most possible to succeed.
I need other information to decide what problem I should study in my dissertation.
2005年11月16日星期三
Designing a monitoring programme for Peak District National Park
The purposes of the National Park are: a. to preserve natural beauty and historical value; b. to provide recreation and enjoyment to the public. Our aim is to understand how well does the Peak District National Park meet these two purposes, and achieve sustainable development, through monitoring some indicators.
In my opinion, we can consider sustainable development in two aspects: sustainability and development. They are two sides of a coin. In sustainability assessment, the pressures, our response and effects should be identified and measured. In development assessment the growth of economy and society, living standard and benefits received by the community should be measured.
The topics concerned can be sorted in these two categories. From the structure plan of Peak District, we can obtain the aspects concerned, key areas and measures to be taken. What we need further are general principles of measuring sustainability, existing monitoring programmes and measurement methods, e.g. framework, indicator sets and models.
In the stucture plan there are a number of chapters, each concentrate on a topic. They may be considered as key concerns on sustainable development. They are: conservatioin, housing, shops, services and community facilities, economy, recreation and tourism, utilities, minerals, waste management, transport, and the centre town in the District: Bakewell.
In each chapter some issues are identified. This issues may give us directions on what indicators and measurements are needed. For example, issues in conservation include: development in the countryside; development in the towns, villages and conservation areas; farming and forestry; buildings, wildlife, sites and features of heritage or landscape importance; environment enhancement and improvement; pollution and disturbance; development on unstable or contaminated land; energy; rivers, water courses and flood defence.
There are also survey reports to look at. In Rural White Paper and This Common Heritage some national indicators are given.
In my opinion, we can consider sustainable development in two aspects: sustainability and development. They are two sides of a coin. In sustainability assessment, the pressures, our response and effects should be identified and measured. In development assessment the growth of economy and society, living standard and benefits received by the community should be measured.
The topics concerned can be sorted in these two categories. From the structure plan of Peak District, we can obtain the aspects concerned, key areas and measures to be taken. What we need further are general principles of measuring sustainability, existing monitoring programmes and measurement methods, e.g. framework, indicator sets and models.
In the stucture plan there are a number of chapters, each concentrate on a topic. They may be considered as key concerns on sustainable development. They are: conservatioin, housing, shops, services and community facilities, economy, recreation and tourism, utilities, minerals, waste management, transport, and the centre town in the District: Bakewell.
In each chapter some issues are identified. This issues may give us directions on what indicators and measurements are needed. For example, issues in conservation include: development in the countryside; development in the towns, villages and conservation areas; farming and forestry; buildings, wildlife, sites and features of heritage or landscape importance; environment enhancement and improvement; pollution and disturbance; development on unstable or contaminated land; energy; rivers, water courses and flood defence.
There are also survey reports to look at. In Rural White Paper and This Common Heritage some national indicators are given.
2005年11月14日星期一
Choosing topic for my dissertation
Though it is half a year away, but I should make more preparation. Besides, this may help my application.
Now there are three options.
1. Find a local conservation group and see what I can do for them.
2. Join Operation Wallacea's expedition, to remote countries and get data, then finish my dissertation. Some fund raising is necessary.
3. Work with UKCIP, it is related to climate change and could help my application and further study.
I am seeking information on them. But I have to be fast if I am really going to work on climate change.
Now there are three options.
1. Find a local conservation group and see what I can do for them.
2. Join Operation Wallacea's expedition, to remote countries and get data, then finish my dissertation. Some fund raising is necessary.
3. Work with UKCIP, it is related to climate change and could help my application and further study.
I am seeking information on them. But I have to be fast if I am really going to work on climate change.
2005年11月12日星期六
A talk with my tutor
On wednesday I had a talk with my tutor, Prof. Roy Haines-Young. The talk was mainly about 3 topics: information flood, choosing topics for my dissertation and future career.
About information flood, there do not seem to be many handy solutions, a diary and a year planner is still the best choice.
The choice of topic for my dissertation, can be linked to conservation group's ongoing activities. I can write them letter to see if they have any problems need my help as an Environmental Management student. They seldom present their problems on the web or publications, but it is said that their will be many job vacancies. Of course, many students want to link their dissertation with such actural projects, so I may need my tutor's help when writing applications.
About my further study and work, it is said that my career prospect is very bright. People with understanding of both Oriental and Western culture and environmental expertise will be of great need in the near future because China is developing rapidly and many foreign companies hoping to enter China market would need such people to deal with environmental concerns.
About information flood, there do not seem to be many handy solutions, a diary and a year planner is still the best choice.
The choice of topic for my dissertation, can be linked to conservation group's ongoing activities. I can write them letter to see if they have any problems need my help as an Environmental Management student. They seldom present their problems on the web or publications, but it is said that their will be many job vacancies. Of course, many students want to link their dissertation with such actural projects, so I may need my tutor's help when writing applications.
About my further study and work, it is said that my career prospect is very bright. People with understanding of both Oriental and Western culture and environmental expertise will be of great need in the near future because China is developing rapidly and many foreign companies hoping to enter China market would need such people to deal with environmental concerns.
2005年11月10日星期四
被 Sony Bomb 命中了⋯⋯
也不知道是在北京摔过的缘故，还是我最近 apt-get 得太厉害，11月6日早上当我起床察看昨夜系统更新的结果时，我的 Hiweed-Debian 告诉我出现了错误，要求重启后再配置。重启之后还是很顺利地进了 X-Window，但是重新配置 locale 的时候卡住了，硬盘开始发出不正常的声音⋯⋯之后机器就越来越慢，我试图重装系统，结果安装程序因为硬盘的缘故进行不下去了。若干次尝试以后安装程序终于告诉我机器硬盘坏了⋯⋯err，我的作业以及当初在西藏照的照片还都在上面⋯⋯
SONY 的电器以前在日本有“ソニィボォンボ”的恶名，指索尼的电器在保修期过后就会立即出故障，好像定时炸弹一样⋯⋯我这台电脑刚过保修期半年，似乎的确是 sony bomb ⋯⋯不过我自己的使用也不是没有问题，至少我的确摔过机器⋯⋯事已至此，只好先把它放到一边，等有空的时候去换硬盘了。
SONY 的电器以前在日本有“ソニィボォンボ”的恶名，指索尼的电器在保修期过后就会立即出故障，好像定时炸弹一样⋯⋯我这台电脑刚过保修期半年，似乎的确是 sony bomb ⋯⋯不过我自己的使用也不是没有问题，至少我的确摔过机器⋯⋯事已至此，只好先把它放到一边，等有空的时候去换硬盘了。
2005年11月2日星期三
How to avoid a gloomy, hot future?
We have no direct proof that the global climate is becoming warmer, because of the nature of science. We cannot 'prove' anything, but can only 'disprove' something. Therefore we cannot assert that the temperature is rising from recent years' measures. However, it is highly probable that this year's unusually frequent hurricanes and floods are due to climate change.
To one not so optimistic (i.e. me), what happened in 2005 could hint those scene in those movies like Mad Max, Water World, and A. I.. The end of fossil fuel production is not very far. Global warming is influencing everyone.
Is it really happening? I think, yes. If we do nothing.
A G8 plus meeting is being held in London in these days. British PM Blair chose climate change and countermeasure as a central topic. He is quite right. No matter what intention he has. G. Bush is talking about technology saving the world from greenhouse gas. Blair seems recognise that science can tackle global warming. But if no protocol is given, who will use the technology to control emission? Tech costs money. And people do not want to lose money unless it is asked by law or policy.
The European effort on controlling GHG emission would serve as a critical example. If it is not successful enough, developing countries such as China will not be on board (maybe a Chinese version Katrina will change policy makers' mind). Unfortunately, in the last 2 years the carbon dioxide emission in UK has rised, possibly due to gas shortage and changing back to coal in power generation. It is difficult to reach the limit set by Kyoto Protocol before 2012.
So, China and other rapid developing countries' attitude must be ensured. We hope that no matter how well EC did, all countries will be able to work together to fight global warming and solve energy problem. Even if you are really lucky, you have prosperous economy, and only other countries suffer from the GHG you emitted, you will soon find this all meaningless because other countries are collapsing and no one would buy your products and services. This is globalisation. We all bear the same fate. It depends on our action.
To one not so optimistic (i.e. me), what happened in 2005 could hint those scene in those movies like Mad Max, Water World, and A. I.. The end of fossil fuel production is not very far. Global warming is influencing everyone.
Is it really happening? I think, yes. If we do nothing.
A G8 plus meeting is being held in London in these days. British PM Blair chose climate change and countermeasure as a central topic. He is quite right. No matter what intention he has. G. Bush is talking about technology saving the world from greenhouse gas. Blair seems recognise that science can tackle global warming. But if no protocol is given, who will use the technology to control emission? Tech costs money. And people do not want to lose money unless it is asked by law or policy.
The European effort on controlling GHG emission would serve as a critical example. If it is not successful enough, developing countries such as China will not be on board (maybe a Chinese version Katrina will change policy makers' mind). Unfortunately, in the last 2 years the carbon dioxide emission in UK has rised, possibly due to gas shortage and changing back to coal in power generation. It is difficult to reach the limit set by Kyoto Protocol before 2012.
So, China and other rapid developing countries' attitude must be ensured. We hope that no matter how well EC did, all countries will be able to work together to fight global warming and solve energy problem. Even if you are really lucky, you have prosperous economy, and only other countries suffer from the GHG you emitted, you will soon find this all meaningless because other countries are collapsing and no one would buy your products and services. This is globalisation. We all bear the same fate. It depends on our action.
Some Gossips on Greenpeace
This radical environmentalist organisation is recently making its interesting public image.
Raid left me fearing for life, says Mrs Prescott
To act like ninjas, I think, cannot raise public awareness of energy issues. Well, unless they are ninjas reported by the media.
Greenpeace ship strikes coral reef
Luckily, the action of both parties are fast and understanding. It is really only gossip. Greenpeace did good in their tour and this incident.
Raid left me fearing for life, says Mrs Prescott
To act like ninjas, I think, cannot raise public awareness of energy issues. Well, unless they are ninjas reported by the media.
Greenpeace ship strikes coral reef
Luckily, the action of both parties are fast and understanding. It is really only gossip. Greenpeace did good in their tour and this incident.
2005年11月1日星期二
关于人生观和爱情观的 message 谈话
中午忍受不了饥饿从图书馆逃回来，登录水木收信，遇到文盲，然后就从当天中午吃什么饭开始聊到4、5年后朋友们的去向，以及什么时候结束单身生活的问题。
文盲和我一样不能忍受有人天天粘在身边，但与我不同的是，她比我更能忍受寂寞。在比较了女朋友和狗的优缺点以后，我们一致认为，比较不麻烦又不寂寞的生活方式是在拉萨附近养一头牛，白天放它出去吃草，晚上可以互相做伴 :D
然后谈到把女孩子变成家庭主妇到底好还是不好。我今天才知道男生女生对于这个问题居然有这么大的分歧。我以为很残酷的事情对女孩子来说，有时候是一辈子的幸福所在啊~~
今后我们的生活，也许就是不断地在社会中做布朗运动，也许会遇到一个值得寄托一生幸福的人，也许不会。在那之前，知己对我们来说是最重要的，其余重要的东西，对于文盲来说是美女和美酒（原文如此），对于我来说，是书本和经历。
回国后要去尝尝文盲做的杂烩汤。
另外那个在拉萨开酒馆的建议现在看起来挺有吸引力的:)
文盲和我一样不能忍受有人天天粘在身边，但与我不同的是，她比我更能忍受寂寞。在比较了女朋友和狗的优缺点以后，我们一致认为，比较不麻烦又不寂寞的生活方式是在拉萨附近养一头牛，白天放它出去吃草，晚上可以互相做伴 :D
然后谈到把女孩子变成家庭主妇到底好还是不好。我今天才知道男生女生对于这个问题居然有这么大的分歧。我以为很残酷的事情对女孩子来说，有时候是一辈子的幸福所在啊~~
今后我们的生活，也许就是不断地在社会中做布朗运动，也许会遇到一个值得寄托一生幸福的人，也许不会。在那之前，知己对我们来说是最重要的，其余重要的东西，对于文盲来说是美女和美酒（原文如此），对于我来说，是书本和经历。
回国后要去尝尝文盲做的杂烩汤。
另外那个在拉萨开酒馆的建议现在看起来挺有吸引力的:)
2005年10月31日星期一
[Academic] The process of essay writing
Today I had my first Center of English Language Education (CELE, DO NOT PRONOUNCE IT, please!) course. I found it very useful. Unfortunately, that means I have to modify most of my essays, even change them foundamentally.
The marker/reader of your essay will judge your work from such aspects: relevance; understanding of the problem; evidence of reading; critical analysis of reading; awareness of differences of opinion between sources; ability to interpret and synthesis sources; ability to evaluate different views/solutions/etc.; ability to provide support in the form of examples, data, etc.
When doing reading, you should note down the sources, read critically and note your own responses, try to adapt your ideas as you go on.
Before writing, it is very important that you analyse the given question, make sure you know what does the assignment ask you to do. Bear in mind that all that you read should be relevant to the problem.
When writing, first write the body draft, then introduction and conclusion. Again, all the sections should be relevant to the title.
After finished writing, check if all text build towards conclusion; check if the discussion is sufficient; check if you have referred to all the sources; check if you followed the convention of layout. Do a few times of proofread to make sure you have correct content, language and grammar. Focus on one problem in one proofreading session.
The marker/reader of your essay will judge your work from such aspects: relevance; understanding of the problem; evidence of reading; critical analysis of reading; awareness of differences of opinion between sources; ability to interpret and synthesis sources; ability to evaluate different views/solutions/etc.; ability to provide support in the form of examples, data, etc.
When doing reading, you should note down the sources, read critically and note your own responses, try to adapt your ideas as you go on.
Before writing, it is very important that you analyse the given question, make sure you know what does the assignment ask you to do. Bear in mind that all that you read should be relevant to the problem.
When writing, first write the body draft, then introduction and conclusion. Again, all the sections should be relevant to the title.
After finished writing, check if all text build towards conclusion; check if the discussion is sufficient; check if you have referred to all the sources; check if you followed the convention of layout. Do a few times of proofread to make sure you have correct content, language and grammar. Focus on one problem in one proofreading session.
2005年10月30日星期日
2005年10月29日星期六
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | EU offers to slash farm subsidies
The EU has demolised trade barriers within its boundary. Now, maybe it is also trying to lower trade barrier to the outside world.
The EU offers to cut its subsidiary to agriculture products export by at most 60%. To fair trade advocators, this is very good news. EU spokesman says that farmers from some poor countries are suffering from US and EU cheap agriculture exports. Therefore they want to change this.
French do not like this decision. This is imaginable. They have a very supportive agriculture and farmers are important political force. This policy may also bring economic loss to UK farmers because UK farming is heavily depending on subsidiary. However, from a environmental aspect, this policy can surely cut excessive agriculture production and make more diversified agriculture economy pattern.
The EU offers to cut its subsidiary to agriculture products export by at most 60%. To fair trade advocators, this is very good news. EU spokesman says that farmers from some poor countries are suffering from US and EU cheap agriculture exports. Therefore they want to change this.
French do not like this decision. This is imaginable. They have a very supportive agriculture and farmers are important political force. This policy may also bring economic loss to UK farmers because UK farming is heavily depending on subsidiary. However, from a environmental aspect, this policy can surely cut excessive agriculture production and make more diversified agriculture economy pattern.
2005年10月27日星期四
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Wild herds may stampede across Britain under plan for huge reserves
This piece of news can be considered as (1) the sign of a more integrated European conservation framework and (2) a more aggresive step of UK agriculture reform and re-wild of its land.
Most of the land involved in this proposal is land with marginally farming economic value. Therefore it should not pose threat to the country's crop yield. However, there are still people living on the land. The future reserve area will not allow premanent accommodation (the statement here is not clear yet). Therefore some people will need to move. If they choose to continue farming, this could influence other farmers at their immigration destination.
Some new species will be able to enter UK after they extincted in this country due to human activities. Thanks to transbound conservation scheme. However, it remains questioned that whether these species would threat local landscape and species. After all, they have vanished in the wild for up to 800 years, and much of UK landscape is formed in recent 300 years.
Another problem may be the former use of land in the to-be reserves. Is it contaminated? Or too close to human settlements? An EIA should be carried out not only for local farming ecosystem and settlement, but also for the species coming in.
On politics, this proposal will help UK establish a more ecology-active nation image. No doubt that other EU countries will praise and imitate this action. At least this is good for those species which will enter UK.
Most of the land involved in this proposal is land with marginally farming economic value. Therefore it should not pose threat to the country's crop yield. However, there are still people living on the land. The future reserve area will not allow premanent accommodation (the statement here is not clear yet). Therefore some people will need to move. If they choose to continue farming, this could influence other farmers at their immigration destination.
Some new species will be able to enter UK after they extincted in this country due to human activities. Thanks to transbound conservation scheme. However, it remains questioned that whether these species would threat local landscape and species. After all, they have vanished in the wild for up to 800 years, and much of UK landscape is formed in recent 300 years.
Another problem may be the former use of land in the to-be reserves. Is it contaminated? Or too close to human settlements? An EIA should be carried out not only for local farming ecosystem and settlement, but also for the species coming in.
On politics, this proposal will help UK establish a more ecology-active nation image. No doubt that other EU countries will praise and imitate this action. At least this is good for those species which will enter UK.
2005年10月25日星期二
2005年10月24日星期一
[Academic] Sustainability Indicators
In recent case study on Sustainable Indicators, I found Chinese way of implementing Sustainable Development is quite different from that of EU's. In Britain there is already a framework of Sustainability Indicators. But in China, there are only void concepts, reports and proposals. Very little practical work is done. This is disappointing, indeed. The idea of Sustainability Indicators is controversial. It is a reductionist way of assessing complex systems. When simplifying complex relationships between elements some information could be ignored. The interpretation of SIs may also be subjective. However, so far simplication is the best approach we have to assess complex systems. We have enough data for calculating a index indicating the system's state, driver and response. Therefore we can probably just try using simplication, discover problems in using the indicator set, and improve it. I do not think that Chinese policy makers should try to make a perfect framework of SIs, they should get down to work ASAP, set up a initial SI set and see what is its problem.
2005年10月23日星期日
突然觉得自己只是一个人
孙燕姿《相信》的一句歌词。
这种感觉在 field trip 回来之后更加强烈。没有电话留言，没有电子邮件，连信箱里也没有我的信。觉得自己好像被遗忘在这个小岛上了。
当然这也只是自己的一种感觉而已。我相信不一定非要联系一个人才能让他知道自己还惦记着他（她）。不过似乎也是因为我太相信这一点了，所以大概也忽视了许多人被联络的需要吧。
嗯，明天找时间打几个电话。联系一下很久没有联系过的人。
这种感觉在 field trip 回来之后更加强烈。没有电话留言，没有电子邮件，连信箱里也没有我的信。觉得自己好像被遗忘在这个小岛上了。
当然这也只是自己的一种感觉而已。我相信不一定非要联系一个人才能让他知道自己还惦记着他（她）。不过似乎也是因为我太相信这一点了，所以大概也忽视了许多人被联络的需要吧。
嗯，明天找时间打几个电话。联系一下很久没有联系过的人。
Some findings after the field trip
I just come back from a field trip organised by the school of geography. It is not very tiring physically, but you really get a lot of information and much to think about.
It is about conservation. The conservation of the whole landscape, both natural and cultural. You should consider local agencies, farmers, tourists, ecosystems and so on. Perfect conservation satisfying everyone may not exist but one that makes more satisfied may be better.
The Peak District is formed both by nature and human activities. It is representing a different concept of National Park. From very early on, the landscape there is changed and managed by man. Therefore you cannot just put things you think natural there. You must conserve human management style in that area.
The purpose of your conservation should be make the park sustainable in providing interested features and opportunities for the understanding and enjoyment. Human factors should be considered when making plans.
It is about conservation. The conservation of the whole landscape, both natural and cultural. You should consider local agencies, farmers, tourists, ecosystems and so on. Perfect conservation satisfying everyone may not exist but one that makes more satisfied may be better.
The Peak District is formed both by nature and human activities. It is representing a different concept of National Park. From very early on, the landscape there is changed and managed by man. Therefore you cannot just put things you think natural there. You must conserve human management style in that area.
The purpose of your conservation should be make the park sustainable in providing interested features and opportunities for the understanding and enjoyment. Human factors should be considered when making plans.
2005年10月17日星期一
The crisis and trial of free software
Before I never realized that free softwares are in such a hard circumstance. Only after I heard Richard M. Stallman's speech, and had some experience in using GNU/Linux, did I realize that many people just do not understand the meaning of free software, free spirit, free as in freedom.
Many people just mixed free software concept with OpenSource. In fact, they are very different. RMS says that OpenSource does not have enough emphasis on freedom. He is not being paranoid on words. There are software opensource but not free. Redhat Linux, Redflag Linux are just some appropriate examples.
Therefore, a urgent mission for Free Software Foundation is to tell people the real meaning of software freedom. And tell them just opening source is not enough.
Many people just mixed free software concept with OpenSource. In fact, they are very different. RMS says that OpenSource does not have enough emphasis on freedom. He is not being paranoid on words. There are software opensource but not free. Redhat Linux, Redflag Linux are just some appropriate examples.
Therefore, a urgent mission for Free Software Foundation is to tell people the real meaning of software freedom. And tell them just opening source is not enough.
2005年10月15日星期六
北京马拉松
又一年北京国际马拉松赛结束了，今年我身在异国，只有作壁上观。目前看到的我认识的人跑出的最好成绩是 franksky 的 3h06m，非常棒，祝贺！
今年又有一个人猝死，我不知道别的城市的马拉松有没有这样的记录，如果明年再发生这种情况，可能主办方该考虑一下马拉松的定位问题了。
北京马拉松似乎一直都是作为一种群众体育项目而存在，也因此吸引了大量的参与者，这本来应该是一件好事。但是如何让参与者摆正心态仍然是一个问题。很多人 可能还是把马拉松作为一种秀，或者说有一种赌徒心态：今年跑一次，以后就有炫耀的资本。在水木 Runninglife 版上都有许多人说自己没有练过，或者很长时间没有跑，这次跑完应该是很幸运了，但是以后会如何？
所以说猝死事件恐怕不能完全算是意外。伦敦马拉松报名要求 3.5h 之内的成绩，所以参与者至少都是准专业人员，如果出现猝死事件，OK，确实是意外。但像北京这样的马拉松如果让随便什么人都去跑，结果可能是很不好的。
当然我不是说要把北京马拉松办成专业竞技的比赛，实际上中国缺乏的还是群众体育而不是竞技体育。但是组织方式是有改变的必要的。可不可以把现在社会报名的 方式改为通过长跑俱乐部或其他体育组织报名，这些组织都要接受中国田联的资格认证，同时对报名人员的身体素质和训练状况把关。这样可以避免什么准备都没有 就参加的情况。当然这种体制的建立不是一朝一夕的，而且需要大量的投入，但是人命关天，我觉得还是应该朝这个方向努力。
去年马拉松3人猝死之后，在报名和现场医务方面应该已经做了一些应对，就我所知，报名的时候是需要医院体检结果的，但是今年仍然出现了这种情况，如果不是技术问题的话，那就是审核与监督机制的问题，不过这是另一个更宽泛的问题了。
今年又有一个人猝死，我不知道别的城市的马拉松有没有这样的记录，如果明年再发生这种情况，可能主办方该考虑一下马拉松的定位问题了。
北京马拉松似乎一直都是作为一种群众体育项目而存在，也因此吸引了大量的参与者，这本来应该是一件好事。但是如何让参与者摆正心态仍然是一个问题。很多人 可能还是把马拉松作为一种秀，或者说有一种赌徒心态：今年跑一次，以后就有炫耀的资本。在水木 Runninglife 版上都有许多人说自己没有练过，或者很长时间没有跑，这次跑完应该是很幸运了，但是以后会如何？
所以说猝死事件恐怕不能完全算是意外。伦敦马拉松报名要求 3.5h 之内的成绩，所以参与者至少都是准专业人员，如果出现猝死事件，OK，确实是意外。但像北京这样的马拉松如果让随便什么人都去跑，结果可能是很不好的。
当然我不是说要把北京马拉松办成专业竞技的比赛，实际上中国缺乏的还是群众体育而不是竞技体育。但是组织方式是有改变的必要的。可不可以把现在社会报名的 方式改为通过长跑俱乐部或其他体育组织报名，这些组织都要接受中国田联的资格认证，同时对报名人员的身体素质和训练状况把关。这样可以避免什么准备都没有 就参加的情况。当然这种体制的建立不是一朝一夕的，而且需要大量的投入，但是人命关天，我觉得还是应该朝这个方向努力。
去年马拉松3人猝死之后，在报名和现场医务方面应该已经做了一些应对，就我所知，报名的时候是需要医院体检结果的，但是今年仍然出现了这种情况，如果不是技术问题的话，那就是审核与监督机制的问题，不过这是另一个更宽泛的问题了。
2005年10月13日星期四
2005年10月11日星期二
Book Disappointment
I spent most of the time today in reading books on my reading list. Unfortunately, I found two of them really boring. One is "Environmental Ethics", the language in the book is just confusing and very fragged. Or, it maybe because I read that book in the cafe instead of a quieter place. However, I think it is very poorly written.
Another book, written by my school's professor, on my favourite subject -- ecology, is also a miserable work. I didn't know anyone who can write a book on plant ecology in such dull way. What I saw in this book is just lists of Latin names of plants, not a bit of the relationship, interaction or energy/info flow between them and the environment. The way he teaches is not very good, either. Gee, but I think I still need to stick on. For my scientific interest.
Another book, written by my school's professor, on my favourite subject -- ecology, is also a miserable work. I didn't know anyone who can write a book on plant ecology in such dull way. What I saw in this book is just lists of Latin names of plants, not a bit of the relationship, interaction or energy/info flow between them and the environment. The way he teaches is not very good, either. Gee, but I think I still need to stick on. For my scientific interest.
2005年10月3日星期一
[Academic] My perceptions of Environmental Management, so far
The definition of Environmental Management is difficult to
give. Because it is too wide and still evolving. Basically,
it is about discover or forecast environmental problems and
use political, economic or ethic methods as well as
scientific theory and practise to solve them, in order to
avoid environmental impacts brought along by projects or
other human activities and improve human well-being.
EM aspect means stewardship, multidisciplinary, practising.
It is based on broad-view, long term and gap-free (if
possible) monitoring. Because environment and social
continuously changes, EM should be flexible, adaptive and
perceptive.
The means that EM usually uses to modify ethics towards a
more pro-environmental way are:
- Advisory
- Economic or fiscal
- Regulatory
For EM, most of the times there are no enough time waiting
for solid proofs. Modelling, simulation and forecasts are
very often used in EM practise.
Don't forget that the ultimate pursuance of EM is to avoid
environmental impact instead of merely manage a project or
tackle with certain environment problem.
give. Because it is too wide and still evolving. Basically,
it is about discover or forecast environmental problems and
use political, economic or ethic methods as well as
scientific theory and practise to solve them, in order to
avoid environmental impacts brought along by projects or
other human activities and improve human well-being.
EM aspect means stewardship, multidisciplinary, practising.
It is based on broad-view, long term and gap-free (if
possible) monitoring. Because environment and social
continuously changes, EM should be flexible, adaptive and
perceptive.
The means that EM usually uses to modify ethics towards a
more pro-environmental way are:
- Advisory
- Economic or fiscal
- Regulatory
For EM, most of the times there are no enough time waiting
for solid proofs. Modelling, simulation and forecasts are
very often used in EM practise.
Don't forget that the ultimate pursuance of EM is to avoid
environmental impact instead of merely manage a project or
tackle with certain environment problem.
2005年10月1日星期六
2005年9月29日星期四
2005年9月27日星期二
Maybe I am going to work for them…
This is the cover of a student magazine called Impact. It's made and published all by students. I am very interested in participating media work. So I applied for web designer and photographer jobs. Next week they will contact me.
2005年9月25日星期日
My first day in UK
I arrived in London at Heathrow Airport at 19:06, September 20th, local time. The first thing I need to do -- passing the custom -- taught me what is British custom. That is queuing. All passengers from my flight all lined up, waiting for being certified to enter the country. After I got out the airport, it's already 20:15. The left-side traffic outside in the street is very confusing. Luckily I managed to get to National Express' ticket office in one piece. Then to my disappointment, the next coach to Nottingham will go at 22:35, that means when I get to Nott It will be late midnight. 1:30 AM, I am at Broadmarsh Bus Stop, Nottingham. There were a few Asian-look people around. I caught up with two of them. They are second year here, Malaysians. We shared a cab and I arrived in Broadgate Park. But the reception told me that I couldn't move in till 24th? 2:30 AM, with the reception's help I come to Cripps hall. They find me a room. It's small but nice. At 3 in the morning I can finally put myself in bed. Wait, it's 10 in Beijing! I don't think I will have jet lag any more. I just wanted a sound sleep.
2005年9月19日星期一
Leaving the City of Beijing
A few hours later, I will be on the flight to Munich, then go to London.
Just now when I was going to have dinner, an idea poped up in my mind. To many people I saw last night, it could be their last sight of me. I may not come back till 4 to 5 years later, then many of their will also leave this university even this city. It would be difficult to get together again.
Anyway, you cannot always stay at a same place. Everything is changing. Only with departing, gathering is meaningful. Let me just consider this departure as the beginning of next time's reunion.
Tomorrow would be a little hard. I will get to London at Beijing time 3:15 AM then I have to catch a bus to Nottingham.
Just now when I was going to have dinner, an idea poped up in my mind. To many people I saw last night, it could be their last sight of me. I may not come back till 4 to 5 years later, then many of their will also leave this university even this city. It would be difficult to get together again.
Anyway, you cannot always stay at a same place. Everything is changing. Only with departing, gathering is meaningful. Let me just consider this departure as the beginning of next time's reunion.
Tomorrow would be a little hard. I will get to London at Beijing time 3:15 AM then I have to catch a bus to Nottingham.
2005年9月16日星期五
昨天见到了“教主”—— Richard M. Stallman
早上8点多，打开电脑上水木，在 Emacs 版发现 RMS 要到中科院软件所演讲。当时觉得有些意外，因为前几天才看完他的传记 Free as in Freedom，里面提到他2001年到中国的访问，没想到这么快他又来了。
然后开始上网找软件所的位置，结果还是在水木的 ITExpress 版找到了，一激动，便抄起相机和笔记本奔软件所而去。
到的时候还有二十几分钟演讲才开始，于是挑了第三排的位子坐下，打开电脑准备用 VIM 做笔记（Emacs 还没有配置好，对不起 RMS了）。过了几分钟，听见一阵骚动，后面的人纷纷说“来了，来了”，一抬头，看见一穿绿衣服的胖子走进报告厅，正是自由软件的先驱，GNU 项目和 Free Software Foundation 的发起人，自由软件运动的教主 Richard M. Stallman 本人。
Stallman 没有用他经典的打印机的故事开始他的演讲。他一开始还是介绍了自由软件的概念，包括他著名的四大自由。然后他用了不少篇幅谈网络社区、文件共享以及音乐、电影的发行。他说音乐和电影工业高昂的制作费用其实有不少都花在宣传上，音乐家、演员拿到的收入其实很少，而这种推广完全可以用音乐和电影的共享取而代之。
演讲中我试图照相，不过报告厅的灯光还是暗了一点，不少照片比较黑。Stallman 最后没有像他在美国时那样问观众问题，还是我们问他。之后 Stallman 奔 Bathroom 而去，回来后教众们纷纷与之合影、索要签名。我这张照片是软件所的朋友帮照的，最后我还成了当天要到 Stallman 签名的最后一人。
2005年9月5日星期一
阿姆斯特朗与兴奋剂？
嗯，这个世界果然没有人是完美的么？
环法自行车赛的药检中心爆出消息：
在自行车、游泳、田径之类的项目中，运动员使用兴奋剂似乎已经是公开的秘密。队伍之间似乎不再为运动员的素质而竞争，而是比赛谁能找到更难被检测的药物。而越是奖金丰厚、竞争激烈的项目，使用兴奋剂的就越多，给运动员的伤害也越大。
Armstrong 一度是偶像级的人物，是自我奋斗的典型。如今这样的事件发生，与其说会葬送他的名声，不如说会让人们进一步怀疑体育界的公正性和公平竞争是否存在。我们在21世纪能否继续看到“干净”的体育比赛也让人怀疑。
环法自行车赛的药检中心爆出消息：
获得7次环法大赛冠军的美国自行车运动员阿姆斯特朗不仅依靠了违禁药物EPO，而且还使用了包括类固醇药物在内的不少其他违禁药物。而且更严重的是，据说这并不是 Armstrong 第一次使用 EPO 类兴奋剂。具体地说，他过去夺得的7次环法冠军，可能都“归功”于这类药物。EPO 类兴奋剂能提升红血球携氧能力 30% 以上，而且很难被一般药检手段发现。
在自行车、游泳、田径之类的项目中，运动员使用兴奋剂似乎已经是公开的秘密。队伍之间似乎不再为运动员的素质而竞争，而是比赛谁能找到更难被检测的药物。而越是奖金丰厚、竞争激烈的项目，使用兴奋剂的就越多，给运动员的伤害也越大。
Armstrong 一度是偶像级的人物，是自我奋斗的典型。如今这样的事件发生，与其说会葬送他的名声，不如说会让人们进一步怀疑体育界的公正性和公平竞争是否存在。我们在21世纪能否继续看到“干净”的体育比赛也让人怀疑。
2005年9月1日星期四
Departure time closes
This afternoon I finally got the unconditional offer from the University of Nottingham. Another uncertainty is eliminated. Next, I must begin packaging.
My father and mother invited some of their friends to dinner today. I do not like being with them because I have not seen them for at least 8 years. How can I be easy with such strange fellows? However, there is a girl going to take college entrance examination next year, so I tried to give her some advice. Only after I got home I found that her father gave me 1000 yuan as a present. Gee, too polite.
I find a web community focused on book/movie/music appreciation and comment, named douban. Looking good. Maybe I can contribute something to it. Also I start to pay some attention to writing wikipedia entries.
Maybe I invested too much time on surfing the net. I find myself not like reading recently. There should be self-control and change of lifestyle.
My father and mother invited some of their friends to dinner today. I do not like being with them because I have not seen them for at least 8 years. How can I be easy with such strange fellows? However, there is a girl going to take college entrance examination next year, so I tried to give her some advice. Only after I got home I found that her father gave me 1000 yuan as a present. Gee, too polite.
I find a web community focused on book/movie/music appreciation and comment, named douban. Looking good. Maybe I can contribute something to it. Also I start to pay some attention to writing wikipedia entries.
Maybe I invested too much time on surfing the net. I find myself not like reading recently. There should be self-control and change of lifestyle.
2005年8月29日星期一
中国新电视剧的三个代表
我不是常看电视的人，在学校因为时间和硬件条件的限制，基本没有看过什么电视节目。但回到家乡，看到电视台的节目预告和 DVD 出租/出售店里的货架内容，也对现在大家看的是什么电视剧有一些感性认识。看到电视剧市场给消费者提供的商品内容，我只能不无遗憾地说，中国自《渴望》以 来的新电视剧一度很好看，但是现在的电视剧编导们好像太沉浸于他们一次又一次编造出的雷同的梦幻了。
早在高中的时候我就写过作文痛骂中国电视，可惜没有得到思想保守的语文老师的赏识。后来新周刊一篇《弱智的中国电视》，算是让我找到了同盟。后来看南京电 视台一位主持人的访谈，他说电视是为低收入、低文化阶层准备的媒体，我这才原谅了电视媒体的没有思想。可是现在看国产电视剧，不仅是没有思想，简直是灌输 坏思想，而且很可鄙地千人一面。对于我看到的国产电视剧之病，我借用一个一度流行的政治词汇，概括为三个代表。
一是代表了部分人对奢侈生活方式的意淫。在几乎所有电视剧中我们都能看到角色──不论是正面还是反面角色──住在有天有地的豪宅里，开着豪华大排量轿车， 出入各种高消费场所。甚至连嘴角上刚长出绒毛般的胡子的小男生也在游艇上品人头马了！这样的电视剧据说却是反映了市场的需求而生产出来的，看来只能用大家 都在 YY 这种生活来解释。而且，有些角色的身份根本用不着享受如此奢华的生活，只是编导们把展现这种常人只能想想的生活作为了电视剧的卖点。
二是代表了社会对“清官”的幻想和法制、正气的缺位。电视剧不能没有主角。遗憾的是，现在电视剧里的主角一般都是政府机关里大腹便便、满脸皱纹的领导们。 他们的任务，一般就是抵抗腐败分子的物质诱惑和武力威胁，最终利用自己的权力将其绳之以法，偶尔也要在年青女性崇拜者和结发糟糠之妻之间作出选择。这个过 程中，法律被符号化为穿蓝色制服的警察，只有在最后一刻才起作用，其余时候，贪官藐视法律，“清官”自以为成了法律的化身，整个剧情也就是歌颂“清官”如 何实施人治，看不到一点法治起作用的影子。这种电视剧的编导，意识还停留在一千年前的包青天时代。
三是代表了国人千年来不曾改变的对统治阶级的依赖和统治阶级对这种依赖的强化和利用。这与上一点是有联系的。贪官或者黑社会欺压到自己头上，法院和检察院 不起作用，没有人想要起诉，只有通过熟人去找这长那长，求他们为自己主持公道。殊不知如此依靠人情而不是法律办事才是最大的不公道。这种戏里面，官员利用 手中权利“为民作主”的做法得到了合理化，特别是古装戏里的皇帝，简直成了世间唯一的正义象征。难怪各级领导都喜欢看这种电视剧，也喜欢手下看这种电视 剧。如此熏陶出来的人，只能是法盲和没有思想的“顺民”。
其实电视剧可以是另一个样子的。真要拍反腐、反黑题材，为什么不用那么多法官、律师维护法律尊严的故事，为什么不能让法治和公正的观念反映在电视剧里。何 况除了这些，电视剧还有那么多题材。美国的肥皂剧不像我们的要追求思想性，但至少他们的电视剧里没有向人灌输奢侈生活或者仰人鼻息的观念；日韩的电视剧也 不追求什么思想性，但其实每一集都在宣扬他们信仰的个人奋斗精神。既然我们要求电视剧要有思想性，为什么又允许那么多充满了污秽和庸俗的电视剧充斥荧屏？
前几天中宣部又发通知，抵制娱乐节目低俗化倾向，矛头直指湖南卫视的一些节目及各地区电视台的跟风者。其实在我看来，许多综艺节目仅仅是肉麻，还称不上低 俗，强要所有电视节目承担教育功能和教化功能是不现实的。总不可能要求《玫瑰之约》给大家上一堂人生观爱情观的课，也不能要求《超级女声》的主持人当着上 亿观众对李宇春说：“恭喜你获得第一，但是学生的主要任务是学习，你要乖，以后不要唱歌，听妈妈和老师的话，做有理想，有道德，有文化，有纪律的四有新 人……”承担教育功能的应该是学校和社区图书馆，电视剧如果有不好的思想，还不如像这些综艺节目一样没有思想，大家找点儿乐子么。
所以我认为要整顿电视节目，不要先拿综艺节目开刀，要是没有它们老百姓就只好每天沉浸在贪污、凶杀、抢劫、乱伦构成的当代电视剧的轮番轰炸当中，久而久之，让孩子们以为这个世界没有笑话，没有歌声，只有成年后无休止的勾心斗角，那就太可怕了。
早在高中的时候我就写过作文痛骂中国电视，可惜没有得到思想保守的语文老师的赏识。后来新周刊一篇《弱智的中国电视》，算是让我找到了同盟。后来看南京电 视台一位主持人的访谈，他说电视是为低收入、低文化阶层准备的媒体，我这才原谅了电视媒体的没有思想。可是现在看国产电视剧，不仅是没有思想，简直是灌输 坏思想，而且很可鄙地千人一面。对于我看到的国产电视剧之病，我借用一个一度流行的政治词汇，概括为三个代表。
一是代表了部分人对奢侈生活方式的意淫。在几乎所有电视剧中我们都能看到角色──不论是正面还是反面角色──住在有天有地的豪宅里，开着豪华大排量轿车， 出入各种高消费场所。甚至连嘴角上刚长出绒毛般的胡子的小男生也在游艇上品人头马了！这样的电视剧据说却是反映了市场的需求而生产出来的，看来只能用大家 都在 YY 这种生活来解释。而且，有些角色的身份根本用不着享受如此奢华的生活，只是编导们把展现这种常人只能想想的生活作为了电视剧的卖点。
二是代表了社会对“清官”的幻想和法制、正气的缺位。电视剧不能没有主角。遗憾的是，现在电视剧里的主角一般都是政府机关里大腹便便、满脸皱纹的领导们。 他们的任务，一般就是抵抗腐败分子的物质诱惑和武力威胁，最终利用自己的权力将其绳之以法，偶尔也要在年青女性崇拜者和结发糟糠之妻之间作出选择。这个过 程中，法律被符号化为穿蓝色制服的警察，只有在最后一刻才起作用，其余时候，贪官藐视法律，“清官”自以为成了法律的化身，整个剧情也就是歌颂“清官”如 何实施人治，看不到一点法治起作用的影子。这种电视剧的编导，意识还停留在一千年前的包青天时代。
三是代表了国人千年来不曾改变的对统治阶级的依赖和统治阶级对这种依赖的强化和利用。这与上一点是有联系的。贪官或者黑社会欺压到自己头上，法院和检察院 不起作用，没有人想要起诉，只有通过熟人去找这长那长，求他们为自己主持公道。殊不知如此依靠人情而不是法律办事才是最大的不公道。这种戏里面，官员利用 手中权利“为民作主”的做法得到了合理化，特别是古装戏里的皇帝，简直成了世间唯一的正义象征。难怪各级领导都喜欢看这种电视剧，也喜欢手下看这种电视 剧。如此熏陶出来的人，只能是法盲和没有思想的“顺民”。
其实电视剧可以是另一个样子的。真要拍反腐、反黑题材，为什么不用那么多法官、律师维护法律尊严的故事，为什么不能让法治和公正的观念反映在电视剧里。何 况除了这些，电视剧还有那么多题材。美国的肥皂剧不像我们的要追求思想性，但至少他们的电视剧里没有向人灌输奢侈生活或者仰人鼻息的观念；日韩的电视剧也 不追求什么思想性，但其实每一集都在宣扬他们信仰的个人奋斗精神。既然我们要求电视剧要有思想性，为什么又允许那么多充满了污秽和庸俗的电视剧充斥荧屏？
前几天中宣部又发通知，抵制娱乐节目低俗化倾向，矛头直指湖南卫视的一些节目及各地区电视台的跟风者。其实在我看来，许多综艺节目仅仅是肉麻，还称不上低 俗，强要所有电视节目承担教育功能和教化功能是不现实的。总不可能要求《玫瑰之约》给大家上一堂人生观爱情观的课，也不能要求《超级女声》的主持人当着上 亿观众对李宇春说：“恭喜你获得第一，但是学生的主要任务是学习，你要乖，以后不要唱歌，听妈妈和老师的话，做有理想，有道德，有文化，有纪律的四有新 人……”承担教育功能的应该是学校和社区图书馆，电视剧如果有不好的思想，还不如像这些综艺节目一样没有思想，大家找点儿乐子么。
所以我认为要整顿电视节目，不要先拿综艺节目开刀，要是没有它们老百姓就只好每天沉浸在贪污、凶杀、抢劫、乱伦构成的当代电视剧的轮番轰炸当中，久而久之，让孩子们以为这个世界没有笑话，没有歌声，只有成年后无休止的勾心斗角，那就太可怕了。
‘War of the Worlds’: New twig in an old tree
I just went to the cinema today for this movie. I must say for the thrill it gives in two hours, the price of ticket is worthy. Though people may be disappointed that Spielberg made another snack-like movie, I think, after he gained fame by 'Schindler's list' 'Purple' and 'Saving Private Ryan', now is the time he come back as a SF movie director who choose titles he likes, instead of that most critics like.
Surely, this movie will not bring you much thinking. However, I think it is a stylish Scientific thriller. And that's enough. Based on H. G. Wells' famous masterpiece 'War of the Worlds', this movie provided a scene of outer-space intrusion quite different from 'Alien' or 'Independent Day'. From the scene of the street, the panic crowd and burning crash site, we can well regard Steven Spielberg as a detail-focused director. There are horrible explosions in the movie, but he doesn't use these to blind you, you can also notice many subtle details that make the movie more realistic. This is what previous 'space intruder' movies couldn't provide.
Spielberg also used many settings borrowed from other SF works. The pilot of alien killing machine is surrounded by red-orange liquid, sounds like Neon Genesis Evangelion; the blood thirst aliens are like from 'ID4' and 'Starship Troopers'; and you cannot forget Tim Robbins, his role is planning digging a tunnel to the subway and raise a resisting army, reminding us of 'Shawshank's redemption'.
There are a few paradoxes. One is how the aliens put their machines on the earth. Ray (Tom Cruise) and other people say they were buried underground even before human emerged. Then how can the alien tolerate using so old devices? How can they exist for over a million years? Therefore I tend to believe those vehicles are compressed under extremely high pressure and they grow back to normal size when they come out of the ground (some kind of memory alloy, maybe).
The other is why they are defeated? H. G. Wells may failed to think out a better way to defeat them, so he let them all get killed by Terran virus. But how can we believe such an alien army designed for intruding other planets do not have any immune measure against viruses they may encounter? One explanation may be that it is their first time marching to another planet than their home, and they failed to get antibodies from human blood in time. Any way, I like the ending, which do not employ so much human-pride and nobody else would think out except Wells.
[Ecology] Summary of ‘Ecology of a Changing Planet’, Chapter 12
Open-ocean productivity is generally less than 100 g C/m^2/year, but upwellings and continental shelf areas may be two to three times as productive.
Coral reefs are closed nutrient systems that maintain high rates of productivity under oligotrophic conditions. Under eutrophic conditions they may be outcompeted by other organisms like algae and zooplanktons.
Water bodies can be vertically thermally stratified into epilimnion, thermocline and hypolimnion.
Old lakes are lost through geological factors and hydrarch succession, and new lakes are formed by glaciers, rivers, chemical dissolution, and volcano activity.
Different communities of aquatic life will be found according to the nutrient levels and temperature and oxygen profiles of lakes.
Coral reefs are closed nutrient systems that maintain high rates of productivity under oligotrophic conditions. Under eutrophic conditions they may be outcompeted by other organisms like algae and zooplanktons.
Water bodies can be vertically thermally stratified into epilimnion, thermocline and hypolimnion.
Old lakes are lost through geological factors and hydrarch succession, and new lakes are formed by glaciers, rivers, chemical dissolution, and volcano activity.
Different communities of aquatic life will be found according to the nutrient levels and temperature and oxygen profiles of lakes.
[Ecology] Summary of ‘Ecology of a Changing Planet’, Chapter 9
Natural selection determines that all predators are coward; the brave go extinct.
Predators forage optimally by expending the least amount of energy necessary to achieve fitness and will switch prey items if necessary.
Predator avoidance is the best defence against predation.
Predation can be an important factor in the maintenance of biodiversity because it prevents competition exclusion.
When explaining Batesian mimicry, the author gives the example of eastern tiger swallowtail. It is usually yellow. But when poisonous pipevine swallowtails are abundant, the female eastern tiger swallowtails mimic them. Is the gene of eastern tiger swallowtails determine that they change their look when adequate? How is this mechanism evolved?
Predators forage optimally by expending the least amount of energy necessary to achieve fitness and will switch prey items if necessary.
Predator avoidance is the best defence against predation.
Predation can be an important factor in the maintenance of biodiversity because it prevents competition exclusion.
When explaining Batesian mimicry, the author gives the example of eastern tiger swallowtail. It is usually yellow. But when poisonous pipevine swallowtails are abundant, the female eastern tiger swallowtails mimic them. Is the gene of eastern tiger swallowtails determine that they change their look when adequate? How is this mechanism evolved?
[Ecology] Summary of ‘Ecology of a changing planet’, Chapter 8
Conservation efforts must prioritise the well-being of local populations.
Natural populations seldom reach carrying capacity and are continually cut back by density-independent factors.
Organisms evolve to occupy a tightly defined niche. Only one species occupies a niche in one place at one time. Niche will decide the morphology of the organism. Unrelated species occupying similar niches are driven by natural selection to evolve similar traits.
Natural populations seldom reach carrying capacity and are continually cut back by density-independent factors.
Organisms evolve to occupy a tightly defined niche. Only one species occupies a niche in one place at one time. Niche will decide the morphology of the organism. Unrelated species occupying similar niches are driven by natural selection to evolve similar traits.
[Ecology] Summary of ‘Ecology of a Changing Planet’, Chapter 6-7
[Ecology] Summary of 'Ecology of a Changing Planet', Chapter 6
Exploitation efficiency of decomposers approaches 100%.
The largest energy flow through an ecosystem is through the decompositional pathway.
Allocation of energy changes with maturity. Immature stages invest in growth, mature stages increase investment in reproduction.
[Ecology] Summary of 'Ecology of a Changing Planet', Chapter 7
There are two types of reproduction: asexual and sexual. Asexual reproduction can produce the exact clones of the parent. Compared to sexual reproduction, asexual reproduction doesn't need extra energy to demonstrate attraction, or fight for the right of breeding. However, 97% of organisms use sexual reproduction, because it brings more variations in genotypes and more possibility of producing 'superfit' offspring. In relatively constant circumstances, sexual reproduction is preferred; while in frequently changing circumstances, asexual reproduction often outcompete.
Males can offset reproductive costs by increasing the survirorship of the young.
The reason why there are only 2 sexes is that if there are more than one sex that cannot give birth to the offspring, more energy will be wasted.
Animals will have the optimal number of young to achieve an ecological fitness of 1. In energy allocation and surviving strategies, there are two types: opportunists (r-strategy) tend to be short-lived, have small bodies, and have many young, e.g. dandelions; competitors tend to be long-lived, have large bodies, and have few young, e.g. large mammals.
Exploitation efficiency of decomposers approaches 100%.
The largest energy flow through an ecosystem is through the decompositional pathway.
Allocation of energy changes with maturity. Immature stages invest in growth, mature stages increase investment in reproduction.
[Ecology] Summary of 'Ecology of a Changing Planet', Chapter 7
There are two types of reproduction: asexual and sexual. Asexual reproduction can produce the exact clones of the parent. Compared to sexual reproduction, asexual reproduction doesn't need extra energy to demonstrate attraction, or fight for the right of breeding. However, 97% of organisms use sexual reproduction, because it brings more variations in genotypes and more possibility of producing 'superfit' offspring. In relatively constant circumstances, sexual reproduction is preferred; while in frequently changing circumstances, asexual reproduction often outcompete.
Males can offset reproductive costs by increasing the survirorship of the young.
The reason why there are only 2 sexes is that if there are more than one sex that cannot give birth to the offspring, more energy will be wasted.
Animals will have the optimal number of young to achieve an ecological fitness of 1. In energy allocation and surviving strategies, there are two types: opportunists (r-strategy) tend to be short-lived, have small bodies, and have many young, e.g. dandelions; competitors tend to be long-lived, have large bodies, and have few young, e.g. large mammals.
[Ecology] Summary of ‘Ecology of a Changing Planet’, Chapter 3-6
[Ecology] Summary of 'Ecology of a Changing Planet', Chapter 3
Biodiversity is assessed at the landscape, species, population and genetic level. The strongest pattern in biodiversity is a decline in species diversity from equator to pole. This may be due to history: first angiosperms originated in tropical regions, productivity, habitat structure, stronger specialisation.
Most species are relatively rare with small to moderate geographic ranges, but are locally common where conditions are optimal. A common species is not "better", or even better adapted than a rare species.
Conserving biodiversity is tightly tied to conserving tropical ecosystems.
[Ecology] Summary of 'Ecology of a Changing Planet', Chapter 4
The greatest variable in tropical climate is precipitation caused by the migration of the intertropical convergence zone and Hadley cells.
[Ecology] Summary of 'Ecology of a Changing Planet', Chapter 5
An ecosystem includes both biotic and abiotic processes of a region. All ecosystems are affected by those that surround them. Small ecosystems are nested in larger ecosystems.
Most nutrient uptake by plants is from the upper 3cm of the soil.
The speed of nutrient cycling lies at the heart of agricultural and forest productivity. Temperature, moisture and soil conditions decide the speed of nutrient cycling.
Ecosystem functions are the natural services that the ecosystem provides to neighbouring ecosystems and to the organisms that live within it. Ecosystem values are the uses, or worth, that humans ascribe to an ecosystem.
[Ecology] Summary of 'Ecology of a Changing Planet', Chapter 6
Every organism needs energy for successful reproduction.
C4 plants have a more powerful chemical pump to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. C4 can gain enough CO2 in less time than C3 plants, hence it's more suitable for dry, hot conditions.
Either using CH2O to generate energy or build the plant body needs oxygen equal to generated in photosynthesis. Therefore, it's a common fallacy that we will asphyxiate if we get rid of all green plants. In fact without plant we will starve before asphyxiate.
If pasture is to be maintained in a healthy state for domestic cattle, the exploitation efficiency should not exceed 30% to 45%.
Biodiversity is assessed at the landscape, species, population and genetic level. The strongest pattern in biodiversity is a decline in species diversity from equator to pole. This may be due to history: first angiosperms originated in tropical regions, productivity, habitat structure, stronger specialisation.
Most species are relatively rare with small to moderate geographic ranges, but are locally common where conditions are optimal. A common species is not "better", or even better adapted than a rare species.
Conserving biodiversity is tightly tied to conserving tropical ecosystems.
[Ecology] Summary of 'Ecology of a Changing Planet', Chapter 4
The greatest variable in tropical climate is precipitation caused by the migration of the intertropical convergence zone and Hadley cells.
[Ecology] Summary of 'Ecology of a Changing Planet', Chapter 5
An ecosystem includes both biotic and abiotic processes of a region. All ecosystems are affected by those that surround them. Small ecosystems are nested in larger ecosystems.
Most nutrient uptake by plants is from the upper 3cm of the soil.
The speed of nutrient cycling lies at the heart of agricultural and forest productivity. Temperature, moisture and soil conditions decide the speed of nutrient cycling.
Ecosystem functions are the natural services that the ecosystem provides to neighbouring ecosystems and to the organisms that live within it. Ecosystem values are the uses, or worth, that humans ascribe to an ecosystem.
[Ecology] Summary of 'Ecology of a Changing Planet', Chapter 6
Every organism needs energy for successful reproduction.
C4 plants have a more powerful chemical pump to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. C4 can gain enough CO2 in less time than C3 plants, hence it's more suitable for dry, hot conditions.
Either using CH2O to generate energy or build the plant body needs oxygen equal to generated in photosynthesis. Therefore, it's a common fallacy that we will asphyxiate if we get rid of all green plants. In fact without plant we will starve before asphyxiate.
If pasture is to be maintained in a healthy state for domestic cattle, the exploitation efficiency should not exceed 30% to 45%.
2005年8月11日星期四
[Academic] Unfinished Business
Today I gave a talk to my mentor of graduation essay. Prof. Liu is very interested in the method I used in my thesis and she wanted a systematic explanation of the whole process.
Besides, she thinks that my method is creative and wants me writing an article and publishing it in domestic kernel journal. This plan is attractive and exciting. The only problem is that I don't know whether my idea is really so original and valuable.
Well, here is the chance, so just do it.
Besides, she thinks that my method is creative and wants me writing an article and publishing it in domestic kernel journal. This plan is attractive and exciting. The only problem is that I don't know whether my idea is really so original and valuable.
Well, here is the chance, so just do it.
2005年8月10日星期三
[Ecology] Summary of ‘Ecology of a Changing Planet’, Chapter 2
This afternoon I spent about 4.5 hours in a coffee shop reading this book. I was very dizzy but knowing that sleep when sitting is not good for your heart and brain so I just tried every effort to keep myself awake.
The title of this chapter is 'Chance, Change and Evolution'. it discusses the lifecycle of a species: evolution, survival, and extinction. Evolution here is forming a new species, when the genetic change is profound enough. The definition of 'species' is that the population is reproductively isolated.
Chance events play important parts in evolution.
Life formed in primitive oceans. The organic molecule's forming from inorganic materials is a small-probability event but it will occur giving enough reaction chances. The early life utilize sulfuret and energy from sun or earth to produce CH_2O.
There has been much more life forms in certain periods than today, for example, Cambrian. Many species extincted in the past. In fact, extinction is part of the history of life on the earth. Human is *not* the most advanced form of life. We are just lucky enough to survive. And we are just a twig of the species bush.
The life of a species may be from 4 million to 22 million years. Every species will extinct, sooner or later. In the past, it's meteroids' impact accelarating this process. Now it's human doing the same job.
The title of this chapter is 'Chance, Change and Evolution'. it discusses the lifecycle of a species: evolution, survival, and extinction. Evolution here is forming a new species, when the genetic change is profound enough. The definition of 'species' is that the population is reproductively isolated.
Chance events play important parts in evolution.
Life formed in primitive oceans. The organic molecule's forming from inorganic materials is a small-probability event but it will occur giving enough reaction chances. The early life utilize sulfuret and energy from sun or earth to produce CH_2O.
There has been much more life forms in certain periods than today, for example, Cambrian. Many species extincted in the past. In fact, extinction is part of the history of life on the earth. Human is *not* the most advanced form of life. We are just lucky enough to survive. And we are just a twig of the species bush.
The life of a species may be from 4 million to 22 million years. Every species will extinct, sooner or later. In the past, it's meteroids' impact accelarating this process. Now it's human doing the same job.
2K Pass
先说一下 1K 被拒的经过。
准备的材料有：VAF1 表、学生问卷、照片、毕业证、学位证、成绩单、户口、Cond. Offer、USD $ 30K 多的存款证明（2000年一次存入）、父亲的工作证明、房产证复印件、IELTS 成绩、TOEFL 成绩、清华水平一证书
被拒的理由是工作证明太过简陋，不够正式，而且 30K 多的存款换算成英镑只能勉强够学费和生活费。
曾经考虑过申诉，但自己材料准备确实不充分，而且申诉要送到英国处理，估计等出结果黄花菜都凉了。于是准备 2K。
补充的材料是 USD $ 30K 多和 10K 多（1998年一次存入）的存单各一张，以及存款证明。还有以父亲所在公司总部名义开的工作证明（原来是以地区办事处名义开的）。
递材料那天人很多，我中午才到，好在 rp 不错，排到未预约的第51号，14:15 才叫到我，那天未预约的一共受理了60来个的样子。
昨天晚上查到状态变了，于是今天早起，赶到签证中心。拿到信封后没敢马上拆，怕中介来纠缠。出了东环广场才打开，一下看到护照上 UK Entry Clearance 字样，心中大石终于落地。给了我17个月的签证，到07年1月。
总结：税单和工资单非必须；
VO 对二签没有歧视；
钱的准备要充足一些；
亲属关系公证非必须，但最好有担保信。
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签过了以后马上给 n 个人发短信报告好消息。这种如释重负的感觉确实比较爽。虽然之后还有一大堆杂七杂八的事要做，不过总算是把最重要的事搞定了。也祝小 P 签证顺利。
准备的材料有：VAF1 表、学生问卷、照片、毕业证、学位证、成绩单、户口、Cond. Offer、USD $ 30K 多的存款证明（2000年一次存入）、父亲的工作证明、房产证复印件、IELTS 成绩、TOEFL 成绩、清华水平一证书
被拒的理由是工作证明太过简陋，不够正式，而且 30K 多的存款换算成英镑只能勉强够学费和生活费。
曾经考虑过申诉，但自己材料准备确实不充分，而且申诉要送到英国处理，估计等出结果黄花菜都凉了。于是准备 2K。
补充的材料是 USD $ 30K 多和 10K 多（1998年一次存入）的存单各一张，以及存款证明。还有以父亲所在公司总部名义开的工作证明（原来是以地区办事处名义开的）。
递材料那天人很多，我中午才到，好在 rp 不错，排到未预约的第51号，14:15 才叫到我，那天未预约的一共受理了60来个的样子。
昨天晚上查到状态变了，于是今天早起，赶到签证中心。拿到信封后没敢马上拆，怕中介来纠缠。出了东环广场才打开，一下看到护照上 UK Entry Clearance 字样，心中大石终于落地。给了我17个月的签证，到07年1月。
总结：税单和工资单非必须；
VO 对二签没有歧视；
钱的准备要充足一些；
亲属关系公证非必须，但最好有担保信。
**********************************************
签过了以后马上给 n 个人发短信报告好消息。这种如释重负的感觉确实比较爽。虽然之后还有一大堆杂七杂八的事要做，不过总算是把最重要的事搞定了。也祝小 P 签证顺利。
2005年8月9日星期二
[Ecology] Summary of ‘Ecology of a Changing Planet’, Chapter 1
Things that I already know are omitted.
Ecology is a science concerning how nature worked. Environmentalism is just a concern. The environmentalists' idea may be drawn on scientific data, but also may be based on emotional appeal or on ethical or moral criteria. There are environmental science, too, which studies the influence of human actions on natural processes.
Natural selection is the mechanism that determines which lineage leaves the most descendents. At the same time it is the loss of all members from a population other than those with optimal genotypes. Those lineages with traits best biological programmed will have better chance to leave more descendents. The parents are successful in this therefore new generation too different from the parents may not be so successful. Natural selection, contrast to people's assumption, don't encourage mutant but heredity.
In Further Readings, maybe I can find Grand(2000).
See http://www.prenhall.com/bush for relating online resources.
Ecology is a science concerning how nature worked. Environmentalism is just a concern. The environmentalists' idea may be drawn on scientific data, but also may be based on emotional appeal or on ethical or moral criteria. There are environmental science, too, which studies the influence of human actions on natural processes.
Natural selection is the mechanism that determines which lineage leaves the most descendents. At the same time it is the loss of all members from a population other than those with optimal genotypes. Those lineages with traits best biological programmed will have better chance to leave more descendents. The parents are successful in this therefore new generation too different from the parents may not be so successful. Natural selection, contrast to people's assumption, don't encourage mutant but heredity.
In Further Readings, maybe I can find Grand(2000).
See http://www.prenhall.com/bush for relating online resources.
2005年8月8日星期一
Vagrant
It was 12:00 at noon. I was in Tsinghua University's tenth mess hall waiting for one of my friends, who needs to share the fee card with me. I feel reluctant. I should have been here half an hour earlier and there will be less people. If I just use my own card, I will just have my lunch alone. Yeah, why not? I can choose the time and place for any of my meals. Suddenly I find out a bit about why I can't be with my ex-girlfriend for a long enough time. I am a vagrant. I want to arrange my time myself. I don't want to wait for someone before I want to do something. Nor do I want anybody telling me "it's time for this" or "it's time for that" against my own decision and habitats. Another people having every meal with me will soon or later make me mad. I have too much of my own business. Don't tell me someone will change this. It will only change when I finally learn to be still one day. Not in the predictable future. I am glad that I didn't run into some people's lives before. They will not be hurt by me and my vagrant character now. Sometimes I do feel alone. But at such times what I need is a spiritual companion more than one who eats with me. I don't like love and girlfriend being brought down to physical level.
2005年8月4日星期四
History is repeating itself
Today I read an article in a magazine called Nanfang News Weekly. It is a comment on the founder of blogchina.com, Fang Xindong. The article mentioned how Fang decided to start blogchina.
A few Years ago Fang wrote several articles on Micro$oft's monopolization over the OS market. Micro$oft's media department was powerful enough to control many portal websites and they deleted Fang's post at once. Fang was very angry and he began to look for a media that can't be controlled by large firms like MS. Then he found blog and started blogchina.com.
About 3 years later, I also find that my blog entry concerning censorship is deleted on blogchina.com, so I abandoned that blog and started this one. Today when I read this I feel history is tragically repeating itself. blogchina.com now is also a tool of censorship and filtering.
A few Years ago Fang wrote several articles on Micro$oft's monopolization over the OS market. Micro$oft's media department was powerful enough to control many portal websites and they deleted Fang's post at once. Fang was very angry and he began to look for a media that can't be controlled by large firms like MS. Then he found blog and started blogchina.com.
About 3 years later, I also find that my blog entry concerning censorship is deleted on blogchina.com, so I abandoned that blog and started this one. Today when I read this I feel history is tragically repeating itself. blogchina.com now is also a tool of censorship and filtering.
2005年8月1日星期一
Some unpleasant feeling brought by CAU’s publication
On the roof top we haven't got much to read. Today I picked up a magazine edited by China Agriculture University's mountaineering team. It has a lot of articles. Most are about their May day holiday.
They went to Mount Sigu'niang (the Four Ladies) in Sichuan province and Xiaowutai Mountain in Hebei province. A female team member who went to Sigu'niang described her experience of falling on a snow slope and (I guess) hypothermia. She talked with no sign of fear or regret.
There is also an interview to their most experienced team member, called Asan. Asan was asked if he is afraid about death. But he just said death is nothing special. He even asked: "who should be afraid of death?" Geez, I don't want to climb any mountain with such daredevil. As one who has climbed a few snow mountains he should know there are something to fear.
The principle of CAU, famed Professor Chen Zhangliang is very supportive to the mountaineering team. But I think this has some negative effects to their development. They may get too aggressive. In the magazine they even mentioned that next year they will begin preparing for climbing Mt. Everest. This could be very dangerous for a team established in 2003 and lack experienced climber.
They went to Mount Sigu'niang (the Four Ladies) in Sichuan province and Xiaowutai Mountain in Hebei province. A female team member who went to Sigu'niang described her experience of falling on a snow slope and (I guess) hypothermia. She talked with no sign of fear or regret.
There is also an interview to their most experienced team member, called Asan. Asan was asked if he is afraid about death. But he just said death is nothing special. He even asked: "who should be afraid of death?" Geez, I don't want to climb any mountain with such daredevil. As one who has climbed a few snow mountains he should know there are something to fear.
The principle of CAU, famed Professor Chen Zhangliang is very supportive to the mountaineering team. But I think this has some negative effects to their development. They may get too aggressive. In the magazine they even mentioned that next year they will begin preparing for climbing Mt. Everest. This could be very dangerous for a team established in 2003 and lack experienced climber.
2005年7月31日星期日
Before you decide to have an affair, part II
And if you think you have met the companion of your life, it is worthy to drop the things you are doing to be his/her company. They are special because if you don't pay enough attention to them you will never complete yourself and you will lose them.
But how do we identify such particular person from other people? We may feel happy when we are with someone. But it's not enough, yet. You feel safe, easy and at peace when you are with such person. You know without them you will not be complete. Do remember this is different from the feeling that you don't want to leave them.
But how do we identify such particular person from other people? We may feel happy when we are with someone. But it's not enough, yet. You feel safe, easy and at peace when you are with such person. You know without them you will not be complete. Do remember this is different from the feeling that you don't want to leave them.
2005年7月30日星期六
[笔记]独立的中国文化及其认同
2005年6月的《书城》杂志，专题文章是在《国家认同和文明传统》标题下的三篇文章。分别从中国传统文化、国家认知和西方的认知实践的角度来论述如何确立国家、民族和文化认同，以及如何从正确的视点评价中国传统文化的问题。
甘阳认为，国内的文化研究者应当学会从中国人自己的眼光看待中国文化，而不是跟着西方学者的眼光走，或者以西方的方式来研究中国的文化问题。中国文化和社会经济有其特点，西方人用他们的方式看不懂，中国人用西方的方式也看不懂。
全球化时代研究中国问题需要从全球的角度来看。首先是从世界文明历史角度了解中国历史。中国历史与西方历史缺乏联系，二者的交往史是没有多少意义的。其次是要避免西方中心论的观点。中国的许多问题西方人无法理解，中国人也要新的手段才能理解。
刘擎则提出，在整个社会颂扬多元化的今天，我们仍然需要一种共同的价值认同。在这种认同的基础上，价值之间的冲突可以通过协商和对话来解决，至少可以解决绝大多数。
在美国，由于种族构成的多元化和整体价值认同的缺失，文化杂多主义正在瓦解这个国家的文化基础。因此，亨廷顿认为需要复兴文化保守主义。而强世功认为在文化的保存方面，美国的保守主义者才是我们的盟友，因为自由派会引起文化杂多主义，而中国传统文化和价值认同也在受着文化杂多主义的威胁。
甘阳认为，国内的文化研究者应当学会从中国人自己的眼光看待中国文化，而不是跟着西方学者的眼光走，或者以西方的方式来研究中国的文化问题。中国文化和社会经济有其特点，西方人用他们的方式看不懂，中国人用西方的方式也看不懂。
全球化时代研究中国问题需要从全球的角度来看。首先是从世界文明历史角度了解中国历史。中国历史与西方历史缺乏联系，二者的交往史是没有多少意义的。其次是要避免西方中心论的观点。中国的许多问题西方人无法理解，中国人也要新的手段才能理解。
刘擎则提出，在整个社会颂扬多元化的今天，我们仍然需要一种共同的价值认同。在这种认同的基础上，价值之间的冲突可以通过协商和对话来解决，至少可以解决绝大多数。
在美国，由于种族构成的多元化和整体价值认同的缺失，文化杂多主义正在瓦解这个国家的文化基础。因此，亨廷顿认为需要复兴文化保守主义。而强世功认为在文化的保存方面，美国的保守主义者才是我们的盟友，因为自由派会引起文化杂多主义，而中国传统文化和价值认同也在受着文化杂多主义的威胁。
2005年7月28日星期四
Before you decide to have an affair
Yesterday Palo invited Vstarloss and I to a dinner. After that when we walk back we talked about celibate. Vstarloss says he may one day give up this. But Palo says that he won't as long as there is something for him to do. One won't feel alone when he's doing something he thinks interest.
I think Palo's words make sense. You have to invest a lot of time when you are in an affair. If you have something else to do, especially when you are interested in that, the time you invested in love affairs will make you feel painful.
I have to stop here because my friends are calling me for a dinner.
Continue next time.
I think Palo's words make sense. You have to invest a lot of time when you are in an affair. If you have something else to do, especially when you are interested in that, the time you invested in love affairs will make you feel painful.
I have to stop here because my friends are calling me for a dinner.
Continue next time.
2005年7月27日星期三
领签证的这天
今天应该是这几天中醒得最早的一天，早上5点多就醒了一次，因为我睡在外面，感觉到雨点打到帐篷上了，连忙把两个帐篷都搬进屋里，然后才接着睡。7：30，虽然手机没有响，但也醒过来准备到签证中心去领取签证结果。
9：30左右到了签证中心，然后拿到了黄信封。出门后一看，很遗憾，没有过。签证官拒绝的理由是我提供的财产证明不够详尽，没有资金历史，而且工作证明显得太简陋，完全不像有那种收入的人的公司开具的。其实拒绝的理由很充分，我也不好再申诉了。犹豫了一下要不要先回家，过一段时间再回来签证，但跟家里打了电话后还是决定先在这里把事情办完再回去。
下午比较懒惰，在楼顶玩了一下午游戏，甚至还用 S/L 大法把 Metal Slug Advance 打穿了。自己觉得很罪恶，居然一下午什么事也没有做，包括一些十分应该去做的事。但现在的状态就是想先休息。晚上 Palo 请客，原定的大鲨鱼据说已经没有什么菜了，所以改去吃日本料理。这是我头一次吃真正的料理，觉得米饭加果醋的味道很好。其他菜也很不错，尤其是烤鳗鱼和金枪鱼手卷。个人觉得我们肯定把58元/人的餐价吃回本了，大概那家店的人也没有见过像我们这样海塞的吧……
9：30左右到了签证中心，然后拿到了黄信封。出门后一看，很遗憾，没有过。签证官拒绝的理由是我提供的财产证明不够详尽，没有资金历史，而且工作证明显得太简陋，完全不像有那种收入的人的公司开具的。其实拒绝的理由很充分，我也不好再申诉了。犹豫了一下要不要先回家，过一段时间再回来签证，但跟家里打了电话后还是决定先在这里把事情办完再回去。
下午比较懒惰，在楼顶玩了一下午游戏，甚至还用 S/L 大法把 Metal Slug Advance 打穿了。自己觉得很罪恶，居然一下午什么事也没有做，包括一些十分应该去做的事。但现在的状态就是想先休息。晚上 Palo 请客，原定的大鲨鱼据说已经没有什么菜了，所以改去吃日本料理。这是我头一次吃真正的料理，觉得米饭加果醋的味道很好。其他菜也很不错，尤其是烤鳗鱼和金枪鱼手卷。个人觉得我们肯定把58元/人的餐价吃回本了，大概那家店的人也没有见过像我们这样海塞的吧……
2005年7月21日星期四
Coming back from Tibet
Again I am in hot, humid Beijing. Again I am busy preparing visa application. The journey to Tibet may just mean little to me now. However, allowed some time, it may finally become one essential part in my life. I can't deny that in this very journey I decided that I will go on climbing. The Seven Summits? The 14 8000ms? They are not that far as before.
My blog in blog-city.com is to be deleted. Let it be. To make one good blog is enough.
The University of Edinburgh just give me offer today. Too late, geez, or I will surely accept it without any hesitate.
My blog in blog-city.com is to be deleted. Let it be. To make one good blog is enough.
The University of Edinburgh just give me offer today. Too late, geez, or I will surely accept it without any hesitate.
2005年6月26日星期日
疲倦与期待
今天早晨起床时发现体温恢复了正常。今天要做的事比较多，但是早上已经让人看到了顺利出发的希望。
第一个惊喜是早上到胡 core （不是国家主席，是系主任）的办公室时发现申请已经被批准了。之后到系教务处看到胡 core 本人，证实了这一点，另外系内答辩抽查自然也不会抽我了，额呵呵。
上午去办体检也很迅速，领表，填表，半个小时完成。
之后去送大部队出发却遇到一些波折。拉萨那边的前站要登山队员和记者的身份证号，我和 VstarLoss 跑上楼顶发信，结果 E-mail 地址有错，不得不再多发几个邮箱。而记者的身份证号又一时找不到，无语，不仅没吃上午饭，也没跟大部队一起合影。不过在楼顶接电话，体验了一下后站的工 作，确实需要智勇双全。不过以后这种机会对我来说恐怕不多了。
下午成功地完成了论文报盘和光盘的制作。之后出发之前要做的事基本就算做完了。这几天的忙碌不知道是否只是艰苦的科考的前奏。我这几天常有心力交瘁的感觉……不过今天在楼顶感觉自己仍然很有活力。科考，对我来说是那么值得期待。
在 Free 上偷看 Maggie 的个人文集，不出所料说了昨天谈人生谈理想的事。嗯，我不知道自己的话对别人能有这样大的影响，不过觉得自己比03年登山之前确实考虑问题周全得多了。
第一个惊喜是早上到胡 core （不是国家主席，是系主任）的办公室时发现申请已经被批准了。之后到系教务处看到胡 core 本人，证实了这一点，另外系内答辩抽查自然也不会抽我了，额呵呵。
上午去办体检也很迅速，领表，填表，半个小时完成。
之后去送大部队出发却遇到一些波折。拉萨那边的前站要登山队员和记者的身份证号，我和 VstarLoss 跑上楼顶发信，结果 E-mail 地址有错，不得不再多发几个邮箱。而记者的身份证号又一时找不到，无语，不仅没吃上午饭，也没跟大部队一起合影。不过在楼顶接电话，体验了一下后站的工 作，确实需要智勇双全。不过以后这种机会对我来说恐怕不多了。
下午成功地完成了论文报盘和光盘的制作。之后出发之前要做的事基本就算做完了。这几天的忙碌不知道是否只是艰苦的科考的前奏。我这几天常有心力交瘁的感觉……不过今天在楼顶感觉自己仍然很有活力。科考，对我来说是那么值得期待。
在 Free 上偷看 Maggie 的个人文集，不出所料说了昨天谈人生谈理想的事。嗯，我不知道自己的话对别人能有这样大的影响，不过觉得自己比03年登山之前确实考虑问题周全得多了。
[tusea,kekao] One night before leaving
Right now, only three of the exploration team are left in the campus. Avalier, however and I. The rest have already get on the train to Xining. Right now they may be talking about the journey ahead. We are delayed by different causes. Therefore we are starting off tomorrow.
To me, this time going away is different from all times before. I am graduating this year, which means I won't come back to my dorm and see my classmates for very long time. As the time of departure draws near, the feeling becomes stronger and stronger.
There will always be new horizons. However, saying goodbye to something you have long had always makes one a bit sad.
I am in such a dilemma. I kept thinking of my teammates and I want to see them ASAP. At the same time I know that after tomorrow, I won't be a student of my university. I will become alumni.
I managed to tackle all matters needed for graduation this afternoon. When I finished I just feel so weird and exhausted. Well, maybe leaving the class earlier is better for me. The torment will be less.
To me, this time going away is different from all times before. I am graduating this year, which means I won't come back to my dorm and see my classmates for very long time. As the time of departure draws near, the feeling becomes stronger and stronger.
There will always be new horizons. However, saying goodbye to something you have long had always makes one a bit sad.
I am in such a dilemma. I kept thinking of my teammates and I want to see them ASAP. At the same time I know that after tomorrow, I won't be a student of my university. I will become alumni.
I managed to tackle all matters needed for graduation this afternoon. When I finished I just feel so weird and exhausted. Well, maybe leaving the class earlier is better for me. The torment will be less.
2005年6月24日星期五
忙碌/失落/欣喜/感伤
嗯，试从上述四个词中挑选出不同类的一个（本题3分）……
呵呵，开玩笑。这只是我今天心情的一个写照而已。
忙碌是难免的了。离出发只有3天了，我的论文还没有报盘，要找老师要评语部分去扫描，却又因为今天是周六找不到人。想找胡 core 批准提前离校，却被要求一定要拿到辅导员的签字。想去医院做体检，又是周六，医院不开……这一天几乎没有做成任何事。唯一值得安慰的是终于拿到了辅导员的 签字，可以开始办离校申请了。
失落，没有按计划完成的失落当然是很大一部分，而前站今天离开北京去西宁也让我很失落。
欣喜，其实并没有特别的激动，只是四年来一直没有多关心的班级仍然把我当作其中一员，很感激。
感伤，自然是因为今天的毕业晚会。虽然我负责灯光，一直只能看到舞台的一部分，但我知道每个人都是用心在演出。我很快就要离开，等回到学校的时候，估计留 在这里的人也不多了。但离别的接近却反而让我没有太多眼泪，也许我就是这样木讷吧……老大还在的话，不知道我们是不是会一起表演速降呢？
呵呵，开玩笑。这只是我今天心情的一个写照而已。
忙碌是难免的了。离出发只有3天了，我的论文还没有报盘，要找老师要评语部分去扫描，却又因为今天是周六找不到人。想找胡 core 批准提前离校，却被要求一定要拿到辅导员的签字。想去医院做体检，又是周六，医院不开……这一天几乎没有做成任何事。唯一值得安慰的是终于拿到了辅导员的 签字，可以开始办离校申请了。
失落，没有按计划完成的失落当然是很大一部分，而前站今天离开北京去西宁也让我很失落。
欣喜，其实并没有特别的激动，只是四年来一直没有多关心的班级仍然把我当作其中一员，很感激。
感伤，自然是因为今天的毕业晚会。虽然我负责灯光，一直只能看到舞台的一部分，但我知道每个人都是用心在演出。我很快就要离开，等回到学校的时候，估计留 在这里的人也不多了。但离别的接近却反而让我没有太多眼泪，也许我就是这样木讷吧……老大还在的话，不知道我们是不是会一起表演速降呢？
非同一般答辩后生活（二）
早上7点被邻床的开门声弄醒了。然后例行地测体温和晨脉，发现居然没有太大变化。起床后先很小资地洗了个凉水澡，然后简单收拾了一下东西，准备去找老师开提前离校的证明。
先到楼顶去装科考需要的衣物等装备。进楼的时候遇到 euphony，然后看到时雪坐在一楼一堆驮包上发呆。不知道昨天 super 发的帖子对他有什么影响，不管是谁先提出分手，双方都会很不好受吧。
到楼顶赶制了一份提前离校申请，然后打电话给班主任要求他签字，被拒，班主任说只有系主任才有这个权利。时雪找不到 parker，正在发脾气。他们很快要出发到车站去托运驮包。我跟时雪一起下楼，然后去系馆找教务科的老师。
结果证明这个申请也并不好开。我到处找老师，打了若干个电话，终于把申请交给教务科。这时已近中午，于是回宿舍，喝水，洗衣服。
刚要去吃饭，被导师叫去提论文修改意见。不过这一次似乎没有多少内容上的改动，只是一些格式的细调。我的拍档没有那么走运，导师觉得她的论文是赶工的结果，我到场的时候估计刚被骂过。在导师办公室门外，她哭了起来。
我只有尽力安慰她，同时说一些自己对导师的负面看法以示对她的支持。另一个女生陪着她回去，我一个人，没有自行车，在主干道上走。
脸色凝重，步履却很快捷。下午要改好论文，晚上要把自己宿舍里的东西打好包。明天要打印论文，报盘，要找老师要同意离校的签字，要送前站，要开毕联晚会， 要准备科考的题目……我以为自己以前只对山野协会是忠诚的，现在却发现自己希望把一切都做好，为了自己，为了朋友们，为了自己几乎只是挂名其中的班级。
有时候觉得答辩完了还要这么累实在是很奇怪。也许是这几年的大学生活让人越来越热衷于忙碌和炫耀忙碌了吧。
到现在还有很多东西不确定，到底我会不会被抽中系内答辩，到底我的申请能不能被批准，以及今年的科考会是怎样，全都笼罩在未来的迷雾当中。可是我相信，一切都会好的。我一直在为这而努力呢。
先到楼顶去装科考需要的衣物等装备。进楼的时候遇到 euphony，然后看到时雪坐在一楼一堆驮包上发呆。不知道昨天 super 发的帖子对他有什么影响，不管是谁先提出分手，双方都会很不好受吧。
到楼顶赶制了一份提前离校申请，然后打电话给班主任要求他签字，被拒，班主任说只有系主任才有这个权利。时雪找不到 parker，正在发脾气。他们很快要出发到车站去托运驮包。我跟时雪一起下楼，然后去系馆找教务科的老师。
结果证明这个申请也并不好开。我到处找老师，打了若干个电话，终于把申请交给教务科。这时已近中午，于是回宿舍，喝水，洗衣服。
刚要去吃饭，被导师叫去提论文修改意见。不过这一次似乎没有多少内容上的改动，只是一些格式的细调。我的拍档没有那么走运，导师觉得她的论文是赶工的结果，我到场的时候估计刚被骂过。在导师办公室门外，她哭了起来。
我只有尽力安慰她，同时说一些自己对导师的负面看法以示对她的支持。另一个女生陪着她回去，我一个人，没有自行车，在主干道上走。
脸色凝重，步履却很快捷。下午要改好论文，晚上要把自己宿舍里的东西打好包。明天要打印论文，报盘，要找老师要同意离校的签字，要送前站，要开毕联晚会， 要准备科考的题目……我以为自己以前只对山野协会是忠诚的，现在却发现自己希望把一切都做好，为了自己，为了朋友们，为了自己几乎只是挂名其中的班级。
有时候觉得答辩完了还要这么累实在是很奇怪。也许是这几年的大学生活让人越来越热衷于忙碌和炫耀忙碌了吧。
到现在还有很多东西不确定，到底我会不会被抽中系内答辩，到底我的申请能不能被批准，以及今年的科考会是怎样，全都笼罩在未来的迷雾当中。可是我相信，一切都会好的。我一直在为这而努力呢。
非同一般答辩后生活（一）
6月23日早9:01，答辩结束了。老师们并没有多难为我，所以下午我都一直在用电脑看 Tom Clancy‘s Rainbow Six。本来，大家都不太关心同组的同学做的是什么，以我们的水平，要想理解完全不同方向上的思路实在太难，更提不出什么问题。我们只是按照所里的规定， 列席答辩现场而已。
午休之前被导师叫去，说论文还要修改，我近乎麻木地点点头。这几天我已经把论文改了三遍，每一次改完后导师都能找出数量差不多相同的错误。不可否认的是如果没有这些修改，我的论文根本上不了台面。不过在答辩之后本来希望能够轻松一点，立即又有了工作要做，心里有些不耐烦。
晚 上又被抓去看毕业联欢晚会的三审，因为我要负责现场的灯光。这据说是一件非常郁闷的差事，因为蒙民伟楼的灯光控制室是看不到舞台的，只有下面的舞台监督 用对讲机通知上面：“把泛光灯关掉！”或者“舞台太暗了！”等等。而且，这也就说明我没法看正式演出，只有看比较糙的彩排了啊。
三 审和后面开会一直到将近22:00，散会后我跑到西操，参加恢复训练，用1'40"左右的速度跑完了10圈。天气实在太热，跑完这10圈后再做了两组俯卧 撑，我就只想站到跑道边吃西瓜了。回到宿舍后，继续修改论文。凌晨3点，终于改得差不多了，立即发给导师，有点博取同情的意思。然后取消了原来的洗衣服和 写 blog 的计划，洗洗睡了。
午休之前被导师叫去，说论文还要修改，我近乎麻木地点点头。这几天我已经把论文改了三遍，每一次改完后导师都能找出数量差不多相同的错误。不可否认的是如果没有这些修改，我的论文根本上不了台面。不过在答辩之后本来希望能够轻松一点，立即又有了工作要做，心里有些不耐烦。
晚 上又被抓去看毕业联欢晚会的三审，因为我要负责现场的灯光。这据说是一件非常郁闷的差事，因为蒙民伟楼的灯光控制室是看不到舞台的，只有下面的舞台监督 用对讲机通知上面：“把泛光灯关掉！”或者“舞台太暗了！”等等。而且，这也就说明我没法看正式演出，只有看比较糙的彩排了啊。
三 审和后面开会一直到将近22:00，散会后我跑到西操，参加恢复训练，用1'40"左右的速度跑完了10圈。天气实在太热，跑完这10圈后再做了两组俯卧 撑，我就只想站到跑道边吃西瓜了。回到宿舍后，继续修改论文。凌晨3点，终于改得差不多了，立即发给导师，有点博取同情的意思。然后取消了原来的洗衣服和 写 blog 的计划，洗洗睡了。
[Academic] Thesis defenced
Yesterday I managed to defence my thesis, which means my four year undergraduate study is drawing to an end. The day before I had a road test. Fortunately, I found a lot of problems in the pretest, which I paid a lot of attention in the formal defence.
LaTeX Beamer is still the most convenient and automatic slide maker. Though there are a few .ppts looking better than my beamer slide, I believe that I paid far less time in this.
My presentation was fluent. Teachers didn't raise any challenging question. I am sure that I will get a score above 85.
However, my thesis has some format problems and I have to modify it.
LaTeX Beamer is still the most convenient and automatic slide maker. Though there are a few .ppts looking better than my beamer slide, I believe that I paid far less time in this.
My presentation was fluent. Teachers didn't raise any challenging question. I am sure that I will get a score above 85.
However, my thesis has some format problems and I have to modify it.
2005年6月21日星期二
[tusea] The mountaineering team has sent out the first avant-garde
Three team members will go to Lhasa in advance for some preparation for the mountaineering. Right now they must be at the West gate of the campus.
On 25th the mountaineering team will send a second avant-garde consist of two members. The scientific exploration team will also send its avant-garde (three people) to Xining.
On 25th the mountaineering team will send a second avant-garde consist of two members. The scientific exploration team will also send its avant-garde (three people) to Xining.
[Academic,Geek] GIS tool under Linux (and other) platform
There is an update notice on freshmeat.net, of a software called GeoTools, which can utilize GIS data from many different sources and in many formats. It says on the freshmeat page:
This could be especially useful for me. Another reason of rejecting Windoze. Maybe try it later.
GeoTools is a GIS toolkit that is used for OGC-based projects via GeoAPI interfaces. It includes two great SLD based renderers and tools for raster access and reprojection as well as plugins for Shapefile, ArcGrid, ArcSDE, Postgis, OracleSpatial, MySQL, and many more.
This could be especially useful for me. Another reason of rejecting Windoze. Maybe try it later.
2005年6月20日星期一
学术文章是这样的吗？
正在继续改论文。
导师发来邮件，很不客气地列了一堆错误，要求我订正。
有因为忘记打 \\ 而出现的换行错误，也有一些格式问题，这些我都能接受。让我增加一些讨论，我也没意见。
但是，导师连第六章的题目都要我改，而且没有给出一个可信的理由。难道我就没有自己决定章节结构的权力吗？这样的学术文章在规范之余，是不是有变成八股的可能？
导师发来邮件，很不客气地列了一堆错误，要求我订正。
有因为忘记打 \\ 而出现的换行错误，也有一些格式问题，这些我都能接受。让我增加一些讨论，我也没意见。
但是，导师连第六章的题目都要我改，而且没有给出一个可信的理由。难道我就没有自己决定章节结构的权力吗？这样的学术文章在规范之余，是不是有变成八股的可能？
[Academic] Using ’scientific’ language
My thesis would need radical modification because the language I used in writing is very unformal.
In some American and European theses we can often see people use word "we" and "our", but in a Chinese thesis these two words are almost forbidden. You should not use "I think" "it is supposed" or "we believe" either.
When organizing your article you should remember that every paragraph, even every sentence should contain some opinions or facts, and no repeat is allowed. Your thesis can be short, as long as it gives valuable information. If it is too long and dull, then it is trash.
In some American and European theses we can often see people use word "we" and "our", but in a Chinese thesis these two words are almost forbidden. You should not use "I think" "it is supposed" or "we believe" either.
When organizing your article you should remember that every paragraph, even every sentence should contain some opinions or facts, and no repeat is allowed. Your thesis can be short, as long as it gives valuable information. If it is too long and dull, then it is trash.
A hard day’s night
嗯，刚开始写下题目的时候是23:01，现在是次日1:09，果然够 hard。
一大早先被导师指责了一顿，被质问过去一周为什么论文没有大改动。汗……上周忙科考的事的确多了一点，只好一言不发，随导师提意见。还好只有半个小时不到的时间就被放出来了，然后我们都投入到紧张的论文修改工作当中去……
此间文盲在 BBS 上发 message 问做前站的事，在这种情况下上午把论文又改完了一遍，心里还挺爽。中午从老土那里接下到团委递交材料的任务。
下午顶着烈日去找社团部的领导，结果由于两名队员的体检结果而受挫。于是只好再去校医院咨询，嗯，现在那里医生的态度普遍好了不少 ^_^。看来他们明天都需要复查。顺便最后一次交了清华的网费。
下午和晚上，继续改论文……
21:00 到西操进行恢复训练。回来后又接到老师电话，要求继续大改。还问我为什么不用 Word 版……这么又丑又贵的东西我怎么会买呢……如果老师会用 LaTeX 和 diff 应该就方便多了吧。现在论文格式貌似还不符合学校标准，头痛中……
中青队与德青队的比赛似乎还在进行中，中国队几度领先又几度被扳平，嗯，不管了。明天下午预答辩。后天的答辩我居然成了第一个，难得啊。难道是按照开题的逆序？
晚上抽空找到了一个图片托管：buzznet.com，貌似功能不错。
一大早先被导师指责了一顿，被质问过去一周为什么论文没有大改动。汗……上周忙科考的事的确多了一点，只好一言不发，随导师提意见。还好只有半个小时不到的时间就被放出来了，然后我们都投入到紧张的论文修改工作当中去……
此间文盲在 BBS 上发 message 问做前站的事，在这种情况下上午把论文又改完了一遍，心里还挺爽。中午从老土那里接下到团委递交材料的任务。
下午顶着烈日去找社团部的领导，结果由于两名队员的体检结果而受挫。于是只好再去校医院咨询，嗯，现在那里医生的态度普遍好了不少 ^_^。看来他们明天都需要复查。顺便最后一次交了清华的网费。
下午和晚上，继续改论文……
21:00 到西操进行恢复训练。回来后又接到老师电话，要求继续大改。还问我为什么不用 Word 版……这么又丑又贵的东西我怎么会买呢……如果老师会用 LaTeX 和 diff 应该就方便多了吧。现在论文格式貌似还不符合学校标准，头痛中……
中青队与德青队的比赛似乎还在进行中，中国队几度领先又几度被扳平，嗯，不管了。明天下午预答辩。后天的答辩我居然成了第一个，难得啊。难道是按照开题的逆序？
晚上抽空找到了一个图片托管：buzznet.com，貌似功能不错。
2005年6月19日星期日
觉得自己又在犯错误的边缘
嗯，感情问题。
我好像太容易对异性有好感了。即使明明知道地理的分割会使一切誓言都变得很无力，却还是不能干脆地禁止自己去想。
啊，太危险了。有一大堆理由，不论从谁的利益出发，答案都只能是 negative。不过还有非理性的一部分思想还不死心啊。
我绝不越过某些底限。
只好这样想了。
我好像太容易对异性有好感了。即使明明知道地理的分割会使一切誓言都变得很无力，却还是不能干脆地禁止自己去想。
啊，太危险了。有一大堆理由，不论从谁的利益出发，答案都只能是 negative。不过还有非理性的一部分思想还不死心啊。
我绝不越过某些底限。
只好这样想了。
还有一星期出发
西藏、科考、念青、纳木错……
其实今天晚上之前，我都没有在考虑这些。我纠缠于许多现实的问题当中。
论文要再修改，还要写个人鉴定，答辩用的 slide 也需要再修改。
中 午草草拼凑了一篇给网站的介绍科考目的地的文章，也不知道合不合用。下午原定的班会没有开。自己给自己写个人鉴定，看着那些不得不修饰得很华丽的词藻， 非常厌恶自己。下午15:30，当我还在为鉴定而头痛的时候，看到 ariel 用 kmxr 的 id 发文找人去买食品，但我觉得去买食品的话再回来想科考的问题会来不及，只好看着无人回应的版面，希望她自己能找到帮手。到晚上都没有买食品的消息，居然也 有些担心。同时也很羞愧，觉得自己没有做应该做的事。
晚上提前一点到了楼顶，wenmang 报告了西瓜。今天的事情不多，二十几分钟就开完了会。不知道我关于课题的演讲能不能打动这样一群极有想法的队员。
散会后和老土排了一下这一周的安排，很快就要出发了。很快又要看到格尔木的盐湖，西藏的蓝天绿草，突然产生了一种复杂的感情，似乎自己以前对科考课题以外的东西想得太少，这一次的旅程会承载的东西，会比一个研究课题多得多吧。
其实今天晚上之前，我都没有在考虑这些。我纠缠于许多现实的问题当中。
论文要再修改，还要写个人鉴定，答辩用的 slide 也需要再修改。
中 午草草拼凑了一篇给网站的介绍科考目的地的文章，也不知道合不合用。下午原定的班会没有开。自己给自己写个人鉴定，看着那些不得不修饰得很华丽的词藻， 非常厌恶自己。下午15:30，当我还在为鉴定而头痛的时候，看到 ariel 用 kmxr 的 id 发文找人去买食品，但我觉得去买食品的话再回来想科考的问题会来不及，只好看着无人回应的版面，希望她自己能找到帮手。到晚上都没有买食品的消息，居然也 有些担心。同时也很羞愧，觉得自己没有做应该做的事。
晚上提前一点到了楼顶，wenmang 报告了西瓜。今天的事情不多，二十几分钟就开完了会。不知道我关于课题的演讲能不能打动这样一群极有想法的队员。
散会后和老土排了一下这一周的安排，很快就要出发了。很快又要看到格尔木的盐湖，西藏的蓝天绿草，突然产生了一种复杂的感情，似乎自己以前对科考课题以外的东西想得太少，这一次的旅程会承载的东西，会比一个研究课题多得多吧。
[tusea,kekao] Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday…
Today I give team members another task: find articles on four aspects; try to know more about the project before we set off. I hope everyone be willing enough to pay their efforts to the research.
Wednesday, we will make sure if our suits are fit.
Friday, final check before the scouts set off. Last discussion (maybe) before the journey starts.
Sunday, last time preparation meeting.
And on next Monday we will be going to Tibet!
Wednesday, we will make sure if our suits are fit.
Friday, final check before the scouts set off. Last discussion (maybe) before the journey starts.
Sunday, last time preparation meeting.
And on next Monday we will be going to Tibet!
中文 blog 开张
嗯，有些比较细腻的东西还是用母语来写比较好。
看到一堆乱码或小方框的外国朋友只好先对不起了。
If you cannot see meaningful characters, please install a simplified-Chinese-supporting font or go to my English blog (see links)
:-D
看到一堆乱码或小方框的外国朋友只好先对不起了。
If you cannot see meaningful characters, please install a simplified-Chinese-supporting font or go to my English blog (see links)
:-D
2005年6月18日星期六
[tusea,kekao] The arrangement of grouping and interview
It again took us over three hours to discuss about the arrangement of interview. Our main consideration is that we should make every member of the team active in the whole exploration, so we have to let them think of research topics themselves. But, if everyone think over his topic, there will be no one working for other people's topic.
The solution is as follows: team members are grouped by different interview places (interviewees); all team members are required to write an article from a specified aspect which is not told until the end of the exploration. So they would do their best to collect materials for his article and share them with others. The leader of the project would notice what topic is necessary and assign them to team members. All team members can write some proses on anything they find interesting.
In the evening suantou reminded us that we should let the team fellows do more jobs and think more, which I think, is what we are fighting for.
The solution is as follows: team members are grouped by different interview places (interviewees); all team members are required to write an article from a specified aspect which is not told until the end of the exploration. So they would do their best to collect materials for his article and share them with others. The leader of the project would notice what topic is necessary and assign them to team members. All team members can write some proses on anything they find interesting.
In the evening suantou reminded us that we should let the team fellows do more jobs and think more, which I think, is what we are fighting for.
2005年6月17日星期五
[tusea,kekao] The organisation of interview, record, analysis and final report
Now we have two topics, 14 people and a few sorts of interviewees. The method for interviewing and writing reports must be detailed.
The four interviewing groups will each be led by a member who is more familiar to the research goal, and go to different interviewees. One member in the group will be in charge of material recording. Other members will be his aid. The record is linear, as the questions and answers come out. Both Q & A should be recorded.
Quality Control in interviewing: (need more discussion)
Archiving interview log: When get back to the lodge, each group tidy up their logs, find what is left and eliminate paradoxes. Then they should give the tidy log to the team's recorder, with the information of interviewer/interviewee, time and place of the interview, and keywords for reference. Later in the team meeting, each group will have one representative tell others about their interview, especially interesting problems found or solved. Team recorder should have clear record of the meeting.
After returning to Beijing, team recorder should establish a database of all interview logs and materials we found. All entries should be able to reference by keywords, interviewee and time/place.
Composing final report: Team members are assigned to an article from a certain aspect of the research topic. Who is in charge of the topic should write an overview of the topic. In the interview team members should gradually find what interests them most and make a choice of aspects. Some proses can be written when team members are at home.
The four interviewing groups will each be led by a member who is more familiar to the research goal, and go to different interviewees. One member in the group will be in charge of material recording. Other members will be his aid. The record is linear, as the questions and answers come out. Both Q & A should be recorded.
Quality Control in interviewing: (need more discussion)
Archiving interview log: When get back to the lodge, each group tidy up their logs, find what is left and eliminate paradoxes. Then they should give the tidy log to the team's recorder, with the information of interviewer/interviewee, time and place of the interview, and keywords for reference. Later in the team meeting, each group will have one representative tell others about their interview, especially interesting problems found or solved. Team recorder should have clear record of the meeting.
After returning to Beijing, team recorder should establish a database of all interview logs and materials we found. All entries should be able to reference by keywords, interviewee and time/place.
Composing final report: Team members are assigned to an article from a certain aspect of the research topic. Who is in charge of the topic should write an overview of the topic. In the interview team members should gradually find what interests them most and make a choice of aspects. Some proses can be written when team members are at home.
2005年6月13日星期一
[tusea,kekao] Our evil plan :p
We are now collecting topics from team members. However, we have in fact decided our main research topics. Tomorrow we will discuss about how to reject all these topics except the two we chose.
Well, the fact is that our team members all submitted their ideas without thinking over the schedule and difficulties in the exploration. Many topics are not practical or too complex. Therefore our only choice is to terminate them and stop our teammates from throwing too much energy in them. I know this sounds like devil's chicanery. You think for yourself.
We asked team members to submit their ideas so that they can take more active parts in the exploration. This idea is simply great. But next time we may need to do this work earlier, e.g. before the list is decided.
Tomorrow we will have further discussion on the choice of the topic and persuasion of team members. In the evening I may face very hot debate. I also need to make more detailed interview plan for the two topics decided.
Well, the fact is that our team members all submitted their ideas without thinking over the schedule and difficulties in the exploration. Many topics are not practical or too complex. Therefore our only choice is to terminate them and stop our teammates from throwing too much energy in them. I know this sounds like devil's chicanery. You think for yourself.
We asked team members to submit their ideas so that they can take more active parts in the exploration. This idea is simply great. But next time we may need to do this work earlier, e.g. before the list is decided.
Tomorrow we will have further discussion on the choice of the topic and persuasion of team members. In the evening I may face very hot debate. I also need to make more detailed interview plan for the two topics decided.
[MGS] Some infomation concerning MGS 4 poster
On the net there are some versions of new MGS 4 poster. From the poster we can see eight characters. According to IGN.com, most of them are almost surely returning characters such as Vamp, Meryl and Ocelot. Some characters' identities remain mystic. There are characters looks like Big Boss, Naomi Hunter and Raiden, we just don't know whether they are really who they are supposed to be, nor how they play their part in new MGS.
From the poster we can see other elements. The circles with a short stick indicating direction may refer to soldiers in CQB or something else. Some concepts of Metal Gear Acid may also be used in MGS 4, just like Final Fantasy Tactics Advance and Final Fantasy XII.
From the poster we can see other elements. The circles with a short stick indicating direction may refer to soldiers in CQB or something else. Some concepts of Metal Gear Acid may also be used in MGS 4, just like Final Fantasy Tactics Advance and Final Fantasy XII.
[tusea,kekao] New progress
The progress of the preparation seems to be going in a spiral path. The same questions are discussed again and again. Each time we finished discussion about an old question we always have new ideas and solve problems that are ignored before.
Today the situation is similar. Again we talked about how to choose research topics and make everyone in the team participate in the academic work. We find that we all have some different ideas with the other two. We tried to make ourselves clear and the method of our research seems now more clear too. In Beijing, after we decided the research topic, team members will be asked to prepare questions from different subjects' view. When in Tibet, several team members who are good at organising interviews will lead other members to different interviewees' place and ask questions from their particular aspect (economic, culture, ecology, etc.).
In this case, the consistence and continuance of interview record is especially important. In my opinion, when preparing the final report, all recorded materials should be organised by research topics and different subjects. This should be discussed.
Translators could be problem. We need at least three of them to complete interviews in limited time. However, this is not very difficult problem, I think.
Today the situation is similar. Again we talked about how to choose research topics and make everyone in the team participate in the academic work. We find that we all have some different ideas with the other two. We tried to make ourselves clear and the method of our research seems now more clear too. In Beijing, after we decided the research topic, team members will be asked to prepare questions from different subjects' view. When in Tibet, several team members who are good at organising interviews will lead other members to different interviewees' place and ask questions from their particular aspect (economic, culture, ecology, etc.).
In this case, the consistence and continuance of interview record is especially important. In my opinion, when preparing the final report, all recorded materials should be organised by research topics and different subjects. This should be discussed.
Translators could be problem. We need at least three of them to complete interviews in limited time. However, this is not very difficult problem, I think.
2005年6月12日星期日
[tusea,kekao] Some ideas about literature searching and report
The topic of the report: the history, variation and challenges of Tibet culture.
The topic of research: don't have good ideas yet. The topic must be about the relationship between railway (traffic) and culture. Maybe I shall read some articles about this relationship.
Doing search, I find that term "culture" is a word that covers too vast while contains very abstract concept.
To measure the impact that brought to Tibet culture by railway, I think a way is to talk with those railway workers, mainly Tibetan workers, some Han workers as a complement. A better way is to talk to teachers and their pupils, then try to identify change in their concept and opinions.
The topic of research: don't have good ideas yet. The topic must be about the relationship between railway (traffic) and culture. Maybe I shall read some articles about this relationship.
Doing search, I find that term "culture" is a word that covers too vast while contains very abstract concept.
To measure the impact that brought to Tibet culture by railway, I think a way is to talk with those railway workers, mainly Tibetan workers, some Han workers as a complement. A better way is to talk to teachers and their pupils, then try to identify change in their concept and opinions.
2005年6月10日星期五
[tusea,kekao] Todos
Tell new team members about our exploration:
Introduce the progress up-to-date.
Give information on research topics.
Introduce means of research.
Introduce the progress up-to-date.
Give information on research topics.
Introduce means of research.
[tusea,kekao] Grouping team members
In order to make all team members mobilised, we will ask them to do some literature searching and write a review or report on what they find and read.
Now we have 4 subjects, one group (led by endboxer) will search literature focusing on economy, especially on stock raising, the second group (led by wenmang) will try to find reports on Tibet stock farmer's situation, the third group will be led by me, and will focus on education, science and culture. Two people will also need to find more backgrounds of the railway.
In the next phase, we will have a second time grouping, which will be based on the research topics we choose.
And in the exploration, members of different groups will be mixed in order that when they go to different samples, all questions concerning all 3 subjects can be asked and recorded.
Today after the group is formed, I will ask members of different groups do these things: find literature, try to raise new ideas about the researching topics, make a plan about who should be visited and by what means can we do the investigation.
Now we have 4 subjects, one group (led by endboxer) will search literature focusing on economy, especially on stock raising, the second group (led by wenmang) will try to find reports on Tibet stock farmer's situation, the third group will be led by me, and will focus on education, science and culture. Two people will also need to find more backgrounds of the railway.
In the next phase, we will have a second time grouping, which will be based on the research topics we choose.
And in the exploration, members of different groups will be mixed in order that when they go to different samples, all questions concerning all 3 subjects can be asked and recorded.
Today after the group is formed, I will ask members of different groups do these things: find literature, try to raise new ideas about the researching topics, make a plan about who should be visited and by what means can we do the investigation.
2005年6月9日星期四
[tusea,kekao] Last night’s discussion
Last night the exploration team had its first gathering. We again introduced ourselves to the team. Various jobs are assigned respectively to team members.
Later we had a small running drill. After that endboxer, wenmang and I had a discussion on the practise of the exploration.
As we have decided before, this year's new survey will not be like before. We will not just ask the same questions to everyone and get some meaningless statistic data. What we want is the *fact*. Firstly, we will limit our goal to a very small matter, then we will ask different people concerning this matter. They have different stands and views, so at last we can have a complex view of this matter and understand it better. This is like depth investigation in journalism. You can refer to National Geographic to get an idea of this kind of survey.
The final report will not only include survey result in a formal format, but also detailed stories about the object we discussed.
Later we had a small running drill. After that endboxer, wenmang and I had a discussion on the practise of the exploration.
As we have decided before, this year's new survey will not be like before. We will not just ask the same questions to everyone and get some meaningless statistic data. What we want is the *fact*. Firstly, we will limit our goal to a very small matter, then we will ask different people concerning this matter. They have different stands and views, so at last we can have a complex view of this matter and understand it better. This is like depth investigation in journalism. You can refer to National Geographic to get an idea of this kind of survey.
The final report will not only include survey result in a formal format, but also detailed stories about the object we discussed.
[Academic] Finalizing my thesis
I have finally come to the result and conclusion part of my thesis. Right now I am trying to assess the region's ecosystem health. I wish I have included more indicators concerning human health earlier. But there is no time for such analysis and discussion.
I should put such consideration in next time I do research on ecosystem health/safety.
I should put such consideration in next time I do research on ecosystem health/safety.
[Academic] Methods of assessing regional ecosystem health (II)
A proposed framework for developing indicators of ecosystem health
This article from SpringerLink give a few principles you must consider when you are assessing regional ecosystem health.
This article provided an idea that using some key species as the indicator of region ecosystem health. However, I think it is difficult to apply this method to Fengtai and Fangshan district in my research. I know too little about species and biodiversity in this area and lack knowledge of historical data in this area.
Nor can I identify a key species.
This article from SpringerLink give a few principles you must consider when you are assessing regional ecosystem health.
- Because you are considering health, you should always consider factors concerning human health and well being in the ecosystem;
- Biogeochemical and socialeconomic factors are influencing each other;
- Different management goals determined different indicators used;
This article provided an idea that using some key species as the indicator of region ecosystem health. However, I think it is difficult to apply this method to Fengtai and Fangshan district in my research. I know too little about species and biodiversity in this area and lack knowledge of historical data in this area.
Nor can I identify a key species.
2005年6月8日星期三
[tusea]The list is announced
Just now, at the weekly meeting of the climbing club, the list of this year's mountaineering and scientific exploration team is announced.
This moment is always sentimental and makes one excited. Seems everyone's satisfied with the result. Now it's time to get the work begin.
I will need to make a more detailed question and goal list as well as make sure the topic of the survey is submitted, discussed and correctly chosen.
This moment is always sentimental and makes one excited. Seems everyone's satisfied with the result. Now it's time to get the work begin.
I will need to make a more detailed question and goal list as well as make sure the topic of the survey is submitted, discussed and correctly chosen.
2005年6月6日星期一
[tusea,kekao]The preparation status up to date
TECSUN, a consumer electronic manufacturer in Guangdong Province has agreed to give financial support to our team.
The proposal and schedule have been worked out, they will be revised later according to our updated information.
The university's Youth League committee has picked our team as a key team, though there is little financial support.
The list of team members will be announced this Thursday (June 9th). After that the preparation will fully start.
Some research topics are to be submitted by some team members.
As a graduating student, I will need to sell out all the stuffs in my dorm before the departure. The certification will be issued on July 12th, so I need someone keep that for me.
The proposal and schedule have been worked out, they will be revised later according to our updated information.
The university's Youth League committee has picked our team as a key team, though there is little financial support.
The list of team members will be announced this Thursday (June 9th). After that the preparation will fully start.
Some research topics are to be submitted by some team members.
As a graduating student, I will need to sell out all the stuffs in my dorm before the departure. The certification will be issued on July 12th, so I need someone keep that for me.
[tusea]A dirty work’s over
The day before yesterday after 3 hours' discussion, we finished choosing this year's team members of both mountaineering and scientific exploring teams. It's fast enough. I remember that last year it took us 3 days. As before, there are people who lost the opportunity this year. To comfort them become another hard and embarrassing job.
However, this year there are less people qualified to be chosen. Fewer people took part in the training, even fewer completed it. So the choice is less painful.
The next thing to do is get down to the preparation of mountaineering and survey, full-throttle.
However, this year there are less people qualified to be chosen. Fewer people took part in the training, even fewer completed it. So the choice is less painful.
The next thing to do is get down to the preparation of mountaineering and survey, full-throttle.
2005年5月31日星期二
Dilemma
This Sunday we will have a discussion on selection of team members of this year's mountaineering team and scientific exploration team. I, as the vice president of our climbing club who don't go mountaineering, will take part in this discussion.
There is a girl, whom I wish could be in the exploration team. She provided the most foundamental idea for this year's topic. Her knowlegde on social science would surely help us. But she herself eagerly want to go mountaineering. As a member of the board, I need to make my choice: enhance the ability of my team, or support her wish?
I had struggle. However, after I knew that she did so much to take part in mountaineering, I have made my decision. I will do my best to help her enter the mountaineering team.
There is a girl, whom I wish could be in the exploration team. She provided the most foundamental idea for this year's topic. Her knowlegde on social science would surely help us. But she herself eagerly want to go mountaineering. As a member of the board, I need to make my choice: enhance the ability of my team, or support her wish?
I had struggle. However, after I knew that she did so much to take part in mountaineering, I have made my decision. I will do my best to help her enter the mountaineering team.
(Maybe) My last burdened climbing drill
It's June 1st, Children's day. Also, it's near the end of our intensive training for this year's mountaineering. Today, the subject is climbing training, ascend for 500 metres with a burden of 40kg.
I never thought it a over-heavy burden. But I worry about our fatigue. I and VstarLoss decided that we wouldn't climb too fast. It took us 84 minutes to complete the training.
After the training, first I just feel relaxed. Later when we headed to the dining hall, I remembered that this could be the last burdened climbing drill in our climbing club. Suddenly a sentimental and bittersweet feeling stroke me.
No more "Cheer up"s, no more encouraging cries! How long it would take for me to reunion with my teammates under the tall tower? Ade, bricks; ade, my friends!
But all of them are so happy! There are years to come before they leave the club. Everyone's enjoying themselves while enduring the hardest labour. This summer, some of them will be going to Nyanqen Tanglha Mountain. God bless them!
The sky's especially blue today, which makes me happy.
I never thought it a over-heavy burden. But I worry about our fatigue. I and VstarLoss decided that we wouldn't climb too fast. It took us 84 minutes to complete the training.
After the training, first I just feel relaxed. Later when we headed to the dining hall, I remembered that this could be the last burdened climbing drill in our climbing club. Suddenly a sentimental and bittersweet feeling stroke me.
No more "Cheer up"s, no more encouraging cries! How long it would take for me to reunion with my teammates under the tall tower? Ade, bricks; ade, my friends!
But all of them are so happy! There are years to come before they leave the club. Everyone's enjoying themselves while enduring the hardest labour. This summer, some of them will be going to Nyanqen Tanglha Mountain. God bless them!
The sky's especially blue today, which makes me happy.
2005年5月30日星期一
[Academic] Methods of assessing regional ecosystem health
Ecosystem Health and Its Measurement at Landscape Scale: Toward the Next Generation of Quantitative Assessments
Seven tools and concepts can be used to assess regional ecosystem health: 1. the concept of ecosystem health; 2. innovative stochastic techniques for representing human disturbance and ecosystem response in landscapes, and the corresponding statistical tools for analyzing them; 3. representation of spatial biocomplexity; 4. innovative combination techniques of upper-echelon-based spatial scan statistic to detect, delineate, and prioritize critical study areas for evaluating and prioritizing causal factors and effects; 5. the capability of comparing and prioritizing a collection of entities in light of multiple criteria, using poset mathematics of partial order with rank frequency statistics, to provide multicriterion decision support; 6. extending data mining and visualization techniques to determine associations between geospatial patterns and ecosystem degradation at landscape scales; 7. comprehensive studies conducted on different types of regional ecosystems.
The challenge is to characterize, evaluate, and validate linkages between socioeconomic drivers, biogeochemical indicators, multiscale landscape pattern metrics, and quality of human life indicators.
Regional Vulnerability: A Conceptual Framework
It suggests that to conduct an integrated assessment on a regional ecosystem, we must use synergistic methods. Synergy is too difficult to measure now and too important to ignore. We can use vulnerablility as a middld-road means to assess health situation of a regional ecosystem.
Seven tools and concepts can be used to assess regional ecosystem health: 1. the concept of ecosystem health; 2. innovative stochastic techniques for representing human disturbance and ecosystem response in landscapes, and the corresponding statistical tools for analyzing them; 3. representation of spatial biocomplexity; 4. innovative combination techniques of upper-echelon-based spatial scan statistic to detect, delineate, and prioritize critical study areas for evaluating and prioritizing causal factors and effects; 5. the capability of comparing and prioritizing a collection of entities in light of multiple criteria, using poset mathematics of partial order with rank frequency statistics, to provide multicriterion decision support; 6. extending data mining and visualization techniques to determine associations between geospatial patterns and ecosystem degradation at landscape scales; 7. comprehensive studies conducted on different types of regional ecosystems.
The challenge is to characterize, evaluate, and validate linkages between socioeconomic drivers, biogeochemical indicators, multiscale landscape pattern metrics, and quality of human life indicators.
Regional Vulnerability: A Conceptual Framework
It suggests that to conduct an integrated assessment on a regional ecosystem, we must use synergistic methods. Synergy is too difficult to measure now and too important to ignore. We can use vulnerablility as a middld-road means to assess health situation of a regional ecosystem.
2005年5月26日星期四
Rock climbing today: a breakthrough
Today I finally managed to top the required rock climbing route, which means I have formally got the right to go to the expedition this summer vacation. This year's route is a bit harder than that of last years. I invested a lot of time practising. I am not so good at rockclimbing. However, I progress a little every time. Yesterday I tried 5 or 6 times but I didn't figure out how to reach the last step of the route. At last I understood but I was too exhausted to climb. Today is the test. I thought over the route last night. The whole process is very smooth. When climbing, I almost forget everything else, only the rock wall and I exist. At last when I reached the bar at the top of the rock wall, I heard claps and joyful shouts from below. I was so happy then. I have got good luck. It also have something to do with my practice.
RotS: a nice completion of the epic
My friend and I just come back from the movie. We all know well about the plot. Anakin Skywalker will finally become a Sith. The value of Star Wars Episode 3 is that it tells us the struggle of Anakin and the real intrigue of Darth Sidious, so the Epic can be complete. George Lucas must tried very hard to make the plot between Episode 3 and 4 smooth. In RotS we can see the former types of star destroyer, tie fighter and X-wing, as well as storm troopers. These all can bring any Star Wars fan a sentimental feeling. For one thing, our memories of olddies SF movies are brought back. For another thing, the age of Star Wars is gone. Maybe Lucas will betray his words and shoot another Star Wars movie, but it won't have much connection to the old ones. The movie is a exciting journey from the beginning. There are only a few slow tempo scene. They are necessary to show us how deep Anakin's love to Padme is. Still, the emotion of roles is abrupt and thin. We don't want to critisize that, because it's not the key point of the movie. The ending of Episode 3 can be among the best endings of movies. The scene in Tatooine is the best I have ever seen.
2005年5月24日星期二
[tusea,kekao]Todos
I will complete an outline for a preparation training course which will be given to the team members.
After that, the outline of the whole exploration must be worked out. As well as a proposal that provides an overall view of the project.
After that, the outline of the whole exploration must be worked out. As well as a proposal that provides an overall view of the project.
Busy living
Well, let me put out my hand and count with my fingers: my graduation thesis, my optional course essay, the science exploration preparation work, visa application.... I don't really know if I am busier than the time when I was a Junior student. But I am very sure that I can manage my time better than then.
The most important issue is that I like what I am doing. My experience in these months may bring me benefit in the rest of my life. One who is not so busy may never understand how he can do so many things at the same time. I hope one day I will become a scientist who is important in the science world. That would mean much work and a life fulfilled. So, how can I be beaten by these work at my hands now?
Some of my classmates simply do what they are asked to do. Well, I will do that part at least as well as them. Besides, I will carry out my duty, which they never have, from which they never take any pleasure.
The most important issue is that I like what I am doing. My experience in these months may bring me benefit in the rest of my life. One who is not so busy may never understand how he can do so many things at the same time. I hope one day I will become a scientist who is important in the science world. That would mean much work and a life fulfilled. So, how can I be beaten by these work at my hands now?
Some of my classmates simply do what they are asked to do. Well, I will do that part at least as well as them. Besides, I will carry out my duty, which they never have, from which they never take any pleasure.
2005年5月22日星期日
[tusea, kekao] Mission 1: detailing topics
We are applying for some fund provided by a magazine called Nanfengchuang. They want plans that are practical and results expectable. In order to achieve this, our plan has to be modified. We will need more detailed contents about our exploration.
There are 4 aspects around Qing-Tibet railway: society, economy, culture and ecosystem. We should choose 3 -- 4 topics from these aspects. The topics should be attracting, unique and can be completed with limited time and resources.
Right now I have a topic about researchers along the railway, and one about cattle-raising industry. I also asked others in the preparation team to think about some possible topics.
I also have to read some books about social survey because I will give a lecture to all team members about it.
There are 4 aspects around Qing-Tibet railway: society, economy, culture and ecosystem. We should choose 3 -- 4 topics from these aspects. The topics should be attracting, unique and can be completed with limited time and resources.
Right now I have a topic about researchers along the railway, and one about cattle-raising industry. I also asked others in the preparation team to think about some possible topics.
I also have to read some books about social survey because I will give a lecture to all team members about it.
2005年5月18日星期三
[tusea,kekao]My assignment
After I come back from the field survey of my graduation essay, I will see to the academic work of our Climbing club's scientific exploration. It's challenging. I must use all my energy to do it well.
[MGS]MGS 4 announced!
On E3 Expo, Hideo Kojima announced new MGS title. Which will be MGS 4. On the official Metal Gear Solid Site, a new link pointing to "Kojima Productions" appeared, which mentioned "MGS 4", as well as a power-up version of MGS 3 (I know it would come) and Metal Gear Acid 2. The promotion movie of new MGS also comes out at this address: mms://wm1.streaming.ne.jp/konami2/kojimapro_e32k5_e_n4v8.asf In my last blog about new MGS, I mentioned that in new MGS there will be "no place for Hideo Kojima", well, forget about that. In the promo, Hideo changed it to "No Replacement for Hideo Kojima". Good news? At least for MGS 4. In the promo we can see Raiden and Snake fighting to seize the place for the "main character", and of course Snake won, but maybe Raiden (or someone looks like him) will also appear in the new MGS. I guess CQC would still play important role in new MGS, and there could be more drastic environment changing, which makes you "no place to hide". Hideo also played parody on Splinter Cell and Sam Fisher. He knows quite well about his enemy: XBOX 360 and UBI, huh?
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