A river runs through it by Norman Maclean Like many fly fishermen in western Montana where the summer days are almost Arctic in length, I often do not start fishing until the cool of the evening. Then in the Arctic half-light of the canyon, all existence fades to a being with my soul and memories and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm and the hope that a fish will rise. ...
Sugar substitutes are often labelled as sugarless, sugar free, no sugar added, or aritificial sweeten. 越甜的食物往往含有更多的游离糖，包括果糖、蔗糖、葡萄糖等。甜味不仅意味着食物含有更多热量，而且甜味还会刺激大部分人的食欲，让人多吃，以获取更多的热量。这在食物丰富的现代社会，逐渐成了一个健康问题，与热量摄入过多相关的疾病成为个人、家庭和社会的沉重负担。 假如你是糖尿病的高危人群，比如肥胖，不要指望通过代糖降低罹患糖尿病的风险，有的研究反而提示改用代糖体重增加更多；假如你不是高危人群，也不要试图用代糖来防病，那不仅无效，还有可能增加心血管病和中风的风险。想要健康，还是应该尽量吃不甜的食物、喝不甜的饮料， 比如白水。 进化决定了我们对甜味的钟爱。漫长的进化过程中，人类大脑逐步形成了对糖的依赖，糖可以激活大脑中与奖赏和食欲相关的区域，导致食欲的增强。即使食物或者饮品中加入的是代糖，大脑也会通过甜味将其与高热量食物联系起来，因为高糖食物通常也是高能量食物。摄入代糖后，大脑可能会期望获得更多的能量，从而增加食欲。 想要健康，远离代糖。
There are two books to note. Gimme some truth by Jon Wiener, 1999 Wiener had a legal battle with the US government for over two and a half decades. One thing is that Nixon attempted to have Lennon deported in the spring of 1972. FBI kept a file on Lennon. The basic issue was that government officials everywhere like secrecy. By keeping the public from learning what they have done, they hope to avoid criticism, hinder the opposition, and maintain power over citizens and their elected representatives. Classified files and official secrets lie at the heart of the modern government bureaucracy and permit the undemocratic use of power to go uncrecognized and unchallenged by citizens. By the way, Jon Wiener has another book, Set the night on fire: L.A. in the sixties. ...
a song, night vision, by Suzanne Vega When the darkness takes you With her hand across your face Don't give in too quickly Find the thing she's erased a poem, a sunday drive, by Margaret Atwood Burial by fire is the last mercy: decay is reserved for the living. The desire to be loved is the last illusion: Give it up and you will be free.
penelope Her characters are people in a muddle, hopeless cases and outsiders whom she called exterminatees. She does not think that people get what they deserve in this world. Her style is plain, and subtle. She is evasive and reserved. She is inspired by Ruskin and William Morris. “novels arise out of the shortcomings of history.” “they are all gone into the world of light.” Cavafy I have gazed so much on beauty that my eyes overflow with it. ...
In a song by Horslips, you can’t fool the beast, there are a few lines interesting. Ah yes, they're blind already. They're blind to love, blind to pain, Blind to hope, blind to gain. Ah you can fool them alright But can you fool the beast? Love Poem by Robert Bly: When we are in love, we love the grass And the barns, and the light poles And the small mainstreet abandoned all nights. Another line from Bill Watterson, the cartoonist of Calvin and Hobbes. ...
Two mini-stories: water-bottle In a library. Put my water bottle on the foutain stand and went into the restroom. Upon returning, my water bottle was gone. While I have left it this way many many times, the water bottle always stays there without leaving. Where is it? I went outside and saw a man leaving. Ran to him and saw my water bottle in his hand. “Excuse me, that water bottle is mine.” “Oh, I thought somebody lost it.” ...
纽约地铁上黑人流浪汉被谋杀已经有几天了。不少媒体的报道着墨于无家可归，却对大庭广众之下的私刑谋杀轻描淡写，这是很奇怪的事。对弱势群体的同情，似乎被无缘由的（对黑人、贫穷和无家可归者的）害怕和厌恶所取代。 社会学家Matthew Desmond有本书，Poverty by America。在一个访谈中他说，“许多人从贫穷中谋利。” 在百老汇音乐剧Hadestown中有首歌Why We Build the Wall这样唱道： Why do we build the wall? We build the wall to keep us free ... The enemy is poverty And the wall keeps out the enemy And we build the wall to keep us free That’s why we build the wall We build the wall to keep us free Because we have and they have not Because they want what we have got The enemy is poverty And the wall keeps out the enemy And we build the wall to keep us free That’s why we build the wall We build the wall to keep us free
汉语中数字有三种表达，阿拉伯数字，简体和繁体。繁体的主要用处是在会计记账和书写支票以防涂改。 PinYin Hanzi Daxie ling 零 零 yī 一 壹 èr 二 贰 sān 三 叁 sì 四 肆 wǔ 五 伍 liù 六 陆 qī 七 柒 bā 八 捌 jiǔ 九 玖 shí 十 拾 bǎi 百 佰 qiān 千 仟 wàn 万 万 yì 亿 亿 zhao 兆 兆 一兆 = 一万亿 两千两百一十七万四千六百 = 2217,4600 2,225,250 = 二十二万五千二百五十 两百零五 = 205 二 vs. 两 二三四 (two, three, four) ...
And you never meet the people. You never shake their hands. You never hear their story or tell yours. But somehow, in the act of making something with a great deal of care and love, something’s transmitted there. And it’s a way of expressing to the rest of our species our deep appreciation. So we need to be true to who we are and remember what’s really important to us. ...