Evangelion Unit-01
Multipurpose Humanoid Decisive Weapon, Artificial Human
RG Excitement Embodied
Background
Utada Hikaru "Beautiful World" MV
Directed by Tsurumaki Kazuya
2020年5月31日星期日
2020年5月30日星期六
Keyring Rosetta
The Rosetta stone contains a text in three different languages and scripts. The known ancient Greek text at the bottom of stone helped scholars decipher (破譯) the ancient Egyptian scripts - the middle one in cursive Demotic (世俗體) and the top one written in heiroglyphs (象形文字).
運動常用之肌肉
When external intercostal muscle contracts, the rib cage will move upwards.
Usually, I use diaphragmatic breathing during rest.
It may be due to my training of Tai Chi since childhood.
Everyone uses the diaphragm to breathe during sleep.
愛國與顛覆
On July 21 (1989), the People’s Daily (人民日報) condemned Martin Lee and Szeto Wah, the two founders of the Alliance in Support of the Patriotic Democratic Movement in China (支聯會) for directing “subversive (顛覆) activities” against the Chinese government. The Chinese government excluded Lee and Szeto from the Basic Law Drafting Committee and urged the Hong Kong government to ban the alliance.
Carroll, J.M. (2007). A Concise History of Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
Carroll, J.M. (2007). A Concise History of Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
2020年5月28日星期四
2020年5月27日星期三
2020年5月26日星期二
一個「賭」字害了多少個家庭
香港大學傑出校友何鴻燊博士與世長辭，我們深表哀痛。我謹代表港大師生向何博士家人致以最深切慰問。
何博士 1939 年入讀港大理學院，1941 年戰爭爆發，同年肄業。他是利瑪竇宿舍宿生。1987 年獲港大頒授名譽社會科學博士。
何博士一直心繫母校，他幽默豁達，多年來以卓越的領導才能，推動大學發展，高瞻遠矚。他曾表示：「面對挑戰，我從不說『不』。因此，當港大向我提出計劃時，我的答案永遠是『肯定支持』。」
他熱愛體育，除慷慨支持興建何世光夫人體育中心及何鴻燊體育中心等設施外，更擔任香港大學教研發展基金創會主席，並獲邀成為永遠榮譽主席。他構思「何鴻燊校友挑戰計劃」，成功激勵不同年代的校友，齊心建立回饋母校的傳統。
何博士對母校的愛護和貢獻，將在港大史冊上傳頌流芳。
香港大學校長張翔
何博士 1939 年入讀港大理學院，1941 年戰爭爆發，同年肄業。他是利瑪竇宿舍宿生。1987 年獲港大頒授名譽社會科學博士。
何博士一直心繫母校，他幽默豁達，多年來以卓越的領導才能，推動大學發展，高瞻遠矚。他曾表示：「面對挑戰，我從不說『不』。因此，當港大向我提出計劃時，我的答案永遠是『肯定支持』。」
他熱愛體育，除慷慨支持興建何世光夫人體育中心及何鴻燊體育中心等設施外，更擔任香港大學教研發展基金創會主席，並獲邀成為永遠榮譽主席。他構思「何鴻燊校友挑戰計劃」，成功激勵不同年代的校友，齊心建立回饋母校的傳統。
何博士對母校的愛護和貢獻，將在港大史冊上傳頌流芳。
香港大學校長張翔
2020年5月24日星期日
將成歷史
香港歷史博物館將於本年八月底開始進行翻新工程。六月中旬會推出最後一個專題展覽︰「工」不可沒 ── 香港工業傳奇。常設展覽「香港故事」也極為值得一再參觀慢步細味。
https://www.museums.gov.hk/documents/10347444/10348411/Gift_MH.jpg
Carroll (2007) wrote that "The Hong Kong Story" at the Hong Kong Museum of History introduced Hong Kong's natural and cultural heritage since prehistoric times with dioramas (仿真模型), reconstructed street scenes, films, and interactive exhibits. Here visitors can learn about Hong Kong's rich history through a variety of exhibits: boarding a fishing boat that rocks gently to the sounds of straining ropes, strolling (溜達) through a traditional Cantonese village, or witnessing the horror and suffering during the Japanese occupation. Visitors can also help commemorate (紀念) the reversion to Chinese sovereignty in an exhibit that includes an excerpt from Jiang Zemin's handover speech and ends with the handover fireworks display, with Hong Kong's trademark night skyline in the background. As the last caption in this "Hong Kong Story" notes, even though the museum exhibit ends with the reversion to Chinese sovereignty, " Hong Kong story will continue to be written."
Carroll, J.M. (2007). A Concise History of Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
Carroll (2007) wrote that "The Hong Kong Story" at the Hong Kong Museum of History introduced Hong Kong's natural and cultural heritage since prehistoric times with dioramas (仿真模型), reconstructed street scenes, films, and interactive exhibits. Here visitors can learn about Hong Kong's rich history through a variety of exhibits: boarding a fishing boat that rocks gently to the sounds of straining ropes, strolling (溜達) through a traditional Cantonese village, or witnessing the horror and suffering during the Japanese occupation. Visitors can also help commemorate (紀念) the reversion to Chinese sovereignty in an exhibit that includes an excerpt from Jiang Zemin's handover speech and ends with the handover fireworks display, with Hong Kong's trademark night skyline in the background. As the last caption in this "Hong Kong Story" notes, even though the museum exhibit ends with the reversion to Chinese sovereignty, " Hong Kong story will continue to be written."
Carroll, J.M. (2007). A Concise History of Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
2020年5月21日星期四
Land Reform and Class Struggle
The gradual build-up of pressure on the Guangdong cadres was so intense that, by spring 1951 (during Korean War), Fang Fang (vice-chairman of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government, a previous leader of the East River guerrillas) said he had realized that Mao "was using land reform as a test to see which cadres had the correct standpoint".
In June 1952, Mao finally lost patience and intervened personally by convening (召開) a meeting in Beijing to deal exclusively (僅僅) with "the problem in Guangdong". Others who attended the meeting were Zhou Enlai, Bo Yibo (薄一波), Luo Ruiqing (羅瑞卿), Deng Zihui (鄧子恢), Ye Jianying, Fang Fang and Tao Zhu (陶鑄). Without mincing (矯飾的) words, Mao directly condemned Fang and accused him of committing two serious errors: "One is the right-wing tendency in the land reform work. The other is that the Guangdong cadres adopt 'localism' in their attitude." Mao also said, "The entire land reform movement in Guangdong has lost its direction. I want a piece of fast-beat music. But Fang plays a slow-beat piece..."
Zhao Ziyang, obviously aware of Ye's reputation and prestige, was mild and restrained in his comments, stating that Ye "was not sensitive enough on the question of class struggle". The comments on Fang were harsher, as he was accused of committing an "extremely serious error of localism".
One of the senior leaders in the party, Bo Yibo, recalled his experience many years after the event in an article in People's Daily, dated 8 April 1997. He said that there was a need to "say a few words of fairness for the Guangdong cadres". Bo related that it was Tao Zhu who made secret reports to Mao, first accusing Ye and Fang of "adopting a localism policy in Guangdong". Bo Yibo was the party secretary of the North China Bureau when he was directed by Mao to carry out an inspection tour of Guangdong in early 1952...
By 1953, Tao realized that his harsh policy in implementing the land reform movement might have been excessive. In two reports he filed in the name of the South China Sub-Bureau to the Central Committee of the CCP on 24 February and 7 April, he admitted there had been "serious errors in the land reform movement, as we have not been able to unite the masses". Also, he said, "There were too many deaths." He admitted the errors were in the way that he had dealt with the property of overseas Chinese...But Tao put most of the blame on the Overseas Chinese Commission headed by He Xiangning.
In June 1952, Mao finally lost patience and intervened personally by convening (召開) a meeting in Beijing to deal exclusively (僅僅) with "the problem in Guangdong". Others who attended the meeting were Zhou Enlai, Bo Yibo (薄一波), Luo Ruiqing (羅瑞卿), Deng Zihui (鄧子恢), Ye Jianying, Fang Fang and Tao Zhu (陶鑄). Without mincing (矯飾的) words, Mao directly condemned Fang and accused him of committing two serious errors: "One is the right-wing tendency in the land reform work. The other is that the Guangdong cadres adopt 'localism' in their attitude." Mao also said, "The entire land reform movement in Guangdong has lost its direction. I want a piece of fast-beat music. But Fang plays a slow-beat piece..."
Zhao Ziyang, obviously aware of Ye's reputation and prestige, was mild and restrained in his comments, stating that Ye "was not sensitive enough on the question of class struggle". The comments on Fang were harsher, as he was accused of committing an "extremely serious error of localism".
One of the senior leaders in the party, Bo Yibo, recalled his experience many years after the event in an article in People's Daily, dated 8 April 1997. He said that there was a need to "say a few words of fairness for the Guangdong cadres". Bo related that it was Tao Zhu who made secret reports to Mao, first accusing Ye and Fang of "adopting a localism policy in Guangdong". Bo Yibo was the party secretary of the North China Bureau when he was directed by Mao to carry out an inspection tour of Guangdong in early 1952...
By 1953, Tao realized that his harsh policy in implementing the land reform movement might have been excessive. In two reports he filed in the name of the South China Sub-Bureau to the Central Committee of the CCP on 24 February and 7 April, he admitted there had been "serious errors in the land reform movement, as we have not been able to unite the masses". Also, he said, "There were too many deaths." He admitted the errors were in the way that he had dealt with the property of overseas Chinese...But Tao put most of the blame on the Overseas Chinese Commission headed by He Xiangning.
2020年5月20日星期三
Iron age
Stars fuse hydrogen into helium through much of their lives. As they age, they run out of hydrogen, and some begin fusing the helium into carbon, and so on up to iron in the most massive stars.
Petersen, C. C. (2015). Astronomy 101. Adams Media.
The element iron (Fe) is most stable as the binding energy of its protons and neutrons is highest.
Petersen, C. C. (2015). Astronomy 101. Adams Media.
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/NucEne/imgnuk/bcurv.gif
Localism in Guangdong
If one looks at the history in China since the 1911 Revolution, one will see that some of the southern provinces such as Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian were a source of trouble and defiance (違抗) to the central government in the north. Because of a strong tradition of independent thinking and of not accepting the dictates of rulers from the far north, the people of Guangdong and Fujian, particularly the Hakka, have always had closer links with the outside world than have most of their compatriots (同胞) in other provinces. On a number of occasions when there was a political turmoil (騷動), these three provinces would declare a form of de facto (事實上的)"alliance and independence".
To begin with, right after the province's liberation, there were four different groups of cadres appointed to various posts in Guangdong. There were the Southbound (南行的) Work Team and regular People's Liberation Army soldiers from the north, the various guerrilla forces in Guangdong, the underground party and Youth League members (團員) from the Guangzhou and Hong Kong areas, and the former KMT officials who remained in their jobs. Within these groups there existed vast differences both in training and in experience during the war years. Most important of all was the cultural gulf, since the Guangdong cadres and the Guangdong guerrillas in particular were far closer to the local people than any the northerners could possibly be. These differences sowed the seeds of conflict right from the start.
United Front Policy (政治協商制度) was first launched by the CCP in 1924. The United Front meant to "unite all forces that can be united with in order to wage (發動) a common struggle against the enemy and to win in revolution and construction". In 1949, the policy was mainly aimed at the national bourgeoisie (中產階級) class. The political policy was to continue in coalition (聯盟) with this class. The economic policy was the implementation of peaceful redemption (兌現) of assets (資產) of the state capitalists.
Ye (Jianying) emphasized that the correct policy (land reform) should "rely on poor peasants, unite the middle peasants and neutralize the rich peasants". Ye also highlighted that "The important point of the movement is to expose the crimes of the landowners' exploitation (剝削)".
Chan, S.J. (2014). East River Column -- Hong Kong Guerrillas in the Second World War and After. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
To begin with, right after the province's liberation, there were four different groups of cadres appointed to various posts in Guangdong. There were the Southbound (南行的) Work Team and regular People's Liberation Army soldiers from the north, the various guerrilla forces in Guangdong, the underground party and Youth League members (團員) from the Guangzhou and Hong Kong areas, and the former KMT officials who remained in their jobs. Within these groups there existed vast differences both in training and in experience during the war years. Most important of all was the cultural gulf, since the Guangdong cadres and the Guangdong guerrillas in particular were far closer to the local people than any the northerners could possibly be. These differences sowed the seeds of conflict right from the start.
United Front Policy (政治協商制度) was first launched by the CCP in 1924. The United Front meant to "unite all forces that can be united with in order to wage (發動) a common struggle against the enemy and to win in revolution and construction". In 1949, the policy was mainly aimed at the national bourgeoisie (中產階級) class. The political policy was to continue in coalition (聯盟) with this class. The economic policy was the implementation of peaceful redemption (兌現) of assets (資產) of the state capitalists.
Ye (Jianying) emphasized that the correct policy (land reform) should "rely on poor peasants, unite the middle peasants and neutralize the rich peasants". Ye also highlighted that "The important point of the movement is to expose the crimes of the landowners' exploitation (剝削)".
Chan, S.J. (2014). East River Column -- Hong Kong Guerrillas in the Second World War and After. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
a very short time ago
You looked pretty upset just now.
I spoke just now of being in love.
Just now I thought I saw someone.
I spoke just now of being in love.
Just now I thought I saw someone.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/
2020年5月15日星期五
2020年5月14日星期四
2020年5月13日星期三
喜愛甜味
人類嗜甜疑受天生基因影響
Sweet taste is a powerful factor influencing food acceptance. There is considerable variation in sweet taste perception and preferences within and among species. Although learning and homeostatic mechanisms contribute to this variation in sweet taste, much of it is genetically determined…Genetic variation in sweet taste not only influences food choice and intake, but is also associated with proclivity (tendency) to drink alcohol…All these data illustrate complex genetics of sweet taste preferences and its impact on human nutrition and health. Identification of genes responsible for within- and between-species variation in sweet taste can provide tools to better control food acceptance in humans and other animals.
Sweet taste is a powerful factor influencing food acceptance. There is considerable variation in sweet taste perception and preferences within and among species. Although learning and homeostatic mechanisms contribute to this variation in sweet taste, much of it is genetically determined…Genetic variation in sweet taste not only influences food choice and intake, but is also associated with proclivity (tendency) to drink alcohol…All these data illustrate complex genetics of sweet taste preferences and its impact on human nutrition and health. Identification of genes responsible for within- and between-species variation in sweet taste can provide tools to better control food acceptance in humans and other animals.
Bachmanov, A. A. (2011). Genetics of sweet taste preferences.
[Abstract] Flavour and Fragrance Journal.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3130742/
Lunar Phase
月面形狀在一個月當中有著圓缺的周期性變化，若我們依此周期變化，從「望」到下次的「望」（或是從「朔」到下次的「朔」）定義為「一個月」的時間長短。這種命名一個月的方式就稱為「朔望月 」(約29.5天)。
National Museum of Natural Science. (n.d.). 一個朔望月. http://web2.nmns.edu.tw/Exhibits/91/time/mt_01.htm
https://www.pleine-lune.org/images/lune-premier-dernier-quartier.jpg
在上弦月的形狀上往下延長一條線，可以得到字母 p (p，在法語中是 premier 「第一」的首字母) ，而在下弦月的形狀上向上延長一條線，則得到字母 d (d，在法語中是 dernier 「最後」的首字母)。
新月過後七天，是上弦月的月相。
Beaudoin, E. (2015). 星空. 萬里機構.
月相的變化依序是朔、新月、眉月、上弦月、盈凸月、和滿月的相位，然後成為虧凸月、下弦月、殘月和晦。
月相. (2020, March 31). In Wikipedia. https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/月相
Observers on Earth can see a little more than half the surface of the Moon, thanks to processes known as "librations." (天平動)……Two-pan weighing scales (磅秤) can oscillate like a pendulum, back and forth across their equilibrium position, and supposedly the libration of the Moon resembles such motion.
NASA. (2014, March 30). Libration of the Moon. https://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Smoon4.htm
National Museum of Natural Science. (n.d.). 一個朔望月. http://web2.nmns.edu.tw/Exhibits/91/time/mt_01.htm
https://www.pleine-lune.org/images/lune-premier-dernier-quartier.jpg
在上弦月的形狀上往下延長一條線，可以得到字母 p (p，在法語中是 premier 「第一」的首字母) ，而在下弦月的形狀上向上延長一條線，則得到字母 d (d，在法語中是 dernier 「最後」的首字母)。
新月過後七天，是上弦月的月相。
Beaudoin, E. (2015). 星空. 萬里機構.
月相的變化依序是朔、新月、眉月、上弦月、盈凸月、和滿月的相位，然後成為虧凸月、下弦月、殘月和晦。
月相. (2020, March 31). In Wikipedia. https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/月相
Observers on Earth can see a little more than half the surface of the Moon, thanks to processes known as "librations." (天平動)……Two-pan weighing scales (磅秤) can oscillate like a pendulum, back and forth across their equilibrium position, and supposedly the libration of the Moon resembles such motion.
NASA. (2014, March 30). Libration of the Moon. https://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Smoon4.htm
2020年5月7日星期四
Urban Heritage
Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences
Western Market
Main Building of The University of Hong Kong
2020年5月5日星期二
Flagstaff House
原為舊三軍司令官邸的文物館，是香港現存歷史最悠久的西式建築，屬希臘古典復興式風格，設計簡潔，具英國殖民地色彩。舊三軍司令官邸建於1846年，原名「司令總部大樓」，後改為「旗桿屋」；大樓的首個使用者是英國駐港陸軍總司令德忌笠少將（後來成為香港第一任副總督，中環的德己立街亦以他命名）。雖然在二次大戰時，大樓曾兩遭日軍炮彈襲擊，但很快被修復，至1978年前一直是駐港英軍三軍司令的官邸。
http://www.discoverhongkong.com/
Spurrier, P. (2016). The Heritage Hiker's Guide to Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Form Asia.
Joint Liaison Group
Sino-British Joint Liaison Group
中英聯合聲明聯絡小組
www.interpreting.hku.hk/glossary/
中英聯合聲明聯絡小組
- DJ[͵lieiˋzɔn]
www.interpreting.hku.hk/glossary/
Establishment of Dade College
位於屯門何福堂會所內的馬禮遜樓建於1936年，是抗日名將十九路軍軍長蔡廷鍇將軍別墅一部分。1946年至1949年間，該別墅被用作達德學院的校舍。達德學院是在周恩來和董必武指示下創辦，多位當時著名的中國學者均曾在此講學。學院培育了不少年青知識份子。建築物見証了香港在近代中國歷史和中華人民共和國建國史中所扮演的獨特角色。
馬禮遜樓以裝飾派藝術建築風格建成，選用上海批盪，廡殿式的屋頂以青釉中式瓦片砌築，四角飾以瑞龍，反映了中西相容的獨特建築風格。
Antiquities and Monuments Office. (2020, January 23). Declared Monuments in Hong Kong. https://www.amo.gov.hk/b5/monuments_79.php
The communists who stayed behind quickly moved into their respective areas of expertise. Qiao Guanhua (喬冠華), Huang Zuomei (黃作梅) and Tan Gan (譚幹), who had extensive Hong Kong experience, set up the Hong Kong Branch of the Xinhua News Agency and Dade College (達德學院) in Tuen Mun, New Territories, in October 1946...At the same time, Zhou Enlai, who was involved in the negotiations with the KMT in Nanjing, instructed Lian Guan and Lin Ping, both senior cadres of the South China Bureau of the CCP, that "the Party needed a base in Hong Kong to accommodate some 'democratic personnel' and cultural workers who were to be evacuated to Hong Kong from Nanjing, as the civil war was imminent".
Both Communist Party and KMT would like to start a school in Hong Kong. One month prior to the actual opening of the college, it ran an enrollment advertisement in the media and attracted 100 regular students. Students came from three main sources: the KMT-occupied areas (~70%); various Communist guerrilla cadres in Guangdong; and cadres from Communist parties in Southeast Asia. Regular students from Hong Kong looking for genuine post-secondary training were in minority...Many Communist leaders who were living in Hong Kong gave occasional lectures there, including Guo Moruo (郭沫若), Qiao Guanhua, Mao Dun (茅盾) and the famous novelist Cao Yu (曹禺). But the Hong Kong government discovered the real nature of the college, a training center for Communist cadres and sympathizers. So on 23 October, 1949, the Hong Kong government cancelled the registration of the college.
Chan, S.J. (2014). East River Column -- Hong Kong Guerrillas in the Second World War and After. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
馬禮遜樓以裝飾派藝術建築風格建成，選用上海批盪，廡殿式的屋頂以青釉中式瓦片砌築，四角飾以瑞龍，反映了中西相容的獨特建築風格。
Antiquities and Monuments Office. (2020, January 23). Declared Monuments in Hong Kong. https://www.amo.gov.hk/b5/monuments_79.php
The communists who stayed behind quickly moved into their respective areas of expertise. Qiao Guanhua (喬冠華), Huang Zuomei (黃作梅) and Tan Gan (譚幹), who had extensive Hong Kong experience, set up the Hong Kong Branch of the Xinhua News Agency and Dade College (達德學院) in Tuen Mun, New Territories, in October 1946...At the same time, Zhou Enlai, who was involved in the negotiations with the KMT in Nanjing, instructed Lian Guan and Lin Ping, both senior cadres of the South China Bureau of the CCP, that "the Party needed a base in Hong Kong to accommodate some 'democratic personnel' and cultural workers who were to be evacuated to Hong Kong from Nanjing, as the civil war was imminent".
Both Communist Party and KMT would like to start a school in Hong Kong. One month prior to the actual opening of the college, it ran an enrollment advertisement in the media and attracted 100 regular students. Students came from three main sources: the KMT-occupied areas (~70%); various Communist guerrilla cadres in Guangdong; and cadres from Communist parties in Southeast Asia. Regular students from Hong Kong looking for genuine post-secondary training were in minority...Many Communist leaders who were living in Hong Kong gave occasional lectures there, including Guo Moruo (郭沫若), Qiao Guanhua, Mao Dun (茅盾) and the famous novelist Cao Yu (曹禺). But the Hong Kong government discovered the real nature of the college, a training center for Communist cadres and sympathizers. So on 23 October, 1949, the Hong Kong government cancelled the registration of the college.
Chan, S.J. (2014). East River Column -- Hong Kong Guerrillas in the Second World War and After. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
2020年5月4日星期一
2020年5月3日星期日
益生菌補充劑用效成疑
The
usage of probiotic foods and supplements has been widely considered part of a
healthy diet by supplementing the gut microbiome with beneficial bacteria.
Although the usage of probiotics is a common dietary accessory (附加物), there is
limited reproducible evidence showing bacterial colonization, thus limiting
long term effectiveness.
Linhardt,
C. A. (2019). The relationship of gut microbiota in standard and overweight
children, before and after probiotic administration. The University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy. http://hdl.handle.net/11299/202569.
Tablets
and drinks containing probiotics are available in the shops. Advertisements declaring
amazing results filled medical journals and newspapers.
Firstly,
what species and strains does a product contain? Often, these are not detailed,
or they do not match up with the true contents when they are cultured.
Probably, the more species the better, though we have very little understanding
of the impact of different strains (種類) on the body.
Secondly,
how many individual bacteria does a product contain? Bacteria in large
intestine originally are in huge number.
Collen,
A. (2015) 10% Human: How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health
and Happiness. London: William Collins.
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