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February 02 2月1日曦白的幸福补记如下： 1、从初一到初六一直感冒发烧，今天终于大病痊愈； 2、准备接手影响因子20.263的Physics Reports，诚惶诚恐； 3、吃到同事送来的喜糖； 4、功夫不负有心人，终于找到了Leonidas巧克力专卖店； 5、一边吃饭一边MSN，得知自己要当干爹了，乐得合不拢嘴； 6、填好免税车报关单，三个月的辛苦选车宣告结束； 7、升级手机固件，安装SkyeCaller，以后来电可以显示大头照了； 8、和朋友分享这些微小而真实的幸福，才是昨晚最大的幸福。 December 29 Concert Logs: H2 20089 August 2008, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing Cincinnati Pops OrchestraVarious Olympics Themes and Hollywood Soundtracks Erich Kunzel, conductor
I quote my mom's comment: 小儿科做到极致还是小儿科。The programme is just not interesting enough for us to stay for the second half.Personal Rating: B 20 December 2008, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing Beethoven: Overture, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op.122 Beethoven: Symphony No.9, Op.125 Zhang Liping, Liang Ning, Yuan Chenye, Wei Song
China National Symphony Orchestra Chen Zuohuang, conductor Personal Rating: B- Appalling acoustic. Fully-orchestrated passages sound like a mono broadcast. How astonishing the designer got it all wrong. Calm Sea is well rehearsed, but Symphony No.9 suffers from too brisk a tempo in the andante, where all the suspense is lost. The two baritones are at least half a note off the orchestra and their voices barely audible. The only redeeming factor of this forgettable concert is Zhang Liping. She was as good as three years ago in La Traviata! December 24 English Poem 4 - Christmas EveStanza - Christmas Eve How lovely the sweet hours of Christmas night, A time to cheer and bathe in candlelight. Thy cloudy gloom and sadness swept away, The transient eve shall bring immortal day. December 15 CSO/Haitink in Beijing Next Year!先记下来免得忘了。这两场砸锅卖铁也要去！ Friday, 13 February 2009, 8:00pm Saturday, 14 February 2009, 7:30pm
Haydn - Symphony No.101
Bruckner - Symphony No.7
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing December 04 十四行诗之三 - 汉译白话文直译： 十 四 行 诗 之 三
渴求之火不再日夜燃烧， 你将去何处寻求些慰籍， 匿名
情遇冷兮，如叶逢霜。 爱至穷途，晚钟哀怆。 踯躅何往，雾漫蛮荒。 心头寂寂，长夜彷徨。 光焰灭兮，寂不复燃。 流离寒渊，孤魂惋叹。 不见伊人，月落参商。 命多错许，天妒有缘。 悲愁思兮，安可不伤？ 漫揾清泪，强自展颜。 真意必酬，好景在前。 艰难困苦，玉汝于成。 December 01 第三首英文十四行诗 Sonnet 3Sonnet 3 (Draft) "When passion withered to a raging plague" When passion withered to a raging plague,
And love's exile took a despairing toll.
Life's barren land laid in the misty vague,
Devoured the hearts below from soul to soul.
The craving fire burns no more night and day,
Fair spirits left in coldness to deplete.
Dear ones in silence waned and parted way,
How Cupid's prank do mere mortals defeat!
Where then shall you in consolation seek,
Or sadly concede to the tempting fate?
Till tears dry and smiles return to your cheek, Do Love! Love does repay, however late. Grieve not, for you will toil and will endure,
Though tomorrow's rewards remain unsure.
Notes:
1) Written on 31 November and 1st December 2008.
2) Dedicated to three friends of mine, whose saddening
stories are encrypted in the second quatrain. November 27 Scottish Music & Dance Party Scottish Music & Dance Party Organized by the British Council Grand Millennium Hotel, Beijing 19:00 - 21:30, 27 November 2008 UK Alumni only! November 25 From Quantity to Quality From Quantity to Quality How to Improve Innovations at Chinese Higher Education Shangri-la Hotel, Beijing 24 November 2008 Hosted by: Department of Science & Technology, Ministry of Education Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Education Co-hosted by: Science & Technology Division, Elsevier Invited Speakers:
 Judy, Xibai and Helen at the conference November 20 Timothy Garton Ash at PKU Timothy Garton Ash, a known historian, political writer, Guardian Columnist, and professor from Oxford is giving a talk, titled "China-Europe-US: A Strategic Triangle for the 21st Century" at Peking University campus late this week: When: Friday, Nov. 21, 9:00-11:30 am Where: Room 126 Leo Koguan Building, School of Government, PKU For the detailed info. about the speaker, please check the following website: http://www.timothygartonash.com/biography.html Mini-Review: Prof Ash delivers an interesting talk, more appropriately, an educated guess on international geo-politics of the next two decades. As a historian, he traces the rises and falls of hegemonies and notices that if China's GDP continued to grow at the current rate, in little less than 20 years, the country would surpass the US as the world's largest economy, measured in purchasing power parity. Polls conducted around the world suggest a growing public perception that China would replace the US as the new superpower, something that was unimagineable a generation ago. The re-emergence of China as the first non-Western modernity will have a long-lasting impact on world order. The transitions between hegemonies have rarely been a peaceful process, the only exception being the UK-US transition last century, which benefited greatly from shared cultures and the work of such political masterminds as Churchill. The situation for China is not very promising: the cultural and ideological differences may well lead to world-wide conflicts and hinder China's ascendency. The perils that lie ahead can be avoided by a Liberal International Order. There is, however, a subtle catch here: Liberal means equal liberties under law, while Order implies respect for national sovereignty. The two values could potentially be at odds and only through international negotiations and sophisticated bargaining can we solve such issues. Therefore the US, EU and China, who are likely to become the key global players (despite objections Prof Ash relegates India and Russia to regional players) must build trust and strategic ties. In particular, Prof Ash advocates for a much closer EU-China relationship, which according to him, is not only under-valued and under-developed, but also under-conceptualized. Both the speaker and the audience are worried about this transition period, and their concerns are well justified. "Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will", as Prof Ash puts it, is probably the only way for us to carry forward. October 10 Martti Ahtisaari Wins the Nobel Prize for PeaceUpdate 1: Martti Ahtisaari wins the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize A fitting laureate for the PEACE PRIZE... - - - - - Last month, Rumours surfaced that the shortlist for the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize includes several Chinese dissidents, among them my former colleague Hu Jia. With the world media buzzing in synchrony, he was tipped to be the favourite candidate. But will he actually win the prize? Is so, what would it bring to the development of civil society in China and to the already fragile China-West relations? We will have to wait and see. The name of this year's laureate will be announced at 9:00 GMT today. September 12 Gosh, if you call that a publication at allWilliam Barford and Xibai Xu Erratum: “Groundstate dispersion interaction between  -conjugated polymers”J. Chem. Phys. 129, 079901 (2008) http://link.aip.org/link/?JCPSA6/129/079901/1 July 30 认领助学对象--伸出爱的手 帮助求学路以下为转载 各位好： 这里有2个助学信息，请求大家广泛关注并给予支持！这两个孩子都来自启明河南省后杨村项目点。 1.
小董（涉个人及家庭隐私，故用匿名），18岁，今年7月以优异的成绩考取国家重点大学河南科技大学国际经济与贸易专业。其母因病去世，父亲亦患病，早先在外省捡破烂为生，后为治疗方便回河南务农。该同学在家老二，大姐也在读大学，已申请学生贷款；弟弟读初中。 大学8月底就报到了，小董尚无筹到对她来说是巨额的学费。（学费3700元+住宿费1000元）后杨村图书管理员晓莹姐打来电话，请求启明书社伸出援手。 2：
小臧，16岁，去年本来已读高一。当时她成绩在班里首屈一指，却因血液病休学一年。现已康复，今年7月重新报名进入高中。小臧家原为河南驻马店市人，几年
前举家迁到乌鲁木齐谋生。但其父不幸得脑瘤连续手术两次，现已完全丧失劳动能力，回到后杨村由70多岁老母照顾。为给父亲治病，母亲原先经营的小饭店也败
落，去年倒闭。现在乌市打零工生活，照顾3个读书的孩子。小臧排行老大，妹妹在读初中、最小的弟弟8岁，小学一年级。 小臧很要强，不想麻烦别人，想用自己的力量实现求学梦。今年暑假，她在一家餐厅打工，月薪700元；但这微薄的收入只是杯水车薪，远不够她的学费。（她在乌市属外地生，故5000/学年）。她表姐陈冲是启明在后杨村的志愿者，和小臧的母亲一道来寻求启明书社的帮助。 背景： 在启明项目点河南、安徽、山西等贫困农村，已基本实现九年义务教育。故小学、初中就读已不算难题，但高中、大学的高额收费，成为许多农民家庭沉重的负担。据此，启明书社今年为考入高中的贫困生特别设计了奖学金项目，通过资助其学杂费等，协助他们迈出实现人生理想的第一步。以上2名学生不在我们的奖学金申请范围，但实属应该资助的对象。敬请大家广泛宣传，为这两个孩子筹集学费。 资助办法： 1、学生提供入学通知书和收费收据复印件 2、捐赠人汇款给启明书社；启明书社汇款给学生。 3、启明书社提供发票给捐赠人。 捐赠请至启明账号： 户名：上海启明书社， 开户行：中国银行上海市南京西路支行 账号：044133-8900-14676908091001 任何疑问或有捐赠意向请联系启明书社办公室 电话：021-34228667 手机：13761617559 联系人：金毓丽 求学路上跋涉的她们，希望因你，肩上的担子可以轻一点，心中的理想不再那么遥远！ 启明书社/Sunrise Library 中国上海沪闵路7886号上海花园二期86号3楼 Block3 7886 HuMin Road Shanghai Garden II Shanghai 201102 China sunrisefoundation2005@yahoo.com.cn 86 (0) 21 34228667 www.sunriselibrary.org June 12 KabisyMy friend Weiqi mourns as I prepare to leave Oxford: http://kabisy.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!92D682E8AB1D915E!130.entry Very much appreciated, a true friend he is! June 06 Latest NewsTo all who have heard the rumours, it is now official: I am going to relocate to Beijing at the end of the month and start working for Elsevier, the world's leading publisher of scientific and medical literature. As part of the physics journal team, I will organise and sometimes acquire topical and special issues, handle and maintain review journals, and invite review articles for their physics portfolios.
Thank you to all of you here in the UK. I will see you guys soon.
With love,
Xibai April 23 Links 4April 18 Links 3"You are with us, or you are with the terrorists!" One freshman from Duke University got a taste of this "Bushism" when she tried to mediate between two rival groups: The New York Times - Chinese Student in the U.S. Is Caught in Confrontation. She defended helself in a RFA interview: Wang Qianyuan - The Chinese "Angry Youth" Is a Perverted Form of Patriotism. Miss Wang is evidently not alone. My friend Fang Yuan says he looks down on a certain self-conceited brainy "Hanjian", And in China, Singtao Daily reports that Kunming Netizens Denounced as "Hanjian" for Anti-Boycott Show. The ever so satirical Laoxu points out the absurdity of boycotting French goods: Laoxu - Whatever You Do, But Boycott French Goods? Speaking of anti-French sentiments, does anyone still remember the freedom fries? To understand this popular psyche, I always go back to this critique by Hao Jian, a professor at the Beijing Film Academy. Browse down to the last paragraph for a chilling analysis. |
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