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趣味植物课(上)

克里夫兰相对与国内江浙一带纬度要高很多,临湖但远离海洋,属于温带季风气候,而后则属于亚热带季风气候。气候差异造成植被分布差别也很大。因此本科时所学到的知识到了这里多数派不上用场。很多植物生长于北方的花草树木都是只闻其名,却从未见其形。 可是出于老本行的惯性使然,每看到一些不知名的树、草、鸟等等,总想知道它们的名字。随着克城新的一年的春天的来临,认识植物的好机会也到了。于是在知识渊博的朋友指导和强有力的网络资源(这里要强烈推荐一下一个网站,是由OSU开发的一个检索ohio植被的数据库,还附有许多照片,便于识别Plantfacts:http://plantfacts.osu.edu/)的协助下,认识了不少当地的植物。
         不多扯了,给大家介绍一下我最近学到的一些植物吧。都是非常常见的,在我们的周围随时可以见到。(多数是开花植物,有花好认!汗!) 未免任务过重,草本的下次在介绍吧,现在先认识木本的一些植物。


1. Flowering Bradford Pear
这个是case附近非常常见的一种行道树,我以前住的fairview整条街道就是这个树。另外case校园里也有很多。

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                                                         (fairview ave. By XJ)

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       (behind dental school By XJ)                      (parking lot at niagara falls By XJ)
2. Flowering Crabapple
这个也是case校园里非常多见的小树。貌似这种树不容易长得很高大,永远矮矮小小的,所以做行道树不是很合适,多做景观用。春天开花(白,粉相间,很可爱),秋天结非常鲜艳的红色小果子,比樱桃还要小很多,一直到春天开花的时候果子才掉。冬天下过雪后,红色的果子在白雪的映照下格外显眼。

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                                                                                (A.W Smith Bldg & Bingham Bldg of case campus By XJ)   
3. Flowering Dogwood
这树的名字,中文直译过来不是很好听:“狗木”。不过开满花的树倒是很有一种仙风道骨。这种植物有好多品种,花的颜色也很多,白,淡粉,还有一种洋红色的。有先花后叶的,也有先叶后花的。个人偏爱所有先花后叶的Flowering Trees. 想像一下,公园里全是开满鲜花的苍天大树,一阵微风拂过,引起落英纷纷。多美的场景啊!

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                                                        (roadside of Murryhill Rd, By XJ)

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                                                    (lakeside by Cleveland Art Museum By XJ)
4.Eastern Redbud
老实说,等这树上的花掉光,长出叶子以后,再让我来认,我可能就认不出来了。但是花及其有特点,紫红色的小花,好像从来不盛开,永远保持花苞的样子,可能是因为这样,才叫它bud吧?

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(a corner at Lakeview Cemetery)
5.Dawn Redwood
红木的一种,在上世纪50年代的时候以为已经灭绝了,不料在中国发现一些幸存的,现在在ohio已经广泛种植了。case HCL和dental school那一片种了好多,lakeview cemetery里也有不少。红木的特点就是树干挺直,茎干越老越红。不过这种红木的一个特点是茎干不容易长粗,不象yosemite那里的加州红木那么粗壮。

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(roadside of Lakeview cemetery By XJ )
6.Japanese Maple
槭树的一种,叶子常年红色,不象枫树直到秋天日照时间变短才开始变红。同样的Japanese maple可以有各种红色,有的象火一样,有的则象血一样,还有的就象我家门口的那棵,铁红。

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7.Lilac
就是丁香,也有很多种颜色,白,粉,浅紫和深紫。尤其爱深紫,特别典雅。这个勉强能成为树吧,严格算灌木类。现在住的120街上就有好多人家栽在篱笆边上。这个周三vickie给我送来了一大捧的Lilac,插在了两个花瓶,一个摆在living room,一个摆在bedroom。顿时芬芳满室。

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Note:

This blog was written at 2 weeks ago. By that time, most of flowers were still blooming. If you went out, it is very easy to learn the plants through the pictures here. But I had a hard time to upload the pictures in my Mac. So it is a little bit too late to post this blog now. Because most of them are already dry up now. En, too bad!

两大重要发现

第一个:

newegg居然开辟了中国市场,名字也很直白,就叫“新蛋中国”。
出于对newegg/USA的良好印象,总觉得它会比京东之类的可靠。虽然京东比淘宝可靠多了。
期待着中国会出现越来越多的规范可靠的电子经销商。


第二个:

美国买枪好便宜啊!!
我一个月的工资就可以买把机关枪了。汗!
怪不得枪械暴力事件这么多!!!
怎么不把枪的价格定高一点?!


周末做了点吃的

最近经常喝豆浆,可是常常苦恼剩下的豆渣的去路,丢了可惜,可又不知道该做什么。尝试做了一次豆渣炒鸡蛋,那个口感……建议别尝试了!突发奇想,加了点面粉和干酵母和白糖,按照正常发面程序,做了几个豆渣包。好久没做馒头,手生了,第一笼没发好,后来切片刷油到烤箱里烤了15分钟,居然还很不错。被我当零食,周末两天吃光了。后面的一笼豆渣包还是不错的。

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另外,春光明媚,Vickie和poapoa家的韭菜开始疯长,为了消耗这些韭菜,我开始疯狂做韭菜饺,两天总共157个。擀皮擀得手心都疼了。

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最后做了好久没做的酱牛肉和红烧猪蹄。话说,来了美国,吃了好多猪蹄,便宜还美容。大家没事多吃点哦~

拍完照片突然发现我的刀工进步了好多。咔咔

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冬天答应阿东一直要做的蛋挞还没做,材料到时买齐了。等最近闲下来再做吧。

PS赞一下canon的1.8的50mm定焦镜头,排静物虚化效果很不错啊。哪天去拍点肖像玩玩。不知道有谁愿意做我的模特阿?

a reprot from yahoo.com

Jackie Chan's China comments prompt backlash (AP)

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2009 file photo,  action star  speaks to media during an event to promote the International Film Festival in . Legislators in Chinese-speaking regions that enjoy free elections on Sunday, April 19, 2009, lashed out at  after the 'Rush Hour' star questioned if freedom was a good thing for China, accusing him of insulting his own race. The 55-year-old action star said at a business forum in the southern Chinese island province Hainan on Saturday that a free society may not be beneficial for authoritarian mainland China. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

HONG KONG - Action star Jackie Chan 's comments wondering whether Chinese people "need to be controlled" have drawn sharp rebuke in his native Hong Kong and in Taiwan .

Chan told a business forum in the southern Chinese province of Hainan that a free society may not be beneficial for China 's authoritarian mainland.

"I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not," Chan said Saturday. "I'm gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we're not being controlled, we'll just do what we want."

He went on to say that freedoms in Hong Kong and Taiwan made those societies "chaotic."

Chan's comments drew applause from a predominantly Chinese audience of business leaders, but did not sit well with lawmakers in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

"He's insulted the Chinese people. Chinese people aren't pets," Hong Kong pro-democracy legislator Leung Kwok-hung told The Associated Press. "Chinese society needs a democratic system to protect human rights and rule of law."

Another lawmaker, Albert Ho, called the comments "racist," adding: "People around the world are running their own countries. Why can't Chinese do the same?"

Former British colony Hong Kong enjoys Western-style civil liberties and some democratic elections under Chinese rule. Half of its 60-member legislature is elected, with the other half picked by special interest groups. But Hong Kong's leader is chosen by a panel stacked with Beijing loyalists.

In democratically self-ruled Taiwan, which split from mainland China during a civil war in 1949, legislator Huang Wei-che said Chan himself "has enjoyed freedom and democracy and has reaped the economic benefits of capitalism. But he has yet to grasp the true meaning of freedom and democracy."

Chan's comments were reported by news outlets in Hong Kong and Taiwan, but were ignored by the mainland Chinese press.

Although Chan was a fierce critic of the brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in June 1989, which killed at least hundreds, he has not publicly criticized China's government in recent years and is immensely popular on the mainland.

He performed during the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics and took part in the Olympic torch relay .

Chan also is vice chairman of the China Film Association, a key industry group.

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Associated Press writer Annie Huang in Taipei contributed to this report.

北美版剩男剩女考核表(原帖来自买买提)

无聊,去买买提闲逛,主页看到这么个帖子,于是进去玩了一把。顺便贴上来娱乐一下其他不上买买提的人。
此调查分剩男和剩女两个表。大家没事可以试着算算自己的得分啊~哈哈

我自己先算了一下。汗,只有69分。


剩女调查

  1、 年龄

  25以下(10分);25-27(8分);28—29(5分);29-32(2分);32以上(0分)

  2、 容貌

  肤白,貌美(10分);肤白,五官端正(8分);肤白,五官搭配较和谐(6分);貌美,
肤差(4分);五官端正,皮肤差(1分);皮肤差,五官不和谐(O分)

  3、 身高

  165-172(10分);158—164(8分);172-174(6分);155-158(4分);174-176(1分);
其余0分

  4、体重 自己针对身高加减一分调节

  90-100斤(10分);100-110斤(8分);80-90斤(6分);身高165以上者110-120斤(4分
);身高158以下者70-80斤(1分);其余O分

  5、身材

  前凸后翘;腰腿分明(10分);长腿丰乳(8分);纤细匀称(6分);飞机场+比例较好(
4分);丰润+比例较差(1分);腰长腿短,比例失调,全身干瘪等一律0分

  6、学历

  北美重点硕士(10分);北美硕士(8分);北美博士(6分);北美博士后(4分);无北
美学历但国内名校硕士(4分);国内本科或普通硕士(2分)其他一律0分

  7、籍贯
  地级市(5分);一般省会城市(4分);一线城市(3分);县城(2分);小镇(1分);
农村0分

        8、护照
美(10分);485(8分)加(6分)、绿卡(4分);其他什么香港台湾日本的(2分)
;余下的不计分;

  9、出身

  豪门大家(10分);高干子女(8分);父母为企业老总(6分);公务员家庭(4分);小
康(2分);其余0分

  10、性格

  温柔,善解人意(10分);温柔,有点小脾气(4分);不温柔的一律0分,脾气暴躁易怒的(-5分)

  11、贞洁

  CN(15分),非CN(-10分) ,30岁以上CN 只算(5分),35以上处女(-10分)(对这个年龄段的,老姑娘也是问题了)。离婚的(-20)各项不累计。


剩男调查

  1、 事业

  北美公务员(10分);大企业高层,但目前不是通用等公司的(10分)

);中层白领(8分);Postdoc(6分),全奖phd/全奖master(3分)低级职位白领(2分) 。自创公司按盈利打5折后比照同等薪水职位。其余0分

  2、 身家

 50万以上(10分);20万—50万(8分);10万—20万(6分);5万—10万(4分);
2万-5万以下(2分),以下不计。单位美元

  3、 身高

  178-183(10分);183—186(8分);175-178(6分);170-174(4分);186-189(3分);
其余2分

  4、年龄

  26—32岁(10分);32-36岁(8分);23-26岁(6分);36-40(4分);20-23(1分);其余
O分

  5、相貌

  较帅(10分);五官端正(8分);普通(6分);较丑(4分);极丑(1分) ;男人的相貌
没有零分。谢顶的降一级计算

  6、学历

  名校MBA/名校博士(10分);一般博士或热门硕士(8分);普通硕士(6分)本科(2分),只计北美学位。国内的降2档算

  7、房产

  一套全款付清的或者多套但相当于付清一套的(10分);按谒中(8分);租2千以上的(4分);其余0分

  8、汽车

  现值5w刀以上(10分);3w刀以上(8分);2万刀以上(6分);1万刀以上(4分);5000
刀以上(2分)。像夜夜那样按揭的车值打半折后计算

  9、籍贯
  地级市(5分);一般省会城市(4分);一线城市(3分);县城(2分);小镇(1分);
农村0分

10。护照
美(10分);485(8分)加(6分)、绿卡(4分);其他什么香港台湾日本的(2分)
;余下的不计分;

  11、性能力

  非ED(15分);ED(—20分) ;离婚的(-5分),此项累计


外貌之于择偶

        从日常的生活交往中,虽然我非常相信自己的“第一印象”。一个人在我第一眼看来是什么感觉,之后的交往和联系只会越来越证明我是正确的。我也不知道为什么自己看人会这么“准”。也许自己下意识就往那边想了也不一定。但是可以肯定的是这个“第一印象”的判断依据不只是那个人的长相和外形。一个帅哥或美女一样可以给我留下不好的印象;一个外形不咋样的人也许也可以给我一个很美好的印象。

       但是,当涉及到某个将来可能要跟我生活一辈子的人,就不能仅仅用这个第一印象来判断了。虽然可能各方面条件都不错,我的“第一印象”也不错。可是⋯⋯身高⋯⋯长相⋯⋯我还是要纠结的。在这个方面我承认我真的很肤浅。可是我就是有这么点小小的追求,难道这有错么?当然不奢望对方象赵寅成、金城武那样帅气和高大,可是至少要“看着顺眼”,“靠着安全”。尽管心里劝说过自己很多次,要注重人家的内秀,不要过于纠结相貌。可是,可是⋯⋯也许我还不够成熟吧,还心存小女生那种“白马王子”的梦想。而且我还有虚荣心,总希望带出去的时候,希望听到别人赞赏的声音,而不是小声的议论说“怎么找个这样的男人?”
     
        我是不是太“外貌协会”,太肤浅,太虚荣了?

ORCHID SHOW in the Botanical Garden

 

 

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毕业以后干什么?

可能是最近开始新的一轮轮的毕业答辩,让我不禁想想到自己明年的惨况。
先不说发文章做实验这些头痛的事。也不说能不能按期毕业的事。
我越发感觉到不适合作一个学者,或者高校教师(除非能一辈子当讲师,没有论文要求,没有工分什么的)。
一个人可以懒到什么程度,我算是见识到了。从我自己身上彻彻底底地见识到了!
突然后悔自己当初考研,老老实实的在温州教书,做个中学教师,看看那些年轻洋溢着阳光活力的男孩女孩们,似乎也是挺好的生活方式。
无法想象自己毕业之后能干什么?不想呆高校,可是在中国又没有对口的公司?留美国继续作博后?还是算了,我不爱科研,我不要做科学家。而且还有巨麻烦无比的签证问题。要不嫁人做家庭主妇算了?嫁人也不是那么容易的事,搞不好对方跟我家一样一堆烂事,更烦。
突然觉得人活着真得很没意思。工作没意思,不工作也没意思。学习也没有乐趣,在家里睡着也没意思。没意思,没意思,没意思……

赞usps

上个礼拜的包裹5天就寄到了。果然速度。价钱还便宜~以后常用。

女性安全指南——转自华人

Crucial 

Because of recent abductions

in daylight hours, refresh yourself

of these things to do

in an emergency situation...

This is for you,

and for you to share

with your wife,

your children,

everyone you know.

After reading these 9 crucial tips , 

forward them to someone you care about.

It never hurts to be careful

in this crazy world we live in. 
1
. Tip from Tae Kwon Do : 

The elbow is the strongest point 

on your body.

If you are close enough to use it, do! 

 2. Learned this from a tourist guide

in New Orleans  

If a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse, 

DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM .

Toss it away from you....

chances are that he is more interested 

in your wallet and/or purse than you, 

and he will go for the wallet/purse. 

RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!

3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car,

kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and

 start waving like crazy.

The driver won't see you, but everybody else will. 

This has saved lives.

4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars

after shopping, eating, working, etc., and just sit

(doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc.

DON'T DO THIS!

The predator will be watching you, and this

is the perfect opportunity for him to get in 

on the passenger side, put a gun to your head, 

and tell you where to go.

AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR , 

LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE. 

If someone
 

is in the car

with a gun

to your head

DO NOT DRIVE OFF, 

repeat:

DO NOT DRIVE OFF! 

Instead gun the engine

and speed into anything, wrecking the car. 

Your Air Bag will save you.

If the person is  in the back seat 

they will get the worst of it . 

As soon as the car crashes

bail out and run.

It is better than having them find your body 

in a remote location.

5 . A few notes about getting

into your car in a parking lot,

or parking garage:

A.) Be aware: 

look around you,

look into your car,

at the passenger side floor , 

and in the back seat

B.) If you are parked next to a big van,

enter your car from the passenger door . 

Most serial killers attack their victims

by pulling them into their vans while the women

are attempting to get into their cars. 

C.) Look at the car  parked on the driver's side  

 of your vehicle, and the passenger side. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back  into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk you back out. 

IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY.

 (And better paranoid than dead.)

6. ALWAYS take the elevator

instead of the stairs.

(Stairwells are horrible places to be alone 

and the perfect crime spot).

This is especially true at NIGHT!
7.
 If the predator has a gun 

and you are not under his control,

ALWAYS RUN!

The predator will only hit you (a running target) 

4 in 100 times; And even then, 

it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. 

RUN, Preferably in a zig-zag pattern!

8. As women, we are always trying

to be sympathetic:

STOP

It may get you raped, or killed. 

Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, 

well educated man, who ALWAYS played 

on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. 

He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often

asked "for help" into his vehicle or with his vehicle, 

which is when he abducted 
his next victim.

9. Another Safety Point: 

Someone just told me that her friend heard 

a crying baby on her porch the night before last, 

and she called the police because it was late 

and she thought it was weird. The police told her 

"Whatever you do, DO NOT open the door."

The lady then said that it sounded like the baby 

had crawled near a window, and she was worried 

that it would crawl to the street and get run over. 

The policeman said, "We already have a unit on the way, whatever you do,

 DO NOT open the door." 

He told her that they think a serial killer 

has a baby's cry recorded and uses it to coax 

women out of their homes thinking that someone 

dropped off a baby He said they have not verified it, 

 but have had several calls by women saying that  they hear

baby's cries outside their doors                                                                                             when they're home alone at night.

看完是不是觉得这个世界没法过了?太可怕了。不过出门在外,还是小心为好,为自己也为家人负责。



 

晓静 郑

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