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Wednesday, 29 February 2012
闰年
公历
现时世界普遍采用的公历是格列高里历,它的前身是儒略历。根据儒略历的规定,每4年有1个闰年,闰年为366日,其余3年(称为平年)各有365日。公元年数能被4除得尽的是闰年。儒略历1年平均长365.25日,比实际公转周期的365.2422日长11分14秒,即每400年约长3日。 教宗格列高里十三世于1582年宣布改历,改变置闰规则。公元年数被4除尽的是闰年,但如被100除得尽而被400除不尽的则不是闰年。这样的做法可在400年中减少3个闰年。在格列高里历下,400年中有97个闰年(每年366日)及303个平年(每年365日),所以每年平均长365.2425日,与公转周期的365.2422日十分接近。 公元2000年是闰年吗? 根据公历的置闰规则,2000被4及400整除,所以公元2000年是闰年。但1700,1800及1900因不被400整除,所以不是闰年。 For a day that comes rarely to the calendar, Google has doodled a rare two-in-one doodle that commemorates not only the leap day but also the 220th birth anniversary of the Italian composer Gioachino Rossini. Since the leap years and leap days are usually associated with frogs, the leaping ambhibians, the Google doodle on February 29 has a number of frogs, all four of them. The doodle is inspired by Gioachino Antonio Rossini's famous 1816 comic opera The Barber of Seville (Il barbiere di Siviglia), one of the most performed operas. Of the four frogs in the scene, one is at the piano and the soprano is the only one leaping. The barber frog is Figaro and the frog getting a shave is Count Almaviva (Characters created by French playright Pierre Beaumarchais and The Barber of Seville is one of the three Figaro plays penned by him |
Rossini's other famous operas include William Tell (1829), Semiramide (1823) and Cinderella (1817). Gioachino Rossini was born on February 29, 1792 (died November 13, 1868). The possibility of someone's birthday falling on February 29 is 1 in 1461 (as four years including a leap year have 1461 days in total) that in turn calculates to a mere 0.068 per cent chance.
The Gioachino Rossini leap year Google doodle is the third leap year doodle in Google's history. The previous two were put up on 2004 and 2008. There was no leap day doodle in the year 2000.
By our calculations this is the 1314th Google doodle since the first ever on for the Burning Man Festival back on August 30, 1998.
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公众将能根据“青蛙配套”(Frog Kit)提供的手册及蝌蚪食物,亲身体验照料10只蝌蚪的过程,见证蝌蚪在这过程中的有趣变化。
动物园希望借观察动物生命周期,不管是大人或小孩,能从中提升大家对这些生物的认识及体会大自然的奇妙。
“青蛙配套”在试用期间,已分发给几所国际及本地学校,并收到良好反馈。加拿大国际学校更是成功将配套中所有的蝌蚪,照料成活蹦乱跳的青蛙后,将它们放生至动物园。
由于小学的科学教学大纲也包括动物生命周期,动物园希望学校能在接下来几个月,购买此配套。
此活动属全球活动“跳出绝种危机”(Leaping Ahead of Extinction)之一,有兴趣购买“青蛙配套”的公众,可拨电63608657或电邮至xinli.yap@wrs.com.sg,售价为25元。
动物园“青蛙配套” 配合闰年跳一跳
(2012-02-29)
动物园希望借观察动物生命周期,不管是大人或小孩,能从中提升大家对这些生物的认识及体会大自然的奇妙。
今年逢四年一次的闰年(leap
year),新加坡动物园取“leap”跳跃之意,推出“青蛙配套”,希望借着此配套的推出为本地生物多样性造势,引起公众的兴趣,尤其是在原始两栖动物方面。
公众将能根据“青蛙配套”(Frog Kit)提供的手册及蝌蚪食物,亲身体验照料10只蝌蚪的过程,见证蝌蚪在这过程中的有趣变化。
动物园希望借观察动物生命周期,不管是大人或小孩,能从中提升大家对这些生物的认识及体会大自然的奇妙。
“青蛙配套”在试用期间,已分发给几所国际及本地学校,并收到良好反馈。加拿大国际学校更是成功将配套中所有的蝌蚪,照料成活蹦乱跳的青蛙后,将它们放生至动物园。
由于小学的科学教学大纲也包括动物生命周期,动物园希望学校能在接下来几个月,购买此配套。
此活动属全球活动“跳出绝种危机”(Leaping Ahead of Extinction)之一,有兴趣购买“青蛙配套”的公众,可拨电63608657或电邮至xinli.yap@wrs.com.sg,售价为25元。
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Tuesday, 28 February 2012
能吃出营养的零食
能吃出营养的零食
上班族小常识
1)花生能防皮肤病。花生中富含的维生素B2,是一般人平日膳食中较为缺乏的维生素之一。因此,有意的多吃些花生,不仅能补充日常膳食中维生素B2之不足,而且有助于防治唇裂、眼睛发红发痒、脂溢性皮炎等多种疾病。
2)葵瓜子可以养颜。葵瓜子含有蛋白质、脂肪、多种维生素和矿物质,其中亚油酸的含量尤为丰富。亚油酸有助于保持皮肤细嫩,防止皮肤干燥和生成色斑。
3)乳酪能强壮牙齿与骨骼。乳酪是钙的“富矿”,可使牙齿与骨骼坚固。营养学家通过研究发现,一个成年人每天吃150克乳酪,有助于达到人老牙不老的目标。
4)无花果促进血液循环。无花果中含有一种类似阿司匹林的化学物质,可稀释血液,增加血液的流动,从而使大脑供血量充分。
5)南瓜子和开心果容光焕发。富含不饱和脂肪酸、胡萝卜素、过氧化物以及酶等物质,适当食用能保证大脑血流量,令人精神抖擞、容光焕发。
6)奶糖令人神爽。含糖、钙,适当进食能补充大脑能量,皮肤润泽。
7)乳制品饮料补充微量元素。含有三分之一的牛奶,强化维生素和微量元素,是富有营养的饮料之一。
8)巧克力调理情绪。有使人心情愉悦及美容作用,能产生如谈情说爱时一样的体内反应物质。
9)芝麻糊润发、养血。有乌发、润发、养血之功,对症吃可防治白发、脱发,令人头发乌亮秀美。
10)核桃可秀甲。核桃中含有丰富的生长素,能使指甲坚固不易开裂同时核桃中富含植物蛋白,能促进指甲的生长。常吃核桃,有助于指甲的秀韧。
11)红枣预防坏血病。枣中维生素C含量十分丰富,被营养学家称作“活维生素C丸”。膳食中若缺乏维生素C,人就会感到疲劳倦怠,甚至产生坏血病。
12)葡萄干益气补血。悦颜之益。
13)薄荷糖润喉爽神。除口臭、散火气、润喉咙,令人神清喉爽。
(取自新浪网)
(摘自联合早报)
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提高脑力的17种食物
17种食物 提高脑力
改善健康离不开良好的饮食,吃对食物有助于提高脑力。据美国营养学家迈克·莫雷诺博士最近罗列17种食物以助提高脑力:
●甜菜:含氨基酸苯丙氨酸,有助增强脑细胞之间的联络。
●蓝莓:多种抗氧化剂和花色苷的绝佳来源,可保护脑细胞不受毒素侵害,促进大脑对葡萄糖的利用,增强脑细胞相互联系。
●西蓝花:含抗氧化剂和植物营养素,有助于保护大脑组织免受毒素侵害。
●胡萝卜:富含β胡萝卜素和其他自然营养物,有助于保护大脑组织。
●鸡肉:富含氨基酸酪氨酸,有助产生多巴胺、肾上腺素和去甲肾上腺素。大脑中的这些物质可以使思维更敏捷,反应更迅速,感觉注意力集中,精力更充沛。
●柑橘:含大量维生素C等抗氧化剂,有助于保持敏锐的记忆力,防止大脑细胞受损。
●毛豆:含氨基酸苯丙氨酸,增强脑细胞之间的联络。
●鸡蛋:含B族维生素胆碱,有助于改善记忆力。
●蛋白:含蛋白质,可提高肾上腺素水平,提升大脑的敏锐度。
●辣椒:含辣椒素,刺激循环、帮助消化、打通鼻子、直接向大脑传递欣快感。
●豆荚:含大量的葡萄糖可为大脑提供能量,丰富的纤维素和降低葡萄糖吸收速度,帮助稳
定体内能量,保持警觉度和注意力。
●猪肉:含维生素B1,可保护脑细胞相互联系所必需的脂肪物质髓磷脂。
●长叶莴苣:含大量B族维生素叶酸,有益记忆力和神经细胞健康。
●菠菜:富含矿物质铁,有助改善记忆力,提高警觉度和注意力。
●金枪鱼:富含omega3脂肪酸,有助于产生和保持髓磷脂,促进脑细胞联系。
●酸奶:多项研究发现,酸奶等有益菌食物可促进大脑警觉度。
(原载中国《科技日报》)
(摘自联合早报)
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Monday, 27 February 2012
烧焦了粥
中午,我坐在电脑前,刚玩完了farmville,准备shut down,要下楼去看看那锅金瓜猪肉粥煮好了没有。
忽然听到老公在楼下喊道:“ 哎呀,粥烧焦了啦!”
“惨了!快点关火!会焦得很厉害吗?我下来看!”我气急败坏的说,心想,怎么这么快就焦了!
下楼冲到厨房去,揭开锅盖一看,水全干了,幸好只是下面烧焦了一些。立刻把粥舀到另一个锅里,然后加水再煮滚。又把整块在粥里煮熟的猪肉拿来切片,再放回锅里。最后,加入一把金针菇,再煮一会,加点盐调味,尝一尝,味道还不错呢!
我盛了两碗粥,放在餐桌上。
”要不要开风扇,让粥快点冷?” 由于老公等一下要去开会,怕他赶不及吃。
“不会开冷气更好?哈哈哈!”老公不放过任何搞笑机会。
“哈哈哈!”我也觉得好笑,真是有惊无险,差一点没午餐吃。
吃饱午餐,我留在客厅看周星驰的“败坏之王”,老公看看时间还早,就上楼休息一下。
我看电视看到忘了老公要去开会,等到他穿好衣服下楼来,我才记起他要去开会。看看时钟,是一点二十分。
“你不是一点三十分要到达吗?这么迟了,那里来得及?我都忘了去叫醒你!”我替他紧张。
“ 奇怪,这么迟了啊?我睡醒时明明是一点嘛!”老公说。
“怎么办,要迟到了!到了,你要怎样向他们解释?”我替他担心。
“我会告诉他们我迟到的理由是:因为老婆顾着玩farmville,结果把粥煮焦了,所以迟吃午餐,所以迟到!哈哈哈!”老公不慌不忙的说。
“哼!你敢!别破坏我的名誉了!哈哈哈!” 他当然不会说了,我很肯定!
忽然听到老公在楼下喊道:“ 哎呀,粥烧焦了啦!”
“惨了!快点关火!会焦得很厉害吗?我下来看!”我气急败坏的说,心想,怎么这么快就焦了!
下楼冲到厨房去,揭开锅盖一看,水全干了,幸好只是下面烧焦了一些。立刻把粥舀到另一个锅里,然后加水再煮滚。又把整块在粥里煮熟的猪肉拿来切片,再放回锅里。最后,加入一把金针菇,再煮一会,加点盐调味,尝一尝,味道还不错呢!
我盛了两碗粥,放在餐桌上。
”要不要开风扇,让粥快点冷?” 由于老公等一下要去开会,怕他赶不及吃。
“不会开冷气更好?哈哈哈!”老公不放过任何搞笑机会。
“哈哈哈!”我也觉得好笑,真是有惊无险,差一点没午餐吃。
吃饱午餐,我留在客厅看周星驰的“败坏之王”,老公看看时间还早,就上楼休息一下。
我看电视看到忘了老公要去开会,等到他穿好衣服下楼来,我才记起他要去开会。看看时钟,是一点二十分。
“你不是一点三十分要到达吗?这么迟了,那里来得及?我都忘了去叫醒你!”我替他紧张。
“ 奇怪,这么迟了啊?我睡醒时明明是一点嘛!”老公说。
“怎么办,要迟到了!到了,你要怎样向他们解释?”我替他担心。
“我会告诉他们我迟到的理由是:因为老婆顾着玩farmville,结果把粥煮焦了,所以迟吃午餐,所以迟到!哈哈哈!”老公不慌不忙的说。
“哼!你敢!别破坏我的名誉了!哈哈哈!” 他当然不会说了,我很肯定!
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UP动画电影
昨晚观看5频道的UP 动画电影,觉得很有趣又很感人。拍了些录像与你们共享,希望你们会喜欢。
{The hero of the film is a 78-year-old man named Carl Fredricksen, who walks around hunched over with a tripod cane. When he was a kid he met a girl named Ellie, who grew up in small midwestern town. The two fell in love and eventually got married. Her dream was always to explore the world and visit paradise falls, but as usually happens, life got in the way. They were never able to make good on their promise, and Ellie eventually passed away. Now Carl is a widower living alone in his small home. Developers are threatening to move him into an old folks home......}
Plot:
Young Carl Fredricksen is a shy, quiet boy who idolizes renowned explorer Charles F. Muntz. He is saddened to learn, however, that Muntz has been accused of fabricating the skeleton of a giant bird he had claimed to have discovered in Paradise Falls, Venezuela, South America, and the organization fires him. Muntz needed a plan to clear his name. So he vows to return to Paradise Falls to capture the bird alive, and he will not return until he does. One day, Carl befriends an energetic and somewhat eccentric tomboy named Ellie, who is also a Muntz fan. She confides to Carl her desire to move her "clubhouse"—an abandoned house in the neighborhood—to a cliff overlooking Paradise Falls, making him promise to help her. Carl and Ellie eventually get married and grow old together in the restored house, working as a toy balloon vendor and a zookeeper, respectively. When they are told by a doctor that they are unable to have children together, they repeatedly pool their savings for a trip to Paradise Falls, but end up spending it on more pressing needs. An elderly Carl finally arranges for the trip, but Ellie suddenly becomes ill and dies, leaving him alone.
Some time later, Carl still lives in the house, now surrounded by urban development, but he refuses to sell. He ends up injuring a construction worker over his damaged mailbox. He therefore is evicted from the house by court order due to them deeming him a "public menace", and is ordered to move to a retirement home. However, Carl comes up with a scheme to keep his promise to Ellie: he turns his house into a makeshift airship, using thousands of helium balloons to lift it off its foundation. A young member of the "Wilderness Explorers" (a fictional youth organization analogous to the Boy Scouts of America) named Russell becomes an accidental passenger, having pestered Carl earlier in an attempt to earn his final merit badge, "Assisting the Elderly".
After surviving a thunderstorm, the house lands near a large ravine facing Paradise Falls. Carl and Russell harness themselves to the still-buoyant house and begin to walk it around the ravine, hoping to reach the falls before the balloons deflate. They later befriend a tall, colorful flightless bird (whom Russell names "Kevin") trying to reach her chicks, and then a dog named Dug, who wears a special collar that allows him to speak.
Carl and Russell encounter a pack of dogs led by Alpha, and are taken to Dug's master, who turns out to be an elderly Charles Muntz. Muntz invites Carl and Russell aboard his dirigible, where he explains that he has spent the years since his disgrace searching Paradise Falls for the giant bird. When Russell innocently reveals his friendship with Kevin, Muntz becomes disturbingly hostile prompting Carl, Russell, Kevin and Dug to flee, chased by Muntz's dogs. Muntz eventually catches up with them and starts a fire beneath Carl's house, forcing Carl to choose between saving his home or Kevin. Carl rushes to put out the fire, allowing Muntz to take the bird. Carl and Russell eventually reach the falls, but Russell is angry with Carl.
Settling into his home, Carl is sadly poring over Ellie's childhood scrapbook when, to his surprise, he finds photos of their married life and a final note from Ellie thanking him for the "adventure" and encouraging him to go on a new one. Reinvigorated, he goes to find Russell, only to see him sailing off on some balloons to save Kevin. Carl empties the house of his furniture and possessions in order to re-float it and pursues him.
Russell is captured by Muntz, but Carl manages to board the dirigible in flight and free both Russell and Kevin. Muntz pursues them around the airship, finally cornering Dug, Kevin, and Russell inside Carl's tethered house. Carl lures Kevin out through a window and back onto the airship with Dug and Russell clinging to her back, just as Muntz is about to close in; Muntz leaps after them, only to snag his foot on some balloon lines and fall to his death. Snapped from its tether, the house descends out of sight through the clouds, which Carl accepts as being for the best.
Carl, Russell and Dug reunite Kevin with her chicks, then fly the dirigible back to the United States. When Russell's father misses his son's Senior Explorer ceremony, Carl proudly presents Russell with his final badge for assisting the elderly, as well as a personal addition: the grape soda cap that Ellie gave to Carl when they first met (which he dubs the "Ellie Badge"). The two then enjoy some ice cream together, sitting on the curb outside the shop as Russell and his father used to do, with the dirigible parked nearby (over a handicapped parking space, in keeping with the elderly motif). Meanwhile, Carl's house is shown to have landed on the cliff beside Paradise Falls, as promised to Ellie.
During the credits, a series of photographs shows Carl enjoying his latest adventure: living an active life as a surrogate grandfather to Russell.
{The hero of the film is a 78-year-old man named Carl Fredricksen, who walks around hunched over with a tripod cane. When he was a kid he met a girl named Ellie, who grew up in small midwestern town. The two fell in love and eventually got married. Her dream was always to explore the world and visit paradise falls, but as usually happens, life got in the way. They were never able to make good on their promise, and Ellie eventually passed away. Now Carl is a widower living alone in his small home. Developers are threatening to move him into an old folks home......}
Plot:
Young Carl Fredricksen is a shy, quiet boy who idolizes renowned explorer Charles F. Muntz. He is saddened to learn, however, that Muntz has been accused of fabricating the skeleton of a giant bird he had claimed to have discovered in Paradise Falls, Venezuela, South America, and the organization fires him. Muntz needed a plan to clear his name. So he vows to return to Paradise Falls to capture the bird alive, and he will not return until he does. One day, Carl befriends an energetic and somewhat eccentric tomboy named Ellie, who is also a Muntz fan. She confides to Carl her desire to move her "clubhouse"—an abandoned house in the neighborhood—to a cliff overlooking Paradise Falls, making him promise to help her. Carl and Ellie eventually get married and grow old together in the restored house, working as a toy balloon vendor and a zookeeper, respectively. When they are told by a doctor that they are unable to have children together, they repeatedly pool their savings for a trip to Paradise Falls, but end up spending it on more pressing needs. An elderly Carl finally arranges for the trip, but Ellie suddenly becomes ill and dies, leaving him alone.
Some time later, Carl still lives in the house, now surrounded by urban development, but he refuses to sell. He ends up injuring a construction worker over his damaged mailbox. He therefore is evicted from the house by court order due to them deeming him a "public menace", and is ordered to move to a retirement home. However, Carl comes up with a scheme to keep his promise to Ellie: he turns his house into a makeshift airship, using thousands of helium balloons to lift it off its foundation. A young member of the "Wilderness Explorers" (a fictional youth organization analogous to the Boy Scouts of America) named Russell becomes an accidental passenger, having pestered Carl earlier in an attempt to earn his final merit badge, "Assisting the Elderly".
After surviving a thunderstorm, the house lands near a large ravine facing Paradise Falls. Carl and Russell harness themselves to the still-buoyant house and begin to walk it around the ravine, hoping to reach the falls before the balloons deflate. They later befriend a tall, colorful flightless bird (whom Russell names "Kevin") trying to reach her chicks, and then a dog named Dug, who wears a special collar that allows him to speak.
Carl and Russell encounter a pack of dogs led by Alpha, and are taken to Dug's master, who turns out to be an elderly Charles Muntz. Muntz invites Carl and Russell aboard his dirigible, where he explains that he has spent the years since his disgrace searching Paradise Falls for the giant bird. When Russell innocently reveals his friendship with Kevin, Muntz becomes disturbingly hostile prompting Carl, Russell, Kevin and Dug to flee, chased by Muntz's dogs. Muntz eventually catches up with them and starts a fire beneath Carl's house, forcing Carl to choose between saving his home or Kevin. Carl rushes to put out the fire, allowing Muntz to take the bird. Carl and Russell eventually reach the falls, but Russell is angry with Carl.
Settling into his home, Carl is sadly poring over Ellie's childhood scrapbook when, to his surprise, he finds photos of their married life and a final note from Ellie thanking him for the "adventure" and encouraging him to go on a new one. Reinvigorated, he goes to find Russell, only to see him sailing off on some balloons to save Kevin. Carl empties the house of his furniture and possessions in order to re-float it and pursues him.
Russell is captured by Muntz, but Carl manages to board the dirigible in flight and free both Russell and Kevin. Muntz pursues them around the airship, finally cornering Dug, Kevin, and Russell inside Carl's tethered house. Carl lures Kevin out through a window and back onto the airship with Dug and Russell clinging to her back, just as Muntz is about to close in; Muntz leaps after them, only to snag his foot on some balloon lines and fall to his death. Snapped from its tether, the house descends out of sight through the clouds, which Carl accepts as being for the best.
Carl, Russell and Dug reunite Kevin with her chicks, then fly the dirigible back to the United States. When Russell's father misses his son's Senior Explorer ceremony, Carl proudly presents Russell with his final badge for assisting the elderly, as well as a personal addition: the grape soda cap that Ellie gave to Carl when they first met (which he dubs the "Ellie Badge"). The two then enjoy some ice cream together, sitting on the curb outside the shop as Russell and his father used to do, with the dirigible parked nearby (over a handicapped parking space, in keeping with the elderly motif). Meanwhile, Carl's house is shown to have landed on the cliff beside Paradise Falls, as promised to Ellie.
During the credits, a series of photographs shows Carl enjoying his latest adventure: living an active life as a surrogate grandfather to Russell.
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Sunday, 26 February 2012
写给上帝的信
强化硬件加速处理 新邮政过大关
(2012-02-26)
● 陈宇昕
实况报道
“新邮政”处理的包裹数量已从2009年月均240万件激增至2010年月均330万件,去年月均进一步增达370万件。
面对日渐加大的递送压力和与日俱增的投诉,
“新邮政”去年11月添置了大型多功能分类机,有效加速处理大包裹的递送,生产力提高了约50%,相关投诉也锐减。
网购兴起,包裹数量激增?新邮政处理的包裹数量从2009年每月240万份激增至2010年每月330万份,2011年达每月370万份。
面对日渐加大的配送压力,新邮政去年11月购入能够大量处理邮包的多功能分类机,节省人力,生产力提高约50%。
新邮政邮件部执行副总裁胡敬亮受访时说,新邮政处理的包裹数量在2010年间突然暴增37.5%,从2009年每月240万份激增至每月330万份。新邮政一时疲于应付,无法准时送达目的地的投诉也上升了。公司去年决定购入一台大型的多功能分类机(multi-purpose sorter),以便更有效地处理大型邮件。
日均处理邮件280万份
目前,新邮政每天处理约280万份邮件,标准大小的邮件能够通过光学阅读系统(Optical Character Reader)自动读取封套上的邮址并进行分类,这些邮件占85%。
其余15%属于较大的邮件或包裹,这方面的分类工作过去由20名员工以人工处理,每小时只能处理800至1000件。占地约一个篮球场大,目前由10人操作的大型多功能分类机,每小时则可处理多达1万个邮包。
胡敬亮说,相信这台机器能在两个月之后完全投入运作,到时只需五名员工操作,多出来的人手将被分配到其他部门。
邮包激增 一般邮件递减
国内邮件主管陈镇波指出,包裹数量的增加相信与网络邮购的兴起有关,但通讯媒体的蓬勃发展却使普通邮件量逐年下降,近10年每年降幅约5%。
新邮政在2009/2010 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 2009/2010 end_of_the_skype_highlighting财政年处理了8亿8220万份邮件,上个财政年则上升至9亿5150万份邮件。当中,普通邮件部分由1亿3440万略减至1亿3430万份。
多管齐下 投诉锐减
陈镇波说,自去年添购新机器,并针对大型邮件增设多项措施后,新邮政收到的投诉从2010年的114起下降至去年的36起。
他说,现在的邮件体积更大了,邮差的电单车无法大量携带,导致邮差来回奔波,耽误了时间。为解决这个问题,新邮政今年初也购买了30部大型的三轮电单车,让邮差得以携带更多邮件,提高送递的效率。
胡敬亮说,本地人不愿从事全职邮差工作,加上越来越难找到马来西亚籍邮差,邮差人手吃紧,去年公司通过申请,成功聘请了20名来自中国的邮差才缓解问题带来的冲击。
他表示,外籍邮差不会马上投入邮递工作,他们会先担任司机慢慢熟悉新加坡各区的地理位置,并参与一系列训练课程。
新邮政目前有1000名邮差,一半是全职邮差,另一半是兼职的邻里邮差,负责处理小范围内的普通信件。
yxtan@sph.com.sg
视频编码部专看天书
邮件字迹潦草或印刷不清晰,光学阅读系统无法辨识,系统会自动将这些无法处理的邮件画面送到视频编码部门,由人工辨识及输入,以便分类。
这一部门主要由女性员工组成,每天工作四五个小时。
只见她们坐在电脑前,十分专注地注视着视频,一边麻利地键入正确的邮区编号。
平均每名员工一小时可处理1800至2300个邮件。
月均3500邮件无法递送
特别部门接到给上帝的信
新邮政每天处理280万个邮件,平均有1万4000个无法送递,必须退还给寄件人,当中有3500份无法退还而滞留处理中心。
邮件无法递出的主要原因有:地址错误或不完整、收件人搬家而退回邮局、物品与信封脱离等。
陈镇波说,许多人只写上组屋大牌号码而忘了书写门牌号码,如果信封背面没寄者地址,根本无从归还。
这些无主邮件会被送到特别处理部门保存,等待失主认领。
陈镇波说,一般上,普通信件会在存放三个月后被销毁,衣物、背包、玩具等物品则会捐给红十字会。
为中文地址补上英文邮址
特别部门也负责替信件填上正确地址。
孙兴财(68岁)是特别部门的员工之一,他退休后重新受雇,一些中文地址的信件多数由他翻译配对正确地址。
此外,一些只写上“致李显龙总理”或“致中华总商会”等字样的信件,他则会凭经验补上地址,让邮件顺利送达。
他说,以中文书写地址的信件较以前减少,只在农历新年期间相对较多。
有趣的是,”无主邮件“当中有不少是寄给“上帝”的,信封上就只书写“To God“,没有地址。陈镇波说,到了圣诞节,送给圣诞老人的邮件也不少。
邮误原因复杂
针对近来报章上对邮件无法准时送达的投诉,胡敬亮说,在2001年美国九一一恐怖袭击事件发生后,各国海关的保安检查越来越严,对全球邮政业造成很大影响。
一些国家由于需要追查一些挂号信的送递状况,邮件的送递因而被延误,新邮政曾发现有邮件被卡在某国的关卡里,以致延误递送。
此外,无论是空运或海运,气候也是造成信件无法送达的一大因素。
胡敬亮建议,重要邮件应挂号寄出,以确保能追踪信件的递送状况。
邮筒里头除了邮件还有……
供人投寄信件的邮筒里头,除了等待递送的邮件,还会有什么?
新邮政去年从邮筒里收集到1万零500件非邮件物品,较前年的1万2000件减少了12.5%。这些非邮件千奇百怪,包括了钱包、身份证、易通卡、护照等。新邮政会将重要的证件转交给相关行政部门或使馆处理。
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《写给上帝的信》
影片基于真实故事改编。一个与癌症抗争的小男孩写信给上帝,感动了他的街坊四邻,也帮助周围的人看到希望。一位生活窘况的邮递员读了男孩的信,了解了男孩的生活,男孩和家人一起帮助邮递员一家追逐更好的生活,帮助他戒掉酒瘾......
有的时候,生活的智慧并不完全是依靠年龄和经验的积累……泰勒·达赫迪(坦纳·马奎尔饰)是一个非常特别的小男孩,他今年刚刚8岁,拥有着一个幸福美满的家庭,居住的社区环境也是异常地温暖和谐。在凭借着信仰而萌生的强大的精神力量的支撑下,泰勒需要面对的是每天与癌症周而复始的不懈斗争,即使病魔肆虐,他却仍然保持住了一如既往的勇气与宽容的乐观心态。对于小泰勒来说,上帝不仅是一个朋友或导师,更是一位笔友,他每天都会写信,以这样一种特殊的方式将自己的祈祷与疑问发送出去。
泰勒发出的这些无处投递的信件最终在邮递员布莱迪·迈克丹尼尔斯(杰弗里·约翰逊饰)的手中找到了归宿——他自己因为正处在一个人生的十字路口而倍感烦恼和困惑……其实最开始的时候,布莱迪也为应该如何处置这些“写给上帝的信”产生过激烈的心理冲突,然而随着时间的流逝,布莱迪却渐渐发现自己和达赫迪一家建立了一种非常友好的关系,然后他还了解到,不仅仅是泰勒,还有他那温柔忍耐却完全不知所措的妈妈玛蒂(罗宾·莱弗里饰)、意志坚定的奶奶奥莉维娅(玛丽·斯奇塔姆饰)以及刚刚步入青春期的哥哥本(迈克尔·博尔顿饰),他们每一个人都在将他们的生活彻底颠覆的混乱中不断地挣扎、抗争着。
被泰勒无与伦比的勇气深深地感动,布莱迪意识到他必须对这些极具鼓舞作用的信件做些什么,于是他安排了一个令人惊讶的决定,不仅仅改变了他的情感方向,而且还帮助他新结交的朋友和其他生活在这个社区的居民不断地振奋起来……一个男孩对自己能够战胜疾病所付诸的坚定不移的信仰,以一种极具感染力的方式影响着他身边的每一个人。
泰勒·多尔蒂是一个不平凡的八岁男孩。他周围是爱他的家人和社区,再加上信仰给他的勇气,他每天都在用勇敢和祷告与癌症进行抗争。对于泰勒来说,上帝是一个朋友,一个老师和一个最重要的笔友-泰勒的祷告是用书信的形式,他写下来每天一封地发出去。
这些信最终都到了布拉迪·麦克丹尼尔斯的手中,他是一个站在人生十字路口感到无所适从的邮递员。一开始,他对于如何处理这些信件感到困惑而矛盾。一段时间之后,他开始跟多尔蒂家族发展出友谊——不光认识了泰勒,还有他坚强的、温柔的但是承受了太多压力的母亲,壮健的祖母和他十几岁的哥哥本——这些家庭成员们每个都在尽力坚强地去面对生活中可能发生的不幸转变。
被泰勒的勇气所打动之后,布拉迪知道自己必须对那些信做些什么。这个决定即将转变他的心态并给他的新朋友和社区以激励——他决定用一种令人振奋的方式,继承这个孩子坦然接受命运的坚定信仰。
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天降之汁
啡
语
☉阿五
啡友说他爱喝果汁,特别是orange juice。他说有一次和美国朋友一起午餐,问他:How about some orange juice? 那朋友说:I would like some cow juice。不要橙汁,要母牛汁,指的当然是milk了。
把牛奶叫作cow juice,似乎是儿童用语,啡友说,其实它是已经流行了百年有余的老词汇。如果你要一杯水,可是说:give me a glass of sky juice。天降之汁,指的是雨水,改用以称water。
谈到orange juice,不免想到榨果汁用的juicer。谚语中有说:The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice。以juicer榨橙,榨得太干,会流出苦味的汁,用来比喻过犹不及(too much is as bad as not enough)。
在stew in one's own juice的成语中,juice指的是人的体汁。这话也可以说成:fry in one's own grease,那是13世纪时已有的说法,原来是指受火刑的犯人用自己的油脂自煎,现在一般只用stew in one's own juice,形容人在悔恨、懊恼、感情激动时胃液分泌增加,有如在自己的胃液中自煮,是一种suffering,是suffer from the consequence of one's own actions,自作自受也。谚语还说:If you squeeze a cork, you will get little juice。榨瓶塞,即使是橙汁的木塞,也无汁可得,徒劳也。
☉阿五
啡友说他爱喝果汁,特别是orange juice。他说有一次和美国朋友一起午餐,问他:How about some orange juice? 那朋友说:I would like some cow juice。不要橙汁,要母牛汁,指的当然是milk了。
把牛奶叫作cow juice,似乎是儿童用语,啡友说,其实它是已经流行了百年有余的老词汇。如果你要一杯水,可是说:give me a glass of sky juice。天降之汁,指的是雨水,改用以称water。
谈到orange juice,不免想到榨果汁用的juicer。谚语中有说:The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice。以juicer榨橙,榨得太干,会流出苦味的汁,用来比喻过犹不及(too much is as bad as not enough)。
在stew in one's own juice的成语中,juice指的是人的体汁。这话也可以说成:fry in one's own grease,那是13世纪时已有的说法,原来是指受火刑的犯人用自己的油脂自煎,现在一般只用stew in one's own juice,形容人在悔恨、懊恼、感情激动时胃液分泌增加,有如在自己的胃液中自煮,是一种suffering,是suffer from the consequence of one's own actions,自作自受也。谚语还说:If you squeeze a cork, you will get little juice。榨瓶塞,即使是橙汁的木塞,也无汁可得,徒劳也。
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葱烤猪扒
文⊙如恩 摄影⊙李白娟
八十年代,琳琳在上海进修时,每天午餐,总会买来一块葱烤猪排和青菜,外加一碗白饭果腹。 “葱烤大排”是 上海人的美食之一,做法和上述相近,但放了较多的糖,味道较甜。在当时,五毛钱人民币一块猪扒的日子,经常叫她齿颊留香。回国后,偶尔到西餐店用膳,品尝西式猪扒,于是突发灵感,将这道上海的美食“葱烤大排”改变为西式的“葱烤猪排”,如此西式中用,将它来款待老友,其乐融融。
材料:
猪扒一个约150克
姜一块约拇指大
葱5-6条
盐、老抽、胡椒粉、生粉、花雕酒各少许 。
准备:
1.猪扒洗净,用刀背拍软。
2.将猪扒置于碗中,以盐、老抽、生粉、胡椒粉及花雕酒腌约一小时。
3.把生姜洗净,切丝;青葱洗净,切段,各置于碗中。
做法:
1.洗净镬,置少许油,煎香猪扒,盛起。
2.把生姜投入镬中,用镬中剩余的油将生姜爆香后,再投入青葱,翻炒。
3.把煎好的猪扒投入镬中,加入少许花雕酒,翻炒,洒入些许清水,加盖。
4.猪扒焖软后,调味、勾芡,盛起猪扒,将镬中的青葱及姜丝丢弃。
5.猪扒撒上葱丝,即可上桌。
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Friday, 24 February 2012
绿油油
平凡的浮萍,在鱼池里显出一种绿油油的美。
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嘿嘿说.:“这好像不是浮萍,是水葫芦!”
我去网上搜了一个录像和一篇文章,证实照片里的植物应该是水葫芦。
嘿嘿,你好有学问哦,谢谢你!~~
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嘿嘿说.:“这好像不是浮萍,是水葫芦!”
我去网上搜了一个录像和一篇文章,证实照片里的植物应该是水葫芦。
嘿嘿,你好有学问哦,谢谢你!~~
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水葫芦,学名凤眼莲(Eichhornia crassipes),雨久花科,俗称布袋莲、水荷花、假水仙。水生直立或漂浮草本。叶直立,卵形或圆形,光滑,叶柄长或短,中部以下膨大如球,基部有鞘状苞片,花茎单生,中部亦具鞘状苞片,穗状花序呈蓝紫色。
附:为水葫芦正名
水葫芦,近年来被视作是一种“毒草”,被视为一种污染环境的有害生物,困扰着我国绝大多数的南方城市。人们为如何消除它的危害而伤透了脑筋。
水葫芦,学名“凤眼莲”,俗称水葫芦等。它是一种水生漂浮植物,高约0·3米,在深绿色的叶下,有一个直立的椭圆形中空的葫芦状茎,因而得名。每年夏秋之间,江河里的水葫芦大肆泛滥,但任何事物都有其两重性,有弊必有其利,水葫芦也不例外。
据科学家的研究发现,水葫芦是一种可供食用的植物。武汉专家提出“吃论”:水葫芦的味道像小白菜,是一味正宗的“绿色蔬菜”。爆炒水葫芦、汤煮水葫芦,味道都很不错,除了它的根部并无害处。用它制成的饮料,曾在武汉上市10万余瓶,一销而空。水葫芦还可以加工提炼一种食品添加剂,可以治感冒。水葫芦含有丰富的氨基酸,包括人类生存所需又不能自身制造的8种氨基酸。水葫芦真是个好东西。因此,应为水葫芦正名。
这个消息是可信的。在上个世纪的六十年代处,我曾亲眼看见农民把水葫芦从河里捞起来,切碎了用来喂猪,猪很爱吃。后来随着人们经济条件的改善,猪也不吃这种青饲料了。不料时过境迁,丰富的生活垃圾和污水向江河排放,水富营养化了,导致水葫芦疯长,成了“绿魔”,也是始料所不及的。
现在,科学家的上述发现,为水葫芦的“解困”提供了一条可行之路。水葫芦可以成为一种可持续发展的再生资源。对它作综合利用,可以开发出许多新产品。有识见的厂家不妨一试。这是一件两全其美的好事。美食家们也不妨试吃一下。上海市民日后的餐桌上如能出现这道家常菜,饭店里也推出这款新的佳肴。那么,上海江河里每年涌起的十万吨水葫芦,也许不是太多,而是不够呢!(作者:吴兴人)
东方网 2002年12月30日
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