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TIME - Least Influential People of 2010 by Joel Stein

Taipei 101 Ex–tallest building in the world On Jan. 4, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai made the Taipei 101 irrelevant. You think little boys read the Guinness Book of World Records and ask their dads, "One day, do you think I can go to the top of the second tallest building in the world?" Read more: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1984685_1985389_1985284-6,00.html#ixzz0o1uiYKM9

TA evaluation

Have seen the TA evaluation for the Spring term, for Phys0110, Introduction to Physics for health-related majors. A bit surprised to see some improve on the students' comments and performance averages, since I thought I put less effort on TA this term. Most of the comments are pretty positive, though still some complaining my English is hard to understand. But when seeing that they like the recitations, I felt it's all worth the effort. Every time in the mid of the term, I felt like "NO, I am not doing this anymore!", but upon seeing the encouraging comments, (well if not so much research work ahead), I feel like doing TA again! Like a senior friend of mine in the group, now an instructor in a college, told me that research is most of the time frustrating, but for teaching, you will quickly see the reward.

For Mother's Day, it's the "Top Ten Pieces of Advice For Being a Good Mother."

10. Even if you're not, say you're proud. 9. Don't stare at the hairpiece. 8. Kids love construction sites. 7. Lower your expectation. 6. When your child won't stop crying, say, "enough, David, you're 63!" 5. To keep baby company, how about a raccoon? 4. If he learns to shoot pool, he'll never go hungry. 3. There's no better babysitter than television. 2. No matter how much he begs, don't go to the prom with him. 1. Once they're 18, they ain't your problem.

Object oriented

突破林立的重圍 物件導向的insight 物件,就是那流動的粒子 物件,是力的計算 他們漂亮地分割了性質和行為 粒子有性質 力決定行為