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狭路相逢

Posted on 2010-10-14   |   In A Level Revision   |  

勇者胜。

在这种时候,我绝对不能慌。不能对自己失去信心。不能放弃。

我一定要相信:

1.平时能考好,关键时刻也一定能考好。

2.我不用做完所有练习题也能拿A。

3.数学把发下来的题做完,物理做八套题,化学做八套题,再把inorganic chem学好。数理化这样便好。我有底子,我要相信我两年来的努力不是一梦黄梁。

4.中国通识,只要坚持看报纸就不会出错。多画思维导图,练速度。我要相信我是老师眼中那个聪慧的有灵气的孩子,我要有信心。我要相信我自己的实力。我不能被打倒。

5.GP。亡羊补牢,未为晚矣。不要慌,先把compre short questions速度练上来,再练summary,再练AQ。还有三个星期,一个星期练一样速度。Essay准备三个topic就好,要精,要细致,要熟悉。我要相信我临时抱佛脚的能力,我要相信我逻辑性思考的实力,我要相信我语言不至于差到错误百出。

嗯。我不慌。我就好好地专心地奋斗我的A LEVEL到11月5号。我就奋斗这三个星期。21天而已。然后剩下四天总结,看累积的错题集,复习整理出来的笔记。然后就开始边考试边放松神经开始写UC personal statement。就这样。

扬帆一定要意识到你是一个很幸运的人,你prelim已经有4个A了。多少人想不到的事情你都做到了。你就差一个小破GP你怕什么。你是很多人眼中景仰的神,你是你自己的上帝,如果你都失去信心,你都放弃,你都倒下,你怎么对得住自己两年的拼搏努力。

你若真是傲到骨子里都不低头的人,你就一路微笑,积攒资本骄傲到底。

 

Nuclear Energy

Posted on 2010-10-14   |   In Environment , GP   |  

Despite deciding to import a series of light water reactors (LWR), India is committed to a three-stage nuclear programme and fast breeder reactors are important for its energy security, Minister of State for Science and Technology Prithiviraj Chavan said Sunday.

Speaking at the silver jubilee celebrations of Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) organised by Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) here, he said: “As we look forward to expand our nuclear energy programme with imported fuel and large imported reactors, let me assure you that there will be no compromise with or commitment to our three-stage nuclear programme, to our own research and to our own technology”.

A fast breeder reactor breeds more material for a nuclear fission reaction than it consumes and is key to India’s three-stage nuclear power programme.

Chavan said India has always taken the stand that “irradiated fuel should not be disposed as radioactive waste and that closing the fuel cycle through fuel reprocessing is absolutely essential for ensuring the sustainability of nuclear energy”.

According to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Deputy Director General Y.A.Sokolov, nuclear energy is an option which cannot be ignored in the quest to meet the world’s increasing energy demand while reducing the release of greenhouse gases.

He said today’s installed nuclear capacity across the globe amounts to some 370 GW, contributing around 14 percent of the world’s electricity generation.

He said LWRs are used to economically and safely produce nuclear electricity. Recycling of uranium and plutonium from the spent fuel is possible there, saving 20-30 percent of natural uranium consumption.

India committed to fast breeder reactor programme

 

Climate Change

Posted on 2010-10-14   |   In Environment   |  

The last United Nations summit on global warming in Copenhagen, at the end of last year, ended in failure and recrimination. More than 100 heads of state turned up hoping to be part of a deal that would “save the world”, but failed to get any legal agreement to stop rising temperatures.

This year, they are declining even to attend, instead sending environment ministers and playing down the talks as much as possible.

World leaders have snubbed the next round of international climate change negotiations in Mexico next month amid fears the talks will collapse.

Environmentalists believe the best approach is a binding treaty that will force all countries to cut carbon emissions.

Barack Obama, US president, has failed to bring in any broad legislation to limit greenhouse gases, while the Chinese are uncomfortable about having their own emissions measured.

Britain has robust targets to cut its own greenhouse gases by 80 per cent by 2050 and is keen to achieve a global deal. But European Union negotiators have limited say amid clashes between the US and China.

 

Chris Huhne, the UK’s climate change secretary, will be in Cancun to urge different nations to work together. Behind the scenes British negotiators say the best hope for the 170 countries meeting in Cancun, from Nov 29 Dec 12, is a deal on climate finance and rainforests.

Kelly Dent, Oxfam’s senior climate change adviser, is hopeful that rich countries will help poor nations to adapt to climate change and protect rainforests.

The eventual goal is to cut greenhouse gases in half by 2050 in order to keep the rise in global temperatures below 2C (3.6F).

Global warming summit heads for failure amid snub by world leaders

 

Biodiversity, Globalization

Posted on 2010-10-14   |   In Environment   |  

The Arctic sea ice extent has fallen to its third-lowest coverage, a new report has revealed.

The exotic birds and animals of the tropics are disappearing at a catastrophic rate as the rich world strips poor countries of their natural resources, the WWF has warned.

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) found wildlife in the tropics has declined by 60 per cent since 1970.

Iconic species like tigers, turtles, gorillas and hundreds of birds such as the white-rumped vulture are in danger of going extinct, as well as thousands of lesser-known animals.

Freshwater species in the tropics are down a disastrous 70 per cent, with animals like the Amazon river pink dolphin already dying out.

The report blamed the rate of human consumption, that has doubled in under fifty years, meaning rainforests are being cut down, the seas overfished and grassland ploughed up for farming.

The ‘Living Planet Index’ found that the numbers of 2,500 species in 8,000 populations around the world has fallen by 30 per cent.

However wildlife in temperate climates has actually increased by 30 per cent in the last 40 years, as countries like Britain seek to protect species.

David Nussbaum, Chief Executive of WWF UK, said the disparity was caused by the rich world plundering the resources of the poor world, while protecting the environment in their own backyard.

“The loss of biodiversity and habitats undermines the natural systems upon which we depend for the food we eat, the air we breathe and the stable climate we need. The depletion of natural resources poses a major risk to our economic security because scarcity of resources and degraded natural systems will increase the price of food, raw materials and other commodities – for both producers and consumers,” he said.

The WWF calculated the ‘ecological footprint’ of each country by measuring the amount of carbon, water and other resources consumed by an average person.

Overall the world is using 50 per cent more of the planet’s resources than the world can supply.

Rich countries like Britain are using three times the amount of resources than the planet can sustain, while countries in Africa use a fraction of what they are entitled to.

Mr Nussbaum said people in rich countries are consuming more because most of the food and products in the home are now manufactured from raw materials found in the tropics. For example green beans flown from Kenya, or cotton shirts manufactured in Bangladesh.

There is also a new trend for ‘land grabbing’, where rich countries with a high ecological footprint are buying up huge areas of the poor world to grow crops because they have run out of food and water.

Tropical species decline by 60 per cent

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Posted on 2010-10-12   |   In Uncategorized   |  

我的四周年纪念,是在无尽的身体上的痛苦中度过的。

回来的路上双眼发黑,险些晕倒。后来要人搀着才勉强回到房间。

晚上上课的计划完全泡汤。多亏cr,zy和wj给我的照顾。

我来新加坡整整四周年了,四乘以三百六十五个日日夜夜。

嗯。我过得还算很好。我还有两个月便彻底解放。

剩下的日子,我要好好地活着,我就是一台机器,高产高效。

没有什么不可以的。我要相信我无所不能。

 

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