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    11月24日

    一集难忘的美剧

         其实我看美剧关注最多的不是它们的剧情，更重要的是那些Native Speaker口中那些流水般的表达，经常能发现许多让人赞叹不已的词组或者句型，甚至是一个声调，一个重音往往也值得研究一番。所以有的时候看到自己喜欢的一集经常可以看上十几遍之多，Friends中的3-2"No One Is Ready"就是这样的一集。今天拿来重新看看也丝毫不觉得枯燥。其中这个词依然很吸引人的注意：
    Lucky Penny
         Stop looking to the sky to thank your lucky stars. You need to keep your eyes on the ground because lucky pennies are the good luck charms that could change your life.
    Starting now, you should see pennies in a whole new light. They're not just copper pieces destined to sit at the bottom of your coin jar. They're neglected pieces of American currency that carry with them a small piece of history—a history that has fatefully wound up in your hand.
    But before you go diving for every Abraham Lincoln you see on the street, remember that only heads-up pennies are considered lucky. If they're minted the same year you were (born that is), even better. But a penny with a hole in it is the luckiest of all. Wear it around your neck as a charm and watch your fortunes change. Tossing your lucky penny into a fountain could make your wildest wish come true. And if it doesn't, it's just time to find a new lucky penny.
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    8月26日

    说到群体冒险性的迁移

    不知道上过严国梁的课的人还记不记得这么一句话了，我一直记得，就像记住这个人一样。
     
    人家都说，这个老师上课就会吹牛，话题时东时西没有重点。但是我对这个老师还是很尊敬的，起码人家有这个资本在你们面前吹吧。
    脑袋里往往会偶尔浮现出人家的一些看法，群体冒险性迁移就是一个。
     
    说的是，如果一个个体面临一项决策的时候，一般要等到成功率达到70%的时候才会做出决定；而一个群体如果概率只要达到40%的时候，就敢冒此风险，因为他们认为如果失败，风险会分担在每个人的头上。
     
    我记得在上高二的时候，一天下午回到寝室，姜方圆就对我感慨地说，杨康伯（他们班长）写了一篇作文叫做“自尊性人格”深受他们语文老师（大概叫杨义夫吧，也大概是我们姜老大最尊重的一个老师了）的赏识，讲的是我们应该如何抛弃性格上的依附而转向人格上的自尊与独立。说实话，当时真的没听懂，不过人家方圆大哥都赞不觉口了，咱也没设么理由在发表什么意见了，呵呵。今天猛地想起来，大概也就是在解释这个观点。
     
    接下来就是要想想这个结论到底告诉了我们什么，我认为是在说，当我们遇到需要一个人作出一项决定的时候，也许应该更加果断一些；当一个组织或团队面临这样的情况也许反而应该更加谨慎一些，考虑得更加周全一些。
     
    我们总是会看到有些人在做一些有挑战性的工作的时候，往往喜欢先说服周围的人跟他一起去做，其实其往往有“帮我分担一点风险吧”的意图存在，这时候不妨先积极的咨询别人的观点，冷静地分析，大胆的决策；而对于一个团队（姑且先说成是一个团队吧，其实90%的群体组织结构极为松散，沟通体系相当原始，就美滋滋的称自己是一个团队了，其实真得不怎么的）来说，大家的观点往往受制于其中明星角色（就是沟通能力最强的人）的制约，其成员在作出表态的时候，往往想着“反正失败了后果又不是我一个人承担”（这一点在我们的MESE比赛中应该非常明显了吧，在我们的报表从我们的手里教到裁判手中的那一刻，我想绝大多数的选手们应该都想的是--“算了，就这的吧，看看结果怎么样，反正失败了又不是我一个人的错”--于是大概也便有了单价1元的报表，呵呵），其实这反而不利于群体的沟通。
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    8月15日

    2006年美国大学综合排名前120名（university）(1-60)

         1. Harvard University (MA)

         1. Princeton University (NJ)

         3. Yale University (CT)

         4. University of Pennsylvania

         5. Duke University (NC)

         5. Stanford University (CA)

         7. California Institute of Technology

         7. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology

         9. Columbia University (NY)

         9. Dartmouth College (NH)

       11. Washington University in St. Louis

       12. Northwestern University (IL)

       13. Cornell University (NY)

       13. Johns Hopkins University (MD)

       15. Brown University (RI)

       15. University of Chicago

       17. Rice University (TX)

       18. University of Notre Dame (IN)

       18. Vanderbilt University (TN)

       20. Emory University (GA)

       20. University of California – Berkeley*

       22. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)

       23. Georgetown University (DC)

       23. University of Virginia*

       25. Univ. of California – Los Angeles*

       25. University of Michigan – Ann Arbor*

       27. Tufts University (MA)

       27. U. of North Carolina – Chapel Hill*

       27. Wake Forest University (NC)

       30. Univ. of Southern California

       31. College of William and Mary (VA)*

       32. Lehigh University (PA)

       32. Univ. of California – San Diego*

       34. Brandeis University (MA)

       34. University of Rochester (NY)

       34. Univ. of Wisconsin – Madison*

       37. Case Western Reserve Univ. (OH)

       37. Georgia Institute of Technology*

       37. New York University

       40. Boston College

       40. University of California – Irvine*

       42. U. of Illinois – Urbana - Champaign*

       43. Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY)

       43. Tulane University (LA)

       45. Univ. of California – Santa Barbara*

       45. University of Washington*

       45. Yeshiva University (NY)

       48. Pennsylvania State U. – University Park*

       48. University of California – Davis*

       50. Syracuse University (NY)

       50. University of Florida*

       52. University of Texas – Austin*

       53. George Washington University (DC)

       53. Worcester Polytechnic Inst. (MA)

       55. Pepperdine University (CA)

       55. Univ. of Maryland – College Park*

       55. University of Miami (FL)

       58. University of Georgia*

       58. University of Pittsburgh*

       60. Boston University

       60. Ohio State University – Columbus*

       60. Purdue Univ. – West Lafayette (IN)*

       60. Rutgers – New Brunswick (NJ)*

       60. Texas A&M Univ. – College Station*

       60. University of Iowa*

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    2006年美国大学综合排名前120名（university）(61-120)

       66. Miami University – Oxford (OH)*

       66. University of Delaware*

       68. Fordham University (NY)

       68. Univ. of California – Santa Cruz*

       68. University of Connecticut*

       71. Brigham Young Univ. – Provo (UT)

       71. Southern Methodist University (TX)

       71. Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ)

       74. Indiana University – Bloomington*

       74. Michigan State University*

       74. SUNY – Binghamton*

       74. Univ. of Minnesota – Twin Cities*

       78. Baylor University (TX)

       78. Clemson University (SC)*

       78. North Carolina State U. – Raleigh*

       78. St. Louis University

       78. University of Colorado – Boulder*

       78. Virginia Tech*

       84. Clark University (MA)

       85. American University (DC)

       85. Auburn University (AL)*

       85. Iowa State University*

       85. Marquette University (WI)

       85. Univ. of California – Riverside*

       85. University of Denver

       85. Univ. of Missouri – Columbia*

       85. University of Tennessee*

       93. Howard University (DC)

       93. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry*

       93. University of Tulsa (OK)

       93. University of Vermont*

       97. Illinois Institute of Technology

       97. SUNY – Stony Brook*

       97. Texas Christian University

       97. University of Arizona*

       97. University of Kansas*

       97. Univ. of Nebraska – Lincoln*

       97. University of New Hampshire*

     104. University of Alabama*

     104. University of Dayton (OH)

     104. Univ. of Massachusetts – Amherst*

     104. University of San Diego

     104. University of the Pacific (CA)

     109. Drexel University (PA)

     109. Florida State University*

     109. Ohio University*

     109. University of Missouri – Rolla*

     109. University of Oklahoma*

     109. Univ. of South Carolina – Columbia*

     115. Loyola University Chicago

     115. Northeastern University (MA)

     115. University at Buffalo – SUNY*

     115. University of Oregon*

     115. University of San Francisco

     120. Catholic University of America (DC)

     120. Colorado State University*

     120. University of Kentucky*

     120. University of Utah*

     120. Washington State University*

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