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2011年4月28日 星期四

Michelin面試之心得.....



當兵半年第一次放15天的返台假
玩了大部份的時間
不過在假期快結束之前
剛好有碰到Michelin China來台灣的校園徵才活動(北科研發處就業輔導組發的Email,這點輔大比起來真的要加油點了,因為我畢業這麼久真的沒收過任何資訊,反而系上的還收過幾次)
剛好沒什麼事就去聽聽並了解一下他們徵才是偏向那種工作性質跟內容
這次主要是由米其林中國的HR來主辦
所以他們也派了兩位由中國來的HR員工進行這次的徵才

以下是Michelin他們這次徵才活動內容跟要找的職缺
校园招聘会
2011 年 4 月 25 日 18:00-19:30 台湾大学, 第二活动中心苏格拉底厅
2011 年 4 月 26 日 13:00-14:30 台北科技大学,综合科馆第三演讲厅

申请程序
简历投递:亲临校园招聘会现场申请,或投递简历至 :
1)http://space.candidate.michelin.cn/;或者 2)career.talentpool@cn.michelin.com

面试/评价中心时间:2011 年 4 月 27-29 日

确认录取:通过面试和评价中心的候选人,将受到米其林中国的录取确认,并在人力资源部的帮助下,办
理相关录用手续。

能力要求:
• 2011 及往届已服役毕业生
• 硕士学历,成绩优异
• 优秀的英语能力和计算机应用能力
• 团队意识强烈,人际交往和沟通能力突出
• 优秀的分析问题和解决问题的能力
• 具有创新精神
• 能够在多文化环境中高效工作
• 工作环境不受地域局限,具有全球视野
• 具有流利的法语口语和书面表达能力者优先
• 有相关工作经验者优先

虚位以待:

工业工程师 IE Engineer(上海,沈阳)
专业要求:工业工程、其他工科类专业
关键职责:
··优化资源,计划、建议和落实降低工业成本的解决方案;
··在自己的职责范围内,逐步实现培训领导他人的职能;
··在技术和方法上有效支持其他团队。
主要工作内容:
··生产岗位和管理流程的优化研究;
··单位工时改善和基础财会分析;
··依据产量预测,确定理论和实际所需的人员配置;
··制定岗位描述;
··制定并确保实施岗位工作方法;
··执行人机工作跟踪。

环境及工业卫生工程师 (上海)
Environment and Industry Hygiene Engineer
专业要求:环境工程、化工、医学类专业
关键职责:
·· 协助工厂安环经理确保工业健康制度在工厂内的有效实施。
主要工作内容:
·· 熟悉集团和本地的相关制度和标准,确保在工厂内的有效实施;
·· 在出现风险时,提出应急解决措施;
·· 根据集团要求,制定针对不同区域的行动方案;
·· 实施培训,培养员工对于风险的主动防范和控制意识。

机械维修工程师(沈阳)
Mechanical Maintenance Engineer
专业要求:机械工程类专业
关键职责:
·· 提供专业及时的机械维修服务,帮助生产车间完成生产计划。
主要工作内容:
·· 维护和保养设备,发现并及时解决故障,提供应急维修服务;
·· 制定和实施设备预防维护计划;
·· 改善设备的可靠性;
·· 主动参与机械故障分析;
·· 编写设备维护技术指导说明书;
·· 实施培训,提供相关技术支持;
·· 参与区域备件方案的制定。

机械,电气部署工程师(上海、沈阳)
Mechanical/Electrical Deployment Engineer
专业要求:机械工程类专业、电气工程类专业
关键职责:
·· 使用技术文档进行标准设备的部署。负责订购并安装设备,并确保设备良好启动。
主要工作内容:
·· 参与部署研究,制定安装规范;
·· 编写执行合同;
·· 为标准解决方案做适应和安装性研究;
·· 编写技术档案 ;
·· 质量体系方法应用;
·· 参与设备安装和启动。

质量保证工程师 (沈阳)
Quality Guarantee Engineer
专业要求:高分子专业、机械专业
关键职责:
·· 通过控制产品的结构和性能表现,保证产品质量。
主要工作内容:
·· 根据技术文件判定产品或半成品的合格性;
·· 保证、检查所辖区域内质量计划的履行;
·· 通过对客户潜在风险的分析和产品过程变化的研究,调整质量计划;
·· 执行产品、过程和方法的认证,保证其持续有效;
·· 执行不合格处理流程。

工业化工程师(上海)
Industrialization Engineer
专业要求:高分子专业
关键职责:
·· 制定新的半成品质量计划;实施新的半成品工业化计划。
主要工作内容:
·· 参与米其林质量管理体系;
·· 项目管理;
·· 确保产品和服务满足客户需求;
·· 材料设计;
·· 提供与半成品相关技术支持。

客户经理(上海)
Account Manager
专业要求:管理、市场类专业
关键职责:
·· 熟悉和分析所处市场;运用公司的销售方法实施既定商务政策;负责职责区域内的经销商和零售客户的
管理;负责职责区域内的产品和服务的销售。

市场推广专员(上海)
Trade Marketing Promotion Specialist
专业要求:管理、市场类专业
关键职责:
·· 开发和实施零售商促销计划,提高品牌认知度和销售量;
·· 针对特定零售商网络,建立零售商和消费者促销计划,确定年度促销目标、内容和投资回报分析
流程;

·· 根据零售商要求,帮助重点零售合作伙伴实施促销计划,包括促销策划、促销赠品的投放、实施情况跟
踪、零售商员工培训、店内陈列等;
·· 配合市场营销计划的计划和落实,提供增值服务

渠道专员(陈列)(上海)
Merchandising Specialist
专业要求:
·· 管理、市场类专业
关键职责:
·· 零售店内陈列品设计生产和物流管理,包括对促销礼品、标牌、店招、零售商杂志等的管理,确保米其
林产品和服务品牌形象的吸引力和一致性;
·· 组织和管理路演。

IT系统分析员 (上海)
IT Functional Analyst
专业要求: 计算机科学,软件工程
关键职能:负责对业务部门提出的系统问题进行研究,并提供最终的专业技术解决方案。
主要工作内容:
- 基于对业务流程的分析以及信息系统的要求,定义相关业务信息系统解决方案;
- 构建功能级别的 IT 解决方案
- 为日常用户支持团队提供专业帮助。

IT项目经理(上海)
IT Project Manager
专业要求: 理工科专业
关键职能:根据业务部门要求,提供专业的软件或硬件解决方案,满足其最终需求。
主要工作内容:
- 通过组织内相关项目或项目组合的框架和流程执行实施项目;
- 管理或协调所有分配到项目或项目组合的资源。
- 负责对项目进行解释,表达需求,对可交付成果进行验收测试,部署计划和协调指导委员会。
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4/26
第一天主要是類似跟現場的大家介紹Michelin的主要產品與大概的方向
並介紹了一下Michelin的歷史,目前公司的制度跟近期的發展重點及擴場計劃等等
最重要的是收履例
講到收履例我才想到我完全沒有XD
好在我有要申請學校的CV就用email寄到他們的HR email:career.talentpool@cn.michelin.com
大約晚上七點多跟朋友吃飯的時候就接到電話通知
並問說明天早上九點在北科的行政大樓三樓會議廳進行第二次的面試
反正剛好沒有卡到事情就想說去看看也好
所以就答應了

4/27
第二天去的人只有12位
他們有事先分成兩組
其中理工跟商管的都混在一起
一進去男生都穿西裝跟襯衫
女生則是穿套裝
好像只有我著Graphic T-shirt+休閒的西裝外套跟牛仔褲(心裡OS....囧了)
面試分為三個皆段

第一部份是先考類似圖型測試的考題
共有30題,只有20分鐘
我寫到17 18題大概時間就到了

第二部份則是英文能力的小測驗
他們的出題方式隨機出六個相關的單字給一個人
然後兩分鐘的準備後讓你自我介紹並用上面的單字(最少要6選4)講一個兩分鐘的小speech
但是我抽到有關人格發展的東西
不過其他的也有不少理工的題目像是二氧化碳,暖化,房價等等
我只好就我知道的東西來掰一下了
不過我覺得我講得很糟QQ
也讓我比較有緊張的感覺了

第三部份就是模擬產品的應用跟行銷的部份
先成分兩小組並給一些材料(有輪胎材料兩小片,報紙,麻繩1m,膠帶跟吸管兩支)
他們有先介紹大陸某家廠商將輪胎拿來當鞋底有了不錯的銷售等等
所以要我們在30分鐘用這些材料做一個可以應用到極限運動中的產品
想當然爾產品不太能有啥好作品
不過因為有混著理工跟商管的人在一起
所以大家都分工做了一個有關手腳護具的產品
另一組則是做有關安全帽的
最後兩邊在分別進行口頭報告
有關各自產品的優點,特色,如何去製作,如何推銷自己的產品,風險管理等等
雖然兩邊都講得差不多
但是我們互相一問很快就快倒的感覺XD
不過這樣就結束第二天的部份了
第二天的面試其實是比較有趣的
讓我對所知道的面試方試有比較大的不同
下午大約三點多又接到電話要我28號早上11點半到米其林汐止的公司在進行面試
反正時間又沒有事就又答應了XD
不過因為當兵回家衣服都帶回家了
這次本來想說只要聽聽就沒帶啥衣服
更別說面試了
所以晚上跟朋友吃完飯只好隨便去買件襯衫
不過朋友說我買粉紅色條紋的也是很休閒QQ

4/28
因為在汐止的大世紀經貿大樓蠻遠的
在大同路三段
所以提早半個小時到了
不過在那邊等了一陣子就開始了
今天就是由中國的員工一對一的面談
除了要我詳細的自我介紹一次
然後便開始丟一些問題出來
像是請講出自己的優缺點各三個
其中他也會順著你講出來問一些較深入的問題
然後在就你想應徵的職位來丟問題
像是先讓你講一下你所了解你應徵職位的工作內容
然後在有一些類似職場上一些問題你要如何去跟別的部門人員互相配合
如果別的部門的人員不採納你所以提出來的問題
那你要如何去處理這些相關的情境
因為我是應徵品保工程師
但是我對品保的認知非常有限
所以我就只好盡我所能的去講囉
最後還問到上海跟瀋陽工作區域對我來說是否有什麼關係
我是覺得還好
因為大城市相對來說生活壓力也比較大
而且他說瀋陽算大陸的二級城市
跟哈爾濱差不多一樣等級的
因為我只聽過徐平講過有關哈爾濱的一些事
所以應該是還不錯的
最後就是讓我對他們公司有什麼想問的問題
就差不多結束了第三天的部份
我也有跟他說我目前在當兵
所以如果打電話通知沒人接請傳簡訊或留話給我
最後出來大約快12點半了
總機小姐都下班去吃飯了
只好只裡面的員工幫我開門讓我出去

總結

我覺得這幾天的面試
我是抱了想多了解一下面試跟工作的事
雖然我什麼也都沒準備
因為我也不太可能去大陸工作
我朋友也一直開玩笑說我幹嘛去佔人家的位置=.=
所以才會穿著t-shirt跟牛仔褲去面試
因為想看看他們開的offer會有多少
但是到目前是沒有講到這部份所以應該也沒啥機會知道了
不過還能玩到第三輪也不錯了
算是獲得不少經驗


相關之網站
Wiki:米其林
米其林中國
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2010年2月11日 星期四

軟體 - TeamViewer


(圖截取自網站)

介紹一個好用的軟體TeamViewer
是用來遠端遙控另一台電腦的
有Win & Mac版
無論是Win to Win, Mac to Mac, :Win to Mac or Mac to WIn
只要下載安裝後開啟軟體便可馬上使用
不需要任何的設定
只要輸入對方的ID and Password即可使用
Password 是ramdon產生

當對方要連線到你的電腦時需要知道你的ID and Password
不過連線到別人的電腦最好不要隨便亂開資料夾
因為你連線過去遙控對方電腦時
你的一舉一動對方也都看得到

當然你也可以到網站上申請一個帳號

這樣你也可以用自己帳號登入
就不一定要去記ID and Password那一堆數字了

除了遙控對方電腦外
你也可以互傳檔案

不管是你的電腦要傳給遠端或是遠端電腦要傳東西到你的電腦裡
你都可以自己控制

找到你要傳的檔案後
看是在Local or Remote端
在Local就按Send, 在Remote就按receive
就可以開始傳檔案囉


這麼方便的軟體,家用版免費,當然會限制一些功能

不過基本上可以遠端搖控跟傳檔案我想已經很夠用了
這樣天氣不好用上班老闆也可以叫你在家工作了QQ

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2009年4月1日 星期三

UCSD給今年申請者的最難忘的愚人節XD

Letter of Apology Regarding Erroneous Admit Day Invitation to Non-Admitted Students

April 1, 2009

Dear Prospective Students & Families:

In our effort to remind newly admitted freshmen to attend Admit Day, the Office of Admissions and Relations with Schools scheduled an email notification to announce the upcoming event this Saturday, April 4. However, as a result of a technical oversight, the email notification was sent to all fall 2009 freshmen applicants, including those who had already been notified that they had not been offered admission.

Upon recognizing such a significant mistake had taken place, in less than 2 hours a follow-up email apologizing and clarifying the intent and audience of the original email was sent to the same group. We sincerely regret the confusion and distress our non-admitted applicants and their families may have experienced as a result of this error. It was never our intent to cause further disappointment during an already stressful admissions process for high school seniors.

We encourage students and families to seek individual advice through the Office of Admissions and Relations with Schools to discuss pathways to pursue their educational goals. Admissions officers are present to provide guidance and other options including taking the “transfer route” to UC San Diego. For those who plan to attend a California community college, transferring to UC San Diego as a junior is a great option to earn your degree. Please refer to UCSD's Transfer Advantage brochure for more details.

To assist prospective students and families through this difficult time, admissions officers are available Mondays through Fridays, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm via phone (858) 534-4831 or walk-in appointments at the Triton Center in the Student Services Center for individual consultation.

Once again, we extend our sincere and heartfelt apologies to our non-admitted students and their families for the undue stress caused by this technical oversight. We hope you take advantage of the personal counseling offered by our admissions officers to navigate through the many options available to you to attain your academic goals.



Sincerely,

Mae W. Brown
Assistant Vice Chancellor and Director of Admissions

from: General UC San Diego News
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先收到錄取信再收拒絕信的學生心中應該超冏的XD
不過還是恭喜小藍
至少你沒有再收到reject letter
代表你真的上了
恭喜!!!
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2009年3月8日 星期日

Blog改版


之前看了一些不錯的Blog介面,很多都要自己弄CSS或是寫一些Java的,但是我都沒學過,只好從網路上多少學一些如何改的方法,剛好前陣子看到一個blog的主人好心的提供了template,當然要好好利用一下囉...

感謝NightSpirit在NS Hybrid Layout Template / Blogger混合式版型文中好心提供原始碼給大家使用,有問題也可以上去請教他。所以我就花了一點時間先研究如何改主體,現在先將大概的雛型弄出來,再慢慢加上一些想要的Widgets,不過這應該就夠我玩的了,哈哈!
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2008年9月27日 星期六

[轉載]論UP YOURS--很多教授不僅外語能力不足,更缺幽默感!

聯合報刊載了一則新聞,標題是【罕見洋罵難倒檢 台師大說文解字】(http://udn.com/NEWS/SOCIETY/SOC6/4532330.shtml) ,我將重要的兩段文字,照錄如下﹕

「暨南大學外文系美籍副教授畢樂仁為了細故,在師生面前脫口用英語罵了女系主任周曉青一句「UP YOURS!」髒話,檢察官函請台師大翻譯,證實這是句粗話意指「用中指插你肛門」,昨依妨害名譽罪嫌將畢樂仁起訴。


為了確認「UP YOURS」語意,檢方函請國立台師大翻譯研究所協助,台師大答覆「UP YOURS」意思是以中指插入肛門。「UP」有頂、插的意思,「YOURS」是「YOUR ASS(屁股)」代稱,用中文直接翻譯,就是「X你屁股」,相當粗俗。」

事實如此嗎﹖任何對美國俚語有點認識的人,都不會同意台師大的這段自我演義,空穴來風的解釋,原因如下﹕

「YOURS」是「YOUR ASS(屁股)」的文明版,並不是互等的代稱,來源是由「YOUR ASS」而「YOUR XSS」,去掉A後,兩字唸起來就如同「YOUR-S」,這就好比我們國罵,開頭由超過三個字的國罵,經歷了不知多少年,逐漸討淘汰了不文雅和字義明確的字,發展而成了「他媽的」或「媽的」的經典國罵,現今「他媽的」或「媽的」的用法,已失原義,只是一種宣洩情緒的字眼,復古的再解釋不僅沒有必要,同時也不正確。

至於台師大解釋的文字中,什麼「中指插入,UP有頂、插的意思」等等的話,當然是自我演義,無限想象的無聊話。「中指」和「UP YOUR ASS」表示的是同一回事,沒有必要將兩者相連,當然如此說法也不正確。

我們再來舉例看看UP的用法,譬如﹑字詞結構一樣的美俚Up your alley (正合你的專長)和Up your nose(倒足你的味口),Up your alley中的Up是有「在」的意思(同up there 的用法) ,Up your nose中的Up ,是有「高到(最高極限)」的意思。Up如此的用法,那來什麼頂、插的「動詞」意思?

如果法院要我作證,我會忠實的陳述﹕UP YOURS是UP YOUR ASS的文明版,如同中文「他媽的」或「媽的」的用法,並無確定詞義,雖屬粗話,但亦是很多人的常用之語,一般用法上,不管文明版或原始版,字表詞義已失,譬如﹑我對台師大的詞義解釋很不滿意,我就可以用Up their ass回應,意指他們在「胡說八道,不屑一聽」,所以談不上什麼觸犯妨害名譽的罪嫌。

兩週前,颱風艾克直襲了休士頓,災情慘重,救災期間(救災仍在繼續,天黑戒嚴),市長(Bill White,將與現任州長競爭下任州長)巡視到某一救災物品發放點時,看到由喬治亞州來的一批運輸救災物品的卡車,無人領取,卡車也不下貨,而其它救災點卻無物品發放,市長借題發揮,故意作秀,對了喬治亞州來救災的人員,在電視鏡頭前高吼 ﹕將這些 fuxking(髒字不譯)卡車開到那些需要的地方去。為此,共和黨的喬治亞州長寫了一封抗議信給同黨的德州州長(Rick Perry),目的在製造對民主黨市長不利的事端,可是德州州長,再三考量之下,不敢得罪災(選)民,同時也想借機樹立自己救災的英雄形象,於是寫了一封公開的道歉回信,交給媒體發表,但他幽默的說﹕任何人都不應說髒字,應該道歉,但事後證明,一個髒字能有效的救助很多人,您認為是說好呢,還是不說好呢?

各懷心機的政客﹑政敵,在大家會心一笑之下,各取所需,一場可能的政治風暴,因而消彌的無影無蹤。西方人很風趣,很幽默,相對的,台灣人,也許人稠地小,就顯得心胸狹小了。

同日,我又在中時報,看到傅建中先生的一篇文章,標題是﹕從華府看天下:馬英九「不一樣」的誓言(http://news.chinatimes.com/2007Cti/2007Cti-News/2007Cti-News- Content/0,4521,110514+112008092600152,00.html),文章主要討論馬英九的一句英文:I'll try to make a difference. 傅先生將這句話譯成﹕「我要試著不一樣」,傅先生的文章很有可讀性,但這句英文卻譯的不知所云。

雖然老美政客常用 make a difference,但這句話是針對make no difference(無動於衷) 而言,意指不會等因奉此,因循誤事,所以真正的意思是 make a difference to have a positive effect,因而馬英九的那句英文的正確譯法應是﹕「我要有所作為」(而能更革興利)。

台灣與大陸競爭,除了教育外,能爭的不多,台灣的教授,專家如此的外文程度,如何能教好學生,而要求學生們放眼世界?

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2007年5月13日 星期日

John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address

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Friday, January 20, 1961

Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, President Truman, reverend clergy, fellow citizens, we observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom—symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning—signifying renewal, as well as change. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three quarters ago.

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe—the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of God.

We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans—born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage—and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this Nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

This much we pledge—and more.

To those old allies whose cultural and spiritual origins we share, we pledge the loyalty of faithful friends. United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided, there is little we can do—for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder.

To those new States whom we welcome to the ranks of the free, we pledge our word that one form of colonial control shall not have passed away merely to be replaced by a far more iron tyranny. We shall not always expect to find them supporting our view. But we shall always hope to find them strongly supporting their own freedom—and to remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.

To those peoples in the huts and villages across the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required—not because the Communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

To our sister republics south of our border, we offer a special pledge—to convert our good words into good deeds—in a new alliance for progress—to assist free men and free governments in casting off the chains of poverty. But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers. Let all our neighbors know that we shall join with them to oppose aggression or subversion anywhere in the Americas. And let every other power know that this Hemisphere intends to remain the master of its own house.

To that world assembly of sovereign states, the United Nations, our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace, we renew our pledge of support—to prevent it from becoming merely a forum for invective—to strengthen its shield of the new and the weak—and to enlarge the area in which its writ may run.

Finally, to those nations who would make themselves our adversary, we offer not a pledge but a request: that both sides begin anew the quest for peace, before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction.

We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.

But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our present course—both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons, both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind's final war.

So let us begin anew—remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof. Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us.

Let both sides, for the first time, formulate serious and precise proposals for the inspection and control of arms—and bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all nations.

Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce.

Let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah—to "undo the heavy burdens ... and to let the oppressed go free."

And if a beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion, let both sides join in creating a new endeavor, not a new balance of power, but a new world of law, where the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace preserved.

All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1,000 days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.

In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than in mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course. Since this country was founded, each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. The graves of young Americans who answered the call to service surround the globe.

Now the trumpet summons us again—not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are—but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation"—a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself.

Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance, North and South, East and West, that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind? Will you join in that historic effort?

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility—I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it—and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.

And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.

My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.

Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of us the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own.

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"My fellow Americans:Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country"---John F. Kennedy

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'You've got to find what you love,' Jobs says



Stanford Report, June 14, 2005

Printable VersionThis is the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005.

I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.

The first story is about connecting the dots.

I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?

It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: "We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" They said: "Of course." My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.

And 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.

It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. Let me give you one example:

Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating.

None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, its likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.

Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

My second story is about love and loss.

I was lucky — I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just released our finest creation — the Macintosh — a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.

I really didn't know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down - that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began to dawn on me — I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over.

I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the worlds first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I returned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.

I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle.

My third story is about death.

When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn't even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for prepare to die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.

I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I'm fine now.

This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope its the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.

Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Thank you all very much.


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老方放的大絕招.....

今天上類比
是他的生日又是母親節
所以他上課上得很高興
不過還是有講到很多重點
尤其是類比考題
幾乎快秒殺了
說了三大重點

1.道不同不相為謀
就是說不同總類的不能用來比較

2.階級鬥爭
就是說同一類型的名詞,如果有最高集合就不能跟次集合相比較

3.物以類聚
就是說同類型的才可以比較用來做對照

很好用的方法
等會就去將他說的考古題印下來練一練吧
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2007年5月10日 星期四

感冒相關單字....

raucous (聲音) 沙啞

sneeze 打噴嚏

snuffle 鼻塞

cough 咳嗽

tussive 【醫】咳嗽的;因咳嗽而起的 (繼續閱讀...)