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However...how to drink coffee without messing your beard up ?
主要是希望以留鬍子的方式來募款，希望能促進前列腺癌和睪丸癌的預防與治療
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今天在練習英文聽力的時候看到了一段Pale Blue Dot的影片
回想起大學時也有門課有提到這段
滿有感觸 與大家分享
Carl Sagan - You Are Here (Pale Blue Dot) [Sagan Time]
From this distant vantage point, the Earth might not seem of any particular interest. But for us, it's different. Consider again that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there – on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and triumph they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner. How frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity – in all this vastness – there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.
The Earth is the only world known, so far, to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment, the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.
—Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space , 1997 reprint, pp. xv–xvi
從這個遙遠的地方看起來，地球似乎一點也不特別。
但對我們來說，她卻是與眾不同的。
再想想看這個點，這個點就在這裡、就是我們的家、就是我們。
就在這裡，每一位你所愛的人，每一位你認識的人，
每一位你曾經聽說過的人，每一位，不論是誰，都活在這裡。
我們的所有的歡樂和痛苦，成千上萬的充滿自信的宗教、意識形態、經濟教條，
每一位獵人和強盜，每一位英雄和懦夫，每一位文明的創造者和毀滅者，
每一位皇帝和農民，每一對戀愛中的年輕情侶，
每一位母親和父親、滿懷希望的孩子、發明者和探索者，
每一位道德的教師，每一位貪腐的政客，
每一位「超級巨星」，每一位「最高領導人」，
每一位在我們人類歷史上的聖人和罪人，都活在這裡
--- 在這粒懸浮在一束陽光中微小灰塵上。
地球，是一個非常小的舞台，座落在浩大的宇宙表演場裡。
想想那些由將軍與帝王濺出的血所流成的河，
讓他們能在榮耀和勝利中，暫時成為這個點的一小部分的主人。
想想那無盡的殘酷，由這個像素的一角的居民，帶給幾乎無法區別的另一角的居民：
他們的誤解是多麼的頻繁，他們是多麼渴望互相殘殺，他們的仇恨是多麼的熾熱。
我們的故作姿態，我們所想像出的自我的重要性，以及我們在宇宙中有著特別的位置的幻想，
都一一被這點暗淡的光給挑戰了。
我們的星球是孤獨而渺小的一點，被宇宙無邊的黑暗包覆著。
我們是如此默默無聞，在這浩瀚的宇宙中，
沒有任何跡象顯示會有來自別處的力量，將我們從我們自己當中拯救出來。
地球是到目前為止唯一一個已知可以孕育生命的地方。
沒有任何地方，至少在將近的未來裡沒有任何地方，是我們的物種能遷移過去的。
或許可以夠造訪，但還無法定居。
不論你喜不喜歡，地球是現在唯一能讓我們安身立命之處。
有人說天文學是一個能讓人謙遜、能塑造人的性格的經驗。
或許沒有其他東西能比這張從遠處拍下的我們渺小世界的照片，
更好地顯示出人類虛榮心的是多麼愚蠢。
對我來說，它提醒了我們的責任：更親切地與彼此相處，以及保存並珍惜這淡藍色的點
--- 我們所知的唯一的家。
Translated by Yao-Yuan Mao
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最後加上一點跟e-sim有關的內容XDDD
台灣現在寒流來襲
最好度過寒冬的方法就是吃飽飽睡好好
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About the game:
USA as a world power? In E-Sim it is possible!
In E-Sim we have a huge, living world, which is a mirror copy of the Earth. Well, maybe not completely mirrored, because the balance of power in this virtual world looks a bit different than in real life. In E-Sim, USA does not have to be a world superpower, It can be efficiently managed as a much smaller country that has entrepreneurial citizens that support it's foundation. Everything depends on the players themselves and how they decide to shape the political map of the game.
Work for the good of your country and see it rise to an empire.
Activities in this game are divided into several modules. First is the economy as a citizen in a country of your choice you must work to earn money, which you will get to spend for example, on food or purchase of weapons which are critical for your progress as a fighter. You will work in either private companies which are owned by players or government companies which are owned by the state. After progressing in the game you will finally get the opportunity to set up your own business and hire other players. If it prospers, we can even change it into a joint-stock company and enter the stock market and get even more money in this way.
In E-Sim, international wars are nothing out of the ordinary.
Become an influential politician.
The second module is a politics. Just like in real life politics in E-Sim are an extremely powerful tool that can be used for your own purposes. From time to time there are elections in the game in which you will not only vote, but also have the ability to run for the head of the party you're in. You can also apply for congress, where once elected you will be given the right to vote on laws proposed by your fellow congress members or your president and propose laws yourself. Voting on laws is important for your country as it can shape the lives of those around you. You can also try to become the head of a given party, and even take part in presidential elections and decide on the shape of the foreign policy of a given state (for example, who to declare war on). Career in politics is obviously not easy and in order to succeed in it, you have to have a good plan and compete for the votes of voters.
You can go bankrupt or become a rich man while playing the stock market.
The international war.
The last and probably the most important module is military. In E-Sim, countries are constantly fighting each other for control over territories which in return grant them access to more valuable raw materials. For this purpose, they form alliances, they fight international wars, but they also have to deal with, for example, uprisings in conquered countries or civil wars, which may explode on their territory. You can also take part in these clashes, although you are also given the opportunity to lead a life as a pacifist who focuses on other activities in the game (for example, running a successful newspaper or selling products).
At the auction you can sell or buy your dream inventory.
E-Sim is a unique browser game. It's creators ensured realistic representation of the mechanisms present in the real world and gave all power to the players who shape the image of the virtual Earth according to their own. So come and join them and help your country achieve its full potential.
Invest, produce and sell - be an entrepreneur in E-Sim.
Take part in numerous events for the E-Sim community.
