February is Black History Month, 美國紀念少數民族對美國的貢獻，所以這個月是美國黑人月，恰好美國一月剛誕生了第一位African American President, Obama和第一夫人Michelle受民眾歡迎之程度在每天的主要電視中都可以看到他們。黑人抬頭了，同事有感而言紐約街頭的黑人因為黑人總統變得有自信也更漂亮了。
語言中心剛好有一齣附近劇院贊助的票:Conversation with A kleagle
劇院很小，是我看過最破舊小劇院，連外百老匯的小劇場都不如 ....
但表演的演員陣容和表達的內涵真的很精彩，最後謝幕的是劇院的負責人，提到紐約不景氣很多小劇院無法經營下去，特別是6ave &13st 這精華地段，建商想要重建並拆掉舊劇院，因此他們的生計有了問題，也希望現場觀眾能捐款幫助他們籌錢打官司讓紐約的劇場文化能保存下來。
回家的地鐵中聽到長笛悠揚的演奏，竟是一位年輕女孩，靠著街頭演藝賺取小費為生，有點悲傷，我也破例的贊助她一元，紐約地鐵乞討或賣藝的方式太多了，我向來不喜歡乞討者，但這樣的生活竟然還能演奏出這樣歡笑的節奏，如同小劇場即將面臨倒閉危機，但演員們仍稱職的演出精采的劇本，覺得很不可思議。感覺能夠在有限的能力範圍下幫助紐約人，也許是另一個神要我來紐約的目的吧~學習慈悲和憐憫。
Conversation with A kleagle (3k-ku klux klan)
The play is based on the real story of Civil rights leader Walter Francis White in the late of 1920's,
Walter Francis White (July 1, 1893) was a spokesman for blacks in the United States for almost a quarter of a century as executive secretary (1931-1955) of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NAACP.
the main content is:
http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/showpgprint.php?t=conv7967
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Rudy Gray's play Conversation with a Kleagle is based on events in the life of Walter Francis White, a journalist who eventually became Executive Secretary of the NAACP. One of the most striking things about the play is that it depicts the true heroic acts of a man who admits to us that he's not especially brave: it's a riveting and memorable profile in courage, and it tells a story that's important to our collective history and character.
John Watson—the fictionalized version of White who is the protagonist of Gray's play—is a very light-skinned African American; his features and coloring are such that he is able to "pass" for white. When we meet him, in the late 1920s, he is working as a reporter at a "colored" newspaper in Chicago. He decides to take advantage of his ability to "pass" to get an interview with Randy Monahan, the sheriff of a small town in Louisiana and also the kleagle of the local Ku Klux Klan organization. John's ploy works, and he gets his story—a story that eventually helps expose the nefarious activities of the KKK to the rest of the country. But it turns out that Monahan was not in fact taken in, knowing all the time that John is not a white man. After the interview, Monahan and his cronies have plans to lynch this "uppity" reporter. Only a warning from Tookie, the black man who shines shoes at Monahan's place of business, enables John to escape with his life.
Back home in Chicago, John learns that Tookie has suffered reprisals as a result of his actions, and he decides—against the advice of his editor—to return to Louisiana and confront Monahan.
Conversation with a Kleagle progresses in a linear fashion to tell this compelling story, with a couple of digressions that provide important background. One of these is a dream sequence, in which we see John imagine what could have happened to him had Tookie not tipped him off about Monahan's intentions. (We actually see these events echoed in harrowing fashion later in the play when John returns to Louisiana and Monahan's Klansmen taunt the reporter.) The other is a flashback to Watson's youth, during the Atlanta Race Riots of 1906.
Gray's focus throughout is on the insidious evil of racism, and its roots in poverty and ignorance. Both the flashback sequence and the main narrative of the play make it clear that lynchings and other aggressive acts against blacks are, at least in part, the result of whites' fears of losing their economic footing and/or opportunities.
This production benefits from tight direction by Kevin B. Ploth, and sports a large cast including Tim Weinert as the empowered everyman hero of the story and Mike Pirozzi, who is excellent as his menacing antagonist Monahan. Erroll W. Greaves makes a key contribution as the bootblack Tookie, showing us not only that he "knows his place" when dealing with his white boss, but also what each genuflection costs him.
The fact that we now have an African American President of the United States tells us that we have made a lot of progress in the century since the events depicted in Conversation with a Kleagle. But racism has not disappeared, and it is important for us as a society to confront its ugly roots. Rudy Gray's play, revived by 13th Street Repertory Company as part of their "Best of 13" Festival, offers a valuable look at one aspect of this shameful part of our national history."
I like the poem:
I saw a man black and red
Dead in my hands
And I realized I hurt the same
That race is not a game.
Sweetner in my coffee
Black with cream
And all you got was
Empty not steam.
My new four letter word is HOPE
This new word is a beginning rather than an end!
2009/02/28
Stevie Wonder
Yesterday, I saw Steive Wonder on TV with President Obabmas
His first words in the speech is "Thanks God".
When I saw the 81st Academy award ceremony (Oscar), all of them said: Thank you.
Thus Steive Wonder makes me curious why a blind man so popular in this country,
I check the internet then i found he is a myth, a legend....
{Stevie Wonder (born on May 13, 1950) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. A prominent figure in popular music during the latter half of the 20th century, Wonder has recorded more than thirty US top ten hits, won twenty-two Grammy Awards[2] (a record for a solo artist), plus one for lifetime achievement, won an Academy Award for Best Song,[3] and been inducted into both the Rock and Roll[4] and Songwriters[5] halls of fame. He has also been awarded the Polar Music Prize.[6]
Blind from birth, Wonder signed with Motown Records at the age of eleven, and continues to perform and record for the label. He has ten US number-one hits on the pop charts as well as 20 R&B number one hits, and album sales totaling more than 100 million units. Wonder has recorded several critically acclaimed albums and hit singles, and writes and produces songs for many of his label mates and outside artists as well. Wonder plays the piano, synthesizer, harmonica, congas, drums, bass guitar, bongos, organ, melodica, and clavinet......}
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder
His first words in the speech is "Thanks God".
When I saw the 81st Academy award ceremony (Oscar), all of them said: Thank you.
Thus Steive Wonder makes me curious why a blind man so popular in this country,
I check the internet then i found he is a myth, a legend....
{Stevie Wonder (born on May 13, 1950) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. A prominent figure in popular music during the latter half of the 20th century, Wonder has recorded more than thirty US top ten hits, won twenty-two Grammy Awards[2] (a record for a solo artist), plus one for lifetime achievement, won an Academy Award for Best Song,[3] and been inducted into both the Rock and Roll[4] and Songwriters[5] halls of fame. He has also been awarded the Polar Music Prize.[6]
Blind from birth, Wonder signed with Motown Records at the age of eleven, and continues to perform and record for the label. He has ten US number-one hits on the pop charts as well as 20 R&B number one hits, and album sales totaling more than 100 million units. Wonder has recorded several critically acclaimed albums and hit singles, and writes and produces songs for many of his label mates and outside artists as well. Wonder plays the piano, synthesizer, harmonica, congas, drums, bass guitar, bongos, organ, melodica, and clavinet......}
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder
Obamas Credit Stevie Wonder
WASHINGTON — So now we know: What cemented the relationship between Barack and Michelle Obama in their early days of romance was a shared passion for the music of Stevie Wonder.
“I think it’s fair to say that had I not been a Stevie Wonder fan, Michelle might not have dated me,” President Obama said Wednesday night during a White House ceremony honoring Mr. Wonder. “We might not have married. The fact that we agreed on Stevie was part of the essence of our courtship.”
And at the White House ceremony, the first lady explained that she first discovered Mr. Wonder’s music at her grandfather’s house when she was a little girl.
“Songs about life, love, romance, heartache, despair,” she said, adding: “Years later, I discovered what Stevie meant when he sang about love. Barack and I chose the song ‘You and I’ as our wedding song.”2009/02/22
Mary Poppins
2009.2.20
在迪士尼的遊行中，有一號人物好像很有名但我竟不知道她是誰，問了旁人才知是美國人耳熟能詳的Mary Poppins，the first animated film presented by Disney in 1964.
回來後趕快去百老匯看看這齣有名的音樂劇。
http://disney.go.com/theatre/marypoppins/#/home/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Poppins_(musical)
"Act I
The show opens with Bert, a man of many professions, introducing the audience to Cherry Tree Lane ("Chim Chim Cher-ee/Cherry Tree Lane- Part 1"). Number 17 is where the Banks family lives: George and Winifred Banks, their two children Jane and Michael, their cook, Mrs Brill and their odd-job man, Robertson Ay. Things are not going well, for Jane and Michael are out of control and as the show starts, their latest nanny, Katie Nanna, storms out. The children decide to write the advertisement for a new nanny ("The Perfect Nanny"), but George Banks has a very different idea of what constitutes the perfect nanny and he tears up the piece of paper and throws it in the fireplace. Within moments Mary Poppins arrives and takes charge of the Banks children, having every confidence in her own qualifications and merits ("Practically Perfect").
On the children's first outing to the park, they meet Bert and, despite their reservations about his ragged clothes and dirty face, Mary teaches them that they must learn to look past appearances. To illustrate the point, Mary brings the park statues, including a mythological figure named Neleus, to life ("Jolly Holiday").
While Mary manages the children, other problems lie with their parents. Winifred Banks is aware that she is somehow disappointing both her children and her husband ("Being Mrs Banks"). George Banks, on the other hand, can't understand why she finds the role of wife and mother so difficult ("Cherry Tree Lane (reprise)"). In an effort to please her husband, Winifred sends out invitations for a smart tea party. The children inadvertently sabotage the kitchen preparations, but Mary Poppins sorts it out with a lesson ("A Spoonful of Sugar"). However, it is then revealed that none of the invitees are coming.
Mary takes the children to visit their father at the bank where he works ("Precision and Order"). There George is busy dealing with possible investment clients: first an ambitious man named Von Hussler who has an elaborate money-making scheme, and then a middle-class man named Northbrook who has a simple factory project. George is furious when Mary turns up with the children, but an innocent question asked by Jane makes him realise how much his values have changed ("A Man Has Dreams") since he was an idealistic young man. He then decides to accept Northbrook's project, and rejects Von Hussler's.
Outside St. Paul's Cathedral, Mary introduces the children to the Bird Woman ("Feed the Birds"). Jane is suspicious of her, but Michael responds to the Bird Woman and throws crumbs for the birds. On the trip home, the children meet the enigmatic Mrs. Corry who runs a magic sweet shop that also sells words ("Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious").
The children return home in high spirits, unaware that things have gone wrong for their father. Unknown to them, George's decision to reject Von Hussler has cost the bank dearly, and he is suspended without pay. George explodes with rage at the children and they are sent to the nursery.
Reacting to her father's outburst, Jane flies into a fury, ignoring Mary Poppins' words of warning about controlling her temper. The frightening consequence of her anger becomes apparent as Jane and Michael's toys take on a life of their own and teach the naughty children a lesson ("Temper Temper").
Realising that Jane and Michael still have a lot to learn, Mary decides to leave Cherry Tree Lane ("Chim Chim Cher-ee - Rooftop Duet"), to bring them to their senses. Her distraught charges find a note bidding them 'au revoir' ("until we meet again" in French), which they learn from Mrs. Brill, means that perhaps they will see Mary Poppins again.
Act II
Unfortunately, in a misguided attempt to please her husband, Mrs Banks arranges for his childhood nanny, Miss Andrew, to take over from the suddenly departed Mary ("Cherry Tree Lane Part 3"). At the very sight of her, Mr. Banks flees, terrified. To everyone's shock and dismay, Miss Andrew is a brutal and cruel tyrant, rejecting any notion of a 'spoonful of sugar' in favour of her own terrible elixir ("Brimstone and Treacle Part 1").
Terrified of their new nanny, the children escape to the park and find their good friend Bert, who cheers them up and helps Michael fulfil his dream of flying a kite ("Let's Go Fly a Kite"). This marks the return of Mary Poppins. Jane and Michael are thrilled to be reunited with her, and quickly tell her of the changes that have gone on at Number 17.
Mary (Laura Michelle Kelly) and Bert (Gavin Lee) during "Step in Time".
Also hiding in the park is George, who is depressed over his supposed lack of achievements ("Good For Nothing"). Searching for him is Winifred, who at last understands her husband and the damage that was done to him by Miss Andrew ("Being Mrs Banks (Reprise)").
When the children return to Number 17, Mary sets Caruso, Miss Andrew's lark, free from his cage. This leads to confrontation between the two nannies ("Brimstone and Treacle Part 2"). Winifred and then George return at this point, surprised but pleased that Miss Andrew has "left".
On their next adventure, Bert introduces the children to his friends the chimney sweeps ("Step in Time"). The sweeps' dance eventually enters the house, causing chaos. As the sweeps quickly exit, George receives a telegram from the bank requesting his presence there. George assumes that it is to seal his fate, and decides its time to sell the family heirloom. When the vase is shattered by accident, it reveals a collection of gingerbread stars from George's childhood. This leads to a brief moment of reflection for George ("A Man Has Dreams/ A Spoonful of Sugar (Reprise)"). After shaking hands with Bert, George leaves to meet the Chairman of the Bank.
At the children's encouragement, Winifred decides to follow her heart and be at George's side at the bank ("Anything Can Happen"). Unseen to anyone else, Mary takes Jane and Michael to follow, where they watch the unfolding events.
At the bank, George is shocked to learn the truth about his choice: far from ruining the bank, he has made a fortune. They ask for the word that made them so successful, which George admits to be Mary Poppins' word, ("Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (Reprise)"). Winifred, arriving to defend her husband, finds instead he is the hero of the hour. George apologises for underestimating her, and together they return to the house. ("Anything Can Happen" (Reprise)
Mary realises that with the family reunited and happy, her task is done. With regret she says goodbye to Bert with a kiss,and sets off ("A Spoonful of Sugar (Farewell Reprise)"). Jane and Michael accept that Mary has left again, knowing that they no longer need her. The two children watch as their parents waltz happily together and Mary flies high above the audience, disappearing in a flash."
感想: 對故事內容比較無法引起共鳴，因為是英國有錢人家請家庭保母照顧兩位調皮的少爺小姐，畢竟沒有這樣的生活經歷；不過音樂和背景很豐富，尤其是Mary Poppins 拿著傘乘風飛起至三層樓高的最後一幕印象最深，畫家在舞台邊跳踢踏舞邊飛簷走壁的場景也令人耳目一新，還有一個自創沒有任何意思的字Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" - 我連念都很困難美國人竟然能夠背起，可見其音樂的魅力。
在迪士尼的遊行中，有一號人物好像很有名但我竟不知道她是誰，問了旁人才知是美國人耳熟能詳的Mary Poppins，the first animated film presented by Disney in 1964.
回來後趕快去百老匯看看這齣有名的音樂劇。
http://disney.go.com/theatre/marypoppins/#/home/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Poppins_(musical)
"Act I
The show opens with Bert, a man of many professions, introducing the audience to Cherry Tree Lane ("Chim Chim Cher-ee/Cherry Tree Lane- Part 1"). Number 17 is where the Banks family lives: George and Winifred Banks, their two children Jane and Michael, their cook, Mrs Brill and their odd-job man, Robertson Ay. Things are not going well, for Jane and Michael are out of control and as the show starts, their latest nanny, Katie Nanna, storms out. The children decide to write the advertisement for a new nanny ("The Perfect Nanny"), but George Banks has a very different idea of what constitutes the perfect nanny and he tears up the piece of paper and throws it in the fireplace. Within moments Mary Poppins arrives and takes charge of the Banks children, having every confidence in her own qualifications and merits ("Practically Perfect").
On the children's first outing to the park, they meet Bert and, despite their reservations about his ragged clothes and dirty face, Mary teaches them that they must learn to look past appearances. To illustrate the point, Mary brings the park statues, including a mythological figure named Neleus, to life ("Jolly Holiday").
While Mary manages the children, other problems lie with their parents. Winifred Banks is aware that she is somehow disappointing both her children and her husband ("Being Mrs Banks"). George Banks, on the other hand, can't understand why she finds the role of wife and mother so difficult ("Cherry Tree Lane (reprise)"). In an effort to please her husband, Winifred sends out invitations for a smart tea party. The children inadvertently sabotage the kitchen preparations, but Mary Poppins sorts it out with a lesson ("A Spoonful of Sugar"). However, it is then revealed that none of the invitees are coming.
Mary takes the children to visit their father at the bank where he works ("Precision and Order"). There George is busy dealing with possible investment clients: first an ambitious man named Von Hussler who has an elaborate money-making scheme, and then a middle-class man named Northbrook who has a simple factory project. George is furious when Mary turns up with the children, but an innocent question asked by Jane makes him realise how much his values have changed ("A Man Has Dreams") since he was an idealistic young man. He then decides to accept Northbrook's project, and rejects Von Hussler's.
Outside St. Paul's Cathedral, Mary introduces the children to the Bird Woman ("Feed the Birds"). Jane is suspicious of her, but Michael responds to the Bird Woman and throws crumbs for the birds. On the trip home, the children meet the enigmatic Mrs. Corry who runs a magic sweet shop that also sells words ("Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious").
The children return home in high spirits, unaware that things have gone wrong for their father. Unknown to them, George's decision to reject Von Hussler has cost the bank dearly, and he is suspended without pay. George explodes with rage at the children and they are sent to the nursery.
Reacting to her father's outburst, Jane flies into a fury, ignoring Mary Poppins' words of warning about controlling her temper. The frightening consequence of her anger becomes apparent as Jane and Michael's toys take on a life of their own and teach the naughty children a lesson ("Temper Temper").
Realising that Jane and Michael still have a lot to learn, Mary decides to leave Cherry Tree Lane ("Chim Chim Cher-ee - Rooftop Duet"), to bring them to their senses. Her distraught charges find a note bidding them 'au revoir' ("until we meet again" in French), which they learn from Mrs. Brill, means that perhaps they will see Mary Poppins again.
Act II
Unfortunately, in a misguided attempt to please her husband, Mrs Banks arranges for his childhood nanny, Miss Andrew, to take over from the suddenly departed Mary ("Cherry Tree Lane Part 3"). At the very sight of her, Mr. Banks flees, terrified. To everyone's shock and dismay, Miss Andrew is a brutal and cruel tyrant, rejecting any notion of a 'spoonful of sugar' in favour of her own terrible elixir ("Brimstone and Treacle Part 1").
Terrified of their new nanny, the children escape to the park and find their good friend Bert, who cheers them up and helps Michael fulfil his dream of flying a kite ("Let's Go Fly a Kite"). This marks the return of Mary Poppins. Jane and Michael are thrilled to be reunited with her, and quickly tell her of the changes that have gone on at Number 17.
Mary (Laura Michelle Kelly) and Bert (Gavin Lee) during "Step in Time".
Also hiding in the park is George, who is depressed over his supposed lack of achievements ("Good For Nothing"). Searching for him is Winifred, who at last understands her husband and the damage that was done to him by Miss Andrew ("Being Mrs Banks (Reprise)").
When the children return to Number 17, Mary sets Caruso, Miss Andrew's lark, free from his cage. This leads to confrontation between the two nannies ("Brimstone and Treacle Part 2"). Winifred and then George return at this point, surprised but pleased that Miss Andrew has "left".
On their next adventure, Bert introduces the children to his friends the chimney sweeps ("Step in Time"). The sweeps' dance eventually enters the house, causing chaos. As the sweeps quickly exit, George receives a telegram from the bank requesting his presence there. George assumes that it is to seal his fate, and decides its time to sell the family heirloom. When the vase is shattered by accident, it reveals a collection of gingerbread stars from George's childhood. This leads to a brief moment of reflection for George ("A Man Has Dreams/ A Spoonful of Sugar (Reprise)"). After shaking hands with Bert, George leaves to meet the Chairman of the Bank.
At the children's encouragement, Winifred decides to follow her heart and be at George's side at the bank ("Anything Can Happen"). Unseen to anyone else, Mary takes Jane and Michael to follow, where they watch the unfolding events.
At the bank, George is shocked to learn the truth about his choice: far from ruining the bank, he has made a fortune. They ask for the word that made them so successful, which George admits to be Mary Poppins' word, ("Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (Reprise)"). Winifred, arriving to defend her husband, finds instead he is the hero of the hour. George apologises for underestimating her, and together they return to the house. ("Anything Can Happen" (Reprise)
Mary realises that with the family reunited and happy, her task is done. With regret she says goodbye to Bert with a kiss,and sets off ("A Spoonful of Sugar (Farewell Reprise)"). Jane and Michael accept that Mary has left again, knowing that they no longer need her. The two children watch as their parents waltz happily together and Mary flies high above the audience, disappearing in a flash."
感想: 對故事內容比較無法引起共鳴，因為是英國有錢人家請家庭保母照顧兩位調皮的少爺小姐，畢竟沒有這樣的生活經歷；不過音樂和背景很豐富，尤其是Mary Poppins 拿著傘乘風飛起至三層樓高的最後一幕印象最深，畫家在舞台邊跳踢踏舞邊飛簷走壁的場景也令人耳目一新，還有一個自創沒有任何意思的字Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" - 我連念都很困難美國人竟然能夠背起，可見其音樂的魅力。
2009/02/11
The Orlando Consort-Amore
2.10 Metropolitan museum of art ~Concert
Art and Love in Renaissance Italy特展所辦的男聲四重唱 (a capella)
" In a program of Renaissance music, which heralded a dramatic new age by casting aside medieval shackles of courtly love and focusing on the joys of requited love, the Orlando Consort will perform works by Ciconia, Brunel, Gombert, Josquin, Compère, Isaac, and others.This concert is presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Art and Love in Renaissance Italy.”The exhibition is made possible by the Gail and Parker Gilbert Fund and the Samuel H. Kress Foundation."1.31 參觀大都會博物館
大都會博物館最好的地方在於可以自由拍照，且其網站介紹及教育資源也很豐富
如果有技巧的話，還可以很便宜的價格自由參觀喔
不過英國的博物館幾乎都是不收費的~因為搜刮太多屬於別國的東西的了 :)
(一) Art and Love in Renaissance Italy
November 18, 2008–February 16, 2009 /Special Exhibition Galleries, 2nd floor
"This exhibition explores the various exceptional objects created to celebrate love and marriage in the Italian Renaissance. The approximately 150 objects, which date from about 1400 to the mid-16th century, range from exquisite examples of maiolica and jewelry given as gifts to the couple, to marriage portraits and paintings that extol sensual love and fecundity, such as the Metropolitan’s Venus and Cupid by the great Venetian artist Lorenzo Lotto. The exhibition also includes some of the rarest and most significant pieces of Renaissance glassware, cassone panels, birth trays, and drawings and prints of amorous subjects."
(二)前任館長Philippe de Montebello's 紀念展
"In 2008, Philippe de Montebello—whose long and storied career at The Metropolitan Museum of Art spanned nearly a third of the institution’s entire history—retired after more than thirty-one years as director. Mr. de Montebello, who first joined the staff as a curatorial assistant in 1963, became director in 1977, and assumed the additional role of chief executive officer in 1998.
To celebrate Philippe de Montebello’s years as director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum’s Forum of Curators, Conservators, and Scientists organized an exhibition of approximately three hundred works of art—from a total of more than eighty-four thousand—that were acquired during his tenure. "
To celebrate Philippe de Montebello’s years as director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum’s Forum of Curators, Conservators, and Scientists organized an exhibition of approximately three hundred works of art—from a total of more than eighty-four thousand—that were acquired during his tenure. "
2009/02/06
Slumdog Millionaire
I saw a movie "Slumdog Millionaire"
it is about:
Jamal Malik, a penniless eighteen year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, is one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India’s “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” But when the show breaks for the night, suddenly, he is arrested on suspicion of cheating. After all, how could an uneducated street kid possibly know so much? Determined to get to the bottom of Jamal’s story, the jaded Police Inspector spends the night probing Jamal’s incredible past, from his riveting tales of the slums where he and his brother Salim survived by their wits to his hair-raising encounters with local gangs to his heartbreak over Latika, the unforgettable girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of Jamal’s increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show’s seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains a mystery: what is this young man with no apparent desire for riches really doing on the game show? When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out…
http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox_searchlight/slumdogmillionaire/
二
本片獲得2009金球獎四項大獎最佳影片、最佳劇本、最佳導演、最佳原創配樂，以及入圍2009奧斯卡10項包括最佳影片、最佳導演、最佳改編劇本等大獎。原著《Ｑ＆Ａ》是印度外交官Vikas Swarup的首部作品，以2000年9月一名貧窮侍者贏得巨額獎金，卻遭到監禁的故事為藍本。電影由《猜火車》丹尼鮑伊執導。 全球最受歡迎的益智問答節目「Who Wants To Be A Millionaire」於印度孟買正式開錄，參賽者只要答對十二道問題，就能獲得2000萬盧布的巨額獎金，問題五花八門，原本製作單位預計至少要八個月才能產生冠軍。 而一個來自孟買貧民窟的年輕人賈默馬利克參加印度版的《百萬大富翁》節目，回答問題拿獎金，就在他差一題就可以拿到2000萬盧比的時候，警方因懷疑他作弊而將他逮捕。 賈默為了證明自己的清白，開始向警方說明他們兄弟兩人的貧民窟生活、逃離苦難之後又如何在公路上展開冒險、途中遇到幫派分子有多緊張、而賈默又是如何遇見深愛的女孩又如何失去她，他所訴說的每個故事當中都剛好有解決節目中問題的答案，這就是為什麼他能一路過關斬將的原因。 天亮了，賈默回到節目中回答最後一個問題，警方和六千萬個觀眾都在看，到底賈默能否答對這最後一題呢？有沒有答對又是否這麼重要呢？
http://movie.atmovies.com.tw/movie/film.asp?action=next&film_id=fsen81010048
三 享受一下益智搶答及和時間賽跑的壓力
Quick test:
This is VERY FAST, so be prepared. You only have 8 seconds for each question.
Click the link and have fun.
http://www.flashbynight.com/test/
it is about:
Jamal Malik, a penniless eighteen year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, is one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India’s “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” But when the show breaks for the night, suddenly, he is arrested on suspicion of cheating. After all, how could an uneducated street kid possibly know so much? Determined to get to the bottom of Jamal’s story, the jaded Police Inspector spends the night probing Jamal’s incredible past, from his riveting tales of the slums where he and his brother Salim survived by their wits to his hair-raising encounters with local gangs to his heartbreak over Latika, the unforgettable girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of Jamal’s increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show’s seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains a mystery: what is this young man with no apparent desire for riches really doing on the game show? When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out…
http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox_searchlight/slumdogmillionaire/
二
本片獲得2009金球獎四項大獎最佳影片、最佳劇本、最佳導演、最佳原創配樂，以及入圍2009奧斯卡10項包括最佳影片、最佳導演、最佳改編劇本等大獎。原著《Ｑ＆Ａ》是印度外交官Vikas Swarup的首部作品，以2000年9月一名貧窮侍者贏得巨額獎金，卻遭到監禁的故事為藍本。電影由《猜火車》丹尼鮑伊執導。 全球最受歡迎的益智問答節目「Who Wants To Be A Millionaire」於印度孟買正式開錄，參賽者只要答對十二道問題，就能獲得2000萬盧布的巨額獎金，問題五花八門，原本製作單位預計至少要八個月才能產生冠軍。 而一個來自孟買貧民窟的年輕人賈默馬利克參加印度版的《百萬大富翁》節目，回答問題拿獎金，就在他差一題就可以拿到2000萬盧比的時候，警方因懷疑他作弊而將他逮捕。 賈默為了證明自己的清白，開始向警方說明他們兄弟兩人的貧民窟生活、逃離苦難之後又如何在公路上展開冒險、途中遇到幫派分子有多緊張、而賈默又是如何遇見深愛的女孩又如何失去她，他所訴說的每個故事當中都剛好有解決節目中問題的答案，這就是為什麼他能一路過關斬將的原因。 天亮了，賈默回到節目中回答最後一個問題，警方和六千萬個觀眾都在看，到底賈默能否答對這最後一題呢？有沒有答對又是否這麼重要呢？
http://movie.atmovies.com.tw/movie/film.asp?action=next&film_id=fsen81010048
三 享受一下益智搶答及和時間賽跑的壓力
Quick test:
This is VERY FAST, so be prepared. You only have 8 seconds for each question.
Click the link and have fun.
http://www.flashbynight.com/test/
2009/02/04
聖嚴法師
2.3
一早辦公室同事談論著法鼓山聖嚴法師去世消息
談到佛教高人死後都會有舍利子，就醫學角度應該是結石吧
因為對佛教沒什麼接觸一開始不以為意，但上網查了一下他的生平
發現很多觀念和基督教很相似
如:
人間淨土--天國
以教育為本--留下著作
實做的信仰-以身作則
印證了宗教總是一家人-真理只有一個
也就是孔子說的吾道一以貫之
只是每個人信仰的神不一樣
有人一生中追求的主體是物質，金錢，名譽，愛情
有人信靠的是自己
看到一些不錯的觀念:
1虛空有盡，我願無窮
2無事忙中老，空裡有哭笑，本來沒有我，生死皆可拋。
3面對它、接受它、處理它、放下它，
4奉獻和付出，那奉獻是無條件的。這是為新人加持祝賀的聖嚴法師。
5把份內事做好了，就能夠發好願，這個做好事，自己也能夠轉好運。~~這是帶領民眾發願一起做好事的聖嚴法師。
法鼓山的創辦人聖嚴法師自幼體弱多病，13歲就出家，儘管一生顛沛流離，不過憑著對佛法的堅持，還在近40歲時完成他的博士學位，並在亞洲、歐美等地講學弘法，他曾說過「佛法這麼好，知道的人這麼少，誤解的人這麼多。」因著這樣一個單純的信念，在民國78年，聖嚴法師創辦了法鼓山。他常比喻自己是『風雪中的行腳僧」，1998年還曾獲《天下雜誌》遴選為、四百年來對台灣最具影響力的五十位人物之一。
從演藝圈到政界，都有聖嚴法師的信徒，他不只宣揚佛法，也是位教育實踐家，他創立「中華佛學研究所」、「法鼓大學」，這幾年，他也多次與科技、藝術、文化等菁英人士對談，出席各式場合。
聖嚴法師也舉過一個「蜜蜂與金絲雀」例子。聖嚴法師回憶道：「我的師父－東初老人，對我最大的恩惠，不是給我錢，而是給我一個「養蜂」方法，他以培養蜜蜂的方法來培養我這個徒弟。他說：『許多人用養金絲雀的方法來教育兒孫，這樣的兒孫一定不會太好。金絲雀關在籠裡，天天餵牠吃飽喝足，拉下來的東西是不能讓人吃的；但將蜜蜂帶到有花的地方，要牠自己去找蜜，採到蜜之後，還能製成蜂蜜供人食用。』恩師的『養蜂法』，讓我從中學會了自助助人的觀念，迄今依然受益。」蜜蜂採蜜，供人食用，不但養活自己，更養活別人，因此，要建立「人間淨土」，就應該有蜜蜂採蜜的精神，不但造就自己，也完成別人，自助與助人。
聖嚴法師也明白表示，生命教育是現在重要的教改工程，透過生命教育，讓學生明瞭尊重自己也尊重他人，瞭解群我關係及讓學生明白生死觀念，是一件相當重要的工作，然而，聖嚴法師也強調，教育部推動生命教育，宗教教育絕對是不能忽略的一環。因此，在這個多元的時代，將宗教融入生命教育中，建立學生正確的信仰觀，是當前推展生命教育相當重要的課題。
http://gigabyte.fxsh.tyc.edu.tw/net_university/net_university_0_8.htm
http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/mukherjee/chibs/shifu/intro.htm
一早辦公室同事談論著法鼓山聖嚴法師去世消息
談到佛教高人死後都會有舍利子，就醫學角度應該是結石吧
因為對佛教沒什麼接觸一開始不以為意，但上網查了一下他的生平
發現很多觀念和基督教很相似
如:
人間淨土--天國
以教育為本--留下著作
實做的信仰-以身作則
印證了宗教總是一家人-真理只有一個
也就是孔子說的吾道一以貫之
只是每個人信仰的神不一樣
有人一生中追求的主體是物質，金錢，名譽，愛情
有人信靠的是自己
看到一些不錯的觀念:
1虛空有盡，我願無窮
2無事忙中老，空裡有哭笑，本來沒有我，生死皆可拋。
3面對它、接受它、處理它、放下它，
4奉獻和付出，那奉獻是無條件的。這是為新人加持祝賀的聖嚴法師。
5把份內事做好了，就能夠發好願，這個做好事，自己也能夠轉好運。~~這是帶領民眾發願一起做好事的聖嚴法師。
法鼓山的創辦人聖嚴法師自幼體弱多病，13歲就出家，儘管一生顛沛流離，不過憑著對佛法的堅持，還在近40歲時完成他的博士學位，並在亞洲、歐美等地講學弘法，他曾說過「佛法這麼好，知道的人這麼少，誤解的人這麼多。」因著這樣一個單純的信念，在民國78年，聖嚴法師創辦了法鼓山。他常比喻自己是『風雪中的行腳僧」，1998年還曾獲《天下雜誌》遴選為、四百年來對台灣最具影響力的五十位人物之一。
從演藝圈到政界，都有聖嚴法師的信徒，他不只宣揚佛法，也是位教育實踐家，他創立「中華佛學研究所」、「法鼓大學」，這幾年，他也多次與科技、藝術、文化等菁英人士對談，出席各式場合。
聖嚴法師也舉過一個「蜜蜂與金絲雀」例子。聖嚴法師回憶道：「我的師父－東初老人，對我最大的恩惠，不是給我錢，而是給我一個「養蜂」方法，他以培養蜜蜂的方法來培養我這個徒弟。他說：『許多人用養金絲雀的方法來教育兒孫，這樣的兒孫一定不會太好。金絲雀關在籠裡，天天餵牠吃飽喝足，拉下來的東西是不能讓人吃的；但將蜜蜂帶到有花的地方，要牠自己去找蜜，採到蜜之後，還能製成蜂蜜供人食用。』恩師的『養蜂法』，讓我從中學會了自助助人的觀念，迄今依然受益。」蜜蜂採蜜，供人食用，不但養活自己，更養活別人，因此，要建立「人間淨土」，就應該有蜜蜂採蜜的精神，不但造就自己，也完成別人，自助與助人。
聖嚴法師也明白表示，生命教育是現在重要的教改工程，透過生命教育，讓學生明瞭尊重自己也尊重他人，瞭解群我關係及讓學生明白生死觀念，是一件相當重要的工作，然而，聖嚴法師也強調，教育部推動生命教育，宗教教育絕對是不能忽略的一環。因此，在這個多元的時代，將宗教融入生命教育中，建立學生正確的信仰觀，是當前推展生命教育相當重要的課題。
http://gigabyte.fxsh.tyc.edu.tw/net_university/net_university_0_8.htm
http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/mukherjee/chibs/shifu/intro.htm
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