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Self-Control Inspires Trust
Trusting someone requires two ingredients. First, one must believe the person has your best interests at heart. It's hard to trust a louse (unless of course the louse is on your side). Second, one must believe the person can do what he says—one must have confidence in his competence. And an important part of competence is self-control. Skill and aligned interests aren't much good if your buddy's a flake. A new set of findings reveals not only that people can perceive others' chronic and momentary levels of self-control, but that we use this information to judge others' trustworthiness.
The paper, published in the May issue of the Journal of Personality of Social Psychology by Francesca Righetti and Catrin Finkenauer of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, reported four experiments. In the first, subjects read about a student with money problems who either resisted the urge to shop at a record store or splurged on a bunch of CD's. Then they answered questions about the student's self-control and trustworthiness. The penny-pincher received higher ratings than the spender on both counts, and ratings of trustworthiness were fully dependent on ratings of self-control.
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In the second experiment, people in couples rated their partners on self-control, trustworthiness, and behaviors indicative of self-control:forgiveness, reliability, and goal achievement. The most forgiving, reliable, and successful partners (as perceived by their sweethearts) were judged to have the most self-control and to be the most trustworthy. And, after controlling for other factors, the effects that perceived forgiveness and reliability had on perceived trustworthiness could be explained by their influence on perceived self-control. If you're forgiving, that means you can handle your shit, and that means I can trust you. Subjects were also more committed to partners perceived to have high self-control, because they trusted them more.
Studies 3 and 4 tested the effects of sensing that someone had temporarily depleted self-control. Subjects were less likely to trust another person when the person had just performed a difficult task for 15 minutes versus 2 minutes. (In study 4, trust was measured by investment in one's partner during an economics game.) Again, perceived trustworthiness was influenced by perceived self-control.
"I have rarely conducted research that yielded findings that were so consistent across different types of relationships (strangers and married couples), paradigms (experimental and survey studies), and measures, " Finkenauer wrote me in an email.
If you want to improve your friendships or romantic life, Finkenauer recommends working on improving your self-control—which can be done with simple exercises. "An increasing amount of research highlights the importance of having good self-control for the development and maintenance of harmonious, long-lasting relationships, " she said. Their findings extends this research by showing that your level of self-control is on constant display, and can be used against you. Look sharp!
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Wouldn’t you rather smell coffee than two-week-old leftovers, half-rotten produce and spoiled milk? If your fridge is a nightmare of foul odors, place a bowl of fresh, unused coffee grounds inside and leave it for a day or two. The coffee will absorb the odors and you’ll crave a cup whenever you open the door. This odor-killing trick works for practically anything else as well – just place the item in a sealed plastic bag along with an open can of coffee grounds and bye-bye stank.
Reduce cellulite
Pricey cellulite creams almost always have one major ingredient in common: caffeine, which supposedly enhances fat metabolism, reducing the appearance of these fatty pockets under the skin. To make your own coffee cellulite treatment at home, mix warm used coffee grounds with coconut oil and rub it onto your skin in circular motions for a few minutes before rinsing.
Erase smells on your hands
Garlic, salmon, cilantro – there are some things that smell delicious when cooking, but aren’t so pleasant hours later when they linger on your hands. Get rid of them by rubbing a handful of used coffee grounds on your hands and rinsing with warm water.
Make rich compost
There’s a reason so many gardeners swear by adding used coffee grounds to compost. The grounds are rich in phosphorous, potassium, magnesium and copper, they release nitrogen into the soil as they degrade and they’re a little bit acidic, which is great for certain soils. If you compost on a large scale, you can get used grounds for free at your local coffee hot spot or mom-and-pop cafe.
Get shiny hair
Natural dye
The natural pigments in coffee make it a great natural dye for fabric, paper, Easter eggs – even your hair. Brush paper with strong brew and let it dry, or soak fabric items in hot coffee. The results won’t be color-fast, and may bleed out onto other items, so it’s best to use this on items that won’t be washed very often if at all. Using coffee as a hair shine treatment, as previously mentioned, may temporarily lend a rich, dark tint to your hair.
Reduce fireplace mess
Want to clean your fireplace without causing a dust storm? Wait until the embers are cool, sprinkle damp coffee grounds all over the ashes , let them sit for about 15 minutes and then scoop out the whole mess into a metal ash can. The coffee grounds cling to the ashes, so they don’t spew dust nearly as much as they would otherwise.
Pin cushion filler
Dried, used coffee grounds are the perfect filler for homemade pin cushions. Just wrap them in some scrap cloth, tie it off with a rubber band and place the cloth in an egg cup or other small container. The grounds will keep your pins from rusting, too.
Exfoliate skin
The same properties that reportedly enable coffee to reduce the appearance of cellulite can smooth and tighten your skin, and the texture of ground coffee will buff away dead skin cells, too. Make your own coffee-based scrub by combining a tablespoon of coffee grounds with half a tablespoon of olive oil and, optionally, a drop of your favorite essential oil.
Repel ants
Sprinkle dry, used coffee grounds in problem areas where you notice ants in your home or yard and they might just pick up and leave. To tackle huge ant mounds, pour an entire pot of brewed coffee right on the mound.
Fertilize plants
Acid-loving plants will thank you for sprinkling your used coffee grounds around their roots. Azaleas, blueberry shrubs and rhododendrons are just a few of the plants that flourish when treated with coffee thanks to all those nutrients. You can also dilute the leftover coffee in your mug and pour it right into your potted plants (as long as you don’t use cream and sugar, of course!)
Keep cats out of your garden
To you, that little garden in your yard is a beautiful source of fresh herbs, fruits and vegetables, but to seemingly every cat in a five-mile radius, it’s a giant, irresistible litter box. Just use the trick mentioned above, sprinkling used coffee grounds on the soil, and cats will want nothing to do with it.
Scrub all kinds of surfaces
Mildly abrasive and acidic, coffee grounds are great for scrubbing surfaces like countertops, cooking ranges and refrigerators. Use them alone or mix them with a little dish soap.
Auto air freshener
Next time you accidentally spill coffee grounds on the floor, don’t just sweep them up and toss them in the trash. You can use them to make an all-natural DIY air freshener like this one at Instructables. Try to use an old ripped pair of pantyhose and spare string to make this an even more eco-friendly project.
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Repel fleas
Rub used, damp coffee grounds through your pet’s fur after bathing to repel fleas without questionable, likely-toxic chemical treatments. If nothing else, it will at least improve that post-bath wet-dog smell that gets all over your furniture.
Pretty vase fillers
Stale or dirty coffee beans are still a thing of beauty. Use them as vase fillers, or in cups or jars full of pens and pencils. Not only are they pretty, they continue to smell good for quite a while, too.
Start vermicomposting
Red wriggler worms, the sort used in vermicomposting systems, love coffee almost as much as we do. It’s not really clear why, but if you want a thriving community of worms to devour all of your kitchen waste (and those nasty little things really are amazingly efficient), be sure to add used coffee grounds to their bedding on a regular basis.
Secret recipe ingredient
Just a little hint of coffee can be the ingredient that becomes your undisclosed “magic touch” in foods like chili, ice cream and chocolate cake. Use a little bit as a marinade for steaks and not only will it make them unbelievably tender, it’ll also provide a hint of deep, smoky flavor.
Touch up furniture scratches
Scratches on wood furniture disappear almost instantly by simply rubbing in a little bit of instant coffee dampened into a paste with hot water. Repeat if necessary until the scratch matches the surrounding wood.
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咖啡鲜为人知的20个妙用
咖啡是人们爱喝的饮料，每次煮咖啡后剩下的咖啡末还可以发挥很大的作用。它们令我们的生活变得更便捷，有效而且环保。
你能想象一下如果世上没有咖啡，我们的生活将变的怎样？那么每天上午，我们就可能是精神萎靡不振，失去了往日的风采。我们钟情于咖啡的味道，它的香味，及它能令我们精神振奋的功效，除此之外，还有至少20多种充分的理由让我们爱上咖啡。你会发现不管是新鲜的咖啡豆，还是已经冲泡过的咖啡末，竟然能有如此的特殊作用。在这之前，每周大量的煮过的咖啡末都被你丢弃了。
去除冰箱里的味道
那些放了2周的剩菜，几乎快要烂掉的蔬菜，还有变质了的牛奶，那些东西的味道可不好闻，还是闻下咖啡的香味吧。如果你的冰箱里有不好闻的味道，放一碗新鲜的，没用过的咖啡粉在里面 ，放1到2天。咖啡会吸收那些难闻的气味，而你在打开冰箱门时又有想泡一杯咖啡的冲动。这种方法基本上可以去除所有的气味，用密封的塑料袋包装好有气味的东西，然后在旁边放一罐开口的咖啡粉，难闻的味道就没有了。
减少脂肪
价格昂贵的身体去脂霜基本上都有一种主要的成分：咖啡因，因为它具有加快脂肪新陈代谢的功能，减少皮下脂肪的形成。你可以在家里采用咖啡减脂方法，把用过额咖啡粉与椰子油混合后，用手打圈的按摩方法在皮肤上按摩几分钟然后再冲洗干净。
去除你手上的味道
大蒜，三文鱼，香菜，这些食物在烹饪了以后味道很不错，不过它们留在你手上的味道可不是那么好闻，这种味道可以持续几个小时。可以用一小撮煮过的咖啡粉搓手，然后用温水冲洗干净。
做营养丰富的肥料
这么多园艺种植者在肥料里加入用过的咖啡粉是有道理的。粉末里含有大量的磷，钾，镁和铜，它们在土壤里变质的过程中还会产生氮元素，而且它们也是微酸性的，对于一些土壤来说很有好处。如果你需要大面积施肥，可以去当地的咖啡厅或小咖啡店里去免费要来用过的咖啡末。
令头发更有光泽
谁不想拥有健康的，有光泽的头发呢？咖啡是一种简单自然的方法可以使你的头发变得很有光泽。煮一壶很浓的咖啡，等它冷却后，抹在干净的干头发上，然后过至少20分钟再洗干净。每周一次效果最好。
天然的着色剂
咖啡中含有的天然色素可以作为一种很好的天然染色剂，用来染布料，纸张，复活节鸡蛋---甚至是你的头发。用刷子蘸一下煮的很浓的咖啡，然后刷纸张，让它自然干透，或者把布料或纺织品浸泡在热咖啡中。效果虽然不会很快就上色，也有可能与其它东西混合后，染在其它东西上，所以最好用来染那些不需要经常洗的东西上咖啡也可以用来给头发增加光泽，就像上面所说的，可以让你的头发暂时拥有漂亮的光泽。
减少壁炉里的灰烬
在打扫壁炉时候最讨厌的就是有很多灰尘，搞的到处都是。等到余烬变冷后，在灰烬上撒一些湿的咖啡末，过15分钟后把所有的东西都扫进金属灰罐里。由于咖啡末附在灰烬上，所以灰尘就不会飞的到处都是。
针垫填充物
干燥的咖啡末是非常好的家用自制针垫填充物。用小布片把它们裹起来，用橡胶带封口，然后放在一个盛蛋杯或其它小的容器里。咖啡末也能防止针生锈。
帮助肌肤去死皮
咖啡里所含的咖啡因可以减少脂肪的形成，同样也可以令皮肤光滑，紧致，咖啡粉的微小颗粒也可以去除死皮。你可以自己来准备，用一勺咖啡粉，半勺橄榄油，或者可以加一滴你喜欢的精油。
去除白蚁
把干燥的用过的咖啡粉撒在家里或院子里白蚁出没的地方，白蚁可能就会离开。如果白蚁数量很大，倒一大罐煮过的咖啡末倒在白蚁窝上。
给植物施肥
如果把咖啡末撒在爱好酸性土壤植物的根部，植物会长的更好。杜鹃花，越橘灌木就是那种植物，有咖啡的营养，它们会长的很好。你也可以稀释咖啡壶里剩下的咖啡末，把它们倒在盆栽植物上（要确保咖啡里没有奶与糖！）
让你的花园不受猫的骚扰
你的小花园里有新鲜的药草，美味的水果与新鲜的蔬菜，不过每5英里的范围内就有猫出现，它的破坏力很强，会糟蹋你的花园。用上面同样的方法，在土上撒些煮过的咖啡末，猫就避之不及了。
清洗所有物体的表面
咖啡末是很细小的颗粒，并具有弱酸性，可以用来做很多物体的表面清洗剂，比如柜台，餐具放置架，冰箱等。单独使用或与加入一点点碗碟清洗剂都可以。
自动空气清新剂
如果不小心把咖啡末撒到了地板上，不要直接把它们扫掉扔到垃圾桶里。你可以用它们来做全天然的自制空气清新剂。用一双旧的女长统袜，用细绳子做一个很环保的空气清新剂。具体做法参考Instructables网站上的介绍。
种蘑菇
煮过的咖啡末可以用来做种各种蘑菇的载体，比如平菇。你可以向一家名为“回归根部”的公司购买种蘑菇所需的工具，包括提到过的咖啡末，蘑菇根部，小喷水壶。这套工具可以在10天内种出1.5磅重的平菇。
驱除跳蚤
给宠物洗澡后， 用煮过的还是湿的咖啡末梳理宠物的毛，这样无需用那些不安全的，可能有毒性的化学去虱剂要安全的多。即便没有跳蚤，也可以给刚刚洗过澡的宠物带上好闻的味道，因为它们会在家里跑来跑去。
漂亮的花瓶填充剂
变质或脏的咖啡豆还可以起到美化作用。用来作花瓶填充剂，或者放在装满铅笔与钢笔的筒里或罐子里都可以。它们看上去很漂亮，而且再很长时间内还能散发出好闻的问道。
堆肥材料
在堆肥系统中要用奥的红色软体蠕虫很喜欢咖啡，就像我们爱喝咖啡一样。到底是什么原因不是很清楚，不过如果让那么多虫子吃家里厨房中的废弃物的话（不过那些看上去很恶心的东西的确很有效），加些煮过的咖啡末用来作为虫子安居的床吧。
烹饪中的秘密武器
加入一点点咖啡，就可以让咖喱，冰淇淋，还有巧克力蛋糕变得更加美味，这也可以成为你的秘密武器哦。在腌牛排时可以加一点点，不仅可以让牛排变得更嫩，还能让它带有一丝深深的烟熏味道。
修补家具上的划痕
速溶咖啡里加一点点热水使之成为糊状，抹在实木家具的划痕上，划痕就会消失。可以多做几次，直到划痕的颜色与家具的颜色差不多。
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不错，楼主够勤奋
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All Social Media Companies are Addicted to Fudging their User Numbers
Andrew Ross Sorkin had a good article this morning about how Facebook (FB) actually comes up with its big topline number that it now has 845 million “monthly active users.”
He points out that Facebook uses a deliberately broad definition to come up with that number. There aren’t 845 million people who go to Facebook.com each month and log in to their account. Rather, that is the number of people who either log in to Facebook.com or if someone “took an action to share content or activity with his or her Facebook friends or connections via a third-party Web site that is integrated with Facebook.”
Sorkin points out that there’s nothing unethical about this kind of definition. And it’s certainly nothing like the tom-foolery we saw in the Groupon (GRPN) S-1 when the company created a new accounting metric designed to distract investors from the company’s regular GAAP earnings.
In fact, it’s even more than puffed up than what Sorkin argues. Facebook states that it realizes that some “users” might come from people who have a Facebook app installed on their mobile phones and are programmed to automatically “ping” the Facebook servers. However, Facebook states they do not believe these types of users are all that material.
However, the definition serves to puff up the company’s numbers and make it appear bigger than it actually is.
Facebook isn’t the only social media company to deliberately seek to puff up its member numbers. LinkedIn (LNKD) did this in its IPO. Zynga (ZNGA) also did. Groupon and Angie’s List (ANGI) too. Twitter probably does as well.
It’s all about putting your best foot forward, in order to get the maximum valuation upon IPO or to get the maximum price in a sale process.
I think most of us would say that the “real number” of Facebook monthly active users are the folks who go to the Facebook website or mobile site and read something or post something. Those are the folks that presumably Facebook can better monetize in the future. It would be interesting to know what percentage of 845 million people fits that simple definition. And the same with the other social media companies. 翻译明天贴出。
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Woman battling to get ovary back and become a mother after it was removed and frozen before cancer treatment | Mail Online
Woman who had ovary removed and frozen during battle with cancer wants it back... so she can become a mother
Changes to legislation mean she can't have ovary back
By Emily Allen
Last updated at 8:16 AM on 15th February 2012
A woman is battling to get her ovary back and have a child after it was removed and frozen before she underwent cancer treatment.
Kate Oliver, 28, from Yelverton, Devon was diagnosed with rare bone cancer Ewing’s sarcoma when she was 16.
She had a tumour the size of a melon and had her right shoulder blade removed.
Doctors told her anti cancer drugs would make her infertile so before chemotherapy she had an ovary removed and frozen at Leeds hospital.
She was given only a 40 per cent chance of survival.
She has since recovered and wants to start a family.
Changes to human tissue legislation means she is currently unable to have her ovary back.
Ms Oliver said: 'I was told at the time I had the procedure if I wanted it back all I had to do was contact them and they would get the ball rolling.
'It’s not been that easy because the laws have changed now.
'They’ve stopped doing the procedure - nobody in this country at the moment has had it done.
'In Europe and America it’s being done successfully - but not here.'
In a statement the Leeds teaching hospital NHS trust said: 'We are currently unable due to changes in the human tissue authority legislation.
'We don’t have the facilities to meet the requirements set out in the legislation.
Ms Oliver added: 'It kind of makes me angry because it’s my tissue.
'You know - and I don’t see why I should have to fight so hard to have it back.'
It’s thought that around 12 women outside the UK have given birth through this pioneering method.
Leeds Hospital said as soon as it’s in a position to proceed with treatment it will be in touch.
If Ms Oliver does get her ovary back she could be the first person in this country to have a baby using the experimental technique.
Ms Oliver, a special needs teacher, said: 'I just want my tissue back and to be given the chance to have a family.
'If it does happen it will be incredible. It’s just the waiting and not knowing.
'I feel like I’m in limbo and I don’t want to try anything else until I know whether or not I can have my own child.
'I want to try now because if this doesn’t work I want to consider other options ~ an egg donation or adoption.'
Ms Oliver, who is single, plans to use a sperm donor in order to give birth.
Before starting chemotherapy she was told it would probably make her infertile.
She was given the option of ‘ovarian tissue cryopreservation’, an experimental procedure which could enable her to have children.
She took up the offer and underwent the keyhole surgery in Leeds.
Her left ovary was removed and parts stored in 20 vials at the specialist centre, where they remain today.
Almost 10 years later, in 2009, she decided it was time to start thinking about having a child.
She contacted the Leeds Centre for Reproductive Medicine, part of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, about receiving the graft which could enable her to produce eggs, or the possibility of eggs being grown from the tissue to be used in IVF treatment.
Ms Oliver attended an appointment with her consultant in February 2010 and was told it could take around six to nine months before she could undergo a procedure.
'I always knew it was going to be a long process which is why I contacted the hospital a couple of years ago, ' she said.
'When I was told six to nine months, I was really happy.
'Two years later I’m still waiting. They are trying to push it forward but I’ve been told there is still no progress as there is not a satisfactory unit in any hospital in this country to perform the procedure.'
A spokeswoman for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust said they are currently unable to carry out the procedure due to changes in the Human Tissue Authority legislation, since Kate’s tissue was first stored.
Legislation which has tightened around the storage, processing and re-implantation of tissue includes Human Tissue regulations, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act and the EU Tissue and Cells Directives 2007.
The Human Tissue Authority said Chapel Allerton Hospital, also part of the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, holds a full suite of HTA licences, including a licence for processing tissue.
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Grandmother didn’t just like her coffee, and it wouldn’t really do her justice to say she loved her coffee. Grandmother was to coffee what a sommelier is to wine. She knew the intricacies of coffee, the different tastes and even the textures. And only the best would do for her. No instant coffee, or coffee bought at the grocery store. She had to have fresh coffee, from a respectable coffee shop. “The morning cup of coffee sets the tone for the whole day,” she used to say。
奶奶不止是喜欢咖啡这么简单，说句公道话，咖啡是她的挚爱。咖啡对于奶奶而言，就如同美酒对于斟酒侍者一般重要。她对于咖啡的纷繁学问，其不同的口味，甚至其结构特征都了如指掌。而她只喝最好的咖啡，既不要速溶的，也不喜欢从杂货店买的。她一定要喝有名望的咖啡店出售的新鲜咖啡。“清晨的一杯咖啡决定了一整天的基调。”她常这么说。
I used to go to Grandmother’s every Sunday morning. Her routine was always the same. She would kiss me once on each cheek, hang up my coat and lead me into the kitchen, slice a piece of banana bread right out of the oven (sometimes cranberry)， and pour a cup of freshly brewed coffee。
以前每个星期天的早上，我都会去奶奶家，而她也总会用同样的程序来迎接我。她会在我的两边脸颊上各亲一下，挂起我的外套，然后把我带进厨房，切一片刚出炉的香蕉面包(有时候是蔓越橘口味的)，并倒一杯新煮的咖啡给我。
“Alexa,” she said to me one day. “Did you know that every person’s personality is like a flavor of coffee?”
“阿丽夏，”一天，她对我说，“你知道吗，每个人的性格就像是一种口味的咖啡。”
“Really?” I said, amused at how Grandmotherrelished her coffee so much that she related everything to it。
“是吗？”我说。见到奶奶如此钟爱她的咖啡，以致于将每一件事物都与之扯上关系，觉得挺逗的。
“Ye” she said. “You, my dear, are French vanilla. You are sweet, almost sickeningly so at times to the discerning coffee drinker。” I slightly recoiled at Grandmother’s assessment of me. You expect your grandmother to call you sweet, but never sickeningly sweet。
“是的，”她说。“你，我亲爱的，是法国香草味的。你很甜美，对于那些有品味的咖啡客来说，有时甜得都有些发腻了。”听了奶奶对我的评价后，我觉得有点不爽。你当然会希望奶奶说你很甜美，但绝对不希望是甜得发腻。
“Your father is espresso,” she continued. “He comes on strong. There are many people who don’t like him, but others can’t live without that high feeling that he gives them. He has an addictive personality that many people can’t let go of。”
“你爸爸是杯浓缩咖啡，”她接着说，“他能给人以强烈的印象。有很多人不喜欢他，但也有人离开了他带来的那种兴奋感就活不下去。他有一种让许多人无法放手的致命的吸引力。”
“Let me gues Grandmother. You’re hazelnut。”
“让我猜猜，奶奶，那您就是榛子口味的。”
“Hazelnut? Why on earth would you say that?”
“榛子口味？你到底为什么会这么说？”
“Because I find your coffee talk a bit nutty。”
“因为我发现您的咖啡论挺狂热的。”(双关语，nutty既指带坚果口味，也指对某事狂热。)
I smiled at Grandmother, but I could tell she was not amused. “Alexa dear, I am trying to teach you a lesson about life here. I do not need you poking fun at me。”
我冲着奶奶笑了起来，不过我能看得出她并不觉得这很好笑。“亲爱的阿丽夏，我是想在这里教你一个人生的道理，而不是让你拿我开玩笑的。”
A lesson about life? Is she kidding? “Grandmother, you can’t dissect a person’s personality by comparing them to a cup of coffee. People are more complex than that. Everyone has nuance personality quirk things that make them different. You just can’t go around saying, ‘She’s a dark roast, he’s an instant, he’s a mocha almond。”
一个人生的道理？她在开玩笑吧？“奶奶，你不可以用一杯咖啡去分析一个人的性格。人要比咖啡复杂得多。每个人都有差别，性格癖好相异，方方面面各不相同。你不可能四处晃晃，然后说：‘她是杯深焙咖啡，他是杯速溶咖啡，他是杯摩卡杏仁咖啡……’”
Grandmother looked at me, almost a blank, dull stare. “Then you just don’t understand coffee,” she snapped, clearing my plate and coffee cup from the table. “I guess not,” I sighed, exasperated at my hazelnut grandmother。
奶奶用一种几乎是茫然而沮丧的眼神看着我。“这么说，你根本就不懂咖啡，”她厉声说，从桌上清走了我的盘子和咖啡杯。“我想是的，”我叹了口气，对我这个“榛子口味”的奶奶感到有些恼火。
I went to Grandmother’s house many more times after that, and she always kept her same routine. It was a welcome routine, one that I enjoyed every week. Grandmother didn’t talk to me after that about the “coffee catastrophe” as I called it, but eventually, she did start to make more ridiculous claims concerning her favorite drink。
在那之后，我又多次去过奶奶家，而她依然以同样的程序来迎接我。我很喜欢这套程序，每个星期都要去享受一次。在那之后，奶奶再也没有跟我谈论过我所称的“咖啡大灾难”，不过最后，就她最喜爱的饮品，她还是开始发表了更加荒谬的言论。
“I knew your grandfather was the right man for me because we loved our coffee the same way,” she said. “Cream with just a touch of sugar。”
“我知道你爷爷就是那个最适合我的人，因为我们都喜欢相同味道的咖啡，”她说，“奶油里加上一丁点糖。”
I rolled my eyes. “Grandmother, many people like it that way。”
我转了转眼珠，说：“奶奶，很多人都喜欢那种口味。”
“I disagree,” she said. “For most people, if they prefer cream, they like a lot of sugar, or at least a moderate amount. Those who drink it with just a touch of sugar usually put milk in it, or drink it black。”
“我不同意，”她说，“对于大多数人来说，如果他们喜欢奶油，他们就喜欢加很多糖，或至少是中等量的糖。而那些喝咖啡时只加一丁点糖的人，通常会加入牛奶，或者干脆就喝黑咖啡。”
“So what if Papa preferred his coffee black? Or with milk and sweetener? Does that mean that you would have never married? That I wouldn’t be here today?”
“那么，如果爷爷更喜欢喝黑咖啡呢？或者是牛奶加甜味料呢？那是不是说你就不嫁给他了？那么今天就没有我在这里了？”
“Oh don’t be silly,” Grandmother said. “I won’t think about your grandfather preferring his coffee any differently. I don’t know what would have become of us. But you, my dear Alexa, belong to me. You would be here no matter what。”
“噢，别傻了，”奶奶说，“我从来没想过你爷爷会喜欢什么不一样的咖啡。我不知道我们之间会有什么不同的结果，但是你，我亲爱的阿丽夏，是属于我的。无论怎么样你都会在这里的。”
The last time I saw Grandmother was a Sunday just like all the others. I sat down at the table with Grandmother and she looked at me with a very intense look in her eyes。
我最后一次见到奶奶也是在一个星期天，和其他星期天没什么区别。我和奶奶一起坐在桌边，她看着我，眼中闪烁着一种热情的光芒。
“Do you ever think about heaven?” she asked me。
“你有没有想过天堂是个什么样子的？”她问我。
I stared at Grandmother and stopped chewing for a moment。
我凝视着奶奶，暂时停止了咀嚼。
“Well, do you?” she asked again。
“嗯，你想过了么？”她又问了一遍。
“Umm, not really,” I said, growing increasingly uncomfortable with this line of conversation。
“唔……没怎么想过，”我说，对于这种类型的对话感到越来越不舒服。
“Well, I’ve been thinking about it lately,” Grandmother said. “I mean, I am getting to that age where I realize that I don’t have much more time here on earth. And I’ve just been thinking lately about heaven—and what’s there and what’s not. And I just hope that when it’s my time to leave this world, the next one has everything that I love here。”
“嗯，我最近一直在想这个问题，”奶奶说，“我的意思是，我也快到那个年纪了，所以我意识到我在这个世上的时间已经不多了。最近我一直在思考天堂是个什么样子的——那里有什么，没有什么。而我只希望当我离开这个世界的时候，另一个世界里也有我在这边所深爱的一切。”
“And what’s that, Grandmother?”
“那是些什么，奶奶？”
“Good food, good people, and good coffee。”
“好吃的食物，好相处的人，还有上好的咖啡。”
I smiled at Grandmother’s simplicity and love for the good things in life. And I hoped that she would find exactly what she would be looking for in the next world。
我对奶奶的纯朴，以及对生命中美好事物的热爱报以微笑，也希望她真能在另一个世界找到她所想要的一切。
Grandmother passed away later that week. They found her sitting in her favorite rocker in the living room, half a cup of freshly brewed coffee by her side. And somehow, I knew that it was a sign that everything would be all right for Grandmother。
奶奶在那周末去世了。他们发现她坐在客厅里她最喜欢的摇椅上，身旁还有半杯新煮的咖啡。不知道为什么，我明白这是一个征兆，表明了奶奶会一切都好。
Now, years later, I’m frequently reminded of my Grandmother. The scent of freshly baked banana bread, or the way someone will kiss me on my cheek will bring a quick flashback of her. But my memories are always most vivid when I step foot into a coffee shop, the aroma of freshly roasted beans and brewed coffee livening my senses。
现在，多年过去了，我不时还会想起奶奶。新出炉的香蕉面包的香气，或某人亲吻我脸颊的方式，都会让我脑海中突然闪现出她的身影。不过每当我迈进一间咖啡馆时，我的记忆总是特别鲜明，那新烤的咖啡豆和新煮咖啡的香气总能让我的感觉活跃起来。
“What would you like?” the person at the counter asks me。
“您想要点什么？”柜台上的人问我。
“A medium hazelnut,” I say. “Cream with just a touch of sugar。”
“一杯中杯的榛子咖啡，”我说，“加奶油和一丁点糖。”
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林书豪现在TWITTER上有20万拥蹩，微博上有80万fans-其中有20万是在其击败湖人之后的24小时内产生的。但是除了篮球之外还有很多东西可以挖掘。这不仅仅是当今版本的《球场雄心》. 现在林书豪的故事异常火爆，那是因为从这个男人努力奋斗并且最终成功的男人身上可以找到我们自己的影子。我们大家能从林书豪身上学到些什么呢？当我们周一早上去工作的时候，我们怎样把这样东西应用到我们的生活中呢？
1. Believe in yourself when no one else does. Lin’s only the 4th graduate from Harvard to make it to the NBA. He’s also one of only a handful of Asian-Americans to make it. He was sent by the Knicks to play for their D-League team 3 weeks ago in Erie, PA. He’d already been cut by two other NBA teams before joining the Knicks this year. You’ve got to believe in yourself, even when no one else does.
即使没人相信你也不能绝望。林书豪只是第四位能够进入NBA的哈佛学生。他也只是一小撮能够登陆NBA的亚裔美国人之一。在三个星期前，他还曾被尼克斯队下放到NBDL球队宾州伊利海鹰队。在这个赛季加盟尼克斯队之前，林书豪曾被两支其他的NBA球队裁掉。即使没人相信你了，你也不能对自己绝望。
2. Seize the opportunity when it comes up. Lin got to start for the Knicks because they had to start him. They had too many injuries. Baron Davis was gone. The other point guards were out. Carmelo Anthony was injured. Amare Stoudemire had to leave the team because of a family death. Lin could have squandered the opportunity and we would have never have noticed. But he made the most of it. You never know when opportunities are going to arise in life. Often, they’re when you least expect them. Make the most of them. Don’t fritter them away.
当机会来临时要好好把握。尼克斯队之所以让林书豪打上首发，实属无奈之举， 他们的伤病球员太多了。拜伦 戴维斯（Baron Davis）一直无法上场。其他控球后卫也不能出战。卡梅罗·安东尼（ Carmelo Anthony）受伤了。阿玛雷 斯塔德迈尔(Amare Stoudemire)因为家人去世而离队奔丧。如果林书豪浪费掉这个机会，他将不会得到我们的关注。但是他很好地利用了这个机会。在生活中，你从不知道 机会何时会降临。通常，在你最不期待的时候，机会就会出现。尽最大限度地利用这些机会，不要挥霍掉了。
3. Your family will always be there for you, so be there for them. It wasn’t until a few days ago that Lin got his contract guaranteed by the Knicks for the rest of the season. Before that, he could have been cut at any time. He had to sleep on his brother’s couch on the Lower East Side to get by. His family always believed in him and picked him up when he could have gotten down on himself. That made him continue to believe. If you want your family to believe in you like that, you’ve got to be there for them too when they need it.
3.你的家人将一直支持你，因此你不应让他们失望。直到最近几天，林书豪才获得 尼克斯队的保障性合同，不用为余下来的赛季而担忧。在这之前，他随时都可能被球队裁掉。此前他只能在纽约市下东区的哥哥家睡沙发。他的家人一直都相信他， 在他快要放弃的时候也给予他支持。这使他坚守自己的信念。如果你希望家人像这样支持你，你需要在适当的时候有所表现，不要让他们失望。
4. Find the system that works for your style. Lin isn’t Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant. He’s not a pure scorer. He’s a passer and distributor – who can also score very well. It didn’t work for him in Golden State or Houston – where he was before landing at the Knicks. But Mike D’Antoni’s system at the Knicks has been perfect for him to show off his strengths. You’ve got to do your best to understand what your strengths are and then ensure that you’re in a system (a job or organization or industry) that is a good fit for those strengths. Otherwise, people overlook the talents you bring to the table.
寻找适合你风格的体制。林书豪不是迈克尔 乔丹（Michael Jordan）或者科比 布莱恩特（Kobe Bryant）。他不是纯正的得分手。他是传球手和球权分配者——但也能很好的得分。在加盟尼克斯队之前，他先后为金州勇士队和休斯顿火箭队效力，但是那 里不适合他。麦克 德安东尼（Mike D'Antoni）在尼克斯队的体制非常适合他，能让他展现自己的优点。你应该尽最大所能去了解自己的长处，之后确保你所处的体制（职位或者组织或者行 业）非常适合这些长处。否则，你所展现的才华只会被忽略。
5. Don’t overlook talent that might exist around you today on your team. You probably manage people at your own company today. Are you sure you don’t have a Jeremy Lin living among you now? How do you know that “Mike” couldn’t do amazing things if you gave him a new project to run with? How do you know “Sarah” isn’t the right person to take the open job in London that you’ve been talking over with your colleagues? We put people around us in boxes. He’s from Harvard. He’s Asian-American. Not sure he can play. How many assumptions have you made about talent around you? Don’t be like the General Managers in Golden State and Houston, and let talent slip through your fingers. With all their money, scouts, and testing, they didn’t have a clue what they had in their hands. Do you know what your people (or even yourself) is really capable of? Take off the blinders of assumptions you wear when you look at the world.
不要忽视团队里可能存在的人才。你现在可能负责管理企业内部的人员。你确定 自己身边不存在林书豪这样的人才？你怎么知道若让“马某某”负责某个新项目他不会有优异的表现？对于你和同事一直谈论的伦敦的空缺职位，你如何确定“沙某 某”不是任职的合适人选？我们对身边的人有各种成见。林书豪来自哈佛大学。他是美籍华人。他不一定能在NBA玩得转。你对身边的人才有多少各种各样的假 设？不要像金州或者休斯顿的球队经理那样，让人才从手中溜走。尽管他们拥有资金、球探，还进行了试训，但是他们并不清楚自己手上有什么牌。你知道自己的手 下（甚至你自己）真正擅长于什么吗？在观察世界的时候，请摘下你的有色眼镜。
6. People will love you for being an original, not trying to be someone else. You’ve got to be you. You can’t be some 2nd rate copy of Michael Jordan. There will never be another Michael Jordan. Just be Jeremy Lin — yourself. Whatever that is. That doesn’t mean you don’t work hard — it just means you find what you’re good at and do it. Fans will love you for being you, just like they love Jeremy Lin. Judy Garland said it best:Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
人们喜欢你是因为你保持自我，而不是模仿他人。你应该保持自我，而不是做迈 克尔·乔丹的二流复制品。世上不可能有另外一个迈克尔·乔丹。只需要做林书豪——你自己。不管那是什么。这不意味着你不需要努力——只是意味着你应该找到 自己擅长的，然后坚持下去。球迷们会因为你保持自我而爱上你，就像他们喜欢林书豪一样。朱迪·加兰(Judy Garland)此言妙矣：“永远做一流版本的自己，不做二流版本的别人。”（Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.）
7. Stay humble. If you one day are lucky enough to have newspapers want to put you on the cover in order to sell more, don’t let it get to your head. It’s been remarkable watching how humble Lin remains through all this media frenzy. It makes his teammates and fans love him that much more.
保持谦逊。如果有一天，你飞黄腾达，报纸媒体为了增加销量而希望将你放在头版，不要让荣誉冲昏了头脑。值得注意的是，即使现在所有媒体都疯狂追逐林书豪，他依然保持谦逊。这会让队友和球迷更加喜爱他。
8. When you make others around you look good, they will love you forever. I didn’t know how good Tyson Chandler was, until I saw him playing with Jeremy Lin. Lin has set Chandler up many times over the last week for easy dunks because he drew the defense and then passed the ball. That’s partly why the Knicks are playing so well. They are all working harder to share the ball with others. And it’s beautiful to watch. And when the media swarms Lin, he tells them how good his teammates are. Do the same with your peers and reports.
如果你能给身边的人也添光加彩，那么他们将一直喜欢你。我此前并不清楚泰 森·钱德勒（Tyson Chandler）有多优秀，直到看到他和林书豪一起打球。在上周，林书豪通过吸引防守后的传球，为钱德勒创造了很多轻松灌篮的机会。这也是尼克斯队成绩 这么好的原因之一。他们更加努力地与队友分享球权。这是非常令人赏心悦目的。当媒体簇拥在身边时，林书豪告诉他们自己的队友是多么的优秀。在对待自己的同 僚和报告时，请予以参照。
9. Never forget about the importance of luck or fate in life. Some people believe in God, some in destiny, some in luck. Whatever you believe in, be grateful for it.
不要忘记生活中运气或命运的重要性。有些人相信主，有些人相信命运，有些人相信运气。不管你信什么，请保持感恩的心。
10. Work your butt off. Lin couldn’t have seized his opportunity if he hadn’t worked like crazy for years perfecting his skills. There are no short cuts to hard work. Success is a by product of that. If you’ve got a Tiger Mom who’s always pushed you to work hard, great. If not, let your conscience be your own Tiger Mom! Get up early, stay up late. Nobody gave Lin any free passes. Why should you get any? You can only control what you control and that means you’ve got to work harder than anyone else you know.
努力工作。如果过去这么多年林书豪没有努力训练，从而完善自己的技术，他 就不可能抓住这个机会。努力工作是没有捷径可走的。成功只是努力工作的副产品。如果你有一个虎妈（Tiger Mom），天天督促你努力工作，这就非常好。如果没有，那请让你的自觉成为你自己的虎妈！早点起床，晚点睡觉。林书豪没有任何免费入场券。何况你呢？你只 能控制你所控制的东西，这意味着你应该比身边的人更加努力。
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Most healthy people should aim for at least 30 minutes, five times a week, of moderately intense activity such as brisk walking, plus 10 to 15 minutes or so of strength-training (digging in your garden counts) 2 or 3 days a week. This is enough exercise to help you lower your risk for health conditions like high blood pressure, stroke, coronary artery disease, type 2 diabetes, colon cancer, and osteoporosis, and to prevent the natural loss of muscle mass that slows metabolism and contributes to weight gain in your thirties, forties, fifties, and beyond.
If you’re trying to lose weight, more activity is better. An hour or even 90 minutes of moderate exercise, or 1/2 hour of vigorous activity such as jogging, strenuous aerobics, or fast-paced cycling, is ideal. Of course, anything you do is better than nothing, and consistency counts. Fitting in 30 minutes most days of the week, even in 10-minute bursts, is better than playing the weekend warrior by overdoing it once or twice a week.
If you’re the type that just doesn’t enjoy going to the gym or using a treadmill, choose an activity you enjoy that you can do for 10 to 30 minutes or longer and that raises your heart rate. This could be dancing, playing tennis, chopping enough wood to heat your house for the winter, or lining up strenuous yard work or housework that feels like a workout.
想锻炼身体？那每天到底该做多少运动呢？是一周做一次时间较长的运动好还是每天做30分钟的运动好呢？看看本文为你推荐的运动量吧。
大部分健康的人每次应至少做30分种强度适中的运动，例如快走，一周五次，再加上10到15分钟的高强度训练（在你的花园里挖坑也算），一周两到三次。这些运动可以帮助你降低患上如高血压、中风、冠状动脉疾病、II型糖尿病、结肠癌、骨质疏松的危险，并能帮你预防肌肉群的自然损耗，这种损耗能减慢新陈代谢并让你在30多岁、40多岁或50多岁或更老时体重增加。
如果你要减肥，则需要做更多的活动。最好做一小时或90分钟的适度运动，或半小时的剧烈运动，如慢跑、剧烈的有氧运动或快节奏骑自行车之类的运动。当然，无论做什么运动都比不做要好，而且只有坚持下来才有成效。一周基本上每天都做30分钟的适度运动或10分钟的剧烈运动，比一周一到两次的“周末战士”式的过度运动要好得多。
如果你不想去健身房或用跑步机，可以选择一项自己喜欢的运动，做10到30分钟或更长的时间，运动时心跳率会加快。可以跳舞、打网球，或砍足冬天供房间取暖的木材，或安排有健身感觉的那种繁重的庭院劳动或家务活动。
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The NBA＊s hottest basketball player pushed the world＊s most captivating sports story to another level Tuesday night, hitting the go-ahead 3-pointer with less than a second left on the clock to propel the New York Knicks to their sixth victory in as many games and prompt a flurry of speculation, even in China, about whether God had eclipsed director Spike Lee as the Knicks＊ biggest fan.
※Amen!§ one Chinese fan wrote in response to Jeremy Lin＊s latest heroics on the popular Twitter-like microblogging site Sina Weibo, where Lin now has close to a million followers. ※This is God playing basketball.§
Whether there＊s some higher power helping Lin 岸 a devout Christian 岸 is a question that may never be answered. There is, however, a more mundane question to be asked: What does Lin＊s inspired play mean for the NBA＊s business in China?
※Our goal right now is to do everything possible to work with our partners to capitalize on [Lin＊s emergence],§ David Shoemaker, head of the NBA＊s China operations, told China Real Time minutes before Lin helped the Knicks secure their latest win.
The NBA, which once hoped to develop a new league in China, has struggled in the world＊s second-largest economy since injuries ended the career of Chinese star Yao Ming.
During the 2009-10 season, in which Yao played only a handful of games before suffering the injury that would prompt him to retire, the NBA＊s TV ratings in China hit their lowest point since Yao entered the league in 2002, according to local media. Meanwhile, efforts to open a network of NBA-branded stores have stalled and talk of an NBA league in China has died down. (China has its own professional league, the Chinese Basketball Association, with 17 teams in 10 provinces as well as Beijing and Shanghai)
Mr. Shoemaker noted that the NBA＊s ratings have rebounded recently, increasing 39% over last year even before Lin 岸 the American-born son of Taiwanese immigrants 岸 started turning heads last week. He also rejected the notion that the 6-foot-3-inch Lin could fill 7-foot-6-inch Yao＊s shoes.
※I would say no one of Chinese descent could ever replace Yao,§ the executive said of the eight-time All-Star. ※Six games in, it＊s unfair to Jeremy to burden him with the weight of that comparison.§
Yet many observers, including Mr. Shoemaker, argue that Lin has an appeal in China that Yao didn't have. A human-sized star, he's easier for Chinese basketball players to relate to.
One measure of Lin's appeal in China: According to the NBA, last Friday's game between the Knicks and the Los Angeles Lakers --- a contest in which Lin scored 38 points while outplaying Lakers' star Kobe Bryant --- set a viewership record for live programming on China's Sina web portal, which has a live streaming agreement with the NBA. The NBA declined to reveal specific traffic numbers for the game.
Though TV schedules were long ago set, Mr. Shoemaker said the NBA is working with Chinese-language TV stations, as well as web portals like Sina, to add individual Knicks games. Taiwan's Elta TV, for example, aired Tuesday's contest against the Toronto Raptors.
The NBA is also 'doing everything possible' to meet 'furious' demand for Lin and Knicks merchandise in China, Mr. Shoemaker said. While the NBA has succeeded in opening only two branded stores in China, it also distributes official merchandise through 2,200 Adidas outlets across the country, as well as through an online store.
Lin is in a good position to cash in personally on his newfound popularity in China. Numerous current and former NBA players, including the Lakers' Bryant and former Knick Stephon Marbury, have found a lucrative sideline in marketing apparel to Chinese basketball fans.
Lin, who told the New York Daily News that he is in frequent contact with Yao, is no doubt aware of the opportunities available in the world's most populous country. Indeed, ESPN writer Rick Reilly reported on Twitter after Tuesday's game that the second-year player had been considering playing in China before his stunning breakthrough last week.
No doubt the Chinese Basketball Association would welcome Lin should his Cinderella story in the NBA come to an early end, though with last night's performance, it's appearing increasingly likely that the 23-year-old -- and his considerable marketing potential -- will be hanging around the American league for a while.
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