这个不但链接不一定看到,内容也难说,全文转载一下试一试好了。主要内容是美国政府同Amazon合作推动Kindle的使用来全球学习English。也许有一些比我们幸运的中国孩子能赶上了。敬请家长们为了孩子而关注!本月20日启动。 Secretary Clinton To Launch the Kindle Mobile Learning Initiative With Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Notice to the Press Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC June 15, 2012 Share on facebook Share on google_plusone Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Amazon.com Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos will announce the global launch of the Kindle Mobile Learning Initiative on June 20, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. in the Ben Franklin Room at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC. This public-private partnership with Amazon.com and the U.S. Government will create a global e-reader program that introduces aspects of U.S. society and culture directly to young people, students, and international audiences in new ways and expands English language learning opportunities worldwide. The event will be open to the press. Pre-set for video cameras: 9:45a.m. from the 23 rd Street Entrance Lobby. Final access for journalists and still photographers: 10:15a.m. from the 23 rd Street Entrance Lobby. Media representatives may attend this event upon presentation of one of the following: (1) A U.S. Government-issued identification card (Department of State, White House, Congress, Department of Defense or Foreign Press Center), (2) a media-issued photo identification card, or (3) a letter from their employer on letterhead verifying their employment as a journalist, accompanied by an official photo identification card (driver's license, passport). For further information, please contact the Office of Press Relations, U.S. Department of State, (202) 647-2492 or Kindle PR at Kindle-PR@amazon.com . PRN: 2012/992 http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/06/192426.htm
我喜欢每天上班的路上听美国国家广播电台的新闻节目,每个星期三都有一段体育记者Frank Deford的评论,经常是幽默且有独到见解。今天的节目更是精彩,讲的是为什么林书豪这样的球星放在大家的眼皮底下一直没有被发现(点图链接): Frank说,如果不是一系列的偶然因素,林书豪还会呆在板凳上的。他也提到我前些天写过的奥克兰棒球队用科学方法选球员的故事( “争先进就不该学先进”这篇文章很值得一读 )不过认为“坏人”不是俱乐部主人,而是那些职业“寻宝”的专门到二流球队选球员的那些人。“None of the people paid to envision, could envision.” Frank的这一段话也很好:“But, in counterpoint, what is so dispiriting is to contemplate not only how many basketball players, but how many other athletes, how many artists and actors and musicians and writers, how many special creative talents never get fulfilled because the so-called experts are always looking in the same places.”他说,不单单是运动员,还有艺术家,音乐家,作家,以及许多类似的靠特殊技能吃饭的人才都可能因为“伯乐”看错了地方而被埋没了。 其实,当太多的人加入“伯乐”的行列的时候,真正有远见的伯乐难找了。就好比生物技术风险投资,当风投公司没有几个的时候,好项目都会涌到他们那里去,可是等风投公司多起来的时候,好项目就相对少了。 科研也是如此,当一个领域“热”起来的时候,好机会也都没有了。需要找机会的人往常人不去的地方去寻。 另一方面,如果你是林书豪,你也要把握住这个显示潜力的机会。板凳队员有了上场的机会能否超水平发挥,能否引起别人的注意,这也不是光有运气就能解释的。 伯乐们的眼光再差,在耀眼的成绩面前都能“发现”才能。问题的关键是那些所谓的伯乐们一天到晚看的都是“星光灿烂”的球星,眼睛已经适应了那个光亮度,所以到了比较暗的地方,眼睛就都不能适应了。 林书豪的故事告诉我们,要想得到那些高回报率的发现,(不管它是明星队员还是投资项目,新的研究领域还是新的产品和市场)都需要我们格外地珍惜机会。而发现这样的机会就需要我们保护自己的视力,不要一天到晚都盯着耀眼的“太阳”看。就如 我提到的那篇文章中 讲的, 越是要赶先进,就越不能学先进 。当你的视力适应了去观察摆在明处的东西的时候,那些比较暗处隐藏的机会就会漏出你的视线了。 明摆着的都不是机会。知道的人越多,你的机会就越少。当一个事情只有你自己知道的时候,你的机会才是最大的。所以创新才是得到机会的最佳方法。