Friday, October 13, 2023

Prof Wang Shuwen | Washington state

 

Education

  • Postdoctoral training in Development and Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
  • PhD in Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire.
  • Bachelor of Science in electrophysiology and biophysics, Beijing University, Beijing, China

Spokane

 Spokane (/spoʊˈkæn/ ⓘ spoh-KAN)[9] is the largest city in and seat of government of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It is in eastern Washington, along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, 92 miles (148 km) south of the Canadian border, 18 miles (30 km) west of the Washington–Idaho border, and 279 miles (449 km)[10] east of Seattle, along I-90

工人薪资下滑 但美三大车厂CEO三年抱回10亿美元

 美国联合汽车工会(UAW)与底特律三大车厂的对峙悬而未决,所争执的议题其实并非新鲜事:工会说,车厂的贪婪阻止员工赚取公平的薪资,但福特、通用、Stellantis则双手一摊说,实在无法满足工会的要求。

尽管双方的说法都有一些道理,但一项不争的事实特别引人关注。彭博资讯报导,自2010年来,在美国三大车厂任职执行长的10位人士,合计领取逾10亿美元的薪酬,然而,美国的汽车工人,无论加入工会与否,在这段期间薪资下跌约17%。

在2022年,通用和福特工人的薪资中位数分别为80,034和74,691美元,总部在荷兰的Stellantis,去年的平均年资为67,800美元。根据彭博编制的数据,在通用和福特,这导致执行长与员工的薪资比高于美国大型上市公司的平均值。Stellantis说,执行长塔瓦瑞斯就任至今,已发放逾20亿美元获利奖金。

UAW要求加薪不是没有原因,根据劳工部统计局,自2003年,美国汽车工人的平均时薪下降约30%,主因是美国未加入工会工人所生产的汽车产量增加,UAW在2007年也同意降低新进员工的薪资。

尽管UAW的主席费恩说,部分成员的薪资让人落入贫穷,但相较于民间产业,车厂工人的平均薪资仍较高,不过差距正在缩小。UAW的成员也比非工会成员赚得多。

通用执行长巴拉说,公司在时薪方面的人力成本,比电动车大厂特斯拉多22美元,若依循UAW的要求,竞争劣势只会扩大。

至于美国车厂执行长所领取的10亿美元报酬,包含了薪水、奖金、股票奖励、附加福利,以及与退休或企业并购相关的特别报酬。Stellantis的发言人说,近来的并购案,为先前的多位执行长带来大笔的一次性报酬。

Thursday, October 12, 2023

SQL Server Management Studio | 19.1.56.0 | Component name and version information

 SQL Server Management Studio                                                                                19.1.56.0

SQL Server Management Objects (SMO)                                                                                16.200.48044.0+eeb184ee48a91ebc6a27a5d192c0d67bdfaae8b6

Microsoft T-SQL Parser                                                                                  17.0.8.0+3c5555b8bd579d12add8f155f1dbc871e3e734c4

Microsoft Analysis Services Client Tools                                                                                  16.0.20010.0

Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC)                                                                                        10.0.19041.3570

Microsoft MSXML                                                                                            3.0 6.0

Microsoft .NET Framework                                                                                          4.0.30319.42000

Operating System                                                                                            10.0.19045

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 Free Download for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 19.1

SSMS 19.1 is the latest general availability (GA) version. If you have a preview version of SSMS 19 installed, you should uninstall it before installing SSMS 19.1. If you have SSMS 19.x installed, installing SSMS 19.1 upgrades it to 19.1.

  • Release number: 19.1
  • Build number: 19.1.56.0
  • Release date: May 24, 2023

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If a computer contains side-by-side installations of SSMS, verify you start the correct version for your specific needs. The latest version is labeled Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio v19.1.

Microsoft® SQL Server® 2022 Express

 Microsoft® SQL Server® 2022 Express is a powerful and reliable free data management system that delivers a rich and reliable data store for lightweight Web Sites and desktop applications.

Detail

Version:

16.0.1000.6

Date Published:

11/16/2022

File Name:

SQL2022-SSEI-Expr.exe

File Size:

4.1 MB

Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Express is a free, feature-rich editions of SQL Server that is ideal for learning, developing, powering desktop, web & small server applications, and for redistribution by ISVs.

LocalDB (SqlLocalDB)

  • LocalDB is a lightweight version of Express that has all its programmability features, yet runs in user mode and has a fast, zero-configuration installation and short list of pre-requisites. Use this if you need a simple way to create and work with databases from code. It can be bundled with Application and Database Development tools like Visual Studio and or embedded with an application that needs local databases.

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  • Express edition includes the SQL Server database engine only. Best suited to accept remote connections or administer remotely.

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  • This package contains Polybase and Full Text Search features in addition to SQL Database Engine.

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    • Minimum 512MB
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    • 4.2 GB of Disk Space

Limitations : Microsoft SQL Server Express supports 1 physical processor, 1 GB memory, and 10 GB storage


  • Download the SQL Server 2022 Express installer (SQLServer2022-SSEI-Expr) on this page that, when executed, will present options to perform an installation or download media only.

Hurricane Wilma | 2005

 Wilma was a classic October hurricane which struck South Florida as a Category 3 hurricane on October 24th, 2005. Wilma developed from a tropical depression near Jamaica, a typical source region for October tropical cyclones, on the afternoon of October 15, 2005.

白手套

 实践中,一些与国家工作人员关系密切的商人在“前台”负责“赚钱”,国家工作人员在“后台”为商人大肆提供帮助,做“影子股东”,此类案件中,商人实际上是国家工作人员的“代理人”,俗称“白手套”。

My turkey trot | Granville island turkey trot | 2023 | Oct. 9, 2023

 Here is my route:




Almost there, 2K to the end point. 


Science world, famous landmark in Vancouver city. My office is 4 blocks away here. I stopped by this place hundreds of times. But running this 10 K route is my first time. 


Granville island - Art work on the walls. Nice weather, even in the rain, it is just feeling perfect in the rain. 


Runners wear short pant and only a T-shirt. I wear three layers to keep myself warm. 


Those runners behind me are 60 minutes less for 10 K, they are good runners. 


Picture with bridge of Granville st. 


Beautiful scene. 



Join the running group for 10 K run. 


I took the skytrain to Burrad str station, and then walked to 10 K route near the false creek river. 


Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Howard Schultz

 Howard D. Schultz (born July 19, 1953)[2] is an American businessman and author who served as the chairman and chief executive officer of Starbucks from 1986 to 2000, from 2008 to 2017, and as interim CEO from 2022 to 2023. Schultz also owned the Seattle SuperSonics basketball team from 2001 to 2006.

Schultz began working at Starbucks in 1982. He later left and opened Il Giornale, a specialty coffeeshop that merged with Starbucks during the late 1980s. Under Schultz, the company established a large network of stores which has influenced coffee culture in Seattle, the U.S., and internationally. Following large-scale distribution deals, Starbucks became the largest coffee-house chain in the world. Schultz took the company public in 1992 and used a $271 million valuation to double their store count in a series of highly publicized coffee wars. He stepped down as CEO in 2000, succeeded by Orin Smith.

During the 2008 financial crisis, Schultz returned as chief executive. Succeeding Jim Donald, Schultz led a mass firing of executives and employees and shuttered hundreds of stores. He orchestrated multiple acquisitions of American and Chinese beverage companies, introduced a national loyalty program, and enforced fair trade standards. His aggressive expansion in Chinese markets has been credited[by whom?] with reconciling the country's tea-culture with coffee consumption in China. Schultz was succeeded by Kevin Johnson as CEO in April 2017 and Myron Ullman as chairman in June 2018.

Schultz has written four books on business. He is an outspoken neoliberal. Schultz publicly considered a candidacy in the 2012, 2016, and 2020 U.S. presidential elections as an independent candidate. He declined to join all three contests. His positions on domestic politics are socially liberal and fiscally moderate. In foreign policy, he is seen as a "liberal hawk", favoring American-led international affairs and neoliberalism. Schultz was named the 209th-richest person in the U.S. by Forbes with a net worth of $4.3 billion (October 2020).[3] Schultz started the Schultz Family Foundation to help military veterans and fight youth unemployment.

On March 16, 2022, Starbucks announced that CEO Kevin Johnson was retiring and that Howard Schultz would take over as interim CEO until Laxman Narasimhan took over as CEO in April 2023.[4][5] On March 20, 2023, Schultz announced that he would be stepping down early from the position.[6]

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人際關係專家的6個方法讓你懂得好好「愛自己」!英國心理大師:「獎勵自己從來都不需要理由。」

 愛自己、善待自己、做自己大概是這個世代最常聽見的幾個標語。說起來好像不難,但我們都知道做起來其實不簡單。 努力去愛自己除了可以提升生活的各個方面的幸福感,也可以對我們的人際關係產生正面的影響。以下就來看看心理學家怎麼說!

如何愛自己?


首先要搞清楚「愛自己」真正的定義。

「愛自己並不僅僅是洗泡泡浴和做指甲…愛自己可以說是一切生活的核心」心靈大師吉娜·太古(Gina Swire)說。
吉娜表示:「與朋友,伴侶,家庭或客戶之間的每一種關係都是基於人與自我之間的關係。」

我們每個人都不可能一直保持積極的態度。吉娜補充說:「『愛自己』的其中一個重點就是能夠接納自己所不愛的那些部份。」因此,總部位於埃塞克斯(Essex)的顧問和英國諮詢與心理治療協會(BACP)的成員Dee Johnson表示:「我們應該要注意自己忽視的自我問題,像是生理的身體狀況與心理的情緒感受並且嘗試調整。」

為什麼愛自己如此重要?

毋庸置疑的,愛自己會對生活產生正面影響,而不愛自己也會產生負面影響。就益處而言,「愛自己會建立自尊、自信、動力,為自己取得好成績,與他人建立關係以及建立原則的能力,例如有勇氣拒絕。」,迪伊(Dee) 說。

同時,不愛自己也會影響​​與最親近的人的關係。吉娜解釋:「用一個杯子當作例子,照顧自己就像倒滿那個杯子一樣,滿到溢出時就有餘力去照顧別人,但如果那個杯子不滿一半,甚至更少,都自顧不暇了,那更不用說顧慮其他人。」

為什麼「愛自己」沒那麼簡單?

吉娜(Gina)認為,主要問題之一是人們認為愛自己是「不好的」,並且說某人愛自己可以被用作貶義詞。

吉娜解釋說:「但是絕對不是這樣。」 「愛自己是自我滿足的表現,永遠不會是自私的。」

吉娜補充,人們遇到的另一個問題是,他們不愛自己的原因歸結於外部因素。可能會因為自己的外表、體重、成功、聰明與否或是財產感到低落或失去自信。

她解釋說:「這永遠與那些事情無關。愛不愛自己跟更深層的事聯繫在一起。」挑戰與負面的自我對話還有放棄對自己的侷限就是遏制這些想法的方法。

迪伊(Dee)說,從青春期早期一直到成年初期的經歷也有可能是影響『愛自己』的過程。Dee解釋說:「這些生活事件會塑造並告知我們如何看待我們的價值和價值,以及我們如何融入世界。」

  1. 正面回覆他人的稱讚
  2. 善待自己
  3. 與自己正面的對話
  4. 花時間去享受自己喜歡的東西
  5. 斷捨離
  6. 與自己正面的對話

 

練習愛自己的6個方法之一:正面回覆他人的稱讚

 

沒錯,「過獎了」是表達我們的謙虛,但迪伊說:「當以尷尬或是笑笑忽略他人的稱讚的同時,我們也正在強化我們不值得的想法。」那麼,該怎麼做呢?迪伊(Dee)解釋:「接受人們的重視,欣賞或喜歡所做的事情,隨著時間的推移,接受他人的認可會對自己(的想法)產生相同的影響。

 

練習愛自己的6個方法之二:善待自己

 

迪伊(Dee)建議,無論是吃大餐還是購買喜歡的東西,都別忘了「獎勵自己從來就不需要什麼刻意正當的理由。」

 

練習愛自己的6個方法之三:與自己正面的對話

我們跟自己對話會影響我們的感受已經稀鬆平常,但其實有更多和自己對話的方式。

迪伊(Dee)建議使用一個“負面的自我交談”的罐子,每當對自己說不好的話,就把錢(或任何喜歡的東西)投入其中。

同時,吉娜(Gina)建議進行“鏡中對話”,即與鏡子目光交流,並花點時間與自己相處。吉娜建議,嘗試對自己的反射說些正向的話,例如“我愛你,你做得非常好,做得很好。”

 

練習愛自己的6個方法之四:花時間去享受自己喜歡的東西

 

吉娜(Gina)表示:「愛自己就是生活的一環,你愛自己並且享受你生活中所愛的事物」為這些人事物騰出內心的空間會有正向的改變。

練習愛自己的6個方法之五:斷捨離

我們為自己喜歡的事物騰出更多的空間,同時也應該擺脫用不到的事物— 無論是具體空間中的雜物或是身體上的壞習慣。

練習愛自己的6個方法之六:嘗試諮商

迪伊(Dee)將治療描述為一種投資自己的方法,並且這種治療方法能夠有良好的回報,就算從未嘗試過,也值得一試。迪伊(Dee)解釋說:「輔導可以幫助您更好地參與和理解自己」他補充說,這是一個機會,可以在客觀的地方處理任何消極,低自我價值還有自我拒絕的事物。