Week 3  Steve Jobs, Stanford University ,Commencement Speech

Steve Jobs to 2005 graduates: 'Stay hungry, stay foolish'

Stanford Report, June 12, 2005

BY MICHAELPEÑA

Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, urged graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life's setbacks—including death itself—at the university's 114th Commencement on Sunday in Stanford Stadium.

Wearing jeans and sandals under his black robe, Jobs delivered a keynote address that spanned his adoption at birth to his insights into mortality after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer about a year ago. In plainspoken terms, his address struck a balance between the obstacles he has encountered during his notably public life and the lessons he has gleaned—for example, from his high-profile ousting in 1985 from the computer company he helped start.

"I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me," said Jobs, 50. "It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods in my life."

The 2005 Commencement proceeded with its familiar mix of the goofy and the formal: Graduates attached plush animals to their caps and carried body-length flotation devices onto the field for the Wacky Walk. This traditional kickoff to the ceremony was once again a flurry of wild wigs, rock-star shades, feather boas and a few Speedo swim trunks.

Also seen were a procession of walking iPods, several balloon floats, spray-painted umbrellas and one group that unfurled a volleyball net and spontaneously started to play. The first ones on the field carried boxes of Krispy Kreme doughnuts, while behind them a dance troupe in tutus and ape masks pranced around the track.

But calm was restored once the graduates took their seats and the Rev. Scotty McLennan, dean for religious life, delivered the opening invocation. President John Hennessy then welcomed the estimated 23,000 people in the stadium and, after a presentation of faculty, staff and student awards by Provost John Etchemendy, returned to the podium to introduce the keynote speaker.

Hennessy said Jobs embodied the university's spirit, its "willingness to be bold and strike out in new directions." Hennessy also touched on Jobs' reputation as an innovator, a visionary and an advocate for education who developed partnerships during Apple's earliest days to get computers into schools and communities.

Jobs began by noting that he dropped out of college, and that Sunday's ceremony was the closest he had ever gotten to a university graduation. He then launched into the first part of his address, which focused on having faith that the dots of one's life will connect down the road, even if the journey so far has not followed a clear pattern.

Jobs said his biological mother was an unwed graduate student who wanted him to go to college, so she chose a lawyer and his wife to be the adoptive parents. But because they ultimately wanted a girl, he was adopted by a working-class couple—neither of whom had college degrees, Jobs said.

Jobs said they pledged to send him to college, and when the time came, he chose Reed College in Portland, Ore. Concerned that tuition was draining his parents' life savings and dissatisfied by his required courses, Jobs said he dropped out and began taking courses that interested him?including a calligraphy course that, a decade later, inspired him to design different fonts for the first Macintosh.

"Of course, it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward," Jobs said. "You can only connect them looking backward, so you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future."

Jobs also talked about love and loss, and how he discovered what he wanted to do in life at an early age. He was 20 years old when he and Steve Wozniak founded Apple Computer, which in 10 years grew into a $2 billion company with 4,000 employees. After his departure from Apple, Jobs went on to found NeXT Software Inc., which was subsequently bought by Apple in 1997?returning him to the company that got him started.

"I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple," Jobs said. "I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did."

The last part of his speech was about death. When he was diagnosed with cancer about a year ago, Jobs said doctors initially gave him up to six months to live. His cancer turned out to be a rare, curable form, and he quickly underwent surgery. He has since recovered, but the experience nonetheless taught him another lesson.

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life," Jobs said. "Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice."

After a standing ovation, Hennessy brought the ceremony to a close with remarks that honored Jane Stanford?this year being the centennial of her death. The graduates of each school were then asked by their deans to stand for the conferral of degrees by Hennessy.

"Stanford is committed to keeping the spirit envisioned by Jane and Leland Stanford alive, and instilling it in the generations of students who pass this way," Hennessy said. "And so, I hope that you leave this campus with a strong reservoir of the Stanford spirit, a reservoir that will grow over the years."

On Sunday, 1,782 bachelor's degrees were awarded, along with 2,026 master's degrees and 904 doctoral degrees, according to Paddy McGowan, associate registrar and director of institutional research. Of the 1,732 undergraduates, 844 were female and 888 were male. Departmental honors were awarded to 388 undergraduates, 294 graduated with university distinction, 118 graduated with multiple majors, 477 completed minors, 70 graduated with dual bachelor's degrees and 133 graduated with combined bachelor's and master's degrees.

Among international students, there were 95 undergraduates from 40 different countries and 948 graduate students from 70 different nations, according to McGowan.

"I just can't believe that I got here," said Farah Giga of the Southern California suburb of LaVerne, who graduated with a bachelor's degree with honors in computer science. "This makes five all-nighters in a row totally worth it."

Kateri Jones sat among family members who came from all over California and Colorado for her daughter, Dyani Jones, who graduated with a bachelor's degree in human biology. One of the biggest achievements, her mother said, was just getting to this point.

"I just think it's a remarkable accomplishment to get through this school," she said. "Just the challenge of being here."

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/grad-061505.html

Structure of the Lead:

WHO- Steve Jobs

WHEN- June 12, 2005

WHAT- commencement speech

WHY- Steve Jobs urged graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life's setbacks—including death itself

WHERE- Stanford Stadium

HOW-not given

Keywords:

1. pivotal : 關鍵的

2. urge : 激勵

3. pancreatic : 胰腺的

4. unfurl : 展開

5. spontaneously : 自發地；自然地

6. mortality : 死亡率

7. diagnose : 診斷

8. glean : 收集

9. advocate : 提倡

10. ultimately : 追根究柢；最終

Week 2   Nepal earthquake, 2015, death toll, kill

Nepal quake death toll becomes highest on record; dozens still missing

Sun , May 17, 2015 

by Tommy Wilkes and Gopala Sharma / Editing by Dominic Evans

The number of people killed in Nepal by two major earthquakes has surpassed 8,500, making the disaster the deadliest to hit the Himalayan country on record, as rescuers on Sunday searched for dozens of people still missing in remote villages.

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal on April 25, killing thousands and demolishing more than half a million homes, most of them in rural areas cut off from emergency medical care.

A second major quake struck on Tuesday 76 kilometers (47 miles) east of the capital Kathmandu, just as Nepalis were beginning to recover from the previous earthquake.

The death toll from the two quakes now stands at 8,583, the home ministry said on Sunday.

The previous deadliest earthquake to strike the country - in 1934 - killed at least 8,519 in Nepal, as well as thousands more in neighboring India.

In Dolakha district east of Kathmandu, which was hit hardest by the second quake, dozens of landslides have blocked access to remote villages.

In Singati village, devastated by a landslide, dozens are still missing and rescue workers are yet to remove debris from all of the village to recover bodies, district officials said.

Prime Minister Sushil Koirala told reporters on Sunday 58 foreigners had died in the two earthquakes. Koirala said 112 foreigners were still unaccounted for, although many of those could be backpackers who choose not to register with authorities when they leave the country.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/17/us-quake-nepal-idUSKBN0O20LL20150517#yyGr8Zi4eeuVc0gD.97

Structure of the Lead:

WHO- residents of Nepal

WHEN-   May 15, 2015

WHAT- earthquake

WHY- the number of people killed in Nepal by two major earthquakes

WHERE-Nepal

HOW-not given

Keywords:

1. surpass : 超越

2. magnitude : 巨大；大小

3. demolish : 毀壞；拆除

4. devastate : 破壞；蹂躪

5. debris : 殘骸；破瓦殘礫

Pilot, celebrity may face charges over Apache case

Week1 Apache helicopter scandal, Lao, Janet Lee

Pilot, celebrity may face charges over Apache case

Sat, Oct 03, 2015

By Jason Pan / Staff reporter

Special forces pilot Lao Nai-cheng (勞乃成) and television personality Janet Lee (李蒨蓉) may face charges over state security offenses after the Taiwan High Prosecutors’ Office yesterday overturned a decision by local prosecutors not to indict the two over the so-called “Apache helicopter tour” incident at a military base in Taoyuan.

The office issued a statement saying that the actions of the lieutenant colonel when he led a civilian tour of the base in March may have violated Articles 20 and 21 of the Criminal Code of the Armed Forces (陸海空軍刑法) on leaking military secrets and confidential information.

The two articles also deal with “offenses against internal and external security of the state,” and questions remain about possible violations by the tour group of 14 civilians, which included Lao’s and Lee’s families and friends, it said.

The office added that the initial investigation was not comprehensive enough, with some evidence needing further clarification, and instructed Taoyuan prosecutors to reopen the case for possible indictment.

Yesterday’s announcement was a rebuke of the Taoyuan District Prosecutors’ Office over its decision in August not to take the case to court, which was widely perceived as letting Lao and the group off the hook, and spurred another wave of protest in society.

At the time, Taoyuan prosecutors said that they based their decision on an official reply from the Ministry of National Defense, which said the 601st Air Cavalry Brigade base in Taoyuan, where the tour took place, was not a “vital military installation,” and therefore taking photographs at the base, entering the cockpit of an Apache helicopter and wearing its pilot’s helmet did not constitute violations of the provisions on leaking military secrets or confidential information.

In related developments, the Judicial Yuan’s Commission on the Disciplinary Sanctions of Functionaries said it had decided to suspend Lao for two years for his actions in the Apache scandal.

The commission also handed out six-month suspensions to Major General Chien Tsung-yuan (簡聰淵), commander of the 601st Air Cavalry Brigade, and Lieutenant Colonel Tao Kuo-chen (陶國禎), personnel section head of the brigade, for conducting civilian tours of the base and its aircraft.

The commission cited Lai’s numerous infractions, including unauthorized removal of an Apache pilot’s high-tech headgear from the base for personal use at a private party, flouting of military base entry access regulations to bring in family members and friends for a tour without proper registration and security checks, and permitting civilians to sit in the helicopter’s cockpit and take photographs that were posted on social media sites.

“Lao had contributed to the public’s negative perception of the military,” the commission said. “He used important weapons systems of the nation’s armed forces as tools for his personal social networking, which were reported in the media and sparked an uproar.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2015/10/03/2003629144

Structure of the Lead:

WHO- Lao Nai-cheng (勞乃成) &Janet Lee (李蒨蓉)

WHEN-March 29, 2015
WHAT- Lao Nai-cheng (勞乃成) led a civilian tour of the base in March may have violated                  military secrets and confidential information
WHY-Military Scandal
WHERE- a military base in Taoyuan
HOW-not given

Keywords:

1.      prosecutor : 起訴人

2.      lieutenant colonel : 中校

3.      confidential : 機密

4.      comprehensive : 全面的

5.      indict : 起訴