走過廟宇的時候

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走過巷內一間小廟，約莫五十公尺遠的時候聽見了做法會傳來的樂器聲響，走過廟宇正門時，牛皮鼓發出低沉悶熱的節奏聲、木板敲擊的輕脆憂鬱聲，赫然發現，我的腳步踩在樂器發出的節奏點上！這時，突然覺得一陣害臊，假若此時刻意將步伐節奏改過，是否顯得更加愚昧？因為你將透露出你十分在意這一件事情，而這正是你最不願讓人知曉的。

開始

如果沒有開始，就不會有結束。
是吧？！

特別服務 Sans Queue Ni Tete

女主角是個有點老的女人，皮膚看得出有許多斑，飾演一位提供特殊性服務的妓女，特別的是他在中學畢業後修習了藝術史，這樣有點衝突但其實又不太構成什麼特異反差的背景使得許多人物之間由藝術品串起了一種微妙的牽扯。

很難想像這男子在正常生活時，是一位看來高大且事業有成自信滿滿、西裝筆挺的男子，而在床上，他像小狗一般羸弱。艾莉絲面對不一樣的客人需求，規畫十堂課的"療程"，漸漸地對這工作產生了莫名的排斥或者是對自己的不諒解等等，這實在難以解讀。

這部戲裡有許多精采的部分都來自於那一群精神分析師、心理醫師與病患之間的互動，其實有點嘲諷似地，究竟是誰在治療誰？最經典的是，一名中年男性病患在心理醫師陷入強迫症與憂鬱之中時，對他說出：看見你比我憂傷使得我感覺自己好很多，也因此，病患停止了療程。

誰在治療誰？擺脫既有的生活有這麼難嗎？轉個身就到了。

新生命

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看到一個可愛的小孩、新生命的時候，腦中究竟浮現了什麼想法？

他從哪裡來？

他怎麼來？

他在想什麼？

他為什麼而來？

他將如何？

Oxygen Consumption and Energy Release

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Oxygen Consumption and Energy Release

That the energy released by combustion is related to the oxygen consumed in the reaction is not a new idea: “The door should be kept shut while the water is being brought, and the air excluded as much as possible, as the fire burns exactly in proportion to the quantity of air which it receives” (Braidwood, 1866, p. 64). For the time, James Braidwood, first Chief of the City of London Fire Brigade had a remarkable understanding of combustion. Despite this practical understanding of oxygen and release of energy through combustion, it wasn’t until 50 years later that this relationship was quantified. In 1917, British scientist W.M. Thornton discovered that while the heat of combustion of various types of organic (carbon based) fuel varies widely, the amount of oxygen required for release of a given amount of energy remains remarkably consistent (Thornton, 1917).

While the heat release of 13.1 MJ/kg (13.1 kJ/g) of oxygen consumed during combustion is often referred to as Thornton’s Rule, discovery of this concept and quantification of this value under a variety of conditions was the work of a number of individuals. For example, in the 1970’s, researchers at the National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST) independently discovered the same thing and extended this work to include many other types of organic materials and examined both complete and incomplete combustion (Parker, 1977; Huggett, 1980).

Heat release during combustion is dependent on oxygen. However, the atmosphere is comprised of only 21% oxygen. Examining the relationship between consumption of atmospheric oxygen and energy release requires adaptation of Thornton’s Rule based on oxygen concentration. Multiplying 13.1 MJ/kg of oxygen by 21% gives a value of 2.751 MJ/kg of air. The Society of Fire Protection Engineering (SFPE) Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering (SFPE, 2002) rounds this value to 3.0 MJ/kg of air. While it is easy to understand that air has mass, it may be a bit more difficult to visualize a kilo of air! The density of dry air at sea level and at a temperature of 20^o C is 1.2 kg/m³ (0.075 lbs./ft³). Air density decreases as temperature or moisture content of the air increases, but this provides a starting point for visualizing the relationship between volume and mass at normal temperature and pressure.

As illustrated in Figure 1, multiplying the mass of a cubic meter of air (1.2 kg) by the energy released per unit mass of air (3.0 KJ/kg) provides an approximation of the energy released when the oxygen in one cubic meter of air is consumed in a combustion reaction.

Figure 2. Energy Release per Cubic Meter of Dry Air

Oxygen to support energy release resulting from combustion occurring within a closed compartment is substantially (but not entirely) limited to the mass of air in the compartment. Normal air exchange between the interior and exterior of a building is expressed as the number of complete air exchanges (by volume) per hour and varies depending on the purpose and function of the space. In residential structures, the air in the building is completely exchanged approximately four times per hour. In commercial and industrial buildings this rate may be significantly higher, depending on use.

Designed air exchange and leakage provide additional oxygen that can support ongoing combustion, but this is generally not a major factor in buildings where the windows and doors are closed and intact.

Oxygen Concentration and Ventilation Controlled Fires

Energy release as a result of combustion is directly proportional to the oxygen consumed in the reaction. However, when a fire is burning in an oxygen limited environment such as an enclosed space, not all of the oxygen can be used to support flaming combustion. As observed by Mowrer, “A diffusion flame immersed in a vitiated [oxygen limited] atmosphere will extinguish before consuming all the available oxygen from the atmosphere” (McGrattan, Hostikka, Floyd, Baum, & Rehm, 2008, p. 85).

As oxygen within a compartment is consumed, fire growth becomes limited by ventilation (inclusive of the air within the compartment at ignition and the ongoing air exchange). Ventilation becomes the dominant factor in fire development when the oxygen concentration is between 14 and 16 %.

Oxygen Concentration and Flaming Combustion

As temperature increases, the oxygen concentration required to support flaming combustion decreases. Figure 3 illustrates the relationship between gas temperature and the concentration of oxygen required to support flaming combustion. Keeping in mind that temperature within involved and adjacent compartments can vary considerably, flaming combustion may be possible in some areas and not in others.

Figure 3. Oxygen Concentration Required for Flaming Combustion 

Note: Adapted from Fire Dynamics Simulator (Version 5) Technical Reference Guide(p. 25), by K. McGrattan, S. Hostikka, J. Floyd, H Baum, & R. Rehm, 2008, National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Oxygen concentration required to support flaming combustion varies over a wide range based on temperature.  However, in examining fire development in a single compartment or a residential structure, it is reasonable to use the value of 10.5% as the concentration required to support flaming combustion based on the fairly consistent temperatures of between 500^o C and 600^o C developed prior to ventilation (window failure, opening a door for access, or tactical ventilation operations). This assumption is based on analysis of the data from full scale residential fire tests conducted by Underwriters Laboratories in representative legacy and contemporary structures (Kerber, 2011).

生日的時候

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不管如何，每年總有機會經過生日，除非你在2月29日出生，就要等四年，不過那可能讓你更珍惜且生日本身更具有慶祝與紀念意義。

不知道是誰規定，生日就是可以許三個願望，如果有人有辦法統計，我想，生日願望達成率應該十分低，也許也是因為如此，這世界允許我們可以放肆地在生日許三個願望，畢竟成本很低，又能有許許多多歡樂的效益。

一直以來，我都不覺得生日、跨年、節慶有什麼讓人必須為之改變的意義，除了真的對我的成長過程有特殊記憶的節慶，例如過年、元宵。一來是真的沒有意義，二來是不想讓自己多了這麼多藉口得以放縱，因為，慶祝大部分都快等於放縱了，為什麼慶祝會等於放縱？因為無意義，所以毫無慶祝的正當方式與素養，導致只能用放縱來表達自己的歡喜，而表現出來的歡喜，只是因為放縱的結果而已。

生日的時候，想想小時候爸媽在寒冬騎著機車載我到馬公買一個蛋糕回家，那時我坐在腳踏墊那，場景是跨海大橋，心情是最激昂的吧。鮮少人能理解那種感動，除非你有著這種鄉下人的生活經驗。

三色蔬菜

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豌豆仁、紅蘿蔔丁、玉米粒，不知道是哪個天才把這三樣東西組成殘害國家、人民、飲食文化的狗屎營養好吃顏色鮮豔之三色蔬菜。

當食物裡面莫名奇妙出現這三樣東西的時候，誰能忍受得住？尤其是掛著創意、台式、健康這些名號招搖撞騙的時候，心情當然會不爽到極點。

例如：燒賣+三色蔬菜、水餃+三色蔬菜、PIZZA+三色蔬菜、PASTA+三色蔬菜、炒飯+三色蔬菜......真是罄竹難書。

不僅三色蔬菜口感很機歪，往往跟食物也都不搭配，卻有許許多多的人把它當作什麼營養豐富創意好健康的濫理由硬是要把它加入難以數清的各式食物，懇切地希望這一樣東西消失在地球上，請讓每一道菜、每一種食物恢復它原有的樣子，別再殘害飲食文化了。

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