http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/2006/061019/full/nj7113-880b.html

Ten steps to master the art of peer review.

The peer-review process provides an opportunity for clinicians and scientists to train their fellows and postgraduate students as part of a one-on-one journal-club exercise. Supervisors can assess students' critical thinking and writing skills early in their careers. Consider these ten steps to teach the art of reviewing.

1) Explain how to proceed with a peer review, stressing the importance of respecting confidentiality and the rules of the journal or grant body.

2) Establish a submission deadline. The review process should take up to three hours. Set a time for final discussion before the deadline, allowing both student and supervisor time to read and review the work.

3) Adopt the right mindset. Don't accept the manuscript 'as is', and don't be hypercritical. The student might imagine that it's their own manuscript about to be rejected, and that they have the opportunity to improve it.

4) Read the manuscript once, taking rudimentary notes.

5) Follow the journal-specific author and reviewer instructions. Note those pertaining to the category of the manuscript, the word length, abstract structure and the format for references, figures and tables.

6) Verify each citation with PubMed or similar — which also gives you a chance to read generally on the topic. Highlighting minor citation errors shows that the paper has been read thoroughly. Ask the following: does the submitted work complement or duplicate the authors' and others' previous work?

7) Re-read the manuscript armed with the specific author instructions and good background knowledge.

8) Write the review envisaging that the editor is too busy to read the manuscript in-depth. Summarize the key features in a paragraph, stating the topic of the paper, what was performed, the key conclusions drawn, why this is important, and why this is a novel contribution. Strengths or problems with the manuscript or methodology should then be detailed.

9) Write all comments as if they will be seen by the authors. Although most reviewers are anonymous, caution students that a disgruntled author could recognize one's spelling variances, grammar or clichés.

10) Submit the review, telling the editor the review was written with a student and that you agree with their assessment. Show the student the submitted review as well as the editor's and other reviewers' comments.

Silent running: the race to the clinic

想养鱼很久了，可是一直拖着，或是忘了或是没时间，或是想等个鱼缸deal，或是怕麻烦。鱼缸的名字也是早就想好了的，叫做‘Oversea’，不知道确切的中文名应该叫什么， ‘海外游鱼‘，’海外水鱼‘，，‘四海之鱼’。鱼缸中的鱼名呢，当年的想法是用在Oversea认识的ID命名，给记忆增加点内容。当然在鱼缸中的ID是要得到ID本人的许可的。 如果没有ID同意，那就只好以自己的ID命名，然后变几个花样，名字总会叫起来的。

去Petco，PetSmart看过几次，差不到也知道要买个啥样的了，本来还想再看看的。 但是今天忽然心血来潮，于是决定今天就买了。直接驱车去Petco，买了个29加仑的Kit，包括glass fish tank，filter, heater, hood light, thermometer, 119刀，还可以忍受。回家安装的时候发现没有石头和水草，就又回去先买了15磅石头，两根水草，20刀。按照上面的指示按照完毕，先测验鱼缸。感觉还可以。 等鱼缸稳定后（大约一两个星期）就可以慢慢买鱼和其它的装饰品了。

鱼名的征集从今天就开始了, 可以直接在这里留名，或者联系prospect。

Free public access From Nature. It contains several nice review articles on 'lab-on-a-chip', a promising future in many fields such as chemical synthesis, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals etc.

Insight: Lab on a chip

Vol. 442, No. 7101 pp367-418

n久前在Amazon买的黑色30G IPod Video，一直没舍得打开用。昨天收到了张check，心里一开心，于是打算试验试验这Ipod Video，使自己的人生完整一点。

Apple的包装，还是那一贯的风格，简单，经典。小心翼翼的拆开包装，看见精美的酷酷的黑色Ipod，背面貌似是不锈钢，可以当镜子用，不过很容易留下指纹。呵呵。 那个自带的Apple风格的皮袋子也很好看。

充电，上传了些歌，没等它充电完毕就开始Test Drive了。 一开机就有语言选折，n多语言包括中文，以后用腻了不用发愁了。:). 显示很清晰，比Ipod Mini好像好不少。声音效果也还不错, 貌似比Ipod Shuffle好点，也许是感觉作怪。 还没有来得及放照片和视频。Windows自动识别，可以作为位置硬盘。

上班路上，回家路上，回家听了几个小时的音乐，同时在菜单里面到处转了转，感觉还不错。以后发现啥东西再来补充。

 

假球迷一个

爱热闹更胜足球

不喜欢法国队

也许是98年满怀希望巴西夺冠，结果被东道主法国3：0搞定而郁闷

或许根本没有理由，喜欢一个东西不需要理由， 不喜欢也不需要理由

也没有特别喜欢意大利

也许不喜欢它一贯的球风

欣赏的是雷厉风行，行云流水的进攻打法

不管怎样，还是祝贺意大利捧回久别24年的冠军奖杯

一向不怎么喜欢鸡蛋，看到用头故意顶人, 被红牌罚下

竟然有点大快人心的感觉， 发现自己做人越来越不厚道了

也许是近来生活中碰到不少不厚道的人，慢慢觉得对不厚道的人其实也不用太厚道

胡言乱语了n多

世界杯结束，继续笑对生活， 自己开心最重要

 

It has been a while since we started thinking of crab catching this year. Finally we planned the event on today.

It is a cloudy July day with temperature not too high. When the world cup game between Germany and Portugal was almost finished, we left for Island Heights to meet the crabs. It’s about 4:30pm on a Saturday afternoon and the traffic is not too bad. With chatting and music, it did not take long for us to get to the destination although the physical traveling time is about an hour.

We took out chicken legs, cut several holes into the meat, tied them to ropes, and threw the chicken legs into the water. When the rope looks tightened, a crab (s) is eating the meat and trying to take away the meat. We would tug the rope little by little very carefully until we see the chicken legs or the crab(s) that is eating the delicious chicken. A net will be quickly put in the way that the crab (s) would retreat and the crab(s) would fall into our hands. If a crab is too small (smaller than 4.5 inches), it would be put back into its home and enjoy the sea life.

They are a lot of small naughty crabs that kept six of us very busy. They would come to eat the chicken, get caught, be put back into the sea, and come back to eat the chicken. We as the crab catcher enjoyed watching them biting the chicken and catching them. Yet after a while we got annoyed by those little naughty.

The weather was very beautiful with breeze and we enjoyed the view. An old man came to us asking if we had a badge for crab catching… We did not have any and had to buy two badges from him in order to continue crabbing there. It sucks to pay $10 to catch crabs on a free bay.

After about an hour and a half, we only caught 6 qualified crabs, one for each of us which is not too bad. It was already 7:30pm. So we left for home. Since we did not have many crabs, we decided to dine out at a Chinese restaurant and got full stomach.

After the dinner, we came back to my place to watch a movie while enjoying two rounds of deserts (Korean seafood pancake and Tiramisu) which was vow vow. Finally came the steamed crabs, one for each. Though it tastes veli good, I have to say that the process of crab catching is much more enjoyable than that of crab eating. Process is typically more important and enjoyable than result in life.

 

 

 

独立日长周末, 没有外出远游的计划。天气真是去海边晒太阳的好时期；朋友大力组织了大三角地区了n人去Sandy Hook。后来才发现这Sandy Hook就是传说中的天体海滩。

一堆准备工作，买西瓜，买牛肉，买cooler，做面包，带玩的，….。头天晚上还好多朋友一起吃饭然后打牌，唱卡拉OK。等睡觉的时候已经1，2点了。

7点多闹钟声中醒来，洗漱完毕做了6个三文治。草草吃了个面包，喝了杯牛奶，把东西装cooler和背包，满满一车。等出发的时候已经快九点了，路上买了袋冰，直奔Sandy Hook。

有朋友说10点后进Sandy Hook，可能就没有停车位了，于是专心赶路，一路超了好多蜗牛，现在的世界真是蜗牛横行的世界。天有点热，空调自然也努力工作着。到达Sandy Hook里面大概10点多，幸好还有n多停车位，虽然要走不少路才到海滩。Cooler里面装了个30来磅的西瓜，10来磅的冰，。。。，真是相当的沉。还好YMSW的LD昨天买了个带轮子的cooler！一群人边说边聊，也缩短了不少走路的距离.

未到海滩，众人看见一穿丁字裤的男银，齐声感叹：猛男。后来才发现他是算保守的。J. 到了沙滩，大家安营扎寨，撑起遮阳伞, 支起沙滩椅。女生们坐沙滩椅，男银们就地打座。这时沙滩上已经人头窜动了。开始没注意不远的地方就是天体区；我们这边是保守区。

大家于是先踢沙滩足球。很久没有踢球了，猛奔了几分钟，已经累的上气不接下气，只好小憩。看来得继续加强锻炼。

涂上防晒霜，换上Trunk，几个朋友海里游泳。这是第一次在海里游泳。虽然以前去过n次海滩，但是都不敢下水游泳。顶着烈日吹着海风迎着海浪前进，感觉不是一般的好。想在海里玩足球，被海边救生员制止了。

游累了，上岸晒晒太阳，聊聊天；海滩走走，吹吹风； 然后继续游。看见不少钓鱼的，有人钓上一条长了类似翅膀的鱼，有人钓了一条好大的龙利，可惜都放回去了。

开饭时间，大家津津有味的吃着自带的午饭。做的三文治被表扬了，高兴ing。呵呵。沙滩上很多讨厌的牛虻不停的叮人，它们可能也知道这天体海滩。。。有女士已经受不了这可恶的牛虻，还有那烈日了，想打道回府了。

稍微去天体区搂了一眼，可惜大失所望。。。还好先吃了午饭再去的。有朋友明言：身材好的美女，一般去要钱的海滩，要么去找有钱的，要么已经有钱了。J

离开海滩前，把cooler里面那30磅的冰镇西瓜抬出来，手起刀落瓜开，二三十人吃的不亦乐乎。爽就一个字，就是觉得西瓜还不够多！

开车回一个朋友家，继续卡拉OK，打牌。4点半的时候，因为有几个全国各地的朋友来我的地盘一次难得的聚会，顺便给一个朋友送行回新加坡，我只好早早退出那二三十人的fb了。

生活，是美好的。

清晨7点半, 天阴

小水手半骨碌起来

时差, 有点惯性的时差

或是对满汗1/10席n天的期盼

更或是对芝加哥老大们翘首期待之情

或是对陌生地点的新鲜

总之, 小水手早早起来了

 

洗漱, 退房, 上网, 灌水

联络老大们

重新定房

小水手精神爽快, 六口气完成

dency也是早早起床

努力的改论文ing

小水手对dency的敬佩更加滔滔江水

 

清晨9点多, 天继续阴

肚子有点饿

开车到附近一个餐馆

早饭, 轻松地进行

三人(dency, 小水手&LD) 谈笑风生

小水手香肠, 鸡蛋, 面包噌蹭下肚

饭饱水足

开车飞奔Buffie家

 

路经小水手当天要住的宾馆

搞定一个面密歇根湖和芝加哥河的21楼的房间

小水手心情开朗

 

眨眼到了buffie家附近

停车, 可怕的闹区停车

打了n个弯

油门刹车不知道被踩多少回

n双眼睛左看右望不知道m次

总于还是没有找到街上停车的地方

众人只好灰溜溜回到小水手所在宾馆停车

 

然后步行去buffie家

路上雷雨忽来

雨中疾行, 兴致昂然

只要心中fb大旗不倒

闹心的停车, 意外的雷雨都是小菜

 

电梯到了6楼

阵阵肉香飘来

一鼻就闻到了buffie家

大D和花已经后来先到

吃牛肉干ing

 

众人相见

天忽然亮了许多

高兴的光, 激动的光,

红烧肉的酱红色, 青菜的墨绿色, 樱桃的紫红色

五光十色

满汗1/10席继续准备中

众人谈笑风生中

边看世界杯, 边侃天下事

 

开饭

一声令下

众筷飞舞

菜纷纷少了

边吃边谈

浑不知道外面天气变化

好一个满汗1/10席

一直持续到3点多

雨后天晴, 空气异常清新

满汉1/10席后,  大家游密歇根湖之兴更甚

一行7人: Buffie & oba, 大D, dency, 花儿, 小水手&LD, 信步湖边

湖水清湛, 游人熙攘

七人边看边拍边聊边笑

海军码头, 人山人海, 小孩n多

空气繁忙, 笑声不绝

众人有点累, 坐下看一个小孩游戏' stinking fish', 类似'击鼓传花'

小孩表情丰富, 主持人风趣不减, 逗的楼下的观众呼呼大笑

小水手彷佛回到了20-30年前的童年

期间, 说了n多的话, 拍了m多的照, 走了r多的路, 笑了s多的笑

时光如水

不知不觉已经5-6-7点钟

大家于是准备出发去中国城挫饭

小水手去宾馆的停车场取车

费了18牛6虎之力, 跑了n多的路, 拐了m多的弯, 总于顺利找到车, 进发中国城; Note: 这害的兵分两路的大D他们等了y久, 同时害的小水手LD和花儿等了y久. 小水手发誓:肯定不是故意的, 大家知道老实是小水手最大的缺点

在花儿的指路下, 小水手在中国城兜了n圈, 最后终于找到一个停车位, 大家开心不已.

 

众人在老四川汇合

等了nn久, 终于入座fb

点菜差不多3下5除2

上菜是三三两两

继续边吃边侃边笑边拍…

味道还不错

传说是Chicago最好的中餐馆

吃饭完毕

决定去打'找朋友'

顺便看下NBA (狠高兴看到小妞被热队以1分只差搞定, 哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈, 爆笑nnn下)

Buffie不会打'找朋友', 小水手LD不太感兴趣

于是大D, 小水手, Dency, oba, 花儿开始'找朋友'

第一把, 小水手先亮了个小2, 被oba一对2<