The “L-Word,” or Turning Fifty

This meditative essay by a writer and professor reflects on the milestone of reaching 50 years of age. The author relates his own experiences and those of his elder literary friends and colleagues who have felt comparable anxieties and coped with similar challenges toward aging and death. He records their own milestones on life’s journey as well as their insightful and often quite hopeful, if not always cheery, responses. Several of them, like the author, admit that turning 50 has entailed for them a coming to terms with the impossibility of realizing some immortality projects.

《禁闭》的另一种解读——兼论萨特的文学创作与其情感生活的关系

从萨特的感情生活视角来重新解读《禁闭》，从而揭示出萨特文学创作与其情感生活的关系．那就是，萨特相当一部分作品其写作的题材、创作的动力来自其现实情感生活．萨特的情感生活与其创作是融合在一起的。     

井冈山道路是马克思主义中国化的伟大开篇

马克思主义中国化的“开篇”始于井冈山。中国共产党自创建以来，就开始经历把马克思主义与中国革命实际相结合的过程。但这个“结合”的过程，不能简单地视为马克思主义中国化的“开篇”。中国化“开篇”的界定应有两个尺度、“化”出两大成果：一是实践成果——开创出一条中国革命新道路，二是理论成果——创造出一个中国革命新理论。“开篇”的核心和主旨，就是把马克思主义与中国革命实际相结合，独立自主地走出一条有别于苏俄模式的“农村包围城市、武装夺取政权”的中国特色革命道路。井冈山是马克思主义中国化“开篇”的发祥地。井冈山时期的理论创新是马克思主义中国化最初成果（毛泽东思想）的奠基石。毛泽东是马克思主义中国化的开山祖。     

CRIMINAL ACHIEVEMENT, OFFENDER NETWORKS AND THE BENEFITS OF LOW SELF-CONTROL

This study follows recent research on criminal earnings and examines the impact of underlying traits (low self-control) and personal organization features (nonredundant networking) on the criminal earnings of a sample of incarcerated offenders previously involved in market and predatory crimes. Controlling for various background factors (age, noncriminal income, lambda and costs of doing crime), both low self-control and nonredundant networking independently explain why some offenders are more successful than others in achieving higher monetary standards through crime. Although efficient, brokerage-like networking enhances market offenders' earnings, low self-control emerges as an asset for predatory offenders: the lower their self-control, the higher their criminal earnings. For market offenders, however, low self-control has no direct effect, but it does mitigate the impact of effective networking on criminal earnings. The results emerging from this study have implications for Gottfredson and Hirschi's theory of crime and the advent of a criminal network perspective. Extensions are also made toward the conventional/criminal embeddedness framework and deterrence research.     

EVA：一个有效的业绩评价体系

EVA的本质是经济利润。以EVA指标为核心的单一目标业绩评价体系是目前许多国外公司采取的业绩评价的主要方法,许多采取EVA业绩评价体系的公司都取得了高出同类公司的良好业绩。在倡导价值管理的今天,我国的企业应该尝试建立一个有效的业绩评价体系,以提升企业的竞争能力。     

研究“后过渡期”特点 促进中国经济稳定发展

入世后3年,中国的国民经济始终保持着平稳快速增长,对世界经济的影响力也在不断增强。2004年底到2006年底是中国入世的后过渡期。能否准确认识和把握后过渡期特点,能否从更大范围和更宽视野统筹国内发展和对外开放,能否充分运用WTO规则以趋利避害,提高应对市场开放冲击的有效性,关系中国能否顺利度过后过渡期,关系中国经济的长期繁荣稳定。     

散落的珠玉——论《新月》杂志上的文学广告

《新月》杂志上的文学广告在20年代末30年代初的报刊界独树一帜。编辑们以多样的行销策略和高超的写作艺术使其达到了文学性与商业性、趣味性与严肃性的经典结合,具有很高的审美价值和典范意义。     

Participation in Extracurricular Activities and Adolescent Adjustment: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Findings

This study extends previous understanding of the association between adolescent extracurricular activity participation and adjustment by asking whether participation in school-based extracurricular activities is associated with lower substance use and depression, higher grades and academic aspirations, and more positive attitude toward school. In addition, it examines the role of life events stress and time spent in activities as potential moderators of the association. Data come from an ethnically diverse sample of adolescents from 6 California highschools (N = 3,761). Cross-sectional results suggest participation is associated with more positive adolescent outcomes for all variables except alcohol use and depression, controlling for gender, ethnicity, and grade. Longitudinal analyses are consistent with these findings. Cumulative participation over a 3-year period predicts adolescent outcomes controlling for both Time 1 outcomes and demographic characteristics. In addition, within-person analyses reveal year-to-year covariation of participation and positive outcomes. Dr. Darling is a developmental psychologist whose research focuses on social relationships during adolescence, with a special interest in contextual variation in developmental processes.     

The Development of Stereotypes About the Rich and Poor: Age,Race, and Family Income Differences in Beliefs

African American and European American 4th, 6th, and 8th graders rated the competence of rich and poor children in academics (i.e., math, science, reading, writing, school grades, smartness), sports, and music. In contrast to middle school students, 4th graders favored the rich in all 3 domains. Youth of both races reported that the rich were more competent in academics than the poor; these beliefs were especially pronounced among Black youth. White, older, and more affluent students favored the poor in sports, whereas their counterparts either favored the rich or were egalitarian. No interactions were found between grade and race or grade and family income. The implications of these beliefs for policy and identity development theory are discussed. Doctoral student at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Research interests include the influence of race identity, race socialization, and stereotypes on the academic achievement of African American youth. Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Received Ph.D. in Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. Her research specialty is the development of children's achievement-related beliefs. Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan. Received Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. Research interests include predictors of academic self-views in children and adolescents.