Henri Kampunzu （1952-2004）

Professor Ali Basira Henri Kampunzu passed away on Monday, 29 November 2004 at the Midland Park Hospital in Johannesburg(South Africa) and was laid down to eternal peace on Monday, 06 December 2004 in his home country in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC). He was a well-known and greatlya cknowledged trilingual African geoscientist. Some argue that he was the best-known and the greatest African geologist of our time.

James M. Harrison Awards

The James M. Harrison Award for Outstanding Achievement was established by the IUGS Executive Committee in 2004 to honor individuals who have served the Union in an extraordinary fashion for a long period of time, and who have no recognized position as an officer of the Union. The award is named for the late James M. Harrison, an internationally known and universally respected Canadian geologist (Geological Survey of Canada) who was one of the founding fathers of the IUGS and its first President (1961-1964).

Jürgen Remane （1934-2004）

With the passing of Jürgen Remane, the geological institute in the University of Neuchǎtel and geoscience in general, lost a scientist of international reputation, a gifted teacher, and—above all—a good friend.

对哥伦布行为的历史分析

哥伦布的行为可以解析为时代行为和个人行为。在履行时代行为时,他表现出一定的局限性,但这是时代造成的。尽管如此,他的时代行为却昭示着历史发展方向。在履行个人行为时,他表现得却很复杂,要具体分析,既有积极肯定的一面,又有消极否定的一面。

阿兰·德格雷自述

我的生命是与我女儿蒂皮的生命紧密相连的．这是因为我们有共同的事业——保护自然。蒂皮也是我深爱的事业的继承人。

密友披露拉登私生活

据路透社、加拿大媒体报道，加拿大广播公司日前播放了一部讲述恐怖大亨本·拉登私人生活的专题片，这部专题片通过对本·拉登一个已故老友的遗霜和儿女的采访，披露了本·拉登不为人知的一面：譬如他喜欢打排球、打猎，经常与妻子发生矛盾，管不了自己孩子，不喜欢美国电影等。

社会责任感在南宋爱国词中的体现

“词，古诗流也，吟咏情性，莫工于词”(尹觉《坦庵词跋》)。“簸弄风月，陶写性情，词婉于诗”(张炎《词源》卷下)。词在一般宋人心目中，通常只是一种吟风弄月、抒写私生活环境中产生之感情的文体，因此从晚唐五代到北宋的词篇中，很少写到重大的社会题材与生活内容，基本未能反映出词人作为“精英阶层”(因为其中很多是参与社会政治。