k********k
发帖数: 5617 | 1 http://news.yahoo.com/liberal-arts-colleges-forced-evolve-marke
文科學院被迫隨市場改變而改變（英文新聞）
Liberal arts colleges forced to evolve with market
By By JUSTIN POPE | Associated Press – 2 hrs 47 mins ago
ADRIAN, Mich. (AP) — They're the places you think of when you think of "
college" — leafy campuses, small classes, small towns. Liberal arts
colleges are where students ponder life's big questions, and learn to think
en route to successful careers and richer lives, if not always to the best-
paying first j... 阅读全帖 |
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k********k
发帖数: 5617 | 2 http://news.yahoo.com/liberal-arts-colleges-forced-evolve-marke
文科學院被迫隨市場改變而改變（英文新聞）
Liberal arts colleges forced to evolve with market
By By JUSTIN POPE | Associated Press – 2 hrs 47 mins ago
ADRIAN, Mich. (AP) — They're the places you think of when you think of "
college" — leafy campuses, small classes, small towns. Liberal arts
colleges are where students ponder life's big questions, and learn to think
en route to successful careers and richer lives, if not always to the best-
paying first j... 阅读全帖 |
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k********k
发帖数: 5617 | 3 http://news.yahoo.com/liberal-arts-colleges-forced-evolve-marke
文科學院被迫隨市場改變而改變（英文新聞）
Liberal arts colleges forced to evolve with market
By By JUSTIN POPE | Associated Press – 2 hrs 47 mins ago
ADRIAN, Mich. (AP) — They're the places you think of when you think of "
college" — leafy campuses, small classes, small towns. Liberal arts
colleges are where students ponder life's big questions, and learn to think
en route to successful careers and richer lives, if not always to the best-
paying first j... 阅读全帖 |
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k********k
发帖数: 5617 | 4 http://news.yahoo.com/liberal-arts-colleges-forced-evolve-marke
文科學院被迫隨市場改變而改變（英文新聞）
Liberal arts colleges forced to evolve with market
By By JUSTIN POPE | Associated Press – 2 hrs 47 mins ago
ADRIAN, Mich. (AP) — They're the places you think of when you think of "
college" — leafy campuses, small classes, small towns. Liberal arts
colleges are where students ponder life's big questions, and learn to think
en route to successful careers and richer lives, if not always to the best-
paying first j... 阅读全帖 |
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f***u
发帖数: 110 | 5 well, I assume the boss cetainly will do a better job than I will. After all
, the boss has longer exposure to this field and has absolute broader
horzion than I do. When I worked on the previous manuscript, I wrote the
discussion, while it ended up re-writen by the boss any way. The results
were ratified by a lot of latest references my boss found, and the proposed
rationals were discussed in a broader context than I had thought, which
solidified the whole story.
Honestly, I have been heavily o |
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a*****g
发帖数: 19398 | 6 长篇文章：Why Do Americans Stink at Math?
When Akihiko Takahashi was a junior in college in 1978, he was like most of
the other students at his university in suburban Tokyo. He had a vague sense
of wanting to accomplish something but no clue what that something should b
e. But that spring he met a man who would become his mentor, and this relati
onship set the course of his entire career.
Takeshi Matsuyama was an elementary-school teacher, but like a small number
of instructors in Japan, he taught no... 阅读全帖 |
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n********6
发帖数: 1511 | 7 Source:http://www.prmia.org/Weblogs/General/PRMIA_docs/IRisk2-8-250(Final).pdf
What's on Web: Enterprise Risk Management
To better understand the regulator’s concerns, ERM trends, and the best
practices, we recommend the risk managers visit the following websites.
1. Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
http://bit.ly/8AFT15
Rate: 5*
FCIC examines “the causes, domestic and global, of the current financial
and economic crisis in the United States." In addition to the full final
report, the website ... 阅读全帖 |
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n********6
发帖数: 1511 | 8 Source:http://www.prmia.org/Weblogs/General/PRMIA_docs/IRisk2-8-250(Final).pdf
What's on Web: Enterprise Risk Management
To better understand the regulator’s concerns, ERM trends, and the best
practices, we recommend the risk managers visit the following websites.
1. Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
http://bit.ly/8AFT15
Rate: 5*
FCIC examines “the causes, domestic and global, of the current financial
and economic crisis in the United States." In addition to the full final
report, the website ... 阅读全帖 |
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y*c
发帖数: 247 | 9 http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2014/09/21/electronic-he
Billing dispute leads to blocked patient data in Maine
Vendor’s action may point to broader risks
When staffers at a ti1ny medical practice in far-northern Maine arrived at
work one July morning and tried to view medical records for that day’s
patients, they got an unsettling response from their computer.
“Access denied.’’
The staff called a technician, who confirmed what had happened. As part of a
billing dispute, the vendor for th... 阅读全帖 |
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R*******e
发帖数: 25533 | 10 还是老崔。还是没来得及看。
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/world/asia/echoes-of-tiananme
Cui Jian, a musician whose songs embodied the spirit of hope and protest
among young people in China in 1989, rehearsed at Beijing Workers Gymnasium
before performing a 3D rock concert. The concert has has been made into a
film, called "Transcendence."
By JONATHAN LANDRETH
Published: May 17, 2012
BEIJING — On May 9, 1986, a classical trumpeter turned rock guitarist
belted out “Nothing to My Name” at Beijing Workers Gym... 阅读全帖 |
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G*********8
发帖数: 644 | 11 ---
Fed Tells U.S. Banks to Test Capital Against Recession Scenario
Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve ordered the 19 largest U.S. banks
to test their capital levels against a scenario of renewed recession with
unemployment rising above 11 percent, said two people with knowledge of the
review.
The banks stress-tested the performance of their loans, securities, earnings
, and capital against at least three possible economic outcomes as part of a
broader capital-planning exercise. The bank... 阅读全帖 |
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d******8
发帖数: 1972 | 12 http://www.businessinsider.com/cnbc-imf-will-offer-huge-liquidi
The IMF will offer a credit line to allow sovereigns to access liquidity of
1000% of a member's quota for 1-2 years.
It will allow them to access up to 500% of their quota in liquidity on a 6-
month basis.
Both markets and the euro spiked immediately on the news.
The funds would be offered to sovereigns suffering from "exogenous shocks."
It is unclear whether the IMF actually has access to the amount of funds
that would be necessary... 阅读全帖 |
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b********y
发帖数: 5829 | 13 【 以下文字转载自 Stock 讨论区 】
发信人: badcompany (哥玩的不是股票，是心跳！), 信区: Stock
标 题: 今天参议院表决失败对华尔街不是好事
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed May 19 17:04:39 2010, 美东)
失败的主要原因是左派民主党要求更激进的法案内容。看来最后
通过的法案会有不少populist的成分。Volcker Rule 今晚
或明天就会投票，通过应该是板上钉钉的事。整个金融法案最
终通过也不会有任何悬念。
Senate Fails to Move Ahead on Financial Regulation Bill
By GREG HITT And DAMIAN PALETTA
WASHINGTON—A bid by Senate Democratic leaders to end more than three
weeks of debate on sweeping legislation overhauling regulation of U.S.
financial markets unexpectedly ... 阅读全帖 |
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J******s
发帖数: 913 | 14 Yesterday, DOW and SPX lead the market. They went up more than 1%, but check
the mutual funds and found the broader market went up only about 0.5%.
Today, we were doing the opposite. DOW and SPX went down more. The broader
market only broke even, 0%.
sure |
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y*****l
发帖数: 5997 | 15 11:55 Do you think there is > 50% chance someone buys HGSI in next 12 mos.?
Yes
( 68% )No
( 32% )
Thursday October 20, 2011 11:55
11:56 adam feuerstein: Hello! Welcome to the October edition of Biotech
Stock Live Chat.
Thursday October 20, 2011 11:56 adam feuerstein
12:02 adam feuerstein: hi everyone
Thursday October 20, 2011 12:02 adam feuerstein
12:02 adam feuerstein: I'll get started in a minute or so, let folks log in
.
Thursday October 20, 2011 12:02 adam feuerstein
12:02 adam feuers... 阅读全帖 |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 16 You are mistaken. No place on earth is immune from earthquake.
(1) In my previous posting, in (2)(a) The difference between (i) and (ii) is
that (ii) is "detailed" map.
(2) Earthquake
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake
Whose section 1.2 with heading "Earthquakes away from plate boundaries"
states that "many earthquakes occur away from the plate boundary and are
related to strains developed within the broader zone of deformation caused
by major irregularities in the fault trace * * * All tec |
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q******j
发帖数: 577 | 17 To give Mao an objectively evaluation is controversial. He made a lot of
mistakes but he also did a lot of great things. Qingshihuang is also a
contraversial firgure. Demonize Mao or holifing Mao are both wrong. As LZ
acknowledged, Yuan seemed to only emphasize the negative side of Mao while
neglecting his postive side. For adults who have broader experiences and
deeper understanding of the whole picture, that is not a big issue. But for
high school kids, a serious responsible teacher who |
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l**a
发帖数: 1964 | 18 发信人: roseriver (小心，玫瑰有刺！), 信区: Military
标 题: Re: 影帝貌似要通过校园血案向其他常委逼宫夺权
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri May 14 01:17:49 2010, 美东)
我倒。。。 在美国，对于枪支的管理，各个州的法律是不同的。
Gun laws in the United States vary from state to state and are independent o
f, though sometimes broader or more limited in scope than, existing federal
firearms laws. Some U.S. states have also created so-called assault weapon b
ans that are independent of, though often similar to, the expired federal as
sault weapons ban. The state level bans vary s |
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F*******e
发帖数: 589 | 19 关于民主在亚洲国家普遍行不通，外媒早有论述，有些老将就是装作看不见
中国现阶段不容易发展政治变革，其阻力除了来自土工，还来自那些好不容易过上好日
子而不希望发生动乱的平民百姓
Letter from America
The Failure of Thailand's Democracy
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/26/world/asia/26iht-letter.html
By RICHARD BERNSTEIN
Published: May 25, 2010
NEW YORK — A week before the Thai Army cleared anti-government
demonstrators out of Bangkok and sent them packing back to their rural homes
, a reporter at the daily State Department news briefing in Washington asked
whether there were any “broader |
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a**********t
发帖数: 9684 | 20 I am not familiar with LA, but I can assure you most parts of NYC/Chicago (
NYC's Midtown and Chicago downtown) are safe and probably safer than Toronto
"你很晚走在大街上都不怕的" also applies to Time Square and the 5th Ave in
Manhattan (actually much broader a range), and Michigan Avenue and the Loop
in Chicago |
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A*******e
发帖数: 12486 | 21 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: Augustine (WORDS WILL ALWAYS RETAIN THEIR POWER), 信区: Military
标 题: 从雅典到北京 今年属于中国
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Oct 16 00:25:16 2010, 美东)
WSJ专栏文章。作者Bret Stephens是守派（保）论家（政）。他的评论很有见地，特译
成中文供你们学习。
从雅典到北京
今年本来是希腊之年。大约2500年前，在这个国家，在批判探索的精神之中，西方文明
应运而生。而现在，希腊破产、被赎救，深深地浸淫于一个自满、贪腐和无能的文化。
忽然间，这似乎就是西方文明即将堕落至的结局。
然后刘晓波上个星期五荣获诺贝尔和平奖。今年现在属于中国。
自由或纪律，雅典或斯巴达：这是基本的政治问题。像中国或伊朗、 古巴这样的基于政
治纪律理念的政权，几乎每个生活在其统治之下的人都想要更多的自由。没有自由，生
活在道德上不能容忍，也常非血肉之躯能够承受。
诚然，所有的自由社会都唯恐缺乏纪律会在长远之后导致其覆灭。这就是为什么历代的
某些西... 阅读全帖 |
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h*h
发帖数: 27852 | 22 这是利比亚的新的革命？
由Dirk Vandewalle，特向美国有线新闻网
（CNN）的 - 任何持续的反对，在利比亚的开放思想博格尔斯异议，即使是卡扎菲上校
的严密控制的国家最老资格的观察家的想法。
自从他1969年来到了不流血政变，更换了亲西方桑西君主政权，利比亚领导人统治一个
铁腕的手，几乎没有留下任何机会，反对合并。
出乎我们通常所说的，在西方，卡扎菲的方式，能够巩固这一高度集权体制到位不仅依
靠感知纯洁，蛮力 - 虽然这始终是最终决定因素 - 但也另外两个因素。
一个是一个分而治之复杂的系统，平衡的家庭，部落和对对方国家的省份。二是通过伪
装自己在反西方，尤其是反美地幔，至少最初，在灾难性的，其中包括后殖民时期的残
暴和一个完全腐败感知为君主制，在财政和国家遗产思想上他的同胞许多共鸣。
保护卡扎菲的利比亚这样的组合 - 一个国家，在他的理论是由公民直接运行 - 针对不
稳定和证明直到上周无懈可击。
四十年来，经受住了与西方的制度，其中包括在1986年4月，是美国单方面的经济制裁
和多边外交和经济制裁，孤立了深刻的国家，一个与邻国乍得的一系列灾难性战争的美
国轰炸的黎波里和班... 阅读全帖 |
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p**********d
发帖数: 7918 | 23 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: powerforward (今天你敏感詞了沒有), 信区: Military
标 题: TG展示力量：上海取消聖帕節遊行
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Mar 3 22:20:59 2011, 美东)
China Tightens Controls on Foreign Press
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/04/world/asia/04china.html?_r=1&
Shiho Fukada for The New York Times
A police officer, left, filmed a foreign journalist as street cleaners swept
water to keep passersby moving and a plain clothes officer, right, watched
pedestrians on Sunday along Wangfujing Street in Beijing, where a pro... 阅读全帖 |
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p**********d
发帖数: 7918 | 24 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/04/world/asia/04museum.html?_r=1
April 3, 2011
At China’s New Museum, History Toes Party Line
By IAN JOHNSON
BEIJING — At the elaborately renovated National Museum of China in
Tiananmen Square, visitors interested in the recent history of the world’s
fastest rising power can gaze at the cowboy hat that Deng Xiaoping once wore
when he visited the United States, or admire the bullhorn that President Hu
Jintao used to exhort people to overcome hardship after the Sichu... 阅读全帖 |
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x******n
发帖数: 93 | 25 Blasts near east China government buildings injure five
BEIJING (Reuters) - Blasts at three sites near government buildings in an
eastern Chinese city likely caused by a disgruntled farmer damaged 10 cars
and injured at least five people on Thursday, state media reported.
The cause of the near-simultaneous blasts several minutes' drive apart in
Fuzhou, Jiangxi province, was being investigated, Xinhua news agency said,
but it cited a source at the provincial government saying a disgruntled
farm... 阅读全帖 |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 26 James T Areddy and Norihiko Shirouzu, China Bullet Trains Trip on Technology
; The network uses imported components local engineers couldn't fully
understand. Wall Street Journal, Oct 3, 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240
53111904353504576568983658561372.html
Quote:
"China's government initially blamed flawed signaling and human error. It
recently postponed public release of its crash report.
":Key signaling systems were assembled by Beijing-based Holysys Automation
Technologies Ltd,... 阅读全帖 |
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p****y
发帖数: 23737 | 27 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/11/opinion/to-save-our-economy-d
tml?_r=1&hp
WITH a single bold act, President Obama could correct the country’s course,
help assure his re-election, and preserve our children’s future.
He needs to redefine America’s mindset about national security away from th
e old defense mentality that American power derives predominantly from our m
ilitary might, rather than from the strength, agility and competitiveness of
our economy. He should make it clear that today Ameri... 阅读全帖 |
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p**********d
发帖数: 7918 | 28 【 以下文字转载自 WaterWorld 讨论区 】
发信人: powerforward (抽敏感詞的筋), 信区: WaterWorld
标 题: 天朝又發威了：否決制裁敘利亞議案
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Feb 4 12:37:06 2012, 美东)
中國人民的老朋友感謝中國人民。
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/world/middleeast/syria-homs-d
February 4, 2012
Deadly Attack on Syrian City Adds to Push for U.N. to Act
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR and ANTHONY SHADID
UNITED NATIONS — A United Nations Security Council effort to end the
violence in Syria ended in acrimony and a veto by Russia and China on
Saturday, hours after the Sy... 阅读全帖 |
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p**********d
发帖数: 7918 | 29 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/20/world/asia/bo-xilai-accused-o
其所引用的報告不知道是哪一個？“posted on a Chinese Web site and verified
independently”？“Its contents were confirmed by a researcher at a ministry
-level institute and by a Chongqing official briefed by colleagues who were
present when the report was read at a government meeting.”
March 19, 2012
Report on Ousted China Official Shows Effort at Damage Control
By MICHAEL WINES and JONATHAN ANSFIELD
BEIJING — Communist Party leaders sacked Bo Xilai, t... 阅读全帖 |
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s**********t
发帖数: 1846 | 30 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405297020455590457716761
SHANGHAI—Property prices in 70 Chinese cities in a government survey fell
in December from the previous month, marking the third straight decline
after developers cut prices to boost sales amid Beijing's campaign to cool
the property market.
Prices still rose compared with a year earlier, though at a slower rate than
in November.
Property developers are becoming more cautious and expect further price
falls this year as the governmen... 阅读全帖 |
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A*******e
发帖数: 12486 | 31 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: Augustine (WORDS WILL ALWAYS RETAIN THEIR POWER), 信区: Military
标 题: 从雅典到北京 今年属于中国
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Oct 16 00:25:16 2010, 美东)
WSJ专栏文章。作者Bret Stephens是守派（保）论家（政）。他的评论很有见地，特译
成中文供你们学习。
从雅典到北京
今年本来是希腊之年。大约2500年前，在这个国家，在批判探索的精神之中，西方文明
应运而生。而现在，希腊破产、被赎救，深深地浸淫于一个自满、贪腐和无能的文化。
忽然间，这似乎就是西方文明即将堕落至的结局。
然后刘晓波上个星期五荣获诺贝尔和平奖。今年现在属于中国。
自由或纪律，雅典或斯巴达：这是基本的政治问题。像中国或伊朗、 古巴这样的基于政
治纪律理念的政权，几乎每个生活在其统治之下的人都想要更多的自由。没有自由，生
活在道德上不能容忍，也常非血肉之躯能够承受。
诚然，所有的自由社会都唯恐缺乏纪律会在长远之后导致其覆灭。这就是为什么历代的
某些西... 阅读全帖 |
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c***s
发帖数: 70028 | 32 John Yasuda, ‘05
John Yasuda简历
John Yasuda received his MPhil in Comparative Politics in 2007 with a focus on contemporary China. Financial support from the Contemporary China Studies Programme funded John's studies at Oxford and his fieldwork for a comparative project on soft power institutions in China and Japan. The comparative politics program provided both excellent instruction in political science methodology and Chinese contemporary politics. John greatly benefited from the Oxford program... 阅读全帖 |
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w**********2
发帖数: 764 | 33 To: English Wikipedia Readers and Community
From: Sue Gardner, Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director
Date: January 16, 2012
Today, the Wikipedia community announced its decision to black out the
English-language Wikipedia for 24 hours, worldwide, beginning at 05:00 UTC
on Wednesday, January 18 (you can read the statement from the Wikimedia
Foundation here). The blackout is a protest against proposed legislation in
the United States – the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of
Repre... 阅读全帖 |
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l******2
发帖数: 542 | 34 H.W. Parke, Greek Mercenary Soldiers from the Earliest Times to the Battle
of Ipsus (Oxford: 1933)
G.T. Griffith, The Mercenaries of the Hellenistic World (Cambridge: 1935).
Both are political histories of mercenary activity organized chronologically
. Both are seventy years old. Mercenaries and mercenary service have
attracted attention since these books appeared of course, but usually within
the context of broader works on ancient warfare, regional histories, or
economic studies. A new treatme... 阅读全帖 |
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g******t
发帖数: 18158 | 35 Radiocarbon dating of samples from the site as well as at late Yinxu and
early Zhou capitals, using the wiggle matching technique, yielded a date for
the conquest between 1050 and 1020 BC. The only date within that range
matching all the astronomical data is 20 January 1046 BC. This date had
previously been proposed by David Pankenier, who had matched the above
passages from the classics with the same astronomical events, but here it
resulted from a thorough consideration of a broader range of e... 阅读全帖 |
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g******t
发帖数: 18158 | 36 Radiocarbon dating of samples from the site as well as at late Yinxu and
early Zhou capitals, using the wiggle matching technique, yielded a date for
the conquest between 1050 and 1020 BC. The only date within that range
matching all the astronomical data is 20 January 1046 BC. This date had
previously been proposed by David Pankenier, who had matched the above
passages from the classics with the same astronomical events, but here it
resulted from a thorough consideration of a broader range of e... 阅读全帖 |
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r********i
发帖数: 15 | 37 贴出来
* ASIA TECHNOLOGY
* MARCH 24, 2010, 4:11 P.M. ET
Dell to Expand Services Business in China
BEIJING—Dell Inc. on Wednesday said it aims to expand its services business
in China amid a broader industry focus on services as hardware profits have
dwindled.
"We do intend to grow in China, both organically and by acquisition," said
Peter Altabef, president of Dell Services, at a briefing to discuss the
computer maker's services business in China.
He declined to give details. Dell has said |
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c******r
发帖数: 889 | 38 http://www.myforeclosurenightmare.com/how-texas-escaped-the-housing-crisis
But there is a broader secret to Texas’s success, and Washington reformers
ought to be paying very close attention. If there’s one single thing that
Congress can do now to help protect borrowers from the worst lending
excesses that fueled the mortgage and financial crises, it’s to follow the
Lone Star State’s lead and put the brakes on “cash-out” refinancing and
home-equity lending.
A cash-out refinance is a mortgage take |
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N********n
发帖数: 8363 | 39
He still is a liar, and I tell you why: Last year Ron Paul passed a bill
in Congress to audit Federal Reserve, which would expose the secret,
rotten business between Fed and Wall St. among other things.
Ron Paul's bill has been silenced in Obama's proposal. Obama instead gives
FED more power to do even broader outrageous things w/o oversight.
You see that's typical Obama: Pretend to 收拾华尔街 and then turn around
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发帖数: 2554 | 40 我倒。。。 在美国，对于枪支的管理，各个州的法律是不同的。
Gun laws in the United States vary from state to state and are independent o
f, though sometimes broader or more limited in scope than, existing federal
firearms laws. Some U.S. states have also created so-called assault weapon b
ans that are independent of, though often similar to, the expired federal as
sault weapons ban. The state level bans vary significantly in their form, co
ntent, and level of restriction. |
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发帖数: 589 | 41 Letter from America
The Failure of Thailand's Democracy
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/26/world/asia/26iht-letter.html
By RICHARD BERNSTEIN
Published: May 25, 2010
NEW YORK — A week before the Thai Army cleared anti-government
demonstrators out of Bangkok and sent them packing back to their rural homes
, a reporter at the daily State Department news briefing in Washington asked
whether there were any “broader implications” about democracy in that
country.
“I’m not sure that now is the time for k |
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发帖数: 453 | 42 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/11/AR2010081105602.html
The rescue effort represents the most visible element of a broader, $55
million U.S. assistance package following Pakistan's worst-ever natural
disaster. While the ultimate impact on Pakistani public opinion is unknown,
the United States has earned rare and almost universal praise here for
acting quickly to speed aid to those hit hardest.
tu gong yao jia you a!! |
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发帖数: 5921 | 43 I am talking about a much broader issue here. |
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发帖数: 901 | 44 WASHINGTON (AFP) – In the largest US arms deal ever, the administration of
US President Barack Obama is ready to notify Congress of plans to offer
advanced aircraft to Saudi Arabia worth up to 60 billion dollars, The Wall
Street Journal reported Monday.
The newspaper said the administration was also in talks with the kingdom
about potential naval and missile-defense upgrades that could be worth tens
of billions of dollars more.
The administration sees the sale as part of a broader policy aimed a |
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发帖数: 252 | 45 (Reuters) - Emerging powers won a battle on Saturday for heightened IMF
scrutiny of rich countries' economic policies as world financial
leaders sought to defuse mounting tensions over currencies.
This view was driven home by Chinese Central Bank Governor Zhou
Xiaochuan on Saturday and won broader support.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6952N820101010 |
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发帖数: 8441 | 46 The International Monetary Fund's 187 member countries gave voice to long-
running frustrations of emerging economies, which say the Fund has
traditionally not been tough enough on its biggest shareholders, led by the
United States.
Now, with the United States and Europe in the doldrums, and emerging
economies providing the major growth engine for the world, the tables appear
to be turning.
"Stronger and even-handed surveillance to uncover vulnerabilities in large
advanced economies is a priorit... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8175 | 47 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration and its allies are going all out
against the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and GOP-leaning groups, accusing them
of using foreign money to help finance political ads. Trouble is, they're
providing no evidence.
The mere idea, lack of proof aside, is part of a Democratic message that
tries to tie Republicans to foreign interests and to jobs shifted overseas.
On Monday, the liberal group MoveOn.org began airing an ad in Illinois
against Senate candidate Mark Kirk us... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 12486 | 48 WSJ专栏文章。作者Bret Stephens是守派（保）论家（政）。他的评论很有见地，特译
成中文供你们学习。
从雅典到北京
今年本来是希腊之年。大约2500年前，在这个国家，在批判探索的精神之中，西方文明
应运而生。而现在，希腊破产、被赎救，深深地浸淫于一个自满、贪腐和无能的文化。
忽然间，这似乎就是西方文明即将堕落至的结局。
然后刘晓波上个星期五荣获诺贝尔和平奖。今年现在属于中国。
自由或纪律，雅典或斯巴达：这是基本的政治问题。像中国或伊朗、 古巴这样的基于政
治纪律理念的政权，几乎每个生活在其统治之下的人都想要更多的自由。没有自由，生
活在道德上不能容忍，也常非血肉之躯能够承受。
诚然，所有的自由社会都唯恐缺乏纪律会在长远之后导致其覆灭。这就是为什么历代的
某些西方思想家如萧伯纳，海德格尔，萨特，福柯，乔姆斯基等被极权主义的政权所吸
引。这就是为什么在保守主义运动中有那么强大的一个文化悲观主义的流派。这就是为
什么那么多环保主义者为了和假想的气候变化威胁斗争而欣然摒弃民主的准则。
这也是为什么那么多西方人对中国及其所谓优越的方式奉若神明。他们埋头苦干，我们
怨天尤人。他们为了将... 阅读全帖 |
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