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n******7
发帖数: 5678 | 2 Reporting from Beijing — Norway and China are at odds over a case that
involves blood, passion and a fundamental concern about human rights, but
this time it's not about the Nobel Peace Prize.
Instead, it is a garden-variety homicide, a young woman — in this case
Norwegian — killed in Hungary, allegedly by her jilted lover, a Chinese
student.
When it was learned this month that Chinese officials had freed the suspect,
despite an apparent confession, many Norwegians saw the move as a blatant
act ... 阅读全帖 |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 3 Jamil Anderlini, Chinese airspace move excites producers; low-flying
decision expected to prompt a rush from aircraft buyers. Financial Times,
Nov. 18, 2010.
www.ft.com/cms/s/0/45712b8a-f26f-11df-a2f3-00144feab49a.html
Quote:
"Lutz Bertling, the head of Eurocopter, the world’s largest civil
helicopter maker, told Reuters he expects China will move from making civil
helicopters in joint ventures and under licence to producing its own from
scratch within the decade.
"Because of this [cumbersome re... 阅读全帖 |
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c*****r
发帖数: 8227 | 4 The Senate just voted not to move ahead with Senate Majority Leader Harry
Reid’s proposal for raising the debt ceiling, which included $2.2 trillion
in spending cuts. The vote was 50-49, with 60 votes need to advance the bill.
But by the time of the vote, the result was anti-climactic; the real action
is unfolding far from the Senate floor, as leaders of both parties try to
hammer out the final details of a deal by day’s end to raise the debt
ceiling from the current $14.29 trillion. That would ... 阅读全帖 |
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c******k
发帖数: 8998 | 5 By Mark Seibel, McClatchy Newspapers
22 October 11
ikiLeaks, the whistleblower website that has been at the center of some of
the world's most controversial news for the past 18 months, is facing dire
economic times, largely, the website says, because Visa, MasterCard and
PayPal have refused for more than 10 months to process donations made on its
behalf.
The total financial cost of what WikiLeaks calls a blockade is uncertain,
but the lack of resources mixed with turmoil that has surrounded the... 阅读全帖 |
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G*******n
发帖数: 6889 | 6 "When the NYPD switched from Smith & Wesson revolvers, which had about a 12
lb trigger pull, to Glock semiautomatics, which have a 5.5 lb trigger pull,
the NYPD found that their officers were having a high incidence of negligent
discharges due to the lower weight trigger pull. Instead of altering their
training, as every other police department did, and teach the officers not
to put their fingers on the trigger until they're prepared to fire, they
decided to re-engineer the Glock trigger to add ... 阅读全帖 |
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C****g
发帖数: 2220 | 7 Secret weapons
Nature 489, 177–178 (13 September 2012) doi:10.1038/489177b
Published online 12 September 2012
US military furtiveness is hindering progress and the development of
technology.
Subject terms:
Government Applied physics Engineering Policy
Article tools
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rights and permissions
share/bookmark
In the 1940s, with the Second World War in full swing, Japanese scientists
sketched out a plan to build a microwave w... 阅读全帖 |
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l********u
发帖数: 910 | 8 George J. So, Xin Li, Hooshang Kangarloo, Richard Steckel, Daniel J.
Valentino
UCLA Medical Center, Department of Radiological Sciences 10833 Le Conte, Los
Angeles, California 90024
1. ABSTRACT
Recent advances in telecommunications via the Internet have significantly
improved international communication. We report a case of teleconsultation
using the World Wide Web (WWW) and related technologies on the internet to
facilitate the successful diagnosis and treatment of a rare illness that
occurred ... 阅读全帖 |
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b***y
发帖数: 14281 | 9 Not true. Ugly and cumbersome. Koreans do that, only when they can mix it
with the soup. |
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x******g
发帖数: 33885 | 10 我想提醒大家，当了甜妞儿教授并不等于你就可以乱喷。这样做会丢掉你的工作的。
在政治路线上，在美国当教授跟在中国当教授没什么两样：祸从嘴出。
一旦你被认为是个“trouble maker"，你的教师生涯基本上完了。
MYTH:
Professors say they need to have tenure to have academic freedom which
sounds too much like the freedom to do or say whatever they want, no matter
how radical or inconsequential. Anyway, the Constitution protects academic
freedom; you don't need tenure for that.
REALITY:
Academic freedom is important because society needs "safe havens," places
where students and scholars can challenge... 阅读全帖 |
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m******e
发帖数: 536 | 11 【 以下文字转载自 PDA 讨论区 】
发信人: meditate (meditate), 信区: PDA
标 题: 靠1+1上纽约时报了，比较正面的科技版专栏文章，小牛啊。
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Oct 8 23:09:08 2014, 美东)
靠1+1上上今天纽约时报了，还是比较正面的科技版专栏文章，小牛啊。
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/09/technology/personaltech/onepl
Personal Tech
Low Price, High Hopes for OnePlus Phone
OCT. 8, 2014
Photo
The One from OnePlus, a Chinese company, runs CyanogenMod, a version of
Google’s Android operating system that is flexible and easy to use. Credit
Jim Wilson/The New York Times
Farhad M... 阅读全帖 |
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b****a
发帖数: 4465 | 12 A New Cancer Drug, Made in China
After 14 years, Shenzhen biotech’s medicine is one of the few locally
developed from start to finish
HONG KONG—Xian-Ping Lu left his job as director of research at drug maker
Galderma R&D in Princeton, N.J., to co-found a biotech company to develop
new medicines in his native China.
It took more than 14 years but the bet could be paying off. In February,
Shenzhen Chipscreen Biosciences’ first therapy, a medication for a rare
type of lymph-node cancer, hit the mar... 阅读全帖 |
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a*****y
发帖数: 33185 | 13 http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/high-power-microwave-
High-Power Microwave Weapons Start to Look Like Dead-End
Despite 50 years of research on high-power microwaves, the U.S. military has
yet to produce a usable weapon
By Sharon Weinberger | September 12, 2012
E-BLAST
Nature
By Sharon Weinberger of Nature magazine
For some Pentagon officials, the demonstration in October 2007 must have
seemed like a dream come true — an opportunity to blast reporters with a
beam of energy that causes s... 阅读全帖 |
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b*****d
发帖数: 61690 | 14 The banking password may be about to expire — forever.
Some of the nation’s largest banks, acknowledging that traditional
passwords are either too cumbersome or no longer secure, are increasingly
using fingerprints, facial scans and other types of biometrics to safeguard
accounts.
Millions of customers at Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo
routinely use fingerprints to log into their bank accounts through their
mobile phones. This feature, which some of the largest banks have introd... 阅读全帖 |
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s*********e
发帖数: 5245 | 15 Alcohol-Related Driving Offenses Vary Among States
Every state in the United States has laws prohibiting driving while under
the influence of alcohol. States tend to refer to the offense/s as driving
while intoxicated (DWI) or driving under the influence (DUI). While most
state statutes are similar, there are some variations among the different
state laws.
Aggravating Factors on DUI May Result in Serious Immigration Consequences
A simple DUI without any aggravating circumstances typically would ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 16 China’s political year
Xi Jinping is busy arranging a huge reshuffle
Reading the runes will be even more difficult than usual
Jan 7th 2017 | BEIJING
EVERY four years the United States holds an election that can change
national policy and unseat many decision-makers. Every five years China
holds a selection process that can do the same thing. Communist Party
officials tout it as evidence of a well-ordered rhythm in their country’s
politics. This year it may turn out as unpredictable as America’s ... 阅读全帖 |
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m******t
发帖数: 2416 | 17 The only success in that war is the riddance of Hussein.
It was otherwise decided on misinformation(to say the least),
poorly planed, inadequately executed, and being exited
from rather cumbersomely.
it |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 18 By John F. Di Leo
We think of the world of transportation -- especially trucking and
automobile manufacturing -- as being one of the most fundamental of
Democratic Party constituencies. Detroit has long been a party stronghold,
with the UAW and Teamsters among Democrats' most powerful union supporters.
From the worker at the DMV to the driver he licenses, this is one solid
chain of Democrats.
But is this political loyalty deserved today, if indeed it ever was? Since
the Democratic Party was t... 阅读全帖 |
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l*****9
发帖数: 9501 | 19 http://www.denverpost.com/recommended/ci_12523427
Debunking Canadian health care myths
POSTED: 06/07/2009 01:00:00 AM MDT
By Rhonda Hackett
As a Canadian living in the United States for the past 17 years, I am
frequently asked by Americans and Canadians alike to declare one health care
system as the better one.
Often I'll avoid answering, regardless of the questioner's nationality. To
choose one or the other system usually translates into a heated discussion
of each one's merits, pitfalls, and... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 20 Magpul Pulling Up Stakes in Colorado, Heading to Texas and Wyoming
Keeping good on its promise to leave Colorado in reaction to the draconian
gun laws passed in March 2013, "high capacity" magazine maker Magpul
Industries has announced it will relocate to Texas and Wyoming.
On March 4 of last year Breitbart News reported that Magpul was leaving
Colorado "if Democrats in the state house and senate [succeeded] in passing
a high capacity magazine ban."
The ban was passed, so Magpul is leaving and t... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 21 (Courtesy United Artists)
By: Danielle Thompson
3/16/2014 10:32 PM
Texas, known for its cowboy ways, just may shock you when you learn the
state is not as pro-gun as it seems.
While the state remains a Republican stronghold, Texas lags behind several
states in allowing their citizens to exercise their Second Amendment rights.
The Guardian published its state by state findings relating to restrictions
on the Second Amendment. The results show that Texas forbids the open carry
of handguns and ... 阅读全帖 |
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D*********n
发帖数: 674 | 22 http://takimag.com/article/the_talk_nonblack_version_john_derby
这里有个教育孩子的关于黑人的好文章。实用。
The Talk: Nonblack Version
by John Derbyshire
April 05, 2012
Share on emailShare on printMultiple Pages
The Talk: Nonblack Version
There is much talk about “the talk.”
“Sean O’Reilly was 16 when his mother gave him the talk that most black
parents give their teenage sons,” Denisa R. Superville of the Hackensack (
NJ) Record tells us. Meanwhile, down in Atlanta: “Her sons were 12 and 8
when Marlyn Tillman realiz... 阅读全帖 |
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p****t
发帖数: 292 | 23 http://takimag.com/article/the_talk_nonblack_version_john_derby
There is much talk about “the talk.”
“Sean O’Reilly was 16 when his mother gave him the talk that most black
parents give their teenage sons,” Denisa R. Superville of the Hackensack (
NJ) Record tells us. Meanwhile, down in Atlanta: “Her sons were 12 and 8
when Marlyn Tillman realized it was time for her to have the talk,” Gracie
Bonds Staples writes in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Leonard Greene talks about the talk in the New Yor... 阅读全帖 |
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g********2
发帖数: 6571 | 24 matthew 6 minutes ago
He didn't say the cops in Dallas "acted stupidly"?? Did he discuss the data
that shows 99% of cops are clean and 50% of black men have been arrested
before the age of 24? No, let's don't talk numbers and data as that would be
too cumbersome. Let's just use our emotions and ignore facts so we can keep
destroying property instead of finding a job and raising our offspring. |
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s******2
发帖数: 282 | 25 许多新车都带屏幕，可以用手机做hotspot，通过手机上的数据plan上网，google
search和map都可以。关键是汽车上没有统一的api，不能象mobile app 那样随便增加
用ipad做导航的，youtube上有，你可以搜搜，比较cumbersome |
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w*******r
发帖数: 131 | 26 according to Forbes.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/michellekrebs/2012/04/12/quick-what
Quick, What's the Fastest-Selling Car in America?
Answer: the Toyota Prius C hybrid car, according to Edmunds.com’s analysis
of March sales and inventory numbers. The Prius C, the newest, smallest and
least expensive member of the Toyota Prius hybrid family, barely has time to
dirty its tires because the Prius C, which starts at $19,000, stays on the
dealership lot only about eight days until a buyer drives it a... 阅读全帖 |
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w****v
发帖数: 2756 | 27 好像也就是Pilot满足LZ的条件了，
不过edmunds 上专家评价说这车狠肉
http://www.edmunds.com/honda/pilot/2012/#fullreview
Driving Impressions
When it comes to performance, the 2012 Honda Pilot is hindered by a lack of
power and a hefty curb weight. Off-the-line acceleration is lethargic, and
we found that hilly terrain can flummox the five-speed automatic
transmission -- especially when cruise control is engaged. Around corners
and in tight spaces, the Pilot feels rather cumbersome due to its slow
steering and boxy dimensio... 阅读全帖 |
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w*******s
发帖数: 1644 | 28 Road TestSE Hybrid 4-cyl CVT
In a class generally known for bland styling and a lack of driving
excitement, the redesigned 2013 Fusion is a fresh, charismatic newcomer. But
like some promising and talented celebrities, it has just enough quirks to
erode your enthusiasm.
The new Fusion looks upscale and stylish, and it handles like a really good
European sports sedan. We bought three versions: a top-trim Titanium, a mid-
trim SE, and the SE Hybrid. All versions provide a composed, civilized ride
... 阅读全帖 |
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h**********r
发帖数: 2284 | 29 Great news. Volve is a pretty good car. Never driven other Volvo models
before, but S60 feels very solid but not cumbersome. |
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发帖数: 20444 | 30 老色狼请问这个说的对不对
Worst Full-Size Sedan: 2014 Ford Taurus
This segment used to be rife with stinkers, yet after the impressive
redesign of the Chevrolet Impala, there is no clear bottom dweller and we're
left with a "worst" choice that is far from bad. The Ford Taurus quite
simply isn't as good as its competitors.
Yes, MyFord Touch can be difficult to use and the visibility makes it a bit
cumbersome to drive, but it's hard to pinpoint things the Taurus truly does
poorly. At the same time, however, it... 阅读全帖 |
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g***s
发帖数: 3811 | 31 Lenovo - G500 59399508 427.99
Product Total: $399.99
Shipping: $0.00
Sales Tax:$28.00
Order Total:
$427.99
Product Features
15.6" display
Typical 1366 x 768 HD resolution. Energy-efficient LED-backlight.
3rd Gen Intel® Core™ i5-3230M processor
Smart dual-core, four-way processing performance. Intel Turbo Boost
Technology delivers dynamic extra power when you need it, while increasing
energy efficiency when you don't.
4GB system memory for basic multitasking
Adequate high-bandwidth RAM... 阅读全帖 |
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o**********e
发帖数: 18403 | 32 【 以下文字转载自 Seattle 讨论区 】
发信人: kennywang114 (kenny), 信区: Seattle
标 题: 新工作机会： DT Seattle SDE/T 职位
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Sep 25 19:01:54 2014, 美东)
公司（ Luxury Travel Software Company) 有一个 Junior level SDE/T position.
有兴趣的朋友可以申请, 在DT Seattle,小公司。
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/sof/4685651332.html
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) (Downtown)
Company Summary:
Virtuoso is building the next generation of travel technology for the
luxury leisure travel market, a >$10 Billion worldwide market ... 阅读全帖 |
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J***y
发帖数: 321 | 33 There are two different reasons for bookkeeping, one is for tax purposes,
and one is for actually knowing where you stand and if you are meeting the
goals and budgets you have set...in order to make changes, or do future
planning. This does not mean you keep two sets of bookkeeping records, it
just means you extract different information from them.
Some expenses involve taking cash out of your pocket, or checking account,
or get them deducted by ebay or PayPal...or you charged them.
Some expens... 阅读全帖 |
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g***s
发帖数: 3811 | 34 Lenovo - G500 59399508 427.99
Product Total: $399.99
Shipping: $0.00
Sales Tax:$28.00
Order Total:
$427.99
Product Features
15.6" display
Typical 1366 x 768 HD resolution. Energy-efficient LED-backlight.
3rd Gen Intel® Core™ i5-3230M processor
Smart dual-core, four-way processing performance. Intel Turbo Boost
Technology delivers dynamic extra power when you need it, while increasing
energy efficiency when you don't.
4GB system memory for basic multitasking
Adequate high-bandwidth RAM... 阅读全帖 |
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a*****s
发帖数: 2663 | 35 Any decent recording setup can sort of do this. For example I can sing and
record with Mackie Onyx 400F plus tracktion 3 software at 24bit/192kHz with
reverbs and other effects provided by VST plugins. You can even have a small
band with 400F. If you are only doing solo, my tc Electronics Desktop
Konnekt 6 is a better portable solution with amazing M40 studio reverb.
The only issue of going this route is that recording softwares aren't
designed for OK. It can be very cumbersome to use, otherwise |
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d*****r
发帖数: 273 | 36 1) You do not need to worry AGI as a student. However, you must have earned
income. Income from interest and dividend do not count. If you want to
contribute $5000, you must have earned income of $5000.
2) You have until 04/18/2011 to contribute your IRA for 2010. You can write
a check, wire transfer, etc. You can also do payroll deduction, which is
more cumbersome.
3) How to make money? It is totally up to you. You have full control of IRA
investment. You can let is sit in a money market accoun... 阅读全帖 |
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r*****m
发帖数: 131 | 37 上上个星期，hiring manager说下个星期中偶们会作出决定，我们星期三通个电话吧。
星期二给我发信，说是星期五要和人事部门开会，讨论关于我的问题。自然星期三也没
有给我打电话。
今天早上给他发了个信，到现在没有回信－－他一般在15分钟内回复我的闻讯信件。
bless我吧，我真的太需要这份工作了。
update:
太感谢大家的bless了。。。
刚刚hm回信了，说是要改job description (改得和我的背景倒是更match了), repost,
然后要我re-apply. 他说这是个process而已。。。
不知道他们会不会面试更多人，不知道还要拖多久。。。
泪奔！
可能没有那么乐观。
repost 还是比较tricky的。也许他们要面试更多人呢。。。 他的信里讲了，he's
aware this is a cumbersome process, and they may lose qualified candidate by
the process.
写信问了他到底还要等多久－－他30秒内回信讲他需要几天时间figure out the process, 然后会 |
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r*****m
发帖数: 131 | 38 可能没有那么乐观。
repost 还是比较tricky的。也许他们要面试更多人呢。。。 他的信里讲了，he's
aware this is a cumbersome process, and they may lose qualified candidate by
the process. |
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f*****d
发帖数: 2285 | 39 http://googlecloudplatform.blogspot.com/2014/06/sneak-peek-goog
In today's world, information is being generated at an incredible rate.
However, unlocking insights from large datasets can be cumbersome and costly
, even for experts.
It doesn’t have to be that way. Yesterday, at Google I/O, you got a sneak
peek of Google Cloud Dataflow, the latest step in our effort to make data
and analytics accessible to everyone. You can use Cloud Dataflow:
for data integration and preparation (e.g. in prepara... 阅读全帖 |
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o**********e
发帖数: 18403 | 40 【 以下文字转载自 Seattle 讨论区 】
发信人: kennywang114 (kenny), 信区: Seattle
标 题: 新工作机会： DT Seattle SDE/T 职位
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Sep 25 19:01:54 2014, 美东)
公司（ Luxury Travel Software Company) 有一个 Junior level SDE/T position.
有兴趣的朋友可以申请, 在DT Seattle,小公司。
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/sof/4685651332.html
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) (Downtown)
Company Summary:
Virtuoso is building the next generation of travel technology for the
luxury leisure travel market, a >$10 Billion worldwide market ... 阅读全帖 |
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z*********n
发帖数: 94654 | 41 that's why you should buy higher end drill.
now you know the limitation of the freight harbor drill ... hehe
I'd rather pay 100$ more in exchange for the freedom of cordless...
draging a long cord, is not only cumbersome, sometimes, it's a pain in the
ass, or even impractical |
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s*********0
发帖数: 2045 | 42 Ok, so that's why. And as someone who DOES carry the hoses up and down in a
multi-level house, I can say for sure it's cumbersome to lug these around my
house. I also store them in the garage because they are ugly so buying more
won't help (btw I consider them very costly). That's why I got a Dyson as
well.
I can understand why for newer houses central vac is not as popular as it
should be given how long it's being on the market.
to
can |
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l********n
发帖数: 31 | 43 two different things,mammogram is far more cumbersome |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 44 To me you are simply CRAZY.
Loomk, if you know nothing, EDUCATE yourself. Do not make a fool out of
yourself, for heaven's sake.
You may say US is bad, Americans are worst. Nobody holds you back here. The
world is yours to explore.
(1) After reading your original posting, I suspected you went through
colonscopy 结肠镜,
Come on, you are so ignorant: you were not sedated (in fact you were
conscious the whole time); you had not gone through preparation the day
before (laxative); the position you took ... 阅读全帖 |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 45 I have no sympathy for people like you.
You deserve punishment, which God will mete out in due course (see next, for
example).
(1) I myself was abused--both physically and emotionally--when I was a boy
in Taiwan. By my parents. After I grew up, I have turned my back on them. I
have no idea if they are alive or not. Go to hell, I say.
(2) What is wrong with Chinese culture, into which Taiwanese culture may
arguably be subsumed?
subsume (vt): "include, incorporate"
YAN FAN ZHU gained notoriety in ... 阅读全帖 |
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a*****g
发帖数: 19398 | 46 我一直说 common core 出的问题，现在终于有其他人出文章了
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/11/math-showi
Common Core-era rules that force kids to diagram their thought processes can
make the equations a lot more confusing than they need to be.
Rogelio V. Solis / AP
At a middle school in California, the state testing in math was underway via
the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) exam. A girl pointed to
the problem on the computer screen and asked “What do I do?” The proctor
read the instruc... 阅读全帖 |
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t******l
发帖数: 10908 | 47 这篇说得很好。我同意 Common Core Math 在 prealgebra 阶段的 over-explanation
可能 do more harm than good。
( 当然，我有 AMC 8 来平衡，我不是太担心。我们这边 accelerated path 里班的父
母们，估计也有办法。)
另外文章的下面这段，解释了为啥如果在没有跟传统数学 (比如 AMC 8) 配平比配好，
over-explanation 可能是 potential harmful，可能会 delay the leap to algebra
。(当然我个人不担心那个，我们还有 AMC 10，加个料就完事了。)
== quote ==
Math learning is a progression from concrete to abstract. The advantage to
the abstract is that the various mathematical operations can be performed
without the cumbersome attachments of ... 阅读全帖 |
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m*****u
发帖数: 5534 | 48 http://www.investmentu.com/2011/June/ford-reaches-a-crossroads.
Ford Reaches a Crossroads
by Justin Dove, Investment U Research
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
People who follow Ford (NYSE: F) were dealt a big surprise last week by some
negative press.
Ford fell 18 spots to 23rd in this year’s J.D. Power and Associates 2011
Initial Quality Study.
Ford was ranked fifth last year and was the mainstream brand with fewest
defects. Ford had exceeded industry averages in quality each year since 2006.
There’s n... 阅读全帖 |
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c*****r
发帖数: 8227 | 49 The Senate just voted not to move ahead with Senate Majority Leader Harry
Reid’s proposal for raising the debt ceiling, which included $2.2 trillion
in spending cuts. The vote was 50-49, with 60 votes need to advance the bill.
But by the time of the vote, the result was anti-climactic; the real action
is unfolding far from the Senate floor, as leaders of both parties try to
hammer out the final details of a deal by day’s end to raise the debt
ceiling from the current $14.29 trillion. That would ... 阅读全帖 |
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d****e
发帖数: 251 | 50 You are right, I just found out.
Anyway, I am trying to simplify the process a little bit more by doing face
detection. The box selection of the website is quite cumbersome to me. What
I can do for now is provide a page for fine adjustment if the result is not
perfect. |
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