z*****u
发帖数: 378 | 1 it depends. Is competition among dealers hot in your area? For me, I have
about 10 dealers in 50 miles area, so competition is brutal. The first quote
came in at 19271 + 770 destination. I let the dealer with best ratings and
largest inventory to beat this price, and they gave me 19001. I was
satisfied to get this price, especially they accepted my price on my trade-
in and gave me 0.9% APR.
Currently Honda has $500 incentive to dealers. Dealers probably have secret
rebates (my dealer gave me an... 阅读全帖 |
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x*****g
发帖数: 210 | 2 Thank you very much for the trade-in info at Russel Toyota !
Your info gave me strong confidence at my price bargain time !
Russel Toyota was closed yesterday (Sunday), so I went to Fitzgerald
Auto Mall (Fitzmall.com, national-wide) in Gaithersburg in the afternoon.
This FitzGerald Toyota has so called No Haggle Price ($500-$1000
cheaper than Carmax). So I first checked the SE and LE models, then
decided to try a SE (sporty with lowered body, stronger suspension,
more comfortable ride, alloy whe... 阅读全帖 |
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a******o
发帖数: 16625 | 3 【 以下文字转载自 SanFrancisco 讨论区 】
发信人: lopt (好好学习天天向上), 信区: SanFrancisco
标 题: 韩国两家航空公司的飞机千万不能坐！
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Jul 13 03:05:44 2013, 美东)
这个是我在Yahoo News的comments看到的。一个在韩国两家航空公司教了五年的美国飞
行教官写的。基本就是讲，这两家公司的飞行员普遍不具备基本飞行技能，训练和考试
偷奸耍滑。摔飞机才是正常的。这次旧金山机场趁天气好维修自动助降的仪器，韩亚飞
行员就原形毕露了。
=====================================================
After I retired from UAL as a Standards Captain on the –400, I got a job as
a simulator instructor working for Alteon (a Boeing subsidiary) at Asiana.
When I first got ther... 阅读全帖 |
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f*****t
发帖数: 210 | 4 前段时间看到这个帖子，一直没空去查,但是心里一直记着。
http://www.mitbbs.com/article/Automobile/34472651_3.html
my current 6 month premium for 2 vehicles full coverage:
$1,473.50
(sorry 打汉字不太方便）
I am in New York City area so the premium are higher. 今天空了些，去查了下，
做了个quote,Geico很恶心，if you are current a policyholder, they would not
let
you quote on the website. 所以只好把 个人信息改动点做了new quote. 发现差很多
钱，new quote is about $810 per 6 months. 怒了，打电话。 At first, the
Geico
representative said she could not check on my quote and said she ha... 阅读全帖 |
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l**********y
发帖数: 503 | 5 In my case, 6K. When the dean called me and gave me the first number, I
negotiated and he gave me 3K more. Then I sent him an email and asked again
for more, he gave me another 3K. |
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N***8
发帖数: 4 | 6 1. You need to move on and calm down your mind.
2. After calm down your mind, you could write a simple note to notice other
students not taking this teacher's class anymore (He was not good teaching
in that class).
I have 2 stories related to your case.
10 years ago, I was in school for a graduate computer class. The mid term
was so hard that nobody passed 60. After the exam, I knew I didn't do well
but didn't know the same for other students. So I wrote an email to the
Indian teacher about the ... 阅读全帖 |
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M****o
发帖数: 4860 | 7 就是，起码也得写下面这篇这么长。。。
Why I Am Not A Christian
What Is a Christian?
Nowadays it is not quite that. We have to be a little more vague in our
meaning of Christianity. I think, however, that there are two different
items which are quite essential to anybody calling himself a Christian. The
first is one of a dogmatic nature -- namely, that you must believe in God
and immortality. If you do not believe in those two things, I do not think
that you can properly call yourself a Christian. Then, further tha... 阅读全帖 |
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x*********o
发帖数: 75 | 8 I learned just now that my NSF proposal was recommended. The reviewers
comments were also released on FastLane. I read the comments and was more
than surprised.
The PM said that (s)he used NSF approved procedures to overturn some of the
reviewers rating to have my proposal recommended. The ratings of my proposal
were on the two extreme limits of the spectrum -- two E's and two G's. In
normal situation, my proposal had no chance to be recommended.
The two reviewers who gave E provided detailed an... 阅读全帖 |
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n*******l
发帖数: 19 | 9 Can't type chinese in office..
Just had the 3rd phone interview, I felt really bad while the interviewer
was nice though.
Firstly, I was asked to do the 3-sum coding exercise, which I finished
perfectly.
But everything became uncomfortable when the second question came, it was
not a coding question but a brain teaser.
Never expected such non-coding question before, I hardly get the solution
with lots of hints from the interviewer. Then he asked me if I had any
questions, I asked him about my per... 阅读全帖 |
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d*******4
发帖数: 43 | 10 第一轮：老美
0. a couple questions regarding resume
1. polymorphism, abstraction
2. reverse words in a given string (coding)
3. what is hash table, collision resolution methods
4. 设计电梯
read code in phone for 2
第二轮：老美
interviewer had problem with his laptop, so gave questions out of memory
0. Java final, finally, finalize
1. what is hash table
2. reverse an integer (in binary form)
I gave O(n) solution.
3. 三连击问题
4. design a card game
asked to send codes for 2 and 4 before 9AM the next morning.
I had a ... 阅读全帖 |
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a******u
发帖数: 239 | 11 Sorry. Cannot input Chinese.
I was interviewed by GE Global yesterday. Feel bad and summarize something
here.
I searched the background of the Hiring Manager --- more than 60
publications and 90 patents! During the interview, four questions were
impressive:
1. Asked the persons / researchers in my research field. I told him some
researchers working in companies because I know them from the conference.
These researchers are managers in the opponent companies:) However, HM doesn
't know the guys.
... 阅读全帖 |
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a*********a
发帖数: 3656 | 12 FLG are not startup s by now. but there are people in start ups who hit 3M,
30M, 300M jack pots. I don't even know what UPA stands for.
I think you need to refresh your conditional probability class or take a
look at the wiki if you never learned it.
The probability one makes management in a start up might be higher,
CONDITIONAL on the start up actually survives. that for none founders is a
90% discount up front. I doubt emplyee #100 would have a high chance making
manager before the company suc... 阅读全帖 |
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a*********a
发帖数: 3656 | 13 FLG are not startup s by now. but there are people in start ups who hit 3M,
30M, 300M jack pots. I don't even know what UPA stands for.
I think you need to refresh your conditional probability class or take a
look at the wiki if you never learned it.
The probability one makes management in a start up might be higher,
CONDITIONAL on the start up actually survives. that for none founders is a
90% discount up front. I doubt emplyee #100 would have a high chance making
manager before the company suc... 阅读全帖 |
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q*****4
发帖数: 19 | 14 Just find some Chinese loan broker, tell they how much you want to buy, they
will gave you the pre-approved letter right away, they know Chinese people
usually don't overburden, that's it, you don't need gave out any personal
information except for your name. Your buyer agent usually need pre-approved
form, you bank statement(block your account No.) and your credit score when
you want to gave a offer. |
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m*******d
发帖数: 274 | 15 We need to buy a home insurance. The house price is 520k. Loan amount is
200k. The replacement cost (shown in appraisal report) is 423k. Most
insurance companies gave quote with insured dwelling amount around 300K-380K
, Geico gave quote with insured dwelling amount at 520K, and State farm gave
quote with insured dwelling amount at 423K. I am wondering if everyone use
sale price or replacement cost for the insured amount, or even lower. Thanks
a lot! |
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r*********u
发帖数: 75 | 16 【 以下文字转载自 PennySaver 讨论区 】
发信人: renebowsusu (baaadger), 信区: PennySaver
标 题: Complaint about Target Store Southwest Austin (转载)
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Feb 8 21:27:15 2016, 美东)
发信人: renebowsusu (baaadger), 信区: Texas
标 题: Complaint about Target Store Southwest Austin
关键字: target complaint
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Feb 8 21:11:39 2016, 美东)
This is my first complaint ever on bbs. I had always been a loyal customer
of Target Store until today! This was what had happened to me.
Target store address:
5300 ... 阅读全帖 |
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I******r
发帖数: 100 | 17 My baby girl is 10 months old and recently, she coughs a lot yesterday and
most dr's offices are closed today. and we found one Dr, the Dr said today
that she got the bronchitis, but my baby didn't have fever, so the dr didn't
gave any medicine. I begged her to gave some antibiotics, now my baby girl
is having a fever 100F, should I send her to the emergency room or just gave
her some Mortion. Please help, thanks. |
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I******r
发帖数: 100 | 18 My baby girl is 10 months old and recently, she coughs a lot yesterday and
most dr's offices are closed today. and we found one Dr, the Dr said today
that she got the bronchitis, but my baby didn't have fever, so the dr didn't
gave any medicine. I begged her to gave some antibiotics, now my baby girl
is having a fever 100F, should I send her to the emergency room or just gave
her some Mortion. Please help, thanks. |
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l****i
发帖数: 473 | 19 给这种大额的gift不光不能deduct，还可能要另交gift tax.
Example 3. You gave $25,000 to your 25 year-old daughter. The first $14,
000 of your gift is not subject to the gift tax because of the annual
exclusion. The remaining $11,000 is a taxable gift. As explained later under
Applying the applicable credit to gift tax, you may not have to pay the
gift tax on the remaining $11,000. However, you do have to file a gift tax
return.
但是也有办法的。
Gift Splitting:
Example. Harold and his wife, Helen, agreed to split the g... 阅读全帖 |
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n*******3
发帖数: 5232 | 20 刚看到的：
As far as child care providers, teachers and bus-drivers, here is what
Consumer Reports says people gave to their service providers last year (
based on a US survey of 1,800 people). For child car providers (i.e. family
caregiver, nanny, au pair, daytime babysitter, or your child's lead teacher
at daycare): 62 percent of people surveyed gave an average gift of $40. For
teachers: 59 percent gave an average gift of $20.
（http://childcare.about.com/od/costofchildcare/a/tip.htm） |
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c*******u
发帖数: 12899 | 21 ☆─────────────────────────────────────☆
kaixinbb (kaixinbb) 于 (Wed Jan 11 15:46:26 2012, 美东) 提到:
恩， 你还没ready. 你应该40岁后再要孩子， 生不出来问题也不大，因为你的生活已
经很充实了。
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HoH (HoH) 于 (Wed Jan 11 15:47:56 2012, 美东) 提到:
也有过类似想法，不过自己决定的事情就要自己承担。生下来就好了，看着孩子觉得其
他什么都不再重要。现在反正也不能退货，干脆放宽心吧。
我们以为拥有昨天和明天，我们以为世界上有假如和意外，其实我们拥有的只是当下，
而事情的发生只有一种可能，那就是你所经历的那一种。如果有什么错了，那不是现实
错了，而是我们的想象错了。
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leeking (life is drama) 于 (Wed Jan 11 15:48:11 2012, ... 阅读全帖 |
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B******1
发帖数: 9094 | 22 1) No.
2) Yeah, I did both. (I know, so shameless to admit that.)
3) But the situation has change when comparing my childhood with that of
James.
I want to add two episodes of my parents' way of teaching me.
A) After I finished elementary school, I had no Summer Homework for the
first time in 5 years. So I asked my parents to borrow books from Beida
library for me. Then my dad made a deal with me. I needed to memorize lessons
from English 900 in exchange for the right to read books from the lib... 阅读全帖 |
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s******n
发帖数: 2279 | 23 http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture-society/asian-american-parenting-and-academic-success-26053/
By Kathy Seal
Why do so many Asian-American kids do so well in school?
Researchers are zeroing in on one important reason: the unique style of
Asian-American parenting.
A visit to the University of California’s most selective campuses shows how
very well Asian-American kids do academically: While Asian Americans
constituted 14 percent of the state population in 2008, this fall they ... 阅读全帖 |
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s******n
发帖数: 2279 | 24 The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com
Why Shanghai schooled the US: Americans think they're too smart to work hard
Unlike their Asian peers, American students tend to measure success by
innate ability instead of hard work. But China's (and Asia's) powerhouse
performance on a recently released standardized test put American students
– and their work ethic – to shame.
By Jonathan Zimmerman
posted December 14, 2010 at 2:29 pm EST
New York —
Are you smart? I mean, really smart? Like, so smar... 阅读全帖 |
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w********t
发帖数: 18315 | 25 找到了
God Bless The USA
by Lee Greenwood
If tomorrow all the things were gone,
I'd worked for all my life.
And I had to start again,
with just my children and my wife.
I'd thank my lucky stars,
to be livin here today.
‘Cause the flag still stands for freedom,
and they can't take that away.
And I'm proud to be an American,
where at least I know I'm free.
And I wont forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.
And I gladly stand up,
next to you and defend her still today.
‘Cause there ain't n... 阅读全帖 |
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b**o
发帖数: 5769 | 26 My twins are in seperate classes. Last time I invited both classes. Ella's
classmates gave Ella presents and Emma's classmates gave Emma presents. The
friends of us gave both of them gifts. They were happy about that. You don't
have to give both of them presents if only one of them is in your kid's
class. :)
Make sure you put a card or gift tag with the present so they know who give
to who. |
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h*******i
发帖数: 191 | 27 sorry.toufu coupon gave wrong information. I first gave mf coupon,after I
gave store coupon. |
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r*********u
发帖数: 75 | 28 【 以下文字转载自 Texas 讨论区 】
发信人: renebowsusu (baaadger), 信区: Texas
标 题: Complaint about Target Store Southwest Austin
关键字: target complaint
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Feb 8 21:11:39 2016, 美东)
This is my first complaint ever on bbs. I had always been a loyal customer
of Target Store until today! This was what had happened to me.
Target store address:
5300 S MoPac Expy, Austin, TX
Right after Christmas, I bought an expensive Christmas tree from this store
(7.5 ft. Pre-Lit Philips Balsam Fir Artificial Chri... 阅读全帖 |
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B******n
发帖数: 1920 | 30 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: xaa7 (xaa), 信区: Military
标 题: 一对中国老夫妇搭AA航班，在baltimore遇车祸
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Mar 5 16:40:28 2018, 美东)
I want to be clear that this is not about me. I am writing this to spread
word and find help for this couple. This is simply my account of what
happened. It is in the first person because this is all I know for sure.
为美国航空的疏忽，两位中国乘客险些丧生
请转发分享，现在还没有任何媒体对此这件事进行报导，相关人士可以联络我。
Yesterday, I was on a flight that not only did not get us to our destination
but also failed ... 阅读全帖 |
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d*****1
发帖数: 407 | 31 90 days ago, we requested Ben Bernanke's resignation as Federal Reserve
chairman. Mr. Bernanke has not complied
with our request.
The Federal Reserve's policies are systematically looting the country to
enrich one-tenth of one percent of the
population.
The Federal Reserve has deliberately driven tens of millions of people into
poverty.
The Federal Reserve is responsible for Crimes Against Humanity!
The Federal Reserve gave trillions of American taxpayer dollars, in secrecy,
to the people who we... 阅读全帖 |
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s*********8
发帖数: 901 | 32 Of the 11 corporate "up-failers" on our list, none has been accused of
crimes or illegalities, and virtually all of them attribute their
controversial performance as business leaders to factors beyond their
control. Yet critics blame them for problems that deeply damaged the firms
they once ran or helped run. Here are some of the former CEOs and other
corporate honchos who seem to have stumbled upward after being involved in
some of the most notorious corporate episodes of the last decade:
Marti... 阅读全帖 |
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l**t
发帖数: 6971 | 33 【 以下文字转载自 SanFrancisco 讨论区 】
发信人: lopt (好好学习天天向上), 信区: SanFrancisco
标 题: 韩国两家航空公司的飞机千万不能坐！
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Jul 13 03:05:44 2013, 美东)
这个是我在Yahoo News的comments看到的。一个在韩国两家航空公司教了五年的美国飞
行教官写的。基本就是讲，这两家公司的飞行员普遍不具备基本飞行技能，训练和考试
偷奸耍滑。摔飞机才是正常的。这次旧金山机场趁天气好维修自动助降的仪器，韩亚飞
行员就原形毕露了。
=====================================================
After I retired from UAL as a Standards Captain on the –400, I got a job as
a simulator instructor working for Alteon (a Boeing subsidiary) at Asiana.
When I first got ther... 阅读全帖 |
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c*******o
发帖数: 5387 | 34 Walter Energy, Inc. (NYSE:WLT) has started to negotiate an amendment for
financial assistance
Boston, MA, 07/18/2013 (nysepost) - Walter energy, Inc. (NYSE:WLT) which is
leading in production and export of coal grounded more than 75% in the past
6months. In February the share price of Walter Energy was at $40.60 but at
the end of June the company’s share price was at $9.88. This fall in share
prices indicates that company is facing bullish environment. Recently the
company started to negotiate a... 阅读全帖 |
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W***n
发帖数: 11530 | 35 FBI Files Say Hedge Fund Analyst Made Millions on Tips From Dell Insider
By Neil Weinberg, David Glovin and Patricia Hurtado Nov 25, 2014 4:00 AM CT
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Jan. 7, “Part of our job is to
make sure... Read More
The FBI files spell it out: An analyst at Citadel LLC, the hedge fund with $
23 billion in capital invested globally, told agents he made millions of
dollars trading on information from a company insider.
It was December 2011, and the Justice Department ... 阅读全帖 |
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g****t
发帖数: 31659 | 36 来读书吧：
Saudi-Iranian Collaboration: A Forgotten Story
On January 2, 2016, the Sunni government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA
) executed the leading imam of the Shia community in KSA. The Shiite
government of Iran denounced this execution, as did governments throughout
the world, and avowed there would be consequences. Since that time, the
rhetoric has continued to escalate, and the world politicians and media have
talked of a possible direct war between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Almost
everyon... 阅读全帖 |
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c**p
发帖数: 204 | 37 曾经在此得到很多帮助。分享我的经验。汇报大家。
我的经历，回复：在加拿大转机回国，回来时也是在加拿大入境，会不会有问题
Hi: For this question, simply saying it is OK, but it was not very smoothly.
My ticket was from Newark, NJ to Toronto, then Toronto to Beijing. Then from
Beijing to Toronto, then Toronto to Newark, NJ.
Leaving the US,in Newark Int'l airport: the officer asked me whether I have
a valid VISA to enter U.S. I said, I do not have. I will apply in Beijing.
My entering visa has expired but I have valid STATUS in US, I am H1b Status,
I am legal... 阅读全帖 |
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t**********p
发帖数: 2672 | 42 The Barkley Marathons
http://www.mattmahoney.net/barkley/
The Barkley is considered one of the toughest 100 mile races in the world.
It has 59,100 feet of climb (and 59,100 feet of descent), more than any
other 100 mile race, more than the 33,000 ft. of climb at Hardrock, and more
than the 45,000 ft. at Nolan's 14.
Since the race began in 1986, only 13 runners out of about 900 have finished
within the 60 hour cutoff. Mark Williams of the UK finished first in 1995
in 59:28. Here is his race repor... 阅读全帖 |
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x****y
发帖数: 2 | 43 My own experience has been great with Kevin Zhu. Not sure why someone is so
mad. Just a little mean that shooting Kevin in the open. While no one knows
who you realy are.
We started with Kevin in 2010 on our primary residence in Short Hills. He
gave us the best rate and shortest closing time. We since refinanced two
times with Kevin and one time with another company. All very smooth.
last year, we bought 2nd house also through Kevin. First credit approval
then close less then 30 days. No hiden c... 阅读全帖 |
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m****s
发帖数: 7397 | 44 allow me to elaborate
try not to say: "I have a vision...."
or "Doc, I dream of you last night..."
also, avoid asking: "Doc, I took the white pills you gave me. I took the
yellow pills you gave me, i took the green pills you gave me....why the fuck
do I still feel i am not taking enough..uh?" |
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m*********o
发帖数: 7545 | 45 ☆─────────────────────────────────────☆
meiyouruguo (meiyouruguo) 于 (Sat May 12 01:37:42 2012, 美东) 提到:
要求：题目半命题【母爱如山，[xxxx]】
1，要以母亲，母爱，母子，母亲节为主
2. 补充题目 括弧中部分。
3. 文章简短 最少不少于3行每行不少于10个字，最多不多余20行。
4. 要求原创
5. 时间为即日起，到20号截至
6. 不得另新开贴，所有短文在此跟帖
奖励：1.凡符合要求的双簧
2.凡符合要求，配图配乐，奔母亲，奔宝宝的，三黄 （上限50 IDs)
3.凡符合前2点的，被大众赞誉有加的 200伪币（上限10 IDs）由版务做最后决定。
征文名单 奖励暂未发放
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biliantian 征文+奔歌 10 楼 30WB
mitccs 征文+奔歌 12/15 楼 30WB
chatting ... 阅读全帖 |
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g**y
发帖数: 53 | 46 This is an interesting article about two different studies that looked at
how children learn and the effects of teaching on children's learning
abilities : http://www.slate.com/id/2288402/
Why Preschool Shouldn't Be Like School
New research shows that teaching kids more and more, at ever-younger ages,
may backfire.
By Alison Gopnik Posted Wednesday, March 16, 2011, at 2:15 PM ET
Ours is an age of pedagogy. Anxious parents instruct their children more and
more, at younger and younger ages, until ... 阅读全帖 |
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l**t
发帖数: 6971 | 47 这个是我在Yahoo News的comments看到的。一个在韩国两家航空公司教了五年的美国飞
行教官写的。基本就是讲，这两家公司的飞行员普遍不具备基本飞行技能，训练和考试
偷奸耍滑。摔飞机才是正常的。这次旧金山机场趁天气好维修自动助降的仪器，韩亚飞
行员就原形毕露了。
=====================================================
After I retired from UAL as a Standards Captain on the –400, I got a job as
a simulator instructor working for Alteon (a Boeing subsidiary) at Asiana.
When I first got there, I was shocked and surprised by the lack of basic
piloting skills shown by most of the pilots. It is not a normal situation
with normal ... 阅读全帖 |
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l*g
发帖数: 9 | 48 转贴自微软Chime
I was looking for a home remodel contractor several months ago and some
people recommended me Weibin Fang. I used him but finally found he is the
worst contractor I have ever met, not “one of the worst ones”. He always
asked for more money and never came to my home on time. The following are my
experiences:
1. Project 1: paving patio using bricks. He gave us a lot of very
beautiful pictures before the project, but the actual look is not very good
after it was done. And, the paving... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 75 | 49 This is my first complaint ever on bbs. I had always been a loyal customer
of Target Store until today! This was what had happened to me.
Target store address:
5300 S MoPac Expy, Austin, TX
Right after Christmas, I bought an expensive Christmas tree from this store
(7.5 ft. Pre-Lit Philips Balsam Fir Artificial Christmas Tree- Illuminate
Technology- Multi-Color Lights; original price $514). I bought it at half
price with Target red card and gift card. After I got home, I found some
small ite... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5387 | 50 【 以下文字转载自 Reader 讨论区 】
发信人: wonderlich (左岸，遁去), 信区: Reader
标 题: 莫言 讲故事的人
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Dec 7 12:27:27 2012, 美东)
Nobel Lecture
7 December, 2012
Storytellers
Distinguished members of the Swedish Academy, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Through the mediums of television and the Internet, I imagine that everyone
here has at least a nodding acquaintance with far-off Northeast Gaomi
Township. You may have seen my ninety-year-old father, as well as my
brothers, my sister, my wife and my daughter, even my... 阅读全帖 |
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