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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Minimum Wage, Maximum Politics
A mandated 40% increase in labor costs will put people out of work. But, hey
, anything to help get out the vote.
By
Andy Puzder
Oct. 5, 2014 5:14 p.m. ET
As the midterm elections approach, President Obama is calling on Congress to
increase the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour from $7.25. “Let’s
give America a raise, and make our economy stronger,” he said on Thursday
at Northwestern University. That sounds nice, and the hike would give a
raise to Americans w... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 787 | 2 当年轻的高校毕业生们在决定搬往何处去时，他们考虑的并不仅仅是诸如纽约(New
York)、华盛顿(Washington)和旧金山(San Francisco)这样的常见地点。根据新成立的
智库City Observatory周一(指10月20日——译注)发布的一份报告，在其它城市里，这
些宝贵的居民在当地人口中的比重甚至提升得更快，目前已达到一个很高的水平。比重
最大的城市包括丹佛(Denver)、圣迭戈(San Diego)、纳什维尔(Nashville)、盐湖城(
Salt Lake City)和俄勒冈州波特兰(Portland, Ore。)。
此外，随着年轻人在不断摈弃郊区、追寻都市生活，他们当中有更多人搬到了都市的中
心地带——即使在布法罗(Buffalo)、克利夫兰(Cleveland)这样经济低迷的地区也是如
此。即使这些居住区的总人口略有缩减，但就居住在距市中心3英里(约合4.8公里)范围
内、且年龄在25到34岁间的高学历人士而言，其人数已经比2000年时激增了37%。
有些城市的总人口数虽然有所下滑，但同时也在吸引年轻人才的进驻，比如匹兹堡(
Pittsburgh)和... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6339 | 3 我只是指出事实。没有评论 ...
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絕大多數大學選擇公式是保密de.
有人起訴學校, 學校必須在法庭上公開其計算公式.
以前, 有人起訴安娜堡密西根大学, 不得不公開其計算公式:
安娜堡密西根大学当时实施的是一个150点数的录取评价系统:
80 points — GPA
12 points — SAT scores
10 points — Academic strength of high school
8 points — Strength of high school curriculum
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GEOGRAPHY
10 points: Michigan resident
6 points: Underrepresented Michigan county
2 points: Underrepresented state
ALUMNI
4 points: "Legacy" (parents, step-parent... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5818 | 4 DNC拼命照顾老太太，谁也不敢公开攻击的email，flip-flop等。Reid在参议院投
defund plan parent时，就一个一个盯着，看你敢不敢投yes。共和党这面就打得一踏
糊度，这样看，如果在general election，共和党要是不团结，不倾囊出动，base都出
来，本来geography就倾向民主党，估计还会赢，从此万年执政。 |
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发帖数: 5818 | 5 “Don't tell me that we have legislative and judicial departments to limit
him
, if he becomes a president. ”
你的意思美国三权分立是瞎掰，当了总统就是黄帝，想干啥就干啥，奥巴这么恨枪，也
没把第二修正案给废了，这么爱非法的，也没有直接给公民。
我们没什么可挣的，立场完全不同，你只想说你认为对的。
但我知道现实是什么，现实是far far left agenda，现实是由于geography，民主党很
团结，low information voter 死忠，你让cruze 现在代表民主党出来选，民主党人一
样会投他。
this
like
him |
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b*****o
发帖数: 6080 | 6 Democrats in them thar hills
Rural America is becoming more diverse politically. Thank retired baby-
boomers
Oct 24th 2015 | From the print edition
Timekeeper
FOR Americans who love road trips but despise Democrats, the Obama years
have been a golden age. Rural America does not like this president—an
antipathy that only deepened between his election in 2008 and his re-
election four years later, when he picked up just 37% of rural voters. Add
that trend to a decades-long swing of southern states... 阅读全帖 |
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b*****o
发帖数: 6080 | 7 Democrats in them thar hills
Rural America is becoming more diverse politically. Thank retired baby-
boomers
Oct 24th 2015 | From the print edition
Timekeeper
FOR Americans who love road trips but despise Democrats, the Obama years
have been a golden age. Rural America does not like this president—an
antipathy that only deepened between his election in 2008 and his re-
election four years later, when he picked up just 37% of rural voters. Add
that trend to a decades-long swing of southern states... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 8 October 13, 2016
Public housing projects great place to raise kids, liberal study finds
By Ed Straker
If you're a parent, maybe you've told your kids that if they want to make
more money in life, they have to go to college. No more. In our
fundamentally transformed America, growing up in a housing project will have
a similar effect, according to a highly dubious study pimped by the
Washington Post. Now, instead of sending your kids to expensive colleges,
all you have to do is ship them off to... 阅读全帖 |
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l****e
发帖数: 609 | 9 自己读读英文吧，Simple random sampling也是一种Probability Sampling Methods，
我不是搞这行的，没有发言权，但我相信方舟子比你和这里绝大多数川粉强，人家说得
有理有据。
说了这么久，我怎么听不出你的高明之处，你能否把一个复杂的问题简单化了讲？你既
然单挑我，说随机抽查不科学，你总得说出过原由吧。
现在这个回帖，你不再是在说随机抽查的不科学性，而是在说CNN的抽样的电话号码不
是随机的，是在质疑CNN的credibility吗?
Probability Sampling Methods:
1.Simple random sampling
2.Stratified sampling
3.Cluster sampling
4.Multistage sampling
5.Systematic random sampling
另外www.aapor.org有关于Random-Digit Dialing (RDD)的介绍
http://www.aapor.org/Education-Resources/Election-Polling-Resourc... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 17225 | 12 May reaches deal with DUP to form government after shock election result
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jun/09/theresa-may-reaches-deal-
with-dup-to-form-government-after-shock-election-result-northern-ireland
Theresa May has struck a deal with the Democratic Unionists that will allow
her to form a government, sources have confirmed.
The prime minister is expected to see the Queen at about 12.30pm on Friday
to confirm that a deal is in place.
It follows extensive talks with the DUP la... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38600 | 13 Senate Republicans provided additional summary details here:
Short-Term Stabilization Fund: To help balance premium costs and promote
more choice in insurance markets throughout the country, this stabilization
fund would help address coverage and access disruption – providing $15
billion per year in 2018 and 2019; $10 billion per year in 2020 and 2021.
Cost-Sharing Reductions: Continues federal assistance – through 2019 – to
help lower health care costs for low-income Americans in the individual... 阅读全帖 |
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j*********r
发帖数: 24733 | 14 Two California professors are criticizing farmers’ markets for causing “
environmental gentrification” in which “habits of white people are
normalized.”
San Diego State University geography professors Pascale Joassart-Marcelli
and Fernando J. Bosco contend that farmers’ markets are “white spaces”
oppressing minorities in a chapter for "Just Green Enough," an environmental
anthology focused on urban development.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/12/28/farmers-markets-racially-biased-cause-environmen... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 15 【 以下文字转载自 Colorado 讨论区 】
发信人: xixill (mango), 信区: Colorado
标 题: 2016年美国各州华人人口数量排名
关键字: 美国各州华人人口,2017年美国各州人口,美国华人人口,美国人口排名
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Dec 23 08:08:17 2017, 美东)
Geography : - Chinese, except Taiwanese : - Taiwanese
01 California 1,602,920 # 73,766
02 New York 707,531 # 16,590
03 Texas 215,367 # 14,500
04 Hawaii 196,904 # 922
05 Massachusetts 166,833 # 5,177
06 New Jersey 160,452 # 7,624
07 Washington 143,762 # 8,251
08 Illinois 138,264 # 6,060
09 Florida 117,123 # 4,036
10 Pennsylvania... 阅读全帖 |
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D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 16 那是你的common sense，现在过时了。你点看那个新闻，这个女版黑老赖，college
dropout，不但白住学校宿舍，都“已经在建筑师事务所找到工作了”，我猜肯定不是
打扫卫生的工作。这个女黑老赖，绝对是人精。
“But the former geography major, who now works for an architecture firm,
refused to budge.
“I plan on fighting the lawsuit and while I fight it, I’m going to stay,”
Palmer told The Post from outside her messy, 100-square-foot single, which
is adorned with a lava lamp, a dream catcher and piles of dirty dishes.” |
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发帖数: 2469 | 17 Nearly 1 in 5 People Have a Disability in the U.S., Census Bureau Reports
Report Released to Coincide with 22nd Anniversary of the ADA
About 56.7 million people — 19 percent of the population — had a
disability in 2010, according to a broad definition of disability, with more
than half of them reporting the disability was severe, according to a
comprehensive report on this population released today by the U.S. Census
Bureau.
The report, Americans with Disabilities: 2010, presents estimates of
di... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 19 https://www.yahoo.com/news/ap-newsbreak-us-army-quietly-discharging-
immigrant-recruits-042633552--politics.html
Immigrant PhD candidate rocked by sudden US Army discharge
Growing up in eastern China, Panshu Zhao fell in love with America. He read
the Bible his parents gave him, watched Hollywood movies and studied the
ideals of democracy. He jumped at the chance to attend graduate school at
Texas A&M University.
In 2016, Zhao enlisted in the U.S. Army as part of a special recruitment
program of... 阅读全帖 |
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b*****d
发帖数: 61690 | 21 The Yale Law professor accused of saying Judge Brett Kavanaugh only had law
clerks who "looked like models" blasted the claim, saying the Supreme Court
nominee's only "litmus test" when hiring is "excellence."
The Guardian reported Thursday that Yale Law Professor Amy Chua advised
students that it was "no accident" that Kavanaugh’s female clerks all “
looked like models,” and reportedly provided fashion advice to female
students preparing to interview with him.
The article also cited former stud... 阅读全帖 |
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B****A
发帖数: 43 | 22 我老N多年前在学校混时， 听过一门social science方面的课。教授总结，现在social
science研究的热门、重点、前缘，是racial, African, women, homosexual (那是还
不流行LGBTQ)，等等。那是我的第一反应是，离远点儿。没想到现在看起来差不多的“
研究”，换了动物作主题了。
Fake News Comes to Academia
How three scholars gulled academic journals to publish hoax papers on ‘
grievance studies.’
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fake-news-comes-to-academia-1538520950
The existence of a monthly journal focused on “feminist geography” is a
sign of something gone awry in academia. The journal in question—Gender,
P... 阅读全帖 |
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s******r
发帖数: 88 | 24 这回不只是土共的错了，连汉人一块算进去。文章的偏向性不是
用“偏向性”可以描述的。这个杂志以后跟俺没任何关系。 |
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a********l
发帖数: 39524 | 25 都说了些什么？全是政治的东西？国家地理怎么也堕落了。 |
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j********l
发帖数: 551 | 26 Boycott NG and tell everybody you know to do the same ... |
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h****n
发帖数: 128 | 28 去看了一下 是挺恶心 美国自己本身就是移民国家 怎么这么反感别人移民呢 很难理解
啊 |
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c****g
发帖数: 37081 | 30 这年头，TB干点啥米犹都关注上了。十年前，甚至五年前，这是不可想象的；特别还是
在金融领域。米犹能听懂的语言是实力，TB要靠实力去挣话语权。木秀于林风必摧之。
TB现在有点实力还不足够强，只有够强了，米犹才有可能跟TB谈。在这之前，被穿小鞋
是不可避免的。
On Tuesday global stock markets got up on the wrong side of the bed thanks
to news from an unexpected source: the People's Bank of China. The nation's
central bank, analogous to the Federal Reserve in the U.S., announced it
would raise rates on one-year loans and deposits by .25 percent, or 25 basis
points.
Why is the People's Bank of China raising interest rates?
Cent... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 7521 | 31 How America Can Rise Again
Is America going to hell? After a year of economic calamity that many fear has sent us into irreversible decline, the author finds reassurance in the peculiarly American cycle of crisis and renewal, and in the continuing strength of the forces that have made the country great: our university system, our receptiveness to immigration, our culture of innovation. In most significant ways, the U.S. remains the envy of the world. But here’s the alarming problem: our governin... 阅读全帖 |
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b****n
发帖数: 478 | 32 哈哈
ＬＺ如此混乱的思路
所以撞别人停着的车也不奇怪了
还是别开车了，更不要让孩子坐你的车了
发信人: geography (天天,胖胖和dodo - 三口之家), 信区: Automobile
标 题: Re: 我撞了别人，调查中，请帮分析！
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Mar 31 08:15:04 2010, 美东)
完全看不懂在说什么 |
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发帖数: 10612 | 33 xc90的重量比mdx大300磅，但是还是同一个级别的。另外重量大
了更加安全，这个是帮mdx/edge的，不是帮xc90的条件。说sample size的时候，我们
在比较difference，哪个大不重要。你可以说大样本证明mdx/edge好，也可以说大样本
证明xc90不安全。没有影响。你是学统计的么？看这个
http://geography.uoregon.edu/geogr/topics/ttest.htm
只有在两种车死亡率的方差相差非常非常大的情况下才会有区别。 |
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z****u
发帖数: 134 | 34 你们看过national geography就知道那个羊撞起来很猛的，基本快一吨的力量。人家靠
这个抢女人的。
还有一种牛，更猛，2吨多。。说是相当于一辆sedan 40km/hr的撞击 |
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发帖数: 385 | 35 Senior Product Marketing Manager in PCCI China Development Center, Philips Shanghai
As a Senior Product Marketing Manager your main goal is to coordinate and prioritize requirements, drive the New Product Introduction for new releases,and to contribute to the requirements for a multiyear roadmap for Value Segment Solutions. This portfolio includes Cardiographs, Stress ECG devices and Holter devices, and next generation Value Segment portfolio products.
Responsibilities
• Understand, docume... 阅读全帖 |
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o****g
发帖数: 655 | 36 【 以下文字转载自 shopping 讨论区 】
发信人: Ookong (悟空), 信区: shopping
标 题: Better Buy Kinect This Week If You Want One For The Holiday
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Nov 16 14:39:48 2010, 美东)
Microsoft Exec: Better Buy Kinect This Week If You Want One For The Holidays
http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/16/microsoft-exec-better-buy-kinect-this-week-
if-you-want-one-for-the-holidays
On stage during “The New Geography Of Gaming” panel at Web 2.0 Summit, the
topic of conversation between Kleiner Perkins partner Bing Gordon, Act... 阅读全帖 |
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C**a
发帖数: 185 | 37 http://academicjobs.wikia.com/wiki/Academic_Jobs_Wiki
点进去可以看见这些专业。还不错！
Application Year 2010-11Edit
■African and African Diaspora Studies 2010-2011
■Art History 2010-2011
■American Studies 2011-2012 (for jobs that start in 2011)
■Anthropology 2010-2011
■Biblical Studies 2010-2011
■Bioethics & Medical Humanities (2010-2011)
■Biology(including Neuroscience and environmental studies)
■Business / Management / Business administration 2011-2012
■Chinese Language and Literature
■Classics, Ancient Histo... 阅读全帖 |
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V******9
发帖数: 1281 | 38 【 以下文字转载自 PKU 讨论区 】
发信人: legendfall (Fall), 信区: PKU
标 题: 执教于美国TOP１６名校的北大学子（不完全统计，２０１１.５）
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu May 26 11:47:04 2011, 美东)
Harvard University**
1. Sunney Xiaoliang Xie: Mallinckrodt Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Member, National Academy of Sciences; Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2. Jun Liu, Professor of Statistics
3. Samuel S. C. Kou, Professor of Statistics
4. Xiaofei Tian: Professor of Chinese Literature
5. Zhiming Kuang: Associate Professor, Dept. o... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 11571 | 39 ☆─────────────────────────────────────☆
Vega2009 (.......) 于 (Tue May 31 15:33:23 2011, 美东) 提到:
发信人: legendfall (Fall), 信区: PKU
标 题: 执教于美国TOP１６名校的北大学子（不完全统计，２０１１.５）
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu May 26 11:47:04 2011, 美东)
Harvard University**
1. Sunney Xiaoliang Xie: Mallinckrodt Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Member, National Academy of Sciences; Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2. Jun Liu, Professor of Statistics
3. Samuel S. C. Kou, Professor of Statistics
4. Xiaofei Tia... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9258 | 41 发信人: Mang (忙 盲 茫), 信区: TsinghuaCent
标 题: 任教于美国一流大学的部分清华学子
发信站: 水木社区 (Tue Sep 10 11:30:55 2013), 站内
【致谢】感谢参与编写和提供信息的以下校友：
IhateBS strong
根据美国US News 2013年美国大学排名前100的顺序统计，缺漏错误之处难免，请大家
补充
分为Full Professor（正教授）、Associate Professor（副教授）和Assistant
Professor三类，
其中前两类一般具有终身教职，不含解放前的清华学子，也含有极少数非tenure track
教职
人员,和已离职的人员，只列出，不计入统计总数。
共有在职Tenure track系列教职的共492 人，其中90名正教授。副教授186人
另有部分著名实验室全职研究人员22人
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1,哈佛大学 6
林希虹
Professor, 生物统计系... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 533 | 43 我也是这两样，但是最近发现这个爱好只能达到一个目的就是打发时间，并无其他收获
。现在转型web surfing 只上学习的网站，
phonetic, geography, music, arts, parenting, 学一点是一点。
总体说来这个爱好就是：reading
[在 stoppingtime (停时) 的大作中提到：]
：Web surfing and shopping |
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r*****e
发帖数: 377 | 44 哦,我以为是对石头感兴趣.那个大概是geography.
沉默的羔羊里面男主也对地质感兴趣,让我倍感自豪,呵呵. |
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O*****t
发帖数: 533 | 45 你一说才发现写错了。我是个 big picture person, 每一样都爱一点每一样都不精通
，不过对精通某个领域的人还是挺佩服的。
[在 residue (yun) 的大作中提到：]
：哦,我以为是对石头感兴趣.那个大概是geography.
：沉默的羔羊里面男主也对地质感兴趣,让我倍感自豪,呵呵.
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f******y
发帖数: 96 | 46 How about humanities? Such as human geography or urban studies |
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h**z
发帖数: 9751 | 47 那是地质，geology。你前面那人说的是地理，geography。不是一个东西。
油行业需要的是地质，geology。 |
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m*******3
发帖数: 390 | 48 与我心有戚戚焉。
俺有段时间，特别喜欢看national geography的宇宙探索。几个billion年前的起源，
到几个billion年后的归宿，在大脑里一遍遍的过。
数理化还是很重要。比如数学，如果深入下去，从一串串乏味的质数中你也可以发现美
。人文科学让人坐下来思考，自然科学让我们走出去探索。。都不可少。 |
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发帖数: 73 | 49 Please reply to mailbox for further inquiry/Referral.
Please Note job opening is for PHD RCG (18 month prior or post graduation
date) only. Candidates with chem, polymer, materials science background are
encouraged
to apply.
Description
Job Description: Packaging Engineers provide package development and
sustaining support for integrated circuit or semiconductor assemblies,
various other electronic components and/or completed units. Conducts tests
and research on basic materials and properties. ... 阅读全帖 |
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c***2
发帖数: 838 | 50 Safe things to ask:
1) (further) clarifications about the technicals of the position and/or the
major areas the team/group work on, the platforms(linux/windows),
programming Languages/Tools, etc....
2) culture of the company
3) geography area info if not locally
4) something special about the company and/or something they are proud of.
(new tech, new market, etc.)
Note: they always ask that, but you need to know whether they really want
some questions. For example, the interview is schdeuled ... 阅读全帖 |
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