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发帖数: 111 | 1 因为人在德州，正在申请德州的IM 和 FM。从一个FM program director 听说德州医生
协会最近有个名单，只有名单上合格的学校才有认证资格，才可以在德州做住院医。他
给我的名单上中国无一所医学院校合格。请看附件。按此类推，我们就全部无法申请德
州的program了。请大家核实并求助。
附件好像粘不上。有30页呢。贴下面吧。大家不要嫌长。总之所有学校都有代码。台湾都有几所在名单上。但是大陆一所没有。怎么办！！！！！
Schools Whose Graduates Do Not Have To Prove
Substantial Equivalence Of Their Education
100 ALABAMA
102 UNIV OF ALABAMA SCH OF MED, BIRMINGHAM
104 BIRMINGHAM MED COLL, BIRMINGHAM (EXTINCT)
106 UNIV OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLL OF MED, MOBILE
300 ARIZONA
301 UNIV OF ARIZONA COLL OF MED, TUC... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 33 | 2 Theoretical predictions:
curvature, localized magnetic moments, hydrogen doping, etc.
D. Huertas-Hernando, F. Guinea and A. Brataas, Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 148
(2007), p. 177.
C. Ertler, S. Konschuh, M. Gmitra and J. Fabian, Phys. Rev. B 80 (2009), p.
041405(R).
A.H. Castro Neto and F. Guinea, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103 (2009), p. 026804.
D. Huertas-Hernando, F. Guinea and A. Brataas, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103 (2009),
p. 146801.
Other possible reasons: The short spin life is measured by Hanle effect.
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发帖数: 10426 | 6 Hilly flanks这个core的形成是在9500BC，所以在黄河、长江谷地的文明不是Hilly
flanks的人过去的，也不是受Hilly Flanks的辐射产生的。两者其实是相对独立的。
作者：
The end of the Ice Age changed the meaning of geography. The poles remained
cold and the equator remained hot, of course, but in half a dozen places
between these extremes—what, in Chapter 2, I will call the original cores—
warmer weather combined with local geography to favor the evolution of
plants and/or animals that humans could domesticate. Domesticated plants and
animals meant more food, w... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8931 | 7 X 1. Barcelona, Spain
X 2. Hong Kong, China
3. Istanbul, Turkey
4. Jerusalem, Israel
X 5. London, England
X 6. New York, NY, United States
X 7. Paris, France
X 8. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
X 9. San Francisco, California, United States
X 10. Venezia, Italy
11. Antarctica
12. Amazon Rain Forest, Brazil
X 13. Canadian Rockies, Canada, Alberta
14. Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
X 15. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, United States
16. The Outback, South Australia
17. Papua New Guinea Reefs, Papua New Gu... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 14447 | 8 下面有两组数据，第一组是1966-1975年的全球106个国家的年均GDP增幅。之所以排除
1976年，因为76年情况特殊，有唐山大地震，有政局更迭。
不过即使算上1976年，1966-1976年中国年均GDP增幅仍然居于中上游，在106个国家里
排到31位，远高于平均水平。
Table 1：1966-1975年期间全球各国GDP年均增幅
国家 GDP增幅年均值
Oman 22.52762981
Botswana 14.5809584
Gabon 11.83495562
Singapore 10.9604927
Malta 9.447248745
Dominican Republic 9.150442639
Korea, Rep. 9.081943855
Brazil 9.057645959
Syrian Arab Republic 8.933806565
Cote d'Ivoire 8.085073817
Kenya 7.947698801
Israel 7.841663291
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发帖数: 30882 | 9 平井宪夫揭示日本核电业惊天内幕——素人造核电，豆腐渣工程
作者：蜀中行 更新时间：2011-3-16
设施配管1级技士平井宪夫(1997年1月因癌症逝世)生前的最后吶喊。
/来自中华网社区 club.china.com/
/来自中华网社区 club.china.com/
关于平井宪夫：
1997年1月逝世。设施配管1级技士，核电事故调查国民会议顾问，核电劳工救济中
心代表，北陆电力志贺核电厂停止诉讼原告特别辅佐人，东北电力女川核电停止诉讼原
告特别辅佐人，福岛二号核电厂三号机运转停止诉讼原告证人。「核电劳工救济中心代
表」在他仙逝后，因后继无人关闭
"我不是反核运动家。这20年来，我一直在核电厂工作。社会上有听不完的拥核反
核理论，但我只想在这里告诉大家：「所谓的核电厂是这样一回事。」大部份的人都不
知道核电内部的实际情形。希望大家有耐心把这篇文章读完。所谓核电，跟各位所想的
或许有点出入。在那里，每天都有遭受放射线污染的工人，以及严重的岐视产生。
我的专长，是负责大型化学工场的内部配管施工与维修。快30岁时，日本掀起了一
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发帖数: 2882 | 10 高登张的同事美利坚大学的布罗意蒂加姆教授在博客里对这篇文章的批驳：
http://www.chinaafricarealstory.com/2011/03/michael-gerson-on-c
Referring to China, Gerson says "African governments have a rich friend with
low standards." I wonder how he would describe America's friendship with
tiny, oil-rich Equatorial Guinea? Check out Harvard group Human Rights in
Equatorial Guinea for a portrait of the deep problems with repression and
torture in that country, or read Peter Maass's piece in Slate: "Who's Africa
's Worst Dictator?". Yet as... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8702 | 11 1. 67年和68年GDP增长放慢，这是因为当时处于文化战争状态。当权派阻挠抓革命促生产
所致。正因为如此，当69年九大召开，基层工农兵掌权之后，经济开始恢复性强劲增长
，创下了有记载以来的历史最高值。 下面是两组数据，都来自世界银行。
第一组是1966-1975年的全球106个国家的年均GDP增幅。之所以排除1976年，因为76年
情况特殊，有唐山大地震，有政局更迭。按照这10年的平均GDP增幅，中国排到全球106
个国家的第18位。第二组是，1966-1976年，中国年均GDP增幅仍然居于中上游，在106
个国家里排到31位，远高于平均水平。
Table 1：1966-1976年中国GDP年增幅
Year GDP growth
1966 10.7
1967 -5.7
1968 -4.1
1969 16.9
1970 19.4
1971 7.0
1972 3.8
1973 7.9
1974 2.3
1975 8.7
1976 -1.6
Table 2：1966-1975年期间全球各国GDP年均增幅
国家 GDP增幅年均值
Oman 22.52762981
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发帖数: 3662 | 15 你个土人怎么就死盯印度？三个们平均IQ比国人低多少你知不知道？三哥们因为文化和
历史遗留问题造成的高文盲率你知道比中国高多少？
List of IQ by country
1 Hong Kong 107
2 South Korea 106
3 Japan 105
4 Taiwan 104
5 Singapore 103
6 Austria 102
7 Germany 102
8 Italy 102
9 Netherlands 102
10 Sweden 101
11 Switzerland 101
12 Belgium 100
13 China (PRC) 100
14 New Zealand 100
15 United Kingdom 100
16 Hungary 99
17 Poland 99
18 Spain 99
19 Australia 98
20 Denmark 98
21 France 98
22 Norway 98
23 United States 98
24 Canada 97
25 Czech Republic 97
26 Finland 97
27 Argenti... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3812 | 16 http://gyral.blackshell.com/names.html
Visit the original once in a while. Apparently, it's chock full o' updates.
Slur Represents Reasons/Origins
51st Stater Canadians Self-explanatory.
Abba-Dabba Arabs Used in the movie "Betrayed" by rural American hate group.
Abo Australian Aboriginal Derogative shortened term for Aboriginal.
Adolf Germans Hitler, of course. Generally thought of the worst person ever.
Ahab Whites From Moby-Dick. Ahab hunted the white whale.
Ainu Japanese Aboriginal Originall... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 32122 | 17
Supported locations for distributing applications
Currently, developers in these locations can choose to target free
application distribution to users in the following countries:
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Bulgaria
Cameroon
Canada
Cote d' Ivore
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Egypt
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Israel
Italy
Ireland
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发帖数: 38600 | 18 Disturbingly, the US government has an viral fever bioterrorism research
laboratory in Kenema, a town at the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak in West
Africa.
http://vhfc.org/consortium/partners/kgh
There has been speculation as to whether a mysterious 5th cohort added to
the Tekmira clinical trial was linked to the outbreak in Guinea.
“Also odd is that according to the old ICON link they added a 5th cohort to
the single-ascending dose part. Only 4 had been planned. I initially
thought that maybe... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 10330 | 19 Doctor now with Ebola went through enhanced screening at JFK airport
(Reuters) - The doctor who has been diagnosed with Ebola in New York City
arrived at John F. Kennedy International airport on Oct. 17 and went through
the ramped-up screening for travelers from the worst-hit West African
countries, officials said on Thursday.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said the patient, who had worked
with Ebola patients in Guinea, "participated in the enhanced screening for
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发帖数: 3433 | 20 It seems that NY governor has common sense, unlike those stupid extreme left
-wings and the doctors without borders:
Governor Cuomo chided Dr. Spencer, who left Guinea on Oct. 14 and landed in
New York Oct. 17, for not choosing to quarantine himself.
“He didn’t follow the guidelines for the quarantine — let’s be honest,”
Mr. Cuomo said. “It’s too serious a situation to leave it to the honor
system.”
Doctors Without Borders, for whom Dr. Spencer was working in Guinea, said
that he had followed al... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3184 | 21 摘要：
In market economies, per capita GDP is directly proportional to the
population fraction with verbal IQ equal to or greater than 106.
We can make a pretty good guess. In all his versions, Man is the product of
adaptation to environments that existed more than 50,000 years ago. Africa,
Europe and Asia presented three distinct adaptational challenges resulting
in three major races: Negroid, Caucasoid and Mongoloid, each differing from
the other in certain physical, mental and psychological aspe... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 10330 | 22 一女刚从非洲回，口鼻流血暴死。
Is Ebola back in New York? FDNY arrives in Hazmat suits as woman who had '
recently traveled from Guinea and was being monitored for Ebola drops dead
with blood coming from her face, nose and mouth'
The FDNY activated their Special Operations and Hazmat units in response to
a death in Brooklyn on Tuesday afternoon
A woman who dropped dead at Amy Professional Hair Braidig had blood 'coming
from her face, nose and mouth' said an eyewitness
The woman had recently traveled from Guine... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5056 | 23
承认落地国籍（公民或居民身份）的国家和地区有：
中、南美洲
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 安提瓜和巴布达
ARGENTINA 阿根廷
BARBADOS 巴巴多斯
BELIZE 伯利兹
BOLIVIA 玻利维亚
BRAZIL 巴西
CHILE 智利
COSTA RICA 哥斯达黎加
CUBA 古巴
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 多米尼加共和国
ECUADOR 厄瓜多尔
EL SALVADOR 萨尔瓦多
GRENADA 格林纳达
GUATEMALA 危地马拉
GUYANA 圭亚那
HONDURAS 洪都拉斯
MEXICO 墨西哥
NICARAGUA 尼加拉瓜
PANAMA 巴拿马
PARAGUAY 巴拉圭
PERU 秘鲁
ST. KITTS AND NEVIS 圣圣基茨和尼维斯
ST. LUCIA 圣露西亚
ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 圣文森特和格林纳丁斯
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 千里达及托巴哥（特立尼达和多巴哥共和国）
URUGUAY 乌拉圭
VENEZUELA 委内瑞拉玻利瓦尔共和国
北美洲
CANADA 加拿大
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发帖数: 16335 | 24 发达国家的标志：房事过热。
比如日本，上世纪八十年代，房事过热，然后就没有然后了。
现在，大陆，美国，加拿大，澳大利亚，新西兰，房事都是热火朝天，可劲儿地干。
委内瑞拉，和加拿大一样靠出口石油的，因为不热衷房事，总统号召全国淫民养guinea
pigs, 卖不出去就自己吃。话说，南美人对guinea pigs怎么那么喜爱？委内瑞拉怎么
不来房事？或者大麻？南美人民对大麻是默许的。 |
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发帖数: 1589 | 25 你真是喜欢不懂装懂
香蕉我还真不知道
搜了一下，是杂交品种，是华南和东南亚,Papua New Guinea品质的杂交，最早的人工
种植可能在Papua New Guinea。
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发帖数: 9831 | 26 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/datablog/2009/sep/02/tota
Forest extent: Total forest area
Country 1990 2000 2005
China 157,141 177,001 197,290
United States 298,648 302,294 303,089
http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1115-forests.html#
Total forest cover, 2005. All countries
1 Russian Federation 808,790,000
2 Brazil 477,698,000
3 Canada 310,134,000
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发帖数: 29846 | 27 FBI: Man who struck Ohio diners with machete was from Guinea
By the Associated Press | February 15, 2016 | 3:25 PM EST
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An FBI spokesman says the man who attacked people in
an Ohio restaurant with a machete and later was fatally shot by a policeman
was from the West African nation of Guinea.
Spokesman Todd Lindgren said in a statement Monday that it would be
premature to discuss what motivated the Thursday attack or details of the
investigation.
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发帖数: 981 | 28 ☆─────────────────────────────────────☆
rubyrd (Ruby) 于 (Tue Feb 26 14:16:14 2013, 美东) 提到:
再次update， 谢谢各位。 这个版真是太太太好了， 绝对是我上论坛多年最好最好的
。 问题一一得到解决。 不准备私自去联系中国教授了。 不过， 如果， 我是说如果
， 两三年后我ＬＧ毕业没在那里找到合适的工作， 然后我想跳走， 实现起来会不会
困难啊？会不会很伤ＲＰ啊？
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Update一下， 非常谢谢大家， 我觉得我应该会接受ＡＰ那个了。 不过还有个问题，
系里有个看上去很好的中国教授， 不知道可不可以联系他， 问一下关于negotiate工
资，start-up和绿卡的事情？ 会不会很失礼什么的啊。 谢谢。
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第一次在本版发帖， 先谢谢各位。
fresh phd, 数学。 刚收到一所学校AP的OFFER， 也是目前唯一拿到手的。 排名110... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8308 | 29 I have dear friends in below countries. Let me know when you want to go
Djibouti
Equatorial Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Madagascar
Mauritania
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
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发帖数: 1859 | 30 从暑假养了一个guinea pig开始就一直鼻炎，鼻子堵，鼻涕多。后来把guinea pig送走
了症状还是不能消除，ENT专科医生给我开了patanase nasal spray 没啥太大的用。
前两周在国内过年的时候症状基本消除。回来之后立马复发，太痛苦了。 如果有效果
好的药请推荐。 |
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发帖数: 3778 | 31 第八章 脊髓灰质炎（IPV）疫苗
脊髓灰质炎（poliomyelitis，简称polio）又称小儿麻痹（infantile paralysis）是
由脊髓灰质炎病毒（poliovirus）引起的急性传染病，主要通过粪口途径传播。这个病
由于大家比较熟悉，病本身就不仔细介绍了。脊髓灰质炎病毒包括三种血清型：PV1,
PV2, 和PV3。由于这种病有比较严重的后果，所以其疫苗的必要性就不必介绍了。
关于脊髓灰质炎疫苗的伟大成就，我就直接摘抄wiki的原文了：
While now rare in the Western world, polio is still endemic to South Asia
and Nigeria. Following the widespread use of poliovirus vaccine in the mid-
1950s, the incidence of poliomyelitis declined dramatically in many
industrialized countries. A global effort to eradica... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2136 | 32
Unvaccinated children healthier: Quotes
[The real reason behind the drive for high vaccination levels is to make
sure there are no groups of healthy unvaccinated kids around to show up
vaccination. Dan Olmsted exposed that with the Amish, also Mayer Eisenstein
of Homefirst Medical Services.]
"The reason vaccinations are promoted with such intensity is to prevent
people from realising that vaccines do not protect and also in the event of
an outbreak or an epidemic the vaccinated are as much at... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5637 | 33 想不到这个帖子引发了大家这么热烈的讨论。谢谢那些花了很多时间砌砖的朋友来严肃讨论这件事情。
大家应该都听说过环境对基因会产生诱发或抑制的作用吧。例如说科学家发现有种“害羞基因”，但如果有这个基因的孩子，他们的父母对他如果没有过分保护并带他从小去各种各样的环境，这种基因的影响就会被抑制，孩子还是可以落落大方。
我自己觉得性倾向虽然可能有基因的影响在里面，但以下几个数据让我觉得it is much more by choice rather than by birth.或者说后天的经历和环境的影响远大于先天的影响。
1.同性恋的倾向与文化和宗教有着非常大的影响
Dr. Neil Whitehead is a research scientist and biochemist from New Zealand
and is his wife Briar Whitehead is a writer.[19] Dr. Whitehead coauthored a
book with with his wife entitled My Genes Made Me Do it - a scienti... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4651 | 35 guinea pig, much better than fish. We had fish, mouse before and now have 2
guinea pigs. |
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发帖数: 13906 | 37 Worldwide M1+ Earthquakes, Past 7 Days
https://explore.data.gov/Geography-and-Environment/Worldwide-M1-Earthquakes-
Past-7-Days/7tag-iwnu
Src,Eqid,Version,Datetime,Lat,Lon,Magnitude,Depth,NST,Region
nn,00388838,9,"Tuesday, September 18, 2012 11:49:45 UTC",36.0628,-116.1913,1
.1,4.90,15,"Central California"
nc,71844125,1,"Tuesday, September 18, 2012 11:24:56 UTC",38.8212,-122.7993,1
.3,3.00,26,"Northern California"
hv,60400351,2,"Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:48:50 UTC",19.0077,-155.4210,2
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发帖数: 4950 | 38 ☆─────────────────────────────────────☆
levart (levart) 于 (Fri Jun 10 17:38:16 2011, 美东) 提到:
今年美国的财政赤字是1.5到1.6T. Debt ceiling is 14.3T.
8,9年前, 美国的财政赤字是6T. 现在长了140%. 可怕的是美国的债务直逼GDP, 今年要
100%了.
这些数字还没有包括给美国公民的自己应该付的债务和其他债务, 加在一起要70 到
100 T.
每天美国的债务以1.5个B增长(这个数字好象是, 不太确定).
三千万美国人是靠政府的食物券生活的, 相当于加拿大的人口了. 快两个北京的人口.
在这种情况下,美国的经济想快速增长很困难, 所以要紧可能的多收钱, 但是又不太容
易拿富人的钱.
怎么办? 有很多措施, 其中一个就是几年前的所谓的OPT延期计划, 绿卡名额没有多,
但是OPT延长到
了2年多. 最后的结果就是大口进, 小口出, 年轻力壮的年轻人在美国交学费学习, 工
作, 但是很少能
留下来. 光外国工人因为不能享受福利, 每年就为美国节省了上... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 632 | 40 我有两个guinea pig，她们非常可爱，长得漂亮，性情也好。已经养了四年多了，一直
精心照顾着她们。
两只都非常健康。其中有一只刚买来的时候就有上呼吸道感染，不过经过一周的治疗就
好了。后来又去过一次vet那儿，是被我怀疑有中耳炎，就一天有疑似症状，后来就自
己好了。另一只一直都是很健康，从来没有过任何问题，吃得好睡得好，膘也长得快。
最近我们有了一个宝宝，虽然有老妈在帮忙，还是觉得很累，现在只有老公一个人每天
去照顾两个guinea pig了。每次看到她们都觉得太对不起她们了，自从有了宝宝以后我
抱她们的次数一只手都够数了。。。很快老妈要回国了，宝宝又太小，不想送daycare
，很担心到时候更没法照顾两只猪了。想想这四年来虽然照顾她们花了很多精力，但是
她们也给我们带来了很多快乐。现在自己没法好好照顾她们了，就想给她们找个新家，
希望有精力的朋友能好好照顾她们，让她们开心快乐的度过余生。
不想送去shelter，她们这年纪，去了shelter肯定是被put down了。
有兴趣有精力又有爱心的朋友，给我发站内信吧。我提供所有她们俩的生活用品。谢谢！
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s*********5
发帖数: 5637 | 42 我没有想到我在parenting版的帖子会在一天内产生两百多个回帖，大家对同性恋到底
是由于先天的还是后天的影响产生了热情的讨论。我也只是希望提高大家对这件事的
关注。我们可能不能改变对方的想法，但请你们也尊重我们希望孩子不在小学时就被过
早‘灌输’到关于性倾向的讨论。
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发信人: spectrum805 (spectrum805), 信区: Parenting
标 题: Re: 如果你孩子的老师给他们讲王子娶了王子的幸福生活你会怎样
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Sep 29 01:58:11 2011, 美东)
想不到这个帖子引发了大家这么热烈的讨论。谢谢那些花了很多时间砌砖的朋友来严肃
讨论这件事情。
大家应该都听说过环境对基因会产生诱发或抑制的作用吧。例如说科学家发现有种“害
羞基因”，但如果有这个基因的孩子，他们的父母对他如果没有过分保护并带他从小去
各种各样的环境，这种基因的影响就会被抑制，孩子还是可以落落大方。
我自己觉得性倾向虽然可能有基因的影响在里面，但以下几个数据让我觉得it is much
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发帖数: 1166 | 43 我当年在袋鼠国时候，生活确实舒适，天天去海边散步，房子也要大很多的。
Sydney，墨尔本， 堪培拉我都住过
No worries is an Australian English expression, meaning "do not worry about that", "that's alright", or "sure thing". It is similar to the American English no problem. The phrase is widely used in Australian speech and represents a feeling of friendliness, good humour, optimism and "mateship" in Australian culture. The phrase has been referred to as the national motto of Australia and has influenced a similar phrase used in the Tok Pisin lan... 阅读全帖 |
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g****y
发帖数: 489 | 44 请见 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_ATM_Alliance
Global ATM Alliance:
Bank of America (United States)
Barclays (United Kingdom, France, Spain, Portugal, Pakistan, Gibraltar,
Ghana, Kenya, and other countries in Africa)
BNP Paribas (France)
BNP Paribas Fortis (Belgium)
BNL d'Italia (Italy)
Deutsche Bank (Germany, Poland, Belgium, India, Spain and Portugal)
China Construction Bank (China - Mainland Only)
Scotiabank (Canada, Caribbean, Peru, Chile and Mexico)
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g****y
发帖数: 489 | 45 请见 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_ATM_Alliance
Global ATM Alliance:
Bank of America (United States)
Barclays (United Kingdom, France, Spain, Portugal, Pakistan, Gibraltar,
Ghana, Kenya, and other countries in Africa)
BNP Paribas (France)
BNP Paribas Fortis (Belgium)
BNL d'Italia (Italy)
Deutsche Bank (Germany, Poland, Belgium, India, Spain and Portugal)
China Construction Bank (China - Mainland Only)
Scotiabank (Canada, Caribbean, Peru, Chile and Mexico)
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w***s
发帖数: 15642 | 46 参见peacock room和英镑的故事，屋子的主人对设计师自作主张很不满，为了报复，只
同意付半价，而且是英镑。
http://wamu.org/programs/metro_connection/12/06/29/the_location
Leyland agreed to pay half the price, but when he saw Whistler's actual work
on the room, he decided not to pay in guineas--the currency of
professionals and artists--but rather in pounds, the currency of trade.
"Which is sort of a slap in the face," Bender says. "And it's also not so
nice because a pound is worth 20 shillings and a guinea is worth 21. So he's
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b*s
发帖数: 82482 | 47 写bank note就统一成为pound sterling了，就没有这个歧义了……
参见peacock room和英镑的故事，屋子的主人对设计师自作主张很不满，为了报复，只
同意付半价，而且是英镑。
http://wamu.org/programs/metro_connection/12/06/29/the_location
Leyland agreed to pay half the price, but when he saw Whistler's actual work
on the room, he decided not to pay in guineas--the currency of
professionals and artists--but rather in pounds, the currency of trade.
"Which is sort of a slap in the face," Bender says. "And it's also not so
nice because a pound is worth 20 shillings and a ... 阅读全帖 |
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d******a
发帖数: 32122 | 48
Rank↓ Country↓ IQ estimate[4]↓
Rank↓ Country↓ IQ estimate[4]↓
1 Hong Kong 107
2 South Korea 106
3 Japan 105
4 Taiwan 104
5 Singapore 103
6 Austria 102
6 Germany 102
6 Italy 102
6 Netherlands 102
10 Sweden 101
10 Switzerland 101
12 Belgium 100
12 China 100
12 New Zealand 100
12 United Kingdom 100
16 Hungary 99
16 Poland 99
16 Spain 99
19 Australia 98
19 Denmark 98
19 France 98
19 Mongolia 98
19 Norway 98
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g*********n
发帖数: 808 | 49 English is a crazy language. 英语里有许多非常好玩的单词。它们的词意和表明上
看起来的完全没有关系。都有哪些个怪词，让我们赶快来瞧一瞧。
There is no egg in eggplant (1) nor ham in hamburger(2), neither apple nor
pine in pineapple(3).
鸡蛋和茄子没什么血缘关系；苹果和凤梨的长相差距很大。
English muffins(4) weren't invented in England or French fries(5) in France.
英式松饼的家乡不是英国；炸土豆条的发源地也不是法国。
Sweetmeats(6) are candies while sweetbreads(7), which aren't sweet, are meat.
蜜饯(sweetmeats)不是肉，是甜的；杂碎(sweetbreads)是肉，不是甜的。
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s******y
发帖数: 1942 | 50 哈哈。上高中的时候在高中食堂里的米饭里吃到过米虫，比蛆貌似还要长一些，不过瘦
点。
还有一种恶心玩意叫“guinea worm”，“不知道的同学如果诂苟，后果自负”。
诂苟的结果里有个“Save the Guinea Worm Foundation”，“这个网站严肃得怎么看
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