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发帖数: 3803 | 1 Obama says police often scapegoated for society’s failings
President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One, Tuesday, Oct. 27,
2015 at Andrews Air Force Base. Obama is traveling to Chicago to speak at
the International Association of Chief of Police conference and attend
democratic fundraisers. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press)
By Darlene Superville | AP October 27 at 1:46 PM
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is defending police officers who have
come under intense... 阅读全帖 |
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w******g
发帖数: 2047 | 2 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: kayaker (霜晨の月), 信区: Military
标 题: 黑人学校和黑人世界的真相 - Chris Jackson
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Dec 21 22:28:09 2015, 美东)
What is it Like to Teach Black Students?
by Christopher Jackson
Until recently I taught at a predominantly black high school in a
southeastern state. The mainstream press gives a hint of what conditions are
like in black schools, but only a hint. Expressions journalists use like “
chaotic” or “poor learning environment” or “lack of discipline” do... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8869 | 3 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: varianinccom (昵称太短!), 信区: Military
标 题: 纽约州议员WILLIAM COLTON对梁彼得案审声明
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Feb 16 17:02:14 2016, 美东)
纽约州议员WILLIAM COLTON对梁彼得案审声明
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718 236 1598
February 11 2016
PRESS CONTACT:
Kenny Zheng 347 268-2031
STATEMENT OF ASSEMBLYMAN WILLIAM COLTON ON THE CONVICTION OF PETER LIANG
While I was not a witness to the events leading to the tragic death of Akai... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2249 | 4 https://berniesanders.com/sanders-outlines-middle-east-policy/
I was invited along with other presidential candidates to be at the AIPAC
conference in Washington, but obviously I could not make it because we are
here.
The issues that AIPAC is dealing with are very important issues and I wanted
to give the same speech here as I would have given if we were at that
conference.
Let me begin by saying that I think I am probably the only candidate for
president who has personal ties with Israel. I spe... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6571 | 5 House GOP report finds that despite eyewitness accounts, Clinton and WH
crafted, pushed story blaming video for Benghazi attack
The claim that the fatal 2012 Benghazi terrorist attacks were sparked by an
anti-Muslim video was crafted in Washington by Obama administration
appointees and reflected neither eyewitness nor real-time reports from the
Americans under siege, according to the final report of the GOP-led Benghazi
Select Committee.
The GOP report, released Tuesday, followed by less than a ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1193 | 6 Good evening.
How great it is to be with you tonight.
Let me begin by thanking the hundreds of thousands of Americans who actively
participated in our campaign as volunteers. Let me thank the 2 1/2 million
Americans who helped fund our campaign with an unprecedented 8 million
individual campaign contributions – averaging $27 a piece. Let me thank the
13 million Americans who voted for the political revolution, giving us the
1,846 pledged delegates here tonight – 46 percent of the total. And
dele... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 176 | 7 1. 没有人说美国保持其原本的demographic结构就能永保繁荣，但是现在的
demographic趋势绝对是自杀。保持一个高质量的demographic都不一定能繁荣，引进非
法移民、穆斯林、抽签绿卡岂不更糟。
2. 你也说阿根廷是天主教国家。如果你知道天主教和新教的区别有多大，那你就不能
把美国和阿根廷类比。
3. 阿根廷主要问题是反复的折腾，在极左和权贵资本主义之间摆荡，。而南美的左派
国家和他们的天主教信仰是脱不了干系的。现在的Pope就是阿根廷人。你难道不觉得他
的很多言论更像socialist吗？如果阿根廷的经验有任何值得美国人学习的，那就是左
逼误国。
4. 天主教信仰的一大特征就是把人抬得太高：从圣母玛利亚到圣人到教皇到主教。这
些国家民主化后往往出现强人政治。而新教立国的美国从来就没有足够的土壤使得这种
政治成为主流。
5. 我不知道Common Sense为什么会和美国宪法有冲突。每个国家的精英都可以写宪法
，每个国家的精英都警惕民粹。可是为什么很多国家的宪法改来改去，一点权威都没有
，参见大清立宪。美国宪法为什么几百年下来只加入修正案，主体稳固。就是美国宪法
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发帖数: 87 | 8 精英和精英是大不一样的。现在世界上恐怕也就英国和美国的精英质量最好，这个是由
英国文化的先进性决定的。
美国宪法是非常抽象的，没必要过分的去解读，更何况它完全是由开国精英们制定。
美国有今天的成就和地位，我觉得是因为它有一套很好的制度来确保高水平精英治国的
结果。仅仅以美国早期底层基督教白人移民的那种素质想把美国搞成这样是完全不可能
的。
，每个国家的精英都警惕民粹。可是为什么很多国家的宪法改来改去，一点权威都没有
，参见大清立宪。美国宪法为什么几百年下来只加入修正案，主体稳固。就是美国宪法
虽然由精英执笔，却符合几百年来美国主体民族的伦理和价值。Founding father 之一
John Adams 说：“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious
people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other”。离开你嫌弃
的不得了的“底层基督教白人，美国宪法就是废纸。说到Common Sense，Thomas Paine
写过一本书就叫这个名字... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 12853 | 9 (转载）
What’s the Matter With Connecticut?
By Annie Lowrey
A funny-sad back-and-forth appeared in the pages of the Hartford Courant
last month.
It started when one Christopher Edge wrote into the letters section to say
he had had it and was moving out in a brief tirade entitled “Farewell,
Connecticut.” More positive residents then chimed in with their support for
the Nutmeg State. “Running away is not the solution,” chided one Patricia
Karwoski.
But what problems could Edge possibly be trying to d... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6571 | 10 Email shows federal immigration bosses in OT push to swear in new citizens '
due to election'
By Malia Zimmerman Published September 22, 2016 FoxNews.com
An internal Obama administration email shows immigration officials may be
literally working overtime to swear in as many new “citizen voters” as
possible before the Nov. 8 presidential election, a powerful lawmaker
charged Thursday.
The email, from a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field office
chief and part of a chain of corresponde... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6571 | 11 Dear Democrats: Here Is Why You Lost
Thomas Wheatley
Law Student, Antonin Scalia Law School
11:30 AM 11/11/2016
Behold. The end of the 2016 presidential election. The sun has risen on
November 9, and Americans resume their daily lives.
The victor is Donald J. Trump, a businessman and television personality from
New York City, in an extraordinary upset with little, if any, historical
precedent.
Only a few weeks prior to election night, the Democratic candidate, former
Secretary of State Hillary C... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 43471 | 13 Non-citizens are registering and voting in Texas elections, and current
procedures are inadequate to prevent it, state and local officials told
lawmakers in a special committee hearing.
The Senate Select Committee on Election Security heard testimony last month
about problems with the voting process in Texas, including non-citizens
illegally registering and voting.
Officials representing Texas’ Secretary of State, the Texas Attorney
General’s office, and Starr County all testified at the Februar... 阅读全帖 |
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u****n
发帖数: 7521 | 14 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: ubcumn (ubcumn), 信区: Military
标 题: 看到你的祖国死去很痛苦，只有止不住的叹息和哭泣zz
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Jan 13 14:16:38 2011, 美东)
http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?q=7835.6441.0.0
It’s Hard to Watch Your Country Die －One can’t help but sigh and cry.
看到你的祖国死去很痛苦，只有止不住的叹息和哭泣。
America suffers with several ills from which it will not recover. This
reality is becoming inescapably plain.
美国正在遭受病痛的折磨，这个病好不了了。这是一个不可避免的（inescapable）而
且很简单的（ plain）事实。
原文链接＋全文
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c*****c
发帖数: 72 | 15 谢谢
是不是上online的traffic school是最好的选择？
我在网上查的说自己的保险可以step in as secondary coverage.
Since auto insurance follows the vehicle, if you’re driving a borrowed car
and get involved in an accident, the lender’s insurance policy will cover
the liabilities, your medical expense and the other vehicle’s damages. But,
if the lender has no insurance or his insurance is inadequate, then the
borrower’s insurance will step-in and cover all of the losses.
Any existing Auto Insurance policy on the borrowed car woul |
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k*****u
发帖数: 14053 | 16 ☆─────────────────────────────────────☆
nowhere7 (折腾) 于 (Sat May 7 23:10:58 2011, 美东) 提到:
Update 10/05/11
中午刚接到车铺的电话，说是distributor alignment出问题了，要5xx大洋。我说你们不是
刚给我换过cap和rator吗？回答是这个跟现在的问题无关。大家可以给点意见吗？他们那里主修
两田的，这个检查弄了几天，不知道靠谱不。。。
另外，我有一个limited warranty，不知道可以cover这个吗？谢谢！
ENGINE
Crankshaft and bearings, oil pump, fuel pump, water pump, internal
timing gears or chain, camshaft bearings, valve lifters, rocker arm
assemblies and push rods, valve guides, pistons and rings, wrist pins,
connecting... 阅读全帖 |
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s***s
发帖数: 4329 | 17 How To Buy An Auto Extended Warranty & Avoid Scams
All you need to know about new car extended warranties and used car
warranties and scams to avoid
How to prevent being denied a claim for a repair with your extended warranty
, common myths
Reviews of recommended car warranty sites like CARCHEX (866-538-5986),
WarrantyDirect (877-867-3580) & NationWarranty (866-769-1773)
Comparisons of wear and tear warranties vs. mechanical breakdown warranties
How to compare car warranty companies, find out if... 阅读全帖 |
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m**i
发帖数: 301 | 18 lz在什么州？看看以下rule可能有帮助：
Pacing
Many speeding tickets result from the police officer following or “pacing”
a suspected speeder and using his or her own speedometer to clock the
suspect’s speed. With this technique, the officer must maintain a constant
distance between the police vehicle and the suspect’s car long enough to
make a reasonably accurate estimate of its speed. Some states have rules
that the officer must verify speed by pacing over a certain distance. (For
example, at least one-eighth o... 阅读全帖 |
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m**i
发帖数: 301 | 19 lz在什么州？看看以下rule可能有帮助：
Pacing
Many speeding tickets result from the police officer following or “pacing”
a suspected speeder and using his or her own speedometer to clock the
suspect’s speed. With this technique, the officer must maintain a constant
distance between the police vehicle and the suspect’s car long enough to
make a reasonably accurate estimate of its speed. Some states have rules
that the officer must verify speed by pacing over a certain distance. (For
example, at least one-eighth o... 阅读全帖 |
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D***0
发帖数: 5214 | 20 现在看看这几个月前的帖子简直哭笑不得。看看IIHS的新闻，人一点不保留：
http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr071113.html
Toyota redesigned the RAV4 for the 2013 model year. The automaker made
additional changes to models built after April to better control the
stability of the steering column and to provide extra padding under the
footwell carpeting.
The changes, however, weren't enough to lift the RAV4's performance in the
small overlap test. A combination of poor structure and inadequate control
of the dummy's movement prevented the ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 481 | 21 2013 Toyota RAV4 Gets "Poor" IIHS Rating in Small Overlap Crash Test
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has announced that the
2013 Toyota RAV4 has received a "poor" rating in the IIHS small overlap
front crash test. According to the IIHS a combination of poor structure and
inadequate control of the dummy's movement prevented the RAV4 from earning a
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发帖数: 7385 | 22 The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has announced that the
2013 Toyota RAV4 has received a "poor" rating in the IIHS small overlap
front crash test. According to the IIHS a combination of poor structure and
inadequate control of the dummy's movement prevented the RAV4 from earning a
better rating.
What went wrong? In the small overlap test the driver's space was
compromised by intruding structure, and the dummy's left foot was trapped by
crushed and buckled sheet metal in the footw... 阅读全帖 |
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s********r
发帖数: 2308 | 23 前天check engine灯亮了，dealer查了后说是cooling thermostat坏了，"cooling is
inadequate and below the threshold" 换了个thermostat。
我理解是这个thermostat控制coolant的流量。不知道是不是还有另外一个温度计来测
验引擎的温度。才能让引擎知道散热系统有故障。这种重要的控制难道不应该有一定的
设计冗余度么？
一个月前在高速上cruise时曾经引擎过热过一次，当时外界温度２５度，我设置空调为
２０度，突然过热，自动退出cruise。停车检查没事儿，把空调全开继续开就一点问题
没有。dealer后来没有读出任何过热记录，说应该是sensor glitch。现在想想，当时
可能确实过热了。不知道为什么没有error code. 而如果没有额外的温度control冗余
的话，这一个月来引擎的工作温度可能都偏高。 |
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发帖数: 754 | 24 America’s Most Dangerous Luxury Cars
August 15, 2012 by Mike Sauter
More than 10,000 people are killed each year in front-end crashes in the
United States. While most cars offer protection in front-end accidents,
overlap crashes, where the car is not hit head-on, are a different matter
entirely. Until now overlap crashes, which account for nearly one in four of
the front-end crashes involving serious or fatal injury to front seat
occupants, have not been tested by the government or other indepen... 阅读全帖 |
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k**u
发帖数: 10502 | 25 下面是偶给法官写的，供大家参考。
xx(month) xx(date),2015
Trial by Written Declaration regarding citation xxxxxxxxx
Your Honor,
My written declaration is as follows. I declare under penalty of perjury
that this statement is true and correct. In addition to this statement and a
copy of the citation, there are 13 exhibits attached. Each exhibit has a
number for reference. The relevant information is also circled or
highlighted. The photos on the exhibits are from Google Earth, and have been
verified by another dr... 阅读全帖 |
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m**c
发帖数: 2103 | 26 鸭梨士还是赶快去修你的雅力士吧。
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model
year 2014 FJ Cruiser vehicles manufactured August 7, 2013, to August 20,
2013. In the affected vehicles, the intermediate steering shaft which
connects the steering wheel and the steering gear box may have an inadequate
weld. If the intermediate steering shaft weld fails, there would be a loss
of steering control, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash. Toyota will
notify owners, and dealers will replac... 阅读全帖 |
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T*********s
发帖数: 20444 | 27 你家福特存隐患 关雅力士毛事
model
inadequate
loss |
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发帖数: 1782 | 28 On Thursday October 24, 2013, an Oklahoma court ruled against Toyota in a
case of unintended acceleration that lead to the death of one the occupants.
Central to the trial was the Engine Control Module's (ECM) firmware.
Embedded software used to be low-level code we'd bang together using C or
assembler. These days, even a relatively straightforward, albeit critical,
task like throttle control is likely to use a sophisticated RTOS and tens of
thousands of lines of code.
With all this sophisticati... 阅读全帖 |
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i********e
发帖数: 1782 | 29 EDN上对丰田这个firmware的评价很确切，叫纸牌屋安全系统（Toyota’s fail safes
are defective and inadequate (referring to them as a “house of cards”
safety architecture).）
独步天下啊！ |
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发帖数: 20444 | 30 专家说CMAX混动最多也就开个33MPG，CMAX插电版也就能开20迈，跟没有一样。
专家说开这破玩意还不如开个普通小车。
尼玛rihei一张嘴就说cmax mpg能上55，真是笑死人了。福特油耗虚标的历史由来已久
，cmax也不例外，要不然落个停产的命运。
the C-Max’s high EPA-estimated fuel-economy numbers are basically fantasy.
A 2.0-liter four, an AC electric motor, and a CVT combine for 188 hp; in our
testing, the C-Max hybrid and the plug-in C-Max Energi each got only 33
MPGe on the highway. If a hybrid can’t top a gas-powered opponent’s fuel
economy, then why bother? The Energi’s EV-only range of 20 miles is
inade... 阅读全帖 |
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M*****8
发帖数: 17722 | 31
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正确，这才是最重要的。
原因在此：
http://www.freewebs.com/lasalocid/
Atrial Fibrillation Caused Or Worsened By Lasalocid Residue In Eggs
1998 - 2005 updated Nov 2006 and May 2007
Richard Gee
This Paper in PDF Format
Lasalocid is a veterinary "antibiotic" which is given as a feed supplement
to certain farm animals and poultry including birds destined to become
layers. You can read all about this highly toxic heart poison and how it is
seriously afflicting UK egg production in this April 2... 阅读全帖 |
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l*********i
发帖数: 332 | 32 i have to say that when i really came back about 2 months ago, i realized
that
everything going on in china is 5 time faster than things happening in US.
imaging what was going on 5 years ago. no one could ever expect how things
go
around right now.
funding is not everything, indeed. but it is the very essential fact,
without it
or inadequate of it, no research could take place.
坦诚的说，我不对国内的科研环境和态度满意，没人会满意。but the approach, I
think
which will makes sense, is to perform the world recognized resear |
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a*****y
发帖数: 33185 | 33 Reform the PhD system or close it down
There are too many doctoral programmes, producing too many PhDs for the job
market. Shut some and change the rest, says Mark C. Taylor.
Mark Taylor
The system of PhD education in the United States and many other countries is
broken and unsustainable, and needs to be reconceived. In many fields, it
creates only a cruel fantasy of future employment that promotes the self-
interest of faculty members at the expense of students. The reality is that
there are ve... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 985 | 34 老弟，你的经历让我想起17年前做了一个学期电子系实验室助教的经历。全班就有这么
一个学生，不交作业，几乎不来上实验课。我跟系里提前报备，系里说这个学生不能让
他过。最后系里让所有学生不记名给老师评价，得到的一份评语和你的这段一模一样“
这全
是学校的错，你不能胜任这个讲师职位(inadequate)，不过你也 尝试了。不光如此，
还有个语言障碍。我希望你以后从事职业不教基础课程“ 我刚刚还以为自己穿
越了。后来系里告诉我我其他的学生评价都很好，这个评价当噪音过滤掉了。那个学生
也因为太多课没过退学了。怀疑这段话是那些傻逼口口相传的？你这个学生好像更傻，
还实名写在卷子上？可以算仇恨犯罪或歧视了吧。而且有证据，不像我当初那个是不记
名评价。即使知道是那个人写的，也没办法。 |
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m*********a
发帖数: 2000 | 35 现在美国的思想解放浪潮已经开始扫荡潜规则了。很多教授都被处罚了。还好数学家大
部分殚精竭虑，狼狈光头谢顶 思考定理中，貌似犯错的还不多。
http://www.chronicle.com/article/Sexual-HarassmentAssault/241757
Sexual Harassment and Assault in Higher Ed: What’s Happened Since Weinstein
ver since The New York Times published an explosive story gathering evidence
that the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein had been harassing and
assaulting women and covering it up for decades, almost every industry is
asking the same question: Who are our Harvey Weinsteins?
Propelled by ... 阅读全帖 |
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F*P
发帖数: 3204 | 36 一点联想：
唉，虎妈说得好啊， If the child comes home with a B on the test, some
Western parents will still praise the child. Other Western parents will
sit
their child down and express disapproval, but they will be careful not to
make their child feel inadequate or insecure, and they will not call their
child "stupid," "worthless" or "a disgrace.不过老外都这样。看他们对孩子的态
度可以理解为啥他们夫妻之间说话措辞也是比较客气委婉和互相肯定的。从小就这么教
的呀。一个年级的孩子毕业，就没有不得奖的。扯远了，扯远了，总而言之，老外对我
们的表扬一定要打折扣。不能全当真啊。前几天俺们吃午饭，这一个很nice的美国女
phd说，你们这些中国人英语这么strong，可是在一起还都... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3139 | 37 音量控制对音质的影响，以前有一篇note写得不错，我找了半天才找到，其实还有用变
压器的方法，不过dac这块最保真的方法就是保持位深和标准输出电平，音量控制交给
前级和功放去管就好了，终究绕不过模拟放大这一关的。
Volume Control Technologies
Newsletter Edition:
July 2009 Issue
With the introduction of Benchmark’s HDR-VC™ (High Dynamic Range
Volume Control), many audio enthusiasts are taking another look at volume
control methods. What are the differences between the different volume
control topologies? Is one sonically superior, and why?
The important qualities to consider with respect to volum... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 80 | 38 忘了说，还有一个rates的职位，在纽约附近
Description We are a multi-national, middle-office, financial derivatives
team of 25 people based in three locations worldwide. The team covers all
aspects of model validation, model-related issues in trade approvals and
reserves for interest rates, equity, FX and credit products, assessment of
the impact of models on valuation, market, and credit risks. Together with
other teams, we also develop methodologies for aggregating market, credit
and operational risks to provide... 阅读全帖 |
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s*****n
发帖数: 741 | 39 update 下，今天正式收到拒信。
我已经发信问他们人事部门的头要review record 了。review 的结果是 inadequate
technology background。从头到位就没问technology。操！扯tmd也有个度吧。
阿三真是坑爹没商量。 |
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f***c
发帖数: 338 | 40 看到了offer letter。当然不能和这里的niuniu们比，就不献丑了。问几个问题，希望
知情人或过来人指点一下。
（1）里面讲到，“Employee may resign with or without a reason as long as
Employer has received at least two weeks advance written notice (by email
with read receipt confirmation, hand delivery or certified mail return
receipt requested
sent to Employer’s address set forth above) of Employee’s intention to
resign.”
又说：“BREACH In the event of Employee’s breach of paragraphs A, B, D, or
F, Employee acknowledges and agrees that Employer will suffe... 阅读全帖 |
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t******8
发帖数: 29 | 41 Inspector 没有提到French drain. 作Inspection 那天刚下过雪，可能没看到。他只
是说“The general grade around the home
appeared to be inadequate on the right side to direct rain water away from
the foundation.”
problem |
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f***f
发帖数: 813 | 42 我们的home inspection结果，麻烦行家给看看这个有多严重？walk away还是要求降价
？降多少？
对您的帮助感激不尽！！
1110. Lot / Grade Drainage
Repair/Replace/Monitor. The grade at the foundation appears to be
inadequate. Recommend regrading where possible any flat/negative grade
areas around the foundation to create a positive grade away from
foundation. Plants touch house. Trees planted close to structure-removal
may be needed. |
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f***f
发帖数: 813 | 43 哪位xdjm可以帮忙看看这个home inspection report summary吗？第一次买房，不懂，
不知道该怎么办，比如有多严重，如果不是严重到需要退出，怎么和seller要求维修或者补
偿。非常感谢您的建议和帮助！
Grounds
1108. Deck
Repair/Replace/Monitor. Decking and rail are weathered.
1110. Lot / Grade Drainage
Repair/Replace/Monitor. The grade at the foundation appears to be
inadequate. Recommend regrading where possible any flat/negative grade
areas around the foundation to create a positive grade away from
foundation. Plants touch house. Trees planted close to structure-removal
may be n |
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发帖数: 4248 | 44 Most common house repair problems:
Roofing: previously undetected issues in a re-surfaced roof to remove
underlying layers will cause thousands of dollars
Basement: flood
Insulation: inadequate insulation results in exorbitant energy bills
Structures: irregularities in the roof, exterior wall, interior framing of
the house
Heating: defective
Water: water from city or town-owned main, own plumbing systems, lead or
galvanized steel pipes are hazardous and expensive to repair; water pressure
accept |
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f*****m
发帖数: 416 | 45 http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Housing-Crash-Is-Hitting-nytimes-
SEATTLE — Few believed the housing market here would ever collapse. Now
they wonder if it will ever stop
slumping.
The rolling real estate crash that ravaged Florida and the Southwest is
delivering a new wave of distress to
communities once thought to be immune — economically diversified cities
where the boom was relatively
restrained.
In the last year, home prices in Seattle had a bigger decline than in Las
Vegas. Minneapolis dropp... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 215 | 46 New Mortgage Plan Floated
Underwater Borrowers Current on Payments Would Get Help.
State and federal officials are pushing a plan that could help some "
underwater" borrowers get refinancing assistance in the latest government
bid to break a legal impasse with big banks over alleged foreclosure abuses
and ease problems in the housing market.
WSJ's Nick Timiraos has details of a proposed plan that would give mortgage
-holders who are underwater access to refinancing assistance. Photo by Joe
Raedl... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 555 | 47 11 year old house, found mold (black in color) in attic.
Should I also walk away? The original buyer walked away due to this mold
problem not radon.
The seller is using professional for mold remediation. However the root
cause of mold, inadequate attic ventilation, and moisture will still remain,
and therefore the mold can come back.
What should I ask sell to do, if I do consider to buy the house? |
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y***j
发帖数: 11235 | 48 没啥大事儿，专业的会杀掉mold以后，打磨，或者干冰orsoda blast掉一层木头，然后
刷防霉漆的，另外inadequate attic ventilation，加soffit vent，或者直接换成新
的那种全是孔soffit。另外加ridge vent也没几个钱。有时候可能其实就是Soffit
Insulation Baffle没装，自己可装2块钱一片。
如果比较冷的地方，注意阁楼里面insulation是不是够厚，还有各种管道是不是
insulate了。
remain, |
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w*********s
发帖数: 8428 | 49 其它基本上还好。主要concern是关于gas heating unit, 以下是inspector的comment:
The front burner chamber of furnace has rust/smoke stains. this is usually
an indication that the unit may downdraft or has inadequate ventilation.
when testing the smoke makes with my gas detectors, gas readings were picked
up by both my combustible gas detector and carbon monoxide gas detector.
Have furnace evaluated/repaired (or replaced) by a licensed heating
specialist for safety against gases from entering the home.
好像就是chamber边缘漏... 阅读全帖 |
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s*****6
发帖数: 499 | 50 第一次买房，不懂啊。列出主要问题，大家帮忙看看吧
ROOF SYSTEM
Action Needed- Flashing is improperly installed at left side of chimney.
Step flashing is not under siding as required. Have aqualified roofing
contractor repair.
GARAGE / CARPORT
GARAGE DOOR HARDWARE:
Action Needed- Installing of a safety cable through the safety springs is
recommended. Safety cables are recommended to be installed through (in the
center of) the safety springs to prevent the spring from "flying" in the
event of breakage.
DOOR OPENERS(S):
Act... 阅读全帖 |
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