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发帖数: 5739 | 1 now this is interesting,
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T. gondii infections have the ability to change the behavior of rats and
mice, making them drawn to, rather than fearful of, the scent of cats. This
effect is advantageous to the parasite, which will be able to sexually
reproduce if its host is eaten by a cat.[12] The infection is widespread in
the brain, with more cysts targeting the parts of the brain corresponding to
fear. The widespread nature of the infection causes many previously
unnoticed symp... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1574 | 2 不仅如此。。。。。全州 2/3人口都是摩门的犹他州，depression率也是全美最高的。甚至，online porn subscriptions也是全美第一。
UTAH'S 1998-2008 REVIEW (see below): Still leading the nation in abuse, rape, murder!
Divorces per 1,000 Population Utah-4.60 MA-2.40 NY -3.20 NJ-3.0
Murder per 100,000 Pop. Utah-3.90 NH-1.70 IO-1.70 ND-0.90
Rape per 100,000 Pop. Utah-42.70 NY -23.70 CA-33.40 VA-27.20
*Source US Census Bureau
这篇新闻的最后一段，很是发人深思~~~~
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (Deseret News, 3/3/09) -- Utahans, famous for their wholesomeness a... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2152 | 3 From: The Dark Side of Christian History
by Helen Ellerbe
Chapter Eight: 1450 - 1750 C.E.
The Reformation did not convert the people of Europe to orthodox
Christianity through preaching and catechisms alone. It was the 300 year
period of witch-hunting from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century, what R
.H. Robbins called "the shocking nightmare, the foulest crime and deepest
shame of western civilization." The Church created the elaborate concept of
devil worship and then, used the persecution ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 801 | 4 精神分裂症病人中具有宗教妄想的那些往往病情更严重
Religious delusions in patients admitted to hospital with schizophrenia.
Siddle R, Haddock G, Tarrier N, Faragher EB.
Department of Clinical Psychology, North Manchester General Hospital,
Crumpsall, UK.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2002 Mar;37(3):130-8.
BACKGROUND: Religious delusions are clinically important because they may be
associated with selfharm and poorer outcomes from treatment. They have not
been extensively researched. This study sought to investigate ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 312 | 5 The standard neutral model and a selective sweep:
higher vertebrates do not have a high enough reproductive rate to support
rapid rates of beneficial evolution. It takes too many deaths to select for
new mutations.Kimura reasoned the majority of new mutations must be ‘
neutral’ The rate of neutral evolution could be much faster than positive
evolution, and would be limited only by the rate of DNA copying errors.
Since natural selection will not act on neutral traits, which do not affect
survival... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 489 | 7 【 以下文字转载自 Immigration 讨论区 】
发信人: lair1 (lair), 信区: Immigration
标 题: 审稿机会：Malaria Chemotherapy, Control & Elimination
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Nov 11 14:55:22 2013, 美东)
Title: Prevalence of Childhood malaria in Jos, North Central Nigeria
Keywords:childhood, malaria, prevalence, Jos.
请有意的朋友将你的name,email, degree, Affiliation, brief research
experiences站内短信给我。Thanks |
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发帖数: 93 | 10 FA上讲prevalence的分母是at risk的人群，即不包括患病的人； 但wiki上讲
prevalence的分母是包括患病和不患病的所有人， 到底那个是正确的呢？ |
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发帖数: 312 | 11 an investigator is evaluting the outcome of the coronary artery bypass
grafting conducted by two surgeon in the community in the past year.
surgeon x who operates exclusively at the teritary center facility has a 30
days operative mortality of 3% surgeon y is at a community care facility has
a 30 days operative mortality of 1 %the difference in operative mortality
bet surgeon x and y is significance p<0.05 the investigator concludes the
patient should have care at the community care facility whi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 12 In a low prevalence situation, PV− increases, while PV+ decreases. A
or D?
The test has high specificity (92%) →very high PV+, will not be greatly
affected by prevalence?
Is the answer A? 欢迎大家讨论 |
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发帖数: 1 | 13 In a low prevalence situation, PV− increases, while PV+ decreases. A
or D?
The test has high specificity (92%) →very high PV+, will not be greatly
affected by prevalence?
Is the answer A? 欢迎大家讨论 |
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发帖数: 185 | 14 Kohn-Sham equations
There are two schools of thought on how to achieve the minimization of the
total energy. The more prevalent approach in the physics community is to
view the calculation directly as a problem in numerical minimization and to
apply modern techniques for constrained numerical minimization. We shall
return to this approach in the second half of the this course. The second
school of thought, more prevalent in the chemistry community, is to derive
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发帖数: 1627 | 15 In diagnostic testing, we define
D as disease present Dc as disease absent
+ as test is positive - as test is negative
P(D) = probability of disease = prevalence
The precision of the test is measured by two quantities:
P(+|D) = sensitivity
P(-|Dc) = specificity
Suppose that the sensitivity = .95 and the specificity = .90.
a)Assume that the prevalence of the disease in the population is .04.
Given that the test is positive what is the probability that the
disease is truly present, that is... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 618 | 16 美国这边的回应在这里，我今天才看到：
http://ccforum.com/content/18/2/130
[11]是楼主引的文章。美国人批判道：
The Methods section [11] suggests that all patients were evaluated, but this
seems questionable: 1,431 patients were screened, and 939 were enrolled;
that is an unusually high enrollment rate of 66%. The study took place in 36
intensive care units in just over 2 years, and this translates to 18
patients screened and 12 enrolled per center per year, or one patient per
center per month. This number seems extremely low.
The ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 18403 | 17 Some comments from a Taiwanese gal on facebook:
First, I'd like to say that in no way do I think China = CPP - that is
actually the point I was trying to make. When politicians criticize "China"
(they mean CCP policy or government and not the people) Criticism of China
is not something people should consider racist. Criticizing the Chinese
government (CCP) and its policies are often valid and these criticisms are
obviously going to be more prevalent during an election given the importance
of Chi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4348 | 18 From cholesterol fighters to asthma relief, these treatments could earn Big
Pharma $170 billion
By Mike Tarsala | 24/7 Wall St.
Jul 22, 2009 | Updated: 12:29 p.m. ET Jul 22, 2009
Safety and efficacy data are critical to drug candidates. But what really
makes a potential drug attractive is strong top-line data, a new biotech-
based treatment, and a massive potential market.
With help from Thomson Reuters' SD Pharma database and our own backlog of
coverage, BioHealthInvestor.com, a 247wallst.com ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 22013 | 19 【 以下文字转载自 ChinaNews 讨论区 】
发信人: pipigou123 (鼠姐虎弟), 信区: ChinaNews
标 题: Re: 在美国，学中医的比这里大部分人赚得多
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Aug 14 19:55:23 2011, 美东)
INTRODUCTION — The word "acupuncture" is derived from the Latin words "acus
" (needle) and "punctura" (penetration). Acupuncture originated in China
approximately 2000 years ago and is one of the oldest medical procedures in
the world.
Over its long history and dissemination, acupuncture has diversified and
encompasses a large array of styles and techniques. ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 20 Jens Kastner, English names in Taiwan odd legacy of Japan's empire. Global
Times (Peking), Sept. 19, 2010.
http://opinion.globaltimes.cn/foreign-view/2010-09/574869.html
My comment:
(a) The "opinion" states "this [practice of adopting English first name]
includes people who have never studied English in their lives."
I have been away from Taiwan for a quarter century. This is what I just
found:
"English is a compulsory subject within the mainstream school system from
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r*****0
发帖数: 293 | 21 Editorial
New Horizons in Managing Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction in Children
Piet Hoebekea
a Department of Urology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
Lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD) is a common condition in childhood
with a prevalence rate of up to 15%.1 LUTD can be based on neurogenic or
nonneurogenic aetiologies but mainly subdivides into filling phase
dysfunctions, ie overactive bladder, and voiding phase dysfunctions, ie
dysfunctional voiding, or combined dysfunctions.
Most |
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发帖数: 2136 | 22 【 以下文字转载自 WorldNews 讨论区 】
发信人: whiteclouds (/ 参考消息 /), 信区: WorldNews
标 题: 诺贝尔奖背后的政治
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Oct 13 23:20:19 2010, 美东)
Nobel Politics
10/13/10, Stephen Lendman
Since first awarded in 1901, Nobel Peace recognition went to 98 individuals
and 23 organizations. Last year, another war criminal won, Barack Obama, one
among many previous ones. A earlier article on the Nobel Committee's long
and inglorious tradition may be accessed through THIS link.
Nearly always, politics, not merit, deter... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 23432 | 23 混球时报After Bin Laden, will China become US foe?
读标题感觉是混球时报觉醒了打算要反水了
The demise of Osama bin Laden offers the US an opportunity to declare an end
to the War on Terror. In the view of many Americans, a strategic adjustment
of US foreign policy appears inevitable. Besides, the US media is riddled
with analyses of how to handle a rising China. Do the prescriptions and
analyses imply that US policy would aim to undo the development China has
achieved in recent decades?
For a long time, the Chinese peo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 16484 | 25 如果真是认真学了经济学的人，就应该知道阿马迪亚森的重要研究，中国和印度相比，
中国因为当年的体制，一边已经遍地饥荒，一边还在向国外出口粮食，结果在风调雨顺
的年景搞出个“三年自然灾害”，印度是真遇到了自然灾害，却因为政府能够反映民众
的需求，通过进口粮食避免了饥荒的发生。
According to the Global Hunger Index, South Asia has the highest child malnutrition rate of world's regions.[74] India contributes to about 5.6 million child deaths every year, more than half the world's total.[75] The 2006 report mentioned that "the low status of women in South Asian countries and their lack of nutritional knowledge are important determinants ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5901 | 26 Masters degree is very different from PhD degree. In the US, Masters degree
don't even require a thesis. It's just the matter of taking some classes.
To evaluate Fang's wife's case, you need to look at the big picture. How
prevalent were her practice back then. If everyone else was doing that, you
can't blame her that much. And if you want to make a big fuss over a masters
thesis, you can just do the same with a homework assignment. Who can
guarantee that he/she never copied someone else's homew... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9366 | 27 ☆─────────────────────────────────────☆
aaddoo (赘言) 于 (Sun Jan 1 15:29:32 2012, 美东) 提到:
弄不懂为什么那么多人那么苛求他。
新语丝网站是他自己办的，他爱说什么是他的自由。他的博客文章，采访，和科普书籍
也是愿意看的人才去看。
方舟子打假，有舆论影响，但是没有任何行政的约束力。打得对了，自然有人喝彩，偶
然有错误不妥的地方，也未必就把当事人置于死地，当事人也不是被最高法院终审判决
，绝无上诉平反之机。事实上方的大多数学术界的打假证据确凿，也产生了有益的结果
。对方舟子的打假事例，应该就事论事，看论点论据和论证方法，跟方舟子本身是男是
女，是人是鬼，有个毛的关系。方舟子打假又不是做人证，凭什么要要求他自己的信用
人格完美。方舟子自己老婆写论文的时候，两人都不认识，凭什么要方为他老婆的行为
背书。
说方舟子被收买，为转基因辩护，却没有半点证据说明方从孟山都得到半点好处。
说方舟子剽窃抄袭，也是以点盖面。方纵然有翻译上的不妥之处，也不是他无数科普著
作的一点瑕疵。对方的科技论文的攻击，更是吹毛求疵... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1043 | 28 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1618741/posts
Skip to comments.
49% of US Presidents suffered mental illness in Duke study
The Chronicle ^ | February, 2006 | Haley Hoffman
Posted on Thursday, April 20, 2006 10:05:20 PM by Torie
23/02/2006 - Duke: Duke study posits presidents had mental illness
U-Wire via NewsEdge Corporation :
By Haley Hoffman, The Chronicle (Duke)
DURHAM, N.C. -- No one would ever expect the general who led the Union army
to victory in the Civil War to have a debilitatin... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4 | 29 紧急动员：向最高法院， 请投庄严一票
捍卫你孩子公平竞争入学名校的机会
2/21/2012，美国最高法院决定审理用“族裔”的理由来提高亚裔和白人高校入学
门槛的做法是否违宪。
请您立即投票赞成（FOR） 80-20全美亚裔教育基金会的民调书，清楚明白地表明
亚裔在这件案子上的立场。
http://admin.80-20nj.info/cgi/80/e?l=8/11e/f&w=no
资料显示，亚裔在美国要比其他族裔成绩优秀许多才能上同样的学校。要上同样的
名校，亚裔SAT要考1550分，白人1410分，而非裔只需要1100分*（英文和数学满分是
1600）。
下面几周内，我们需要征集到至少五万个签名，让结果写入Amicus Curiae (“法
庭之友”的文书)作为证据资料递交最高法院。我们要表明亚裔赞同以考生的综合素质
（而不是族裔）作为美国高校的招生标准。综合素质包括申请学生现在的学术成绩和未
来可能的成功潜力，例如申请人是否能在不利的生活环境中仍能不懈努力等 (i.e.
Overcome adversity under soc... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1043 | 30 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1618741/posts
Skip to comments.
49% of US Presidents suffered mental illness in Duke study
The Chronicle ^ | February, 2006 | Haley Hoffman
Posted on Thursday, April 20, 2006 10:05:20 PM by Torie
23/02/2006 - Duke: Duke study posits presidents had mental illness
U-Wire via NewsEdge Corporation :
By Haley Hoffman, The Chronicle (Duke)
DURHAM, N.C. -- No one would ever expect the general who led the Union army
to victory in the Civil War to have a debilitatin... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8811 | 31 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: Jerry0803 (Jerry and Tom), 信区: USANews
标 题: 这个印度博后实在无耻：暗中破坏组员的实验半年终于被捕
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Nov 24 16:56:08 2010, 美东)
这个印度博后实在无耻：暗中破坏组员的实验半年终于被捕
Vipul Bhrigu，Toledo大学的博士，到Univ of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer
Center做博后。从09年12月开始“细致而系统”的暗中破坏同组博士女生Heather Ames
的样品。
这个印度博后实在无耻：暗中破坏组员的实验半年终于被捕
女博士渐渐发现了问题，开始还以为是自己犯了错误，采取了一些措施防止出错，
甚至拿到未婚夫的实验室去做，总是有各种各样的问题。怀疑有人破坏，说给朋友，导
师，学校相关部门听，都劝她是不是自己多虑了，甚至认为是她自己工作不顺利，试图
归结于其他原因。
这个印度博后实在无耻：暗中破坏组员的实验半年终于被捕
直到出现media上被洒酒精，并且接二连三的发生，终于正式... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4541 | 33 作者徐开彬，美国宾夕法尼亚费城 天普大学媒体与传播学院助理教授
编注：这是徐开彬教授以实名发表的质疑温家宝家族拥有巨额财产的文章。徐教授原拟
将该文在《纽约时报》发表。《纽约时报》方面担心，发表类似文章可能导致中国当局
在更长时间里屏蔽《纽约时报》网站：“我们目前处于被封状态，尚需谨慎。我们倾向
于目前暂不就该主题发表任何文章。” 红色中国网感谢徐开彬教授给予本网的信任，
特向广大读者推荐徐教授的这篇作品。
中国外交部发言人洪磊先生声称，纽约时报对中国总理温家宝家人的报道是“抹黑中国
、别有用心。” 纽约时报在近日的一篇报道中，记载了温先生家人积聚至少价值27亿
美元资产的详情。被温总理的儿子温云松（英文名Winston Wen）授权的两名北京律师
，就该报道发表了一份声明。
尽管如此，对于中国政府和总理家人来说，还有一系列尚未回答的问题。
首先，纽约时报的报道就温先生亲属获取资产的途径提供了清晰证据。在进行调查之前
，中国政府怎么能在报道发布的当天，就否认报道的真实性呢？毕竟，中国政府并没有
否定这些证据的存在及其真实性。
其次，当中国外交部发言人说纽约时报的报道是“抹黑中国”的时候... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9503 | 34 On the continent of Europe, Anno Domini was introduced as the era of
choice of the Carolingian Renaissance by Alcuin. Its endorsement by
Emperor Charlemagne and his successors popularizing the usage of the epoch
and spreading it throughout the Carolingian Empire ultimately lies at the
core of the system's prevalence. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia,
popes continued to date documents according to regnal years for some time,
but usage of AD gradually became more common in Roman Catholic cou... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 30 | 35 "就好比下棋，第一步棋下错了，第二步棋就得将就第一步，竭力走出此情况下最好的下
法，第三步还是将错就错，最后棋越走越重,大龙愤死。"
Wow, it is really the best analogy in Chinese language one can exhaust the
largest encyclopedia for. Unfortunately, this type of behavior of running
around in a bad circle is still prevalent on those running the show. A
great example is this man made chicken-and-egg myth as which should be ahead
of the other between political and economic reforms.
I tell you... It will get ugly I am afraid if you do care about this old country... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3446 | 36 From wikipedia:
"Y-chromosome haplogroup O3 is a common DNA marker in Han Chinese, as it
appeared in China in prehistoric times. It is found in more than 50% of
Chinese males, and ranging up to over 80% in certain regional subgroups of
the Han ethnicity.[28] However, the mitochondrial DNA of Han Chinese
increases in diversity as one looks from northern to southern China, which
suggests that some male migrants from northern China married with women from
local peoples after arriving in Guangdong, ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2617 | 37 H. J. Chaytor A history of Aragon and Catalonia, Chapter 5
"... In any case, the heresy was not an isolated movement, but was in
continuity with beliefs prevalent in other parts of Europe. It was a poor
man's heresy and emerged into the light of history only when it happened to
attract large masses of people or aristocratic [71] adherents. It was also a
pre-Reformation movement, essentially in opposition to Roman catholicism
and sustained by popular indignation against the dissolute and scanda... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 18158 | 38 paper在这里：
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.p
The Role of Inbreeding in the Extinction of a European Royal Dynasty
Gonzalo Alvarez mail, Francisco C. Ceballos, Celsa Quinteiro
Abstract
The kings of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty (1516–1700) frequently married
close relatives in such a way that uncle-niece, first cousins and other
consanguineous unions were prevalent in that dynasty. In the historical
literature, it has been suggested that inbreeding was a major cause
re... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3299 | 39 Y-chromosome haplogroup O3 is a common DNA marker in Han Chinese, as it
appeared in China in prehistoric times. It is found in more than 50% of
Chinese males, and ranging up to over 80% in certain regional subgroups of
the Han ethnicity.[67] However, the mitochondrial DNA of Han Chinese
increases in diversity as one looks from northern to southern China, which
suggests that some male migrants from northern China married with women from
local peoples after arriving in Guangdong, Fujian, and other... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 20290 | 40 【 以下文字转载自 WebRadio 讨论区 】
发信人: windking (熊起端楞起睡), 信区: WebRadio
标 题: Science新发文章：你的祖先播下的种子塑造了你
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri May 9 09:28:59 2014, 美东)
弗吉尼亚大学联合北京师范大学在一项评估小麦相对于稻米种植的研究显示，你的祖先
在田地里种植的农作物会影响你的个人主义倾向及分析能力的多寡。相关文章发表于
2014年5月9日的《science》杂志上。
Science:中美合作表明你的祖先播下的种子塑造了你
在近几十年中，心理学家对东西方文化的差异进行了归类;即，他们说，西方文化更具
个人主义及分析性思维，而东方文化则较为相互依赖及具有整体意识。造成这些差异的
原因仍不清楚，尽管研究人员提出了有关的理论--其中包括现代化理论，该理论提出，
社会会在其获得更多的财富及教育时而变得更具个人主义色彩;而病原体流行理论则提
出，在某些国家(如中国)的传染病的高发生率使得应对陌生人变得较为危险，从而让这
些文化更加封闭且具有集体主义色彩。
T. Talhelm及其同事对第... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1453 | 41 商周之际根本没有突厥这个概念，连原始突厥语也不可能追溯到那么远。维基上有这么
一段话，很清楚：
It is generally agreed that the first Turkic people lived in a region
extending from Central Asia to Siberia, with the majority of them living in
China historically. Historically they were established after the 6th century
BCE.[62] The earliest separate Turkic peoples appeared on the peripheries
of the late Xiongnu confederation about 200 BC [62] (contemporaneous with
the Chinese Han Dynasty).[63] Turkic people may be related to the Xiongnu,
Dingli... 阅读全帖 |
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r*****s
发帖数: 184 | 42 the tech-block will be more prevalent |
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发帖数: 8613 | 43
You are a Korean Chinese (which literally means a Chinese citizen of
Korean ancestry), but not a Chinese Korean. Chinese Koreans are a rare
species, for many Chinese had been forced out by prevalent nation-wide (at
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发帖数: 26222 | 44 http://www.aldf.com/Anaplasmosis.shtml
what is Anaplasmosis? A tick-related Disease.
Where is Anaplasmosis Prevalent?
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Prevention & Control
How to Remove a Tick
Deer Tick Ecology
Tick species that transmit anaplasmosis: Deer tick (Ixodes scapularis),
western black-legged tick (Ixodes pacificus)
What is Anaplasmosis?
Click here for pictures of deer ticks
Human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA), previously known as human
granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE), is a tick-associat |
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发帖数: 11639 | 46 NPR对她的采访
Question: A Thousand Years of Good Prayers presents readers with a stunning
vision of China, past and
present. When you think of your homeland, what thoughts or images come to
mind? What are your feelings
about China today?
Yiyun Li: I have always said that there are two Chinas. The first is a
country filled with people, like my family
and many others, who try to lead serious and meaningful lives despite the
political, economic and cultural
dilemmas they face. The second is a country wi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 10330 | 47 http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Global-Viewpoint/2010/1012/Liu-
Xiaobo-and-the-West-s-naive-beliefs-about-freedom-in-China
Liu Xiaobo and the West's naive beliefs about freedom in China
Since the 1989 Tiananmen massacre, the West has naively thought that
economic prosperity would inevitably lead to democracy in China. The
case of Liu Xiaobo, who just won the Nobel Peace Prize, shows it hasn't.
Human rights are the prerequisite for the 'fraternity between nations.'
I heartily applaud the Nobe... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2136 | 48 【 以下文字转载自 WorldNews 讨论区 】
发信人: whiteclouds (/ 参考消息 /), 信区: WorldNews
标 题: 诺贝尔奖背后的政治
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Oct 13 23:20:19 2010, 美东)
Nobel Politics
10/13/10, Stephen Lendman
Since first awarded in 1901, Nobel Peace recognition went to 98 individuals
and 23 organizations. Last year, another war criminal won, Barack Obama, one
among many previous ones. A earlier article on the Nobel Committee's long
and inglorious tradition may be accessed through THIS link.
Nearly always, politics, not merit, deter... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2812 | 49 Liu Xiaobo and Illusions About China
By FANG LIZHI
Published: October 11, 2010
PHOENIX, ARIZONA — I heartily applaud the Nobel Committee for awarding its
Peace Prize to the imprisoned Liu Xiaobo for his long and nonviolent
struggle for human rights in China. In doing so, the committee has
challenged the West to re-examine a dangerous notion that has become
prevalent since the 1989 Tiananmen massacre: that economic development will
inevitably lead to democracy in China.
Increasingly, throughout t... 阅读全帖 |
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