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发帖数: 60932 | 1 OfficeMax MaxPerks Bonus Rewards offers 05/27-06/02: 100% back in rewards on
Avery 1" Comfort Touch Binders, etc.
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发帖数: 8131 | 2 【 以下文字转载自 Stock 讨论区 】
发信人: vankie (似水流年), 信区: Stock
标 题: Government to Deploy Broader Mortgage Aid
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Sep 4 03:55:12 2010, 美东)
Government to Deploy Broader Mortgage Aid
By NICK TIMIRAOS
The Obama administration on Tuesday will launch its most ambitious effort at
reducing mortgage balances for homeowners who owe more than their homes are
worth.
Officials say between 500,000 and 1.5 million so-called underwater loans
could be modified through the program, the first initiative to... 阅读全帖 |
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M*V
发帖数: 3205 | 4 研究表明只是长期单一种植，可以抗一些风险．平年并不增产．
confirms the general understanding that the major benefit of genetically
modified (GM) corn doesn't come from increasing yields in average or good
years, but from reducing losses during bad ones.
抗风险的收入相当于每英亩增产0.006% 到 2.7%.
Value of modified corn is more in reducing losses than boosting yields
（0.8 to 4.2 bushels increased per acre，１５０ bushels per acre).
"A lot of farmers assume that if it's transgenic, it's great in terms of
yield, but we know that putting a transg... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8144 | 5 China has bought lots of Treasuries through London-based brokers and those
are recorded in the British account in accordance with the distribution by
territoriality. Stephen Green says, “I suspect that China continues
increasing its holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds.”
In April, China reduced its holdings of Treasuries by $4.4 billion, to
heated discussion. In the same month, UK increased its holdings of by $24.6
billion. Brad Setser points out that in April China’s two or three-year US
government ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 36302 | 6 Surprise! Who's not paying federal income tax?
By Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press
WASHINGTON – Amid complaints that nearly half of tax filers in the U.S. won
't pay federal income taxes this year, this has been lost: Those making $75,
000-$100,000 a year are the fastest-growing share of people who don't pay
federal income taxes.
Not working poor people — but those who are firmly middle class.
They still make up less than 1% of the total number of income tax filers who
pay no tax at all, but th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3146 | 7 http://www.chron.com/news/article/China-rejects-Obama-s-Iran-oi
BEIJING (AP) — China rejected President Barack Obama's decision to move
forward with plans for sanctions on countries buying oil from Iran, saying
Saturday that Washington had no right to unilaterally punish other nations.
South Korean officials said they will continue working with the U.S. to
reduce oil imports from Iran, as other U.S. allies who depend on Iranian oil
worked to find alternative energy supplies.
Obama announced Frid... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 194 | 8 研究表明只是长期单一种植，可以抗一些风险．平年并不增产．
confirms the general understanding that the major benefit of genetically
modified (GM) corn doesn't come from increasing yields in average or good
years, but from reducing losses during bad ones.
抗风险的收入相当于每英亩增产0.006% 到 2.7%.
Value of modified corn is more in reducing losses than boosting yields
（0.8 to 4.2 bushels increased per acre，１５０ bushels per acre).
"A lot of farmers assume that if it's transgenic, it's great in terms of
yield, but we know that putting a transg... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3319 | 9 不计划生育，不全球范围计划生育控制人口，人类就是个不可持续发展的物种。现在70
亿人口每年消耗的资源是地球18个月才能产出的。
http://www.worldpopulationbalance.org/3_times_sustainable
Current Population is Three Times the Sustainable Level
(To find out how you can help, see Our Vision to Solve Overpopulation.)
Current global population of over 7 billion is already two to three times
higher than the sustainable level. Several recent studies show that Earth’s
resources are enough to sustain only about 2 billion people at a European
standard of living.
An ave... 阅读全帖 |
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w*****3
发帖数: 2301 | 10 What is PM, and how does it get into the air?Size comparisons for PM
particles
Size comparisons for PM particles
PM stands for particulate matter (also called particle pollution): the term
for a mixture of solid particles and liquid droplets found in the air. Some
particles, such as dust, dirt, soot, or smoke, are large or dark enough to
be seen with the naked eye. Others are so small they can only be detected
using an electron microscope.
Particle pollution includes:
PM10 : inhalable particles,... 阅读全帖 |
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W*****B
发帖数: 4796 | 11 床铺螳臂当车，白人成为少民已是大势所趋。美国即使现在完全停止移民，白人最终也
将成为少民。只是时间早晚问题。
ANALYSIS
President Trump's proposal to cut legal immigration rates would
delay the date that white Americans become a minority of the population by&#
160;as few as one or as many as five additional years,
according to an analysis by The Washington Post.
The plan, released by the White House last month, would scale back a
program that allows people residing in the United States to sponsor family
members living abroad ... 阅读全帖 |
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l******k
发帖数: 629 | 12 马来西亚决定取消新马高铁项目，重新谈判东岸铁路项目条款
Malaysia to renegotiate ECRL terms - Dr M
Published 14 hours, 36 minutes ago
The East Coast Rail Link project will cost the nation at least at RM55
billion. File pic by SYAMSI SUHAIMI
By Reuters - May 27, 2018 @ 2:05am
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is haggling over the terms of a $14 billion rail deal
with its Chinese partners and can reduce its ballooning national debts by $
50 billion by doing away with mega projects, its prime minister said in an
interview published on Sa... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 13 07 Nov 2019
Just as the clamor about Biogen’s seeking FDA approval for aducanumab with
one positive Phase 3 trial started to die down, a Chinese company garnered a
regulatory thumbs-up for its drug, also with one Phase 3 trial. On November
2, Shanghai Green Valley Pharmaceuticals announced that China’s National
Medical Product Administration (NMPA) had conditionally approved GV-971, aka
oligomannate, for the treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease.
Full approval, expected to come in sp... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 15 By Henry Oliner
A common fallacy of the class warfare rhetoric is to focus on the super rich
to draw a conclusion that will impact the much less affluent; the working
upper middle class sometimes called the 'working rich'. The drone on
corporate jets is such an example. Few small businesses use private jets.
Corporate jets are rare and already heavily scrutinized. The only issue is
whether they should be depreciated over five years or seven years as
required for commercial planes. The impac... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 16 by Jed Babbin
Your car will get better mileage if the price of your Thanksgiving turkey
goes down, and my chain saw will start more easily. It all comes down to the
price of corn, and how much ethanol the federal "Renewable Fuel Standard"
mandates to be blended in gasoline.
The price of corn is going to go up sharply in the coming months because the
worst drought in fifty years has brought disaster to corn farmers.
According to the EPA, which has control of the Renewable Fuels Standard
created b... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 161 | 17 您这个数据不错，说得也很有道理，谢谢，不过，我年年自己填税，感到要把gross
income20万Itemized deduction 到14万好像是件很困难的事情，能够到16万都已经不
容易了。另外，home mortgage deduction带来的税收好处，一下子就让AMT抵消掉了。
到头来税是高了还是低了，要找几个实际例子来算算才行。
以下是Romney税收Plan的一个总结：
Description of Plan
Governor Romney would permanently extend all the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts now
scheduled to expire in 2013, repeal the AMT and certain tax provisions in
the 2010 health reform legislation, and cut individual income tax rates by
an additional 20 percent. He would also expand the tax base ... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 18 by n*****[email protected] (Mike Mish Shedlock)
The BLS Glossary defines full-time workers as "Persons who work 35 hours or
more per week".
For monthly reporting, the BLS defines part-time as "those who worked 1 to
34 hours during the survey reference week". With that wording, I am not
precisely sure where 34.1 or 34.5 hours fit.
Interestingly, the Obamacare mandate says Anyone Who Works 30-Hour Week Is
Now 'Full-Time'
A little-known section in the Obamacare health reform law defines “full
-time... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 19 by Robert Farley
In press conferences on the so-called fiscal cliff, House Speaker John
Boehner greatly exaggerated the negative effect on the economy of raising
taxes on upper-income individuals.
Boehner erred when he said that “the problem with raising tax rates on
the wealthiest Americans is that more than half of them are small-business
owners.” That’s incorrect. Boehner’s spokesman said the speaker simply
misspoke, but Boehner is a repeat offender with this bogus claim.
Boehner repe... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 20 State of the Union: Will Obama Tell Young People He's Screwing Them Big Time?
Nick Gillespie|Feb. 12, 2013 12:00 pm
courtesy Gateway Punditcourtesy Gateway PunditFor at least the next 36 hours
, the political media will be talking about President Barack Obama's State
of the Union address (SOTU) as if it's a meaningful event. Will Obama go
bold or timid into this good night, will he make the case for more taxes and
fewer guns, for engaging North Korea or ignoring the Hermit Kingdom, for
stuffing ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 21 10:05 AM, Jul 15, 2014 • By JEFFREY H. ANDERSON
In March 2010, Obamacare was about to be voted upon by the House of
Representatives, and the Democrats were in the process of deciding whether
to ignore public opinion at their peril. At that time, the Congressional
Budget Office (CBO) projected that Obamacare would cost $938 billion over a
decade and would reduce the number of uninsured people by 19 million as of
2014 (with a reduction of 1 million prior to 2014 and 18 million in 2014
alone... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1814 | 22 没钱上学？犯罪去吧，进了监狱就能上了！
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration’s plan to restore funding for in-
prison college programs won praise from inmate advocates Tuesday, alongside
allegations that officials are ignoring the will of Congress and eschewing
the needs of law-abiding students.
A 1994 law prohibits inmates at state and federal prisons from receiving
Pell grants, the main form of government aid for low-income college students
. Before then, prisoners could use the grants to cover tuitions, books and... 阅读全帖 |
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W*****B
发帖数: 4796 | 23 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: WCNMLGB (CCC), 信区: Military
标 题: 床铺的移民政策即使成功实施也只能将白人成为少民进程推迟5年
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Feb 6 17:13:06 2018, 美东)
床铺螳臂当车，白人成为少民已是大势所趋。美国即使现在完全停止移民，白人最终也
将成为少民。只是时间早晚问题。
ANALYSIS
President Trump's proposal to cut legal immigration rates would
delay the date that white Americans become a minority of the population by&#
160;as few as one or as many as five additional years,
according to an analysis by The Washington Post.
The plan, released by the White... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3656 | 24 survey done in 2013 on 15,000 verified law enforcement professionals. these
are real police officers not elected sheriff chiefs who are more politician
than law enforcement.
https://www.policeone.com/Gun-Legislation-Law-Enforcement/articles/6183787-
PoliceOnes-Gun-Control-Survey-11-key-lessons-from-officers-perspectives/
1.) Virtually all respondents (95 percent) say that a federal ban on
manufacture and sale of ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds
would NOT reduce violent crime.
2... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1828 | 25 You're driving along in your car or truck and suddenly a yellow light
illuminates on your dash telling you to check or service your engine. If you
're like most car owners, you have little idea about what that light is
trying to tell you or exactly how you should react.
Call it the most misunderstood indicator on your dashboard, the "check
engine" light can mean many different things, from a loose gas cap to a
seriously misfiring engine.
"It doesn't mean you have to pull the car over to the side... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1849 | 26 1. Avoid “jack-rabbit” starts; accelerate gently—Accelerating the mass of
a car uses more fuel than any other facet of driving; imagine there’s a
raw egg between your right foot and the accelerator pedal which you don’t
want to break.
Slow down—Not necessarily a lot, but how about actually following the
speed limit? Typically, the faster you go, the higher the aerodynamic and
drivetrain friction losses, so it takes more fuel to maintain a higher speed
. Remember however, that traveling slower th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9567 | 27 http://www.topspeedracer.com/better-gas-mileage-in-summer-than-
There are many factors that cause cars to achieve better gas mileage in warm
weather. It is mostly due to the fact that cold weather, especially winter
weather, negatively affects fuel economy in general. Some cars, such as
hybrids and electrics, are affected more than others but this article will
only address gasoline powered cars.
Here are nine reasons for why cars get better gas mileage in warm weather:
1. Oil Viscosity
Oil visco... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 7316 | 28 ☆─────────────────────────────────────☆
ericzhang86 (eric) 于 (Fri Jun 17 09:50:32 2011, 美东) 提到:
3月份开同样的一段highway，开75mph的时候，油耗大概有个31，6月份再开，车上的东
西装的更多了，还开着空调，同样75就能到34了，我的车是07的impala。
分析一下原因，因为跑highway，最大的阻力来自空气阻力。而夏天温度高，空气稀薄
，冬天温度低，空气厚重，阻力大！不要小瞧了这个空气阻力的差别，可以注意一下，
北方的机场，在同等条件下的跑道比南方的要短！就是因为空气重，阻力大。
所以夏天适合自驾游，冬天为了省钱，寒假出去就做飞机吧！！！
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rinse (东城 西就) 于 (Fri Jun 17 09:52:40 2011, 美东) 提到:
vehicle能跟aircraft比?
人家什么速度
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发帖数: 17565 | 29 我查了一下，校车安全标准还是70年代定的。
1977 safety standards
The focus on structural integrity spurred new requirements in the U.S.
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards for school buses, most of which
became applicable for school buses on April 1, 1977. These standards are
still in effect today.
Standard No. 217 - Bus Emergency Exits and Window Retention and Release (
Effective September 1, 1973)
This established requirements for bus window retention and release to reduce
the likelihood of passenger ejection ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 7385 | 30
15年前发表的，如果有问题早被喜欢賺本田钱的律师告了
Honda S2000 -- Transmission
9/15/2000 4:18:21 PM
6-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION
OVERVIEW
Honda engineers designed an entirely new close-ratio, 6-speed manual
transmission for the S2000. A limited-slip differential was chosen to ensure
continuous application of power to the rear wheels, especially when
cornering. The transmission and entire drivetrain are designed to be highly
rigid and as compact and lightweight as possible, making the vehicle more
responsive to driver i... 阅读全帖 |
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W***n
发帖数: 11530 | 31 The Real Cost of Your Car’s Cheap Factory Air Filter
by Timothy Zahl on December 03, 2015
Air Filters Selection
In today's world, saving money wherever possible has become essential. But
it's important not to lose sight of the fact that, sometimes, a product that
costs more up front will save you more money over time. In our business, we
've seen far too many consumers judge products solely on the basis of their
initial cost, completely neglecting any long-term economy and benefits. When
it come... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1250 | 32 The Gift Tax
Updated for Tax Year: 2013
If you give people a lot of money, you might have to pay a federal gift tax.
But the IRS also allows you to give up to $14,000 in 2013 to any number of
people without facing any gift taxes, and without the recipient owing any in
come tax on the gifts.Why it pays to understand the federal gift tax law
If you give people a lot of money or property, you might have to pay a feder
al gift tax. But most gifts are not subject to the gift tax. For instance, y
ou c... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 39 | 33 有1道题请教大家
1. 实现 Reduce function using templates. The Reduce fn applies a function
of two arguments cumulatively to the items of an STL container, from
begin() to end(), so as to reduce the sequence to a single value. For
example, Reduce(, std::plus()) should
calculate ((((1+2)+3)+4)+5).
class NotEnoughElements {};
template
typename Container::value_type
Reduce(const Container& c, Function fn) throw (NotEnoughElements)
{
实... 阅读全帖 |
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j*****u
发帖数: 1133 | 34 俺也不是砖家
先回答3，怎么存储一般改变不了，log的format已经固定好了，通常就是txt file。如
果数据量小了可以in memory hash，方法等同map reduce
1, 2：
mapper：emit >，以customer_id为key hash
local reducer和global reducer 相同的code：
可以sort也可以hash，以date和page其中之一为key，比如date
Dictionary> dict;
while (reducing a customer)
{
dict[date].Add(page);
if (dict.Count > 1 && (any_page_set.Count > 1 || any_two_page_set[0]_are_
different)))
emit customer_id and terminate reducing;
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j*****u
发帖数: 1133 | 35 okay，这个optimization make sense，但问题是值不值得？
let's do the math，假设这个用户十年如一日，每天都只访问同一个page然后走人
假设该网站有1M个user，有1/10都是这类用户
假设我们起1k个reducer，不考虑local reducer
浪费了多少memory？10 * 365 * 4byte * 1M * 1/10 * 1/1000 = 1.5MB
这是hash-reduce，如果考虑local reduce或者用merge-reduce的话memory就少更多了
为了这个写tricky的code我觉得不值得，cluster里再差的机器也得有4GB的memory吧。。 |
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发帖数: 1923 | 36 2. Your task is to implement the Reduce function using
templates. The Reduce fn applies a function of two arguments
cumulatively to the items of an STL container, from begin() to end(),
so as to reduce the sequence to a single value. For example,
Reduce(, std::plus()) should
calculate ((((1+2)+3)+4)+5).
class NotEnoughElements : public exception {
public:
virtual const char* what() const throw() {
return “Not enough elements in the
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发帖数: 8469 | 37 大家来讨论一下c++吧
Please answer the following c++ questions. Do not simply answer yes/no.
Always explain your assumptions and reasoning.
1. memset is sometimes used to initialize data in a constructor like the
example below. What is the benefit of initializing this way? Does it work
in this example? Does it work in general ? Is it a good idea in general?
class A {
public:
A();
private:
int a;
float f;
char str[35];
long *lp;
};
A::A()
{
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发帖数: 363 | 38 找到一个把中序转前序的题
http://www.justin.tv/problems/prefixer
当时还写过python版的
def parse(s, reduce):
for operator in ["+-", "*/"]:
depth = 0
for p in xrange(len(s) - 1, -1, -1):
if s[p] == ')': depth += 1
if s[p] == '(': depth -= 1
if not depth and s[p] in operator:
left = parse(s[:p], reduce)
right = parse(s[p+1:], reduce)
if reduce and left.isdigit() and right.isdigit():
return str(ev... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 22178 | 40 ☆─────────────────────────────────────☆
swjtuer (swjtuer) 于 (Tue Mar 30 23:56:30 2010, 美东) 提到:
星期一
早餐 牛奶，煮鸡蛋，玉米馒头，榨菜
早点 芦柑
午餐 中大：绿豆饭，木须肉，海米冬瓜，棒骨菠菜汤
小婴：绿豆饭，三叶瓜炒肉，海米冬瓜，棒骨菠菜汤
午点 冰糖山楂水，蔬菜饼
晚餐 棒骨冬苋菜瘦肉粥，卤肉秋叶夹馍
星期二
早餐 牛奶，蒸鸡蛋，枣泥糕
早点 香蕉
午餐 中大：胡萝卜饭，芹菜炒牛肉，珊瑚豆腐，棒骨凤尾汤
小婴：胡萝卜饭，芹菜炒肉，珊瑚豆腐，棒骨凤尾汤
午点 果汁，卤猪肝
晚餐 豌豆肉末焖饭，番茄虾皮紫菜汤
星期三
早餐 南瓜粥，卤蛋，如意肉卷
早点 脐橙
午餐 中大：金银饭，咸烧白，海米儿菜，棒骨冬苋菜汤
小婴：金银饭，樱桃肉，海米儿菜，棒骨冬苋菜汤
午点 牛奶，蛋卷
晚餐 米饭，蒜苔炒肉，芙蓉蒸蛋，棒骨海带萝卜汤
星期四
早餐 牛奶，蒸鸡蛋，奶香馒头
早点 苹果
午餐 中大：南瓜饭，什锦鱼丸，韭菜炒豆干，番茄菌类鱼汤
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发帖数: 4638 | 41 大侠给总结一下先
23 October 2011
Draft Terms and Conditions
Maximising the lending capacity of the EFSF
The capacity of the extended EFSF can be enlarged without extending the
guarantees underpinning the EFSF. This optimisation would take due account
of the rules of the Treaty.
Within the terms and conditions of the endorsed framework agreement, the
maximization of EFSF efficiency would support the continued market access of
Euro area Member States under pressure and the proper functioning of the
sovere... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 7948 | 42 http://www.blackstone.com/the-firm/market-commentary/blog-detai
01/04/2012
The Surprises of 2012
All this began to change in October. Data for the U.S. economy began to
improve and the equity market moved back to where it had started the year.
European leaders, recognizing the urgent need for a solution to the
sovereign debt crisis, began to talk of a treaty change that would move the
continent towards a fiscal union. By year-end the 2011 Surprises looked
much better. A blogger, analyzing ea... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2408 | 43 Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, we will now begin the question-and-answer
session. (Operator Instructions) Your first question now comes from the line
of Philip Wan from Morgan Stanley. Please ask your question.
Philip Wan - Morgan Stanley
Hi, Louis and Sisi, thanks for taking my question. My question is about your
overseas business, as you mentioned you are seeing intensifying competition
, could you elaborate a little bit more on where do you see tougher
c... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2408 | 44 Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, we will now begin the question-and-answer
session. (Operator Instructions) Your first question now comes from the line
of Philip Wan from Morgan Stanley. Please ask your question.
Philip Wan - Morgan Stanley
Hi, Louis and Sisi, thanks for taking my question. My question is about your
overseas business, as you mentioned you are seeing intensifying competition
, could you elaborate a little bit more on where do you see tougher
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发帖数: 1024 | 45 Oil Prices: Four Experts Size Up the Energy Market
Four experts explain what’s ahead and highlight the best investment
opportunities in the energy sector.
February 14, 2015
Perhaps the biggest surprise of 2014 was the sharp decline in oil prices.
Black gold fell almost 60% from its summer peak of $107 to a low of $44 in
January, before enjoying a nice bounce to a recent $53. The reverberations—
good and bad—are being felt around the world, from the oil kingdoms of the
Middle East to Argentina, R... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 16928 | 46 就是中国土壤污染问题严重，每天吃饭相当于慢性中毒，这个基本问题不解决剩下的都
是浮云。
The bad earth:The most neglected threat to public health in China is toxic
soil
And fixing it will be hard and costly
Print edition | Briefing
Jun 8th 2017 | SHIQIAO, HUNAN PROVINCE
TANG DONGHUA, a wiry 47-year-old farmer wearing a Greenpeace T-shirt, smokes
a cigarette and gesticulates towards his paddy fields in the hills of
southern Hunan province. The leaves of his rice plants poke about a foot
above water. Mr Tang says he expects to harvest about ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 48 | 47 情况：F1 OPT VISA 工作1-10月 2017年；然后换成H1B VISA 11-12月，F1仍在五年内
。不满足substantial presence test, 使用1040NR file, 1040NR Page 5已经包含
treaty部分，无需额外FORM 8833. 经过报税人员确认，希望对大家有帮助。出处：IRS
官网
You need not include Form 8833 with Form 1040NR to claim treaty benefits
under the United States-China Income Tax Treaty Article 20.
Per the Instructions for Form 1040NR, if a taxpayer takes the position that
a treaty of the United States overrides or modifies any provision of the
Internal Revenue Code (such as the Chinese ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 69 | 48 United States
New Skilled Immigration Bill Introduced in House
June 15, 2011
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) yesterday introduced the Immigration Driving
Entrepreneurship in America (IDEA) Act of 2011 (HR 2161). The bill contains
several provisions that would allow for more expeditious immigration of
professionals with advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering and
math (STEM) fields and investors creating jobs for U.S. workers.
Of particular concern, however, are the bill's proposed restricti... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 11017 | 49 去IV看了一下
不得不说
三哥的presentation确实做的好
IV组织的细节上也有很多值得我们学习
大家参考一下人家是怎么组织电话攻势的
想参与的同学们上啊
人家连演说稿都准备好了
注意事项都写好了
ACTION ITEM # 4 – Make Phone Calls to House Judiciary Committee members
When : Tuesday (10/11) through Friday (10/14) - Federal Government is closed today because of Columbus Day
This is a very critical action item. Every IV member should call the members of the House Judiciary Committee to urge support for H.R 3012. We need to make a few thousand calls over the next few days leading up to the ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 10098 | 50 上次有位网友问：如果我一早买好了extended care benefits, 等我老了回台湾的话
还能享受 benefits吗？我请教了这个方面的一位资深人士， 他是行业内教课让人考
Underwriter资格的元老，今天他给我的回信以及我的问题：
我的问题Hypothetical case: A prospect with a Green card and a permanent
residence in US with SS # would like to purchase an LTC policy. She would
like to retire in her home country of Taiwan. If she needed care in a
nursing facility, would the carrier pay the insured the daily benefit. Also
does the carrier pay the amount of cost up to the daily benefit or do they
pay the... 阅读全帖 |
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