w*******r
发帖数: 7276 | 1 Then why the US produced so many more nobel prize winner with much fewer
population than China? Can you name any meaningful innovations invented by
mainland chinese in the past 200 years? Don't just look at the bottom 20% of
the population. Look at the top 1%, top 10% and compare which country has
more talents. Are you proud that your IQ are higher than hispincs and blacks? |
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c*****a
发帖数: 1238 | 2 顾秀林：孟山都公司禁止科学家发表转基因研究报告
顾秀林
下面的文章，“种子的践行”，是我今天从《科学美国人》2009-8上挖出来的，因为修
改书稿，发现草稿上引用了这个文件，却没有注出处，费了不少劲，才从豆丁网上找到
正本，却是严格的PDF版，不能抄贴，只好传给三千里外，在北京的儿子，请他帮忙打
下来。只过了不多时间，这个文件就在信箱里等着我了。
看到新老朋友每天都有上我博客来的，今天没有能力写新博文了，很不好意思。面对着
许多无言的期待，就允许我贴个洋文，有兴趣的朋友读读解个闷吧，我的无言的学生们
，今明两天不去网吧，读一读，试着翻译一次吧！
这篇编者的话，说的是美国转基因行业里发生的一件挺大的事情：孟山都等公司给科学
家立规矩，不许他们不经过公司的批准，擅自发表批评转基因科学和转基因技术的研究
报告，时间长达10年左右：一直到去年的8月，科学美国人发表这篇社评。在很长的时
间里，如果孟山都公司不喜欢哪个报告，那么它连同行评审的阶段都走不到。孟山都把
它手里掌握的知识产权——种子专利，当成了隔绝监督和科学批评的盾牌，用了10年，
天下奇观。所以从1998年到2007年，将近10年之久... 阅读全帖 |
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w***t
发帖数: 8175 | 3 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration and its allies are going all out
against the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and GOP-leaning groups, accusing them
of using foreign money to help finance political ads. Trouble is, they're
providing no evidence.
The mere idea, lack of proof aside, is part of a Democratic message that
tries to tie Republicans to foreign interests and to jobs shifted overseas.
On Monday, the liberal group MoveOn.org began airing an ad in Illinois
against Senate candidate Mark Kirk us... 阅读全帖 |
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W*******a
发帖数: 1769 | 4
中国政府要傻到什么程度才会去干这种养虎为患的事情
“The Indian workers earn slightly less than the Chinese, whose speed
ultimately brings down the cost of the project, Singh said. ”
就连钱都不多挣几个
India imports 15,000 Chinese laborers to build, teach infrastructure
projects
By Rama Lakshmi
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, October 23, 2010; 8:36 PM
In Chandankyari, India.
Perched precariously on scaffolding, several Chinese workers showed Indian
laborers how to weld the shell of a blast stove at a steel plant
con... 阅读全帖 |
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f*******e
发帖数: 4531 | 5 Don't miss leading.
Democratic is just a union party. They only care about their votes. That's
why they do whatever it takes to please their voters. They take money from
us and give it to lazy people and illegal immigrants.
You will have better idea about these two parties if you look at the demographic
distribution. Dem supporters are consentrated in big cities where more
people depend on the government. On the contrary, GOP supporters are
consentrated in smaller cities where fewer people... 阅读全帖 |
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u****n
发帖数: 7521 | 6 India has no middle class?
Rukmini Shrinivasan, TNN, May 6, 2010, 04.16am IST
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-has-no-middle-class/articleshow/5895989.cms
NEW DELHI: Could the Great Indian Middle Class be the Great Indian Mythical
Class? A proposed new international definition of what constitutes the
middle class in a developing country has thrown up a startling conclusion by
global standards, India has no middle class.
Noted economist Nancy Birdsall, president of the Center for Gl... 阅读全帖 |
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g**********0
发帖数: 886 | 7 欧美制药业业在印度设厂实验室有他们的好处： 1.输出了污染大人力成本高的SECTION
, 2.有利
于做帐，高管与股市挂钩的利益来的快。 被老印山寨是这些利好的副作用。
下面这个报道说的是老印怎么用“法律”来忽悠的：
December 1, 2000
MEDICINE MERCHANTS / Pirated Pills
Selling Cheap 'Generic' Drugs, India's
Copycats Irk Industry
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Related Articles
• Issue in Depth: Medicine
Merchants
Forum
• Join a Discussion on Prescription
Medication
OMBAY — To anyone else, the room looks like the
unprepossessing office of a college science teacher.
But to the multinational pharmace... 阅读全帖 |
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t*******h
发帖数: 2882 | 8 以色列宗教立国也难哪，最近要从埃塞俄比亚引进8000黑犹太以增加国内犹太人口
http://www.tnj.com/news/israel-airlift-8000-ethiopian-black-jews%E2%80%A8
Israel to Airlift 8,000 Ethiopian Black Jews
Government Continues Efforts To Bring Jews "Home"
By: ANN BROWN
Thursday, November 18, 2010
* News
AddisThe government of Israel announced earlier this month that it will
bring 8,000 more Ethiopian black Jews, known commonly as Falashas, from
Ethiopia to Israel. Those awaiting the airlift are currently living in the
Ethiop... 阅读全帖 |
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o**o
发帖数: 561 | 9 Link to the article:
http://on.wsj.com/9kSs21
POLITICS JANUARY 26, 2010
U.S. Keeps Foreign Ph.D.s
Despite Fears of a Post-9/11 Drop, Most Science, Engineering Post-Grads
Have Stayed
By DAVID WESSEL
Most foreigners who came to the U.S. to earn doctorate degrees in
science and engineering stayed on after graduation - at least until the
recession began - refuting predictions that post-9/11 restrictions on
immigrants or expanding opportunities in China and India would send more
of them home.
Newly r... 阅读全帖 |
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R*******N
发帖数: 7494 | 10 The difference is, Ireland has too many houses for people to buy, and China
has much fewer houses than buyers. Population benifits. |
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t*****9
发帖数: 10416 | 11 California voters could be presented with a tough choice by summer under a
proposal that Gov.-elect Jerry Brown is considering: Approve new taxes or
other revenue in a special election, or live with far fewer government
services .......
Jerry Brown: 'A Legacy of Failure.'
Jerry Brown: "Loser is getting really old." |
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M*****8
发帖数: 17722 | 12 【 以下文字转载自 Stock 讨论区 】
发信人: MB80528 (肥猫(Contrarian)[食MM而肥]), 信区: Stock
标 题: 米加金融公司外包国内大学毕业生做当日交易的抄盘手。
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Dec 9 22:25:51 2010, 美东)
December 9, 2010
Day Trading Still Alive, Outsourced to China
By DAVID BARBOZA
¶ BEIJING — Before the opening bell sounded on the New York Stock
Exchange on a recent Tuesday, a group of fresh college graduates clocked in
at a small trading firm on the outskirts of this capital city.
¶ They were hired to engage in rapid-fire stock trading wi... 阅读全帖 |
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w*******e
发帖数: 902 | 14 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110101/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_population
，中国不知道什么时候老龄化
TOKYO – Japan's population fell by a record amount last year as the number
of deaths climbed to an all-time high in the quickly aging country, the
government said Saturday.
Japan faces a looming demographic squeeze. Baby boomers are moving toward
retirement, with fewer workers and taxpayers to replace them. The Japanese
boast among the highest life expectancies in the world but have extremely
low birth rates.
Japan... 阅读全帖 |
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t*******h
发帖数: 2882 | 15 US far outstrips China in arms sales to dictators
Kristin Jones in New York
Jan 03, 2011
(IMG:http://www.scmp.com/files/SCMP/News/Static%20Files/SCM_News_aeroplane_graphic.jpg)
When it comes to arming autocrats in Africa, upstart China is no match for
the United States, a study of arms exports finds.
China's sales of weapons to dictatorial regimes such as Sudan and Zimbabwe
have sparked outrage from human rights advocates, academics and officials in
the West. Some say that Beijing is undermining... 阅读全帖 |
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d***h
发帖数: 97 | 16 F-35B Put On Probation; New Bomber To Go Forward
By Bill Sweetman w**************[email protected]
WASHINGTON
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has put the U.S. Marine Corps’ troubled F-
35B short-takeoff-and-vertical landing (Stovl) Joint Strike Fighter on “
probation,” while endorsing the U.S. Air Force’s long-coveted new bomber
program.
The F-35A and F-35C models emerged unscathed from Gates’ review. However,
the F-35B “is experiencing significant testing problems,” Gates said at
the Pentagon J... 阅读全帖 |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 17 (1) John Pomfret, Gates to meet with a Chinese military that's grown bolder.
Washington Post, Jan. 8, 2011.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/07
Quote:
Defense Secretary Robert Gates "he will discover a Chinese military that has
significantly changed in the 31/2 years since he last visited Beijing. It's
not so much that the People's Liberation Army has achieved stunning
successes since Gates met with its officers in 2007 * * * More than anything
, the PLA has taken on ... 阅读全帖 |
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n*******n
发帖数: 7628 | 18
截至2010年3月，有5架L-1011型客机仍在服役[47]。包括： SAM洲际航空(1架)，欧洲
大西洋航空(1架)，Sky Capital(1架)，精英航空(1架)和轨道科学公司(1架)。英国皇
家空军有九架三星式作为运输/加油机仍在服役。
A total of 162 DC-9 aircraft (all variants) were in commercial service as of
December 2010, including operators Delta Air Lines (34), ABX Air (28),
Aserca Airlines (18), USA Jet Airlines (7), Aeropostal-LAV (4), Laser
Airlines (4), Wimbi Dira Airways (4), and other operators with fewer
aircraft.[10] |
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t*****9
发帖数: 10416 | 19 Texas slashes budget to close budget deficit
Tami Luhby, senior writer, On Wednesday January 19, 2011, 12:11 pm
Texas lawmakers unveiled a Spartan budget late Tuesday night that slashes $
31 billion in spending to close the state's massive budget deficit. Schools,
Medicaid and corrections would be hit particularly hard.
The spending plan calls for a 13% cut to public education and a 7.6% drop in
higher education support. Health and human services would see funding
plummet by nearly a quarter, wh... 阅读全帖 |
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X*******8
发帖数: 3895 | 20 刚才看有人在“请教一个转基因问题”，故把下面一篇文章转过来，没有翻译，有兴趣
的自己看吧。
http://www.holistichealthsecrets.com/alternativehealth/genetica
modified-foods-healthy-to-eat/
Are Genetically Modified Foods Healthy to Eat?
July 14th, 2009adminLeave a commentGo to comments
The topic of Genetically Modified Food (GMOs) can be confusing. On one side
we have big Pharma
companies touting studies that show that Genetically Modified Food is
perfectly safe for consumption. On
the other hand, we have wholistic health groups and speakers s... 阅读全帖 |
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o****y
发帖数: 26355 | 21 After 10 years, there will be a problem. Fewer ppl work, too many ppl
retire. |
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X*******8
发帖数: 3895 | 22 读读这个吧，没有翻译，有兴趣
的自己看吧。AAEM的人你不因该叫民科了吧？另外，谁把我关于先锋分类的贴删了？每
必要这么害怕吧？
http://www.holistichealthsecrets.com/alternativehealth/genetica
modified-foods-healthy-to-eat/
Are Genetically Modified Foods Healthy to Eat?
July 14th, 2009adminLeave a commentGo to comments
The topic of Genetically Modified Food (GMOs) can be confusing. On one side
we have big Pharma
companies touting studies that show that Genetically Modified Food is
perfectly safe for consumption. On
the other hand, we have wholistic health gr... 阅读全帖 |
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w***t
发帖数: 8175 | 23 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110214/ap_on_re_us/us_general_moto
DETROIT – General Motors Co. will pay more than $189 million in profit-
sharing to 48,000 U.S. hourly workers and millions more in performance
bonuses to salaried employees, according to company documents obtained by
The Associated Press.
GM will pay most hourly workers more than $4,000 each as compensation for
its strong financial performance last year, said a person briefed on the
bonuses. The payments come less than two years aft... 阅读全帖 |
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t******t
发帖数: 15246 | 24 【 以下文字转载自 Biology 讨论区 】
发信人: peoplem (我爱我家), 信区: Biology
标 题: 超级千人计划 中组部没吃错药吧
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Feb 17 15:19:04 2011, 美东)
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/331/6019/834.full
每个人给2300万刀？一年10个？这帮人没睡醒吧。。。
High-Priced Recruiting of Talent Abroad Raises Hackles
1. Hao Xin
How much would it take to get you to relocate to China? Would 150 million yu
an ($23 million) do the trick? If so, pack your bags—if you are a Nobel lau
reate, that is. Science has learned that the Chinese government will soon... 阅读全帖 |
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j***h
发帖数: 4412 | 25 Earthquake detection systems can sound the alarm in the moments before a
big tremor strikes—time enough to save lives
Japan’s system, which went live in 2007, makes heavy use of personal
technology. Alerts go out not only on television and radio but through
special receivers in homes, offices and schools. Pop-up windows on
computers show a real-time map with the epicenter’s location and the
radiating seismic waves. A timer counts down to the shaking at your
location and highlights predicted inte... 阅读全帖 |
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m****n
发帖数: 226 | 26 威斯康星议员们要被recall了。
现在民主党还有共和党都发起了声势浩大的recall运动。只要在某个州参议员选区得到
25%的选民的签名，就可以让议员自动下台重新选举。
如果真的有议员被recall，估计选举会在六月或七月举行。到时候就有好戏看了。
Wisconsin recall efforts spread to Senate Republicans
Democrats initiate a drive to recall Republican state senators who back Gov. Scott Walker's plan to severely restrict public employee collective bargaining rights.
Reporting from Washington —
In the latest escalation of the state's battle over public employee union benefits, Wisconsin Democrats initiated an effort to r... 阅读全帖 |
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D*A
发帖数: 1169 | 27 Find a wiki term:
Chernobyl compared with an atomic bomb
Far fewer people died as an immediate result of the Chernobyl event than
died of radiation at Hiroshima, and the eventual total is also
significantly less when including those predicted by the WHO to die in
the future.
Due to the differences in half-life the different radioactive fission
products undergo exponential decay at different rates. Hence the
isotopic signature of an event where more than one radioisotope is
involved will change w... 阅读全帖 |
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u***r
发帖数: 4825 | 28 Shell Shock: Chinese Demand Reshapes U.S. Pecan Business
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870407680457618077
Pecans are as all-American as anything can be. Washington and Jefferson grew
them. They are the state nut of Arkansas, Alabama and Texas. The U.S. grows
about two-thirds of the world's pecans and chews most of them itself.
For generations, pecan prices have fallen with bumper crops and soared with
lousy ones. But lately, they've only been going up. A pound of pecans in the
she... 阅读全帖 |
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w*******s
发帖数: 3417 | 29 贸易战可能一触即发， 美国把美国失业率持续居高怪罪于中国， 美国要对最大的金主
动手了
U.S. consumers, businesses would be the victims of his proposed 25% tariff
on Chinese goods
http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/17/news/economy/trump_china_trade_
How 'The Donald' could incite a trade war
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Donald Trump's call for a 25% tariff on Chinese goods
is winning him a lot of attention as he weighs a presidential run in 2012.
But Trump seems to be overlooking the consequences that his economic policy
would likely trigger -- a dest... 阅读全帖 |
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H****g
发帖数: 14447 | 30 中国此次裁军80万的传言，最早似来源于去年12月3日美国智库James Foundation刊登
的美国驻华前武官布拉斯科的一篇文章，其中提到，未来10年中国解放军可能精简兵力
，调整兵种。
随后，国内媒体跟进，刊登了上述文章的译文。去年12月底，新华网的新闻转载美国环
球战略网的文章，称中国陆军将从160万减少到110万；在未来两年内，中国武装部队将
从当前的220万兵力缩减到160万兵力。不过，这篇文章的出处可疑，不知道这个环球战
略网是什么东西，而且文章里的数据错误也较多。例如我国军队的兵力并不是220万，
而是230万。
到了今年1月份，香港凤凰卫视爆出猛料，明确说明中国将裁军80万，撤销七大军区。
出处是美国防务新闻网（http://www.defensenews.com）。但是没能从这个网站搜到相关新闻。
到了今年2月份，香港南华早报再次刊登了中国未来10年将裁军80万的新闻，出处是中
国退役少将徐光裕。
4月底，在中央军委出台新的人才战略新闻后，国内网站开始翻出南华早报的新闻。新
华网用了“徐光裕：走高素质之路 解放军人数将削减到150万人”的大标题，由于新华
网的官方色... 阅读全帖 |
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u***r
发帖数: 4825 | 31 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/19/health/19aids.html?_r=1&hp
China has slashed AIDS mortality by nearly two-thirds since it began
distributing free antiretroviral drugs in 2002, Chinese government
scientists are reporting.
About 63 percent of all those needing AIDS drugs are getting them, up from
virtually zero in 2002. That has caused a 64 percent drop in mortality in
“person-years,” as China measures it, an estimate of how long someone
would have lived without the disease.
AIDS mortality drop... 阅读全帖 |
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w*********s
发帖数: 2136 | 32 US, Pakistan Near Open War; Chinese Ultimatum Warns Washington Against
Attack
Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D.
http://tarpley.net/2011/05/21/us-pakistan-near-open-war-chinese
May 20, 2011
China has officially put the United States on notice that Washington’s
planned attack on Pakistan will be interpreted as an act of aggression
against Beijing. This blunt warning represents the first known strategic
ultimatum received by the United States in half a century, going back to
Soviet warnings during the Berl... 阅读全帖 |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 34 Elisabeth Bumiller and Thom Shanker, War Evolves With Drones, Some Tiny as
Bugs. New York Times, June 20, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/20/world
/20drones.html?_r=1&ref=elisabethbumiller
("The Pentagon now has some 7,000 aerial drones, compared with fewer than 50
a decade ago. * * * Already the Air Force is training more remote pilots,
350 this year alone, than fighter and bomber pilots combined")
Note:
(a) Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright-Patterson_Air_... 阅读全帖 |
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m*****5
发帖数: 23482 | 35 理由是：女工不能联合起来告，因为歧视她们的分别是各个分店的各个经理，不是
walmart
Wal-Mart wins Supreme Court sex-bias ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court threw out on Monday a massive
class-action sex-discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the
biggest ever such case, in a major victory for the world's largest retailer
and for big business in general.
The justices unanimously ruled that more than 1 million female employees
nationwide could not proceed together in the lawsuit seeking billions of
dollars and ... 阅读全帖 |
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c****n
发帖数: 21367 | 36 接下来，现实告诉我们
then we set the rules that a man with less fortune
has less freedom in life and fewer choices of happiness to pursue
and we further set the rules to allow men born with
distinctive amount of money, to prove that these
truth are only partial.
that |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 37 Ronald D White, Full Steam Ahead for Nassco Shipyard in San Diego; The last
major shipyard on the West Coast has outlasted the competition by making
sure that every new vessel has been built better, faster, cheaper and with
fewer injuries than the one that came before, says its president, Frederick
J. Harris. Los Angeles Times, July 3, 2011.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-made-in
-california-shipyard-20110703,0,4193256.story
Quote:
"'In five years, we have reduced the amount of labor requ... 阅读全帖 |
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C***J
发帖数: 7594 | 38 Marine Corps Gen. John Allen told a Pentagon news conference that an F-16
airstrike Monday took out fewer than 10 insurgents involved in the attack on
the Chinook helicopter. |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 39 James Simms, Japan's New Passenger Jet Takes off Into a Perfect Storm. Wall
Street Journal, Sept 24, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424
053111903703604576588782647706772.html
Note: Geared Turbofan (GTF) is Pratt and Whitney's invention. Whether it is
as good as touted, it is unclear yet.
(a) geared turbofan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geared_turbofan
(The Geared turbofan is a type of turbofan airplane engine, similar to a
turbojet. It consists of a geared ducted fan with a smaller d... 阅读全帖 |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 40 (1) Anisimov Sergey and Igor Siletsky, Russia's response to US missile
defense plans. Voice of Russia, Oct 15, 2011
http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/10/15/58784848.html
("US Ambassador to Moscow Michael McFaul said during his address to Congress
this week that Washington will not sign any agreements to the effect that
the American missile defense project is not directed against Russia. Russia
got the message")
Note: In fact, Mr McFaul, who has been Pres Obama's top Russia adviser, is a
nominee for th... 阅读全帖 |
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a*o
发帖数: 25262 | 41 【 以下文字转载自 NewYork 讨论区 】
发信人: auo (aeiou), 信区: NewYork
标 题: New York Times -- 女童被碾事件 zz
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Oct 20 11:58:18 2011, 美东)
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/world/asia/toddlers-accident-
Bystanders’ Neglect of Injured Toddler Sets Off Soul-Searching on Web Sites
in China
By MICHAEL WINES
BEIJING — Last Thursday, a van navigating the narrow streets of a hardware
market in Foshan, in the southern province of Guangdong, struck and ran over
a 2-year-old girl. The driver paused, then drove... 阅读全帖 |
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j******a
发帖数: 1582 | 42 "A lot of Asians are not marrying later. They are not marrying at all. Almost a third of Japanese women in their early 30s are unmarried; probably half of those will always be. Over one-fifth of Taiwanese women in their late 30s are single; most will never marry. In some places, rates of non-marriage are especially striking: in Bangkok, 20% of 40-44-year old women are not married; in Tokyo, 21%; among university graduates of that age in Singapore, 27%."
......................
"The joy of staying... 阅读全帖 |
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i**b
发帖数: 918 | 43 When people suffering from active pulmonary TB cough, sneeze, speak, sing,
or spit, they expel infectious aerosol droplets 0.5 to 5 m in diameter. A
single sneeze can release up to 40,000 droplets.[40] Each one of these
droplets may transmit the disease, since the infectious dose of tuberculosis
is very low and inhaling fewer than ten bacteria may cause an infection.[41
][42]
blood
.
risk
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发帖数: 36302 | 44 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: 33885 | 45 2002 - 2011 就那么短短九年啊！
Is America Still #1?
A recent Pew Research study finds that fewer than half of Americans now
believe the United States is superior to other countries. In 2002, nearly 60
% of Americans believed the U.S. was exceptional among nations. The shift
has many commentators wondering about what's driving a general decline in
optimism among Americans, many of whom believe that the country is
experiencing a long-term decline. Host Neal Conan speaks with New York Times
columnist Charle... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1582 | 46 文章里面还有这个呢
Japanese women, who typically work 40 hours a week in the office, then do,
on average, another 30 hours of housework. Their husbands, on average, do
three hours. And Asian women who give up work to look after children find it
hard to return when the offspring are grown. Not surprisingly, Asian women
have an unusually pessimistic view of marriage. According to a survey
carried out this year, many fewer Japanese women felt positive about their
marriage than did Japanese men, or American ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4825 | 47 http://www.economist.com/node/21542469
LIKE broadcasters anywhere, Chinese television executives fret constantly
over such things as an evolving media landscape, competition from online
providers, and the viability of their business models. Now they have a new
worry: how to make their prime-time offerings less entertaining.
According to an order that took effect on January 1st, China’s 34 satellite
television stations must limit “excessive entertainment” and “vulgar”
content. This means cutting ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 254 | 48 You totally missed my point.
You don't trust my numbers because you think the prevalent studies are all
biased. I don't trust yours based on what I read.
Glad you at least admit Stalin was a thug. Now tell me how you want to
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发帖数: 4825 | 49 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/11/business/global/a-long-shot-f
BEIJING — Timothy F. Geithner, the U.S. Treasury secretary, came to Beijing
on Tuesday hoping to persuade Chinese leaders to toughen their diplomatic
stance toward Iran and soften their opposition to fiscal changes like a
stronger renminbi that might help the American economy.
By many accounts, including some from the Chinese themselves, his odds of
success are long. But on other issues, led by the need to address Europe’s
debt prob... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 901 | 50 Rights campaigners and politicians Wednesday condemned a video showing women
from a protected and primitive tribe dancing for tourists in exchange for
food on India's far-flung Andaman Islands.
British newspaper The Observer released the video showing Jarawa tribal
women -- some of them naked -- being lured to dance and sing after a bribe
was allegedly paid to a policeman to produce them.
Under Indian laws designed to protect ancient tribal groups susceptible to
outside influence and disease, ph... 阅读全帖 |
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