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发帖数: 3096 | 1 大民主国尽管降价在国际市场上推销粮食，仍然卖不出去，粮食堆在港口烂掉。
同时，印度2012年营养不良儿童占44%， 人民只吃两顿饭。饥饿指数23%，是全世界三
个饥饿指数正增长的国家。和索马里，刚果并列。
India's grain mountain grows despite push for exports
SINGAPORE/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will be unable to consume or export
enough wheat and rice to rein in a record stockpile after another bumper
harvest, a failure that means crops risk rotting in fields instead of being
sold on world markets to cash in on higher prices.
In March, farmers in India will begin to harvest the sixth consecutiv... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1453 | 2 【明慧网二零一零年十二月二十三日】（明慧记者黄宇生采访报道）翁婷是台湾新竹市
东区龙山国小六年级学生，课业表现优异、品德良善；为人谦虚有礼富有爱心，与同学
互动良好，经票选成为班上MQ达人（Moral Quotient），也就是道德智商达人。后来，
翁婷代表学校参加台湾新竹市九十九年度“友善校园”学生事务与辅导工作计划之生命
教育典范学习－－“3Q 达人甄选（AQ，EQ，MQ）”，荣获新竹市第二名“MQ达人”的
殊荣。
翁婷代表学校参加台湾新竹市九十九年度“友善校园”“3Q达人甄选”，荣获“MQ达人
”的殊荣，图为翁婷（右一）与校长、老师及其他获选同学一起合照。
翁婷代表学校参加台湾新竹市九十九年度“友善校园”“3Q达人甄选”，荣获“MQ达人
”的殊荣，图为翁婷（右一）与校长、老师及其他获选同学一起合照。
这位笑容可掬、富同情心、乐善好施、深受师长与同学欢迎的小女孩是一名法轮功学员
。她及她的母亲表示，因为修炼法轮功，让她变成一位懂得替别人着想、克己助人、乐
观积极的好孩子。
翁婷获台湾新竹市本年度“道德智商达人”奖状
注：3Q 达人故事甄选－－AQ（Adversity Quotien... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 918 | 3 Cheating skills, is required in various ways to attract people, and then
cast means bunco success. With a quack jargon called "bolt pile". "Deadman"
this word is very wonderful, very vividly reflect the image to cheat cheated
in mind - no mind stakes.
Have a look of Falun Gong disciples, since entering the cult Falun Gong,
like being a poison, in Li Hongzhi brainwashing, change management, sets, no
such a mind control, operation procedure, mind a blank, was inextricably
bogged down in position, ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 21 | 4 （一）不得不改
经济学理论中有一领域研究的是逆向选择（Adverse Selection）。其最初的研究对象
是保险公司的定价。风险高的投保者对于保险公司来说是赔钱的买卖，而这些人又是最
需要购买保险的，所以如果保险公司不能事先区分投保者的潜在风险而区别定价的话，
那保险吸引的投保者的平均风险必定大于普通大众的平均风险，这对于保险公司来说是
不愿意看到的逆向选择。
克服逆向选择的方法很简单，就是收集潜在投保者的信息，来推测其风险值，根据其风
险高低定价，并拒绝为风险非常高的人投保。这个过程在医疗保险中称作underwriting
。投保申请人需要提供一切有关身体健康的问题，如果投保时隐瞒病情（无论有意还是
无意），保险公司有权利拒绝为投保者的医疗服务付款。
这种做法在经济上完全合情合理，保险公司是赢利机构，投保者对于保险公司只被抽象
成赚钱与不赚钱的符号，而投保者自身的需要保险公司是没有义务和责任去操心的。利
字当头，这是保险公司存在的根本。而这在无可指责的同时，又让人觉得是那么冷冰冰。
医疗保险的投保者是活生生的人，在美国昂贵的让人乍舌的医疗费下，生了病没有保险
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发帖数: 21367 | 5 政府就是逼着没病的人掏钱去补荒谬的medicare / medicaid的缺呗
中产也还没到生病的年龄，一般都是50多岁开始医疗支出占大头
而中产的钱是没病的人里面最多的。你让60多岁的老头去缴税给medicare
多高他都很happy，因为"adverse selection"，没有保险公司会保他们的。
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发帖数: 489 | 6 ☆─────────────────────────────────────☆
ladypingping (pipi) 于 (Tue Aug 18 00:55:05 2009, 美东) 提到:
（一）不得不改
经济学理论中有一领域研究的是逆向选择（Adverse Selection）。其最初的研究对象
是保险公司的定价。风险高的投保者对于保险公司来说是赔钱的买卖，而这些人又是最
需要购买保险的，所以如果保险公司不能事先区分投保者的潜在风险而区别定价的话，
那保险吸引的投保者的平均风险必定大于普通大众的平均风险，这对于保险公司来说是
不愿意看到的逆向选择。
克服逆向选择的方法很简单，就是收集潜在投保者的信息，来推测其风险值，根据其风
险高低定价，并拒绝为风险非常高的人投保。这个过程在医疗保险中称作underwriting
。投保申请人需要提供一切有关身体健康的问题，如果投保时隐瞒病情（无论有意还是
无意），保险公司有权利拒绝为投保者的医疗服务付款。
这种做法在经济上完全合情合理，保险公司是赢利机构，投保者对于保险公司只被抽象
成赚钱与不赚钱的符号，而投保者自身的需要保险公司是没 |
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S**b
发帖数: 1883 | 7 就是典型的Chinaman,和十九世纪西方漫画里面的形象如出一辙. 唯一不同的是以前
Chinaman是带着个斗笠+梳个辫子+大板牙+眼睛一条缝，现在是Phd+啤酒瓶眼镜+瘦小的
身材。美国人请他来搞笑的原因：
1） 是自我陶醉，觉得自己多么尊重民族多样性，然和自我感动，老美看了这个视频，
典型的反应是老将式的：“Can you imagine in any society a immigrant can make
it in such adverse circumstances? Good job for this Chinese immigrant, good
job!. If he stayed in China, he wouldn't have been so successful."
2） 看着一个好像是好莱坞夸张化，卡通化的典型bookworm, no personality的亚洲男
子讲着“高水平”笑话，也算是一道别致的风景线。这个男的形象，美国人主流电视和
电影里不敢如此塑造的，太politically incorrect,可以说是几乎racist，只有一些深
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发帖数: 1085 | 8 Shall we listen to someone who dont know the difference between efficacy vs
effect?
Yes, they need to balance benefits and risks. Now they are risk adverse
after a few drugs pulled off the market. True.
Actually, by not approving a lot of drugs saves money. Otherwise, we will
have to pay a lot of money on drugs that do not have much benefits. And
thats the sneaky way of the FDA to reign in the drug costs.
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L****a
发帖数: 572 | 9 From the baseline scenario :
"John Paulson was not the trigger man – it was Goldman and its executives
who withheld adverse material information from their customers. But if the
entire scheme was Mr. Paulson’s idea – if he was in any legal sense the
mastermind obviously he was, but can you prove it beyond a reasonable doubt?
) – then we are looking at potential conspiracy to commit fraud. And if he
had conversations of any kind and at any time during this period with top
Goldman executives, th |
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发帖数: 1257 | 10 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100630/bs_ynews/ynews_bs2966_2
"According to the report (PDF), the IRS made a variety of accounting errors
last year that "could adversely affect the reliability of its financial
statements" and result in "duplicate or erroneous refunds." Among the
mistakes were a "failure to record the receipt of a taxpayer’s $3 million
payment" and an $8 billion discrepancy between two accounting systems
tracking how much money taxpayers owe. The audit also found a $5.1 billio |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 11 奥巴马政府阻止美国各州挑战奥巴马医疗法案的企图失败，两起指控该法案违宪的诉讼
将得到庭审机会
Legal Setback to Obamacare Batters Democrats as Midterms Loom
Friday, 15 Oct 2010 01:44 PM Article Font Size
By: David A. Patten
The double whammy of constitutional challenges in Florida and Virginia
against Democrats' massive healthcare overhaul on the eve of the midterm
elections is shaping up to have major implications in tight races
nationwide, political commentators tell Newsmax.
On Thursday, a federal district judge issued a stinging order... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 12 A federal judge ruled that Congress violated the Constitution by requiring
Americans to buy insurance as part of the health overhaul passed last year,
and said the entire law "must be declared void."
With his ruling, U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson set up a clash over
whether the Obama administration still has the authority to carry out the
law designed to expand insurance to 32 million Americans.
A Florida federal judge on Monday ruled that a key plank of the health
overhaul passed last March ... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 13 MONMOUTH COUNTY — Three Monmouth County transportation employees, who
claimed they were sick last Friday, were suspended without pay today after
county officials received proof they attended a union rally, according to
Monmouth County spokesman William K. Heine.
The three were among 17 bus drivers and office workers who called out sick
Friday, leaving 174 developmentally disabled adults waiting for buses that
never came. The employees work for the county's Senior Citizen Area
Transportation (SCA... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 14 By Lloyd Marcus
Incredibly, Obama continues to boldly go where no other president has gone
before. Apparently, none of the rules apply to him. Without consequence, at
will, Obama ignores laws and the Constitution to implement his progressive/
socialist agenda.
America's first black president has morphed into America's first king. All
hail King Obama, our supreme ruler. Think about this folks, King Obama has
put together his royal court of an unprecedented 32 czars who only answer to
him. His cza... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 15 Mexican Citizen Executed After Court Declines to Intervene
Texas executed a Mexican national whose prosecution violated U.S. treaty
obligations soon after the Supreme Court refused to intervene Thursday.
U.S. high court clears the way for Mexican man, convicted of rape, to be
executed in Texas. Video Courtesy of Reuters.
Humberto Leal Garcia, 38 years old, was convicted of the 1994 rape and
murder of a 16-year-old girl. He had asked the court to stay his execution
while Congress considered legis... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 16 by Dr. D ~ August 18th, 2011
Jerry Buell,who teaches social studies at Mount Dora High School, received a
‘Teacher of the Year’ award in 2010. But this year he was suspended by
his district for making anti-gay marriage comments on his personal Facebook
page.
In response to the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York, Jerry
wrote that he “almost threw up” over the news and that he considered same-
sex unions to be a sin and part of a growing “cesspool”.
His comments were brought to the atte... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 17 by Steven Ertelt | London, England | LifeNews.com | 9/1/11 10:13 AM
A new study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry by leading
American researcher Dr. Priscilla Coleman of Bowling Green State University
finds women who have an abortion face almost double the risk of mental
health problems as women who have their baby.
Coleman’s study is based on an analysis of 22 separate studies which, in
total, examine the pregnancy experiences of 877,000 women, with 163,831
women having an abortion... 阅读全帖 |
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h********n
发帖数: 15 | 18 Random thoughts on the passing scene:
The next time a member of the British royal family gets married, I hope they
elope and spare us all another 24/7 media orgy.
Does the "not guilty" verdict in the Casey Anthony child murder trial mean
that the jury succumbed to the confusion between "beyond a reasonable doubt"
and "beyond any conceivable doubt"? The word "reasonable" is not put in
there just for decoration.
We seem to be living in an age when nobody can be bothered to answer their
telephone, ... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 19 As the cloud-computing market grows, revenue-starved states are looking to
grab a piece of the action by expanding the definition of nexus.
David Rosenbaum
Rackspace, a cloud hosting company headquartered in San Antonio, has been
racking up sales at a torrid pace. Net revenue for the second quarter of
2011 was $247 million, a 32% increase over the previous quarter, beating
analyst expectations and propelling the company to $1 billion in annualized
run rate revenue. The company reported 10,000 ne... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 20 By Lee DeCovnick
The hard progressive left in America has been unleashed into the streets by
the community organizer in the White House. The current crop of street
pawns, the banal cattle of Occupy Wall Street movement, are fed, herded, and
coldly led by the professional agitators from ACORN, SEIU, and the
Communist Party of America. These hardcore Alinskyites are well-funded and
well-organized. Through a series of set-piece street actions and media
events coordinated with the White House, th... 阅读全帖 |
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B******m
发帖数: 2643 | 21 第一个印象，那个主持人相当傻逼，自我感觉良好，最后讲一半直接打断perry说节目
没有时间了，perry讲了没有20秒，如果这样还不如不让他讲，而且多次提醒候选人没
有时间了，态度很蛮横。中间bachman要求补充关于虐待战俘的问题，似乎触怒了他，
以后基本不给bachman机会。然后说gingrich讲的不一样，一副小人得志的样子，ego巨
大，抢戏，很让人烦。
Cain基本是个外交白痴，被问到Pakistan是friend or foe，直接回答：I don't know
。弄得全场爆笑，这个问题Santorum回答的最好，我们必须跟巴基斯坦是friend，因为
他们有核武器，即使巴基斯坦里面有人反对我们 ，我们也得fight against adversity
，就像虽然拉登是沙特人，我们也得跟沙特合作一样。
Perry回答最搞笑，对每个国家的aid直接从0 dollar起步，如果不按照我们的要求办就
不给了。结果twitter上的观众很尖锐，那以色列也从0开始么？他犹豫了一下说：也是
，当然我们相信像以色列这么特殊的朋友肯定可以每年得到一大笔钱。基本上他就是一
个Bush第二，... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 17243 | 22 在外交上，Romney, Cain, Perry,Bachmann都不行，其他几个强一些
但是Romney很会借机煽动民意，不愧是专业政治家
主持得确实不好，老感觉发言被打断，以前就没这种感觉
know
adversity |
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i*****k
发帖数: 2576 | 23 同觉得Huntsman很好。各个问题都很得体折中，不是只为了煽动公众情绪。
不过他的策略和民主党差异太小，估计没什么希望。
主持人明显的对热门候选人给的时间多，对洪之类的给的机会很少，时间也少。
know
adversity |
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a**t
发帖数: 3833 | 24 nobody in GOP will be president in the foreseeable 16 years future.
why do you waste time watching GOP.
know
adversity |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 25 Chicago Teachers Union President Mocks Arne Duncan, Jokes About Smoking Pot
-- With Kids in the Audience
By Susan Jones
November 15, 2011
(CNSNews.com) - The head of the Chicago Teachers Union -- addressing a
teachers' conference in Seattle last month -- joked about spending her
college years "smoking lots of weed" and "self-medicating" -- then
apologized because "there are kids here."
"I wasn't supposed to say that, right? Too late," Karen Lewis says in a
YouTube video that was picked up by an ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2273 | 26 Almost 13 years ago, Mitt Romney left Bain Capital, the successful private
equity firm he had helped start, and moved to Utah to rescue the Salt Lake
City Olympic Games and begin a second career in public life.
Yet when it came to his considerable personal wealth, Mr. Romney never
really left Bain.
In what would be the final deal of his private equity career, he negotiated
a retirement agreement with his former partners that has paid him a share of
Bain’s profits ever since, bringing the Romney ... 阅读全帖 |
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u****r
发帖数: 1163 | 27 【 以下文字转载自 Parenting 讨论区 】
发信人: lana1972 (lana), 信区: Parenting
标 题: 紧急投票：捍卫你孩子公平竞争入学名校
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Feb 29 10:46:15 2012, 美东)
please FWD the link to other Asian groups too.
发信人: xxxyyz (冬瓜圣诞), 信区: NextGeneration
标 题: （发这个版可能有点早）紧急投票：捍卫你孩子公平竞争入学名校的机会
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Feb 29 10:03:37 2012, 美东)
转帖：紧急动员：决战最高法院，请投庄严一票捍卫你 孩子公平竞争入学名校的机会
历史性的时刻已经到来了：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。您--关爱孩子未来的父母--现 在就可以
花一分钟时间来帮助孩子增大孩子上他们理想大学的机会。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... 阅读全帖 |
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t****1
发帖数: 827 | 28 亲爱的华人同胞们：
美国最高法院正在重新考虑是否需要禁止大学招生考虑种族因素。
美国宪法14修正案“平等保护条款”保证给予每一个人均等机会，而不是针对种族而区
别对待。我们相信，高校招生政策应该符合美国宪法14修正案的精神。很遗憾，亚裔学
生长期以来遭受严重的歧视。“全国高校的经验研究”（NSCE）项目进行了超过9000个
学生采访。普林斯顿大学社会学家托马斯Espenshade进行严格的回归分析，得出如下结
果，此此结果也被新闻媒体广泛引用：如果想被名牌大学录取，在其它条件类似的情况
下，亚裔学生 SAT 成绩必须要比白人高140分，比西班牙裔高280分，比黑人高450分（
总分1600）。(这个分析已经把性别，GPA， 体育等方面的因素考虑在内)
目前已经有41483参与投票，发出我们对大学招生中的种族歧视的抗议。我们
还需要9000多个投票，以显示我们的关注力度。请确保你的配偶，孩子，父母，朋友，
和所有同事能够参与这个请愿。 （如果您是永久居民或者公民， 请参与这项签名请愿
活动，以改变亚洲人被歧视的命运。)
请点击以下的链接参与
http://admin.80-20nj.in... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2507 | 29 The first state law mandating vaccination was enacted in Massachusetts
in 1809; in 1855, Massachusetts became the first state to enact a
school vaccination re-quirement. The constitutional basis of vaccination
requirements rests in the po-lice power of the state. Nearly 100 years ago,
the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling in Jacobson v.
Massachusetts, upholding the right of states to compel vaccination. The
Court held that a health regulation requiring small- pox vaccinat... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 30 "This 2012 Obama is strident and mean, even deceitful, divisive"
Andrew Malcolm is wondering what happened to the 2008 Obama:
Has anyone seen Barack Obama recently?
You know, the optimistic hopeful fellow with the charming smile who
promised so many positive things four and five years ago, how he was going
to change the harsh, partisan tone of our nation's capital and bring the
country together as its first African American president.
Even allowing for political hyperbole, his empty resu... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 31 By Steve McCann
Throughout the history of the United States, whenever the dark clouds of
apprehension, fear, and adversity cast a long shadow over the nation, a
leader has emerged to successfully guide America into even greater
prosperity and achievement. Men such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln,
and Ronald Reagan understood that among the many duties of the president of
the United States, the most important was to instill faith and an unbridled
confidence -- not only in their leadership ... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 32 by Rick aka Mr. Brutally Honest
A month ago, we covered the story of Melinda Gates claiming her $4 billion
campaign to bring birth control to poor countries in Africa, Asia and Latin
America was not controversial.
Today, I bring you the story of Obianuju Ekeocha, a 32 year old Nigerian
woman who's written a letter to Ms. Gates imploring her to spend the
earmarked money differently:
I trained and worked for almost five years in a medical setting in
Africa, yet I never heard of the clinical te... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4321 | 33 这个好像瘸子走路怪地不平。我就不说我的观点了。看看格林斯潘怎么说的
In March 2008, Greenspan wrote an article for the Financial Times'
Economists' Forum in which he said that the 2008-financial crisis in the
United States is likely to be judged as the most wrenching since the end of
World War II. In it he argued: "We will never be able to anticipate all
discontinuities in financial markets." He concluded: "It is important,
indeed crucial, that any reforms in, and adjustments to, the structure of
markets and regulation not inhibi... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 34 Internal Army Poll: Only 26% of Officers Say Army Headed in Right Direction-
-'Political Correctness' Cited
(CNSNews.com) – Is the U.S. Army headed in the right direction?
An internal Army survey that was conducted in 2011 and published this year
discovered that only 26 percent of active-duty Army officers say yes--and
that one of the two main themes cited by those who say no is that the Army
is now adversely impacted by "political correctness" imposed by both outside
policymakers and senior Arm... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3509 | 35 别的就懒得说了。世界不是楼主你眼中那么非黑即白的。别的不说，就你这句
“好比, 你偷了一部车,开了10年15年. 是不是这部车就不算偷了?”
就说明你根本没概念。在法律上，这部车确实就不算偷了，而且名正言顺的属于你。不
信自己去查什么叫做adverse possession。
你以为在一个反非法移民情绪高涨的环境里你这样的半路出家美国人能有好果子吃？ |
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发帖数: 29846 | 36 State Dept Spokesperson Objects to Fox News Reporter's Presence at Press
Conference
Yesterday, State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland objected to the
very presence of a Fox News reporter in the press pool. Here’s the
transcript:
QUESTION: As a follow-up to the hearing yesterday, how was --
MS. NULAND: Can you tell me who you are?
QUESTION: Mike Levine with Fox.
MS. NULAND: Every time I turn around, I’ve got a new Foxie in the pool here
. Going to have to talk to them about that.
No wonder... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 37 By BEN LEFEBVRE, RYAN DEZEMBER and TOM FOWLER
Valero Energy Corp. VLO -0.37% is putting its two California oil refineries
on the block, attempting to exit the state ahead of a ratcheting up of air-
pollution regulations, people familiar with the matter said.
San Antonio-based Valero has enlisted Citigroup Inc. C -3.28% to help find a
buyer for the facilities, these people said, adding that the process is in
the early stages.
Valero, one of the largest refiners in the U.S., operates a 78,000-barr... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 38 by Patrick Ryan
Add Virginia to the list of states that are cutting work hours to avoid
offering health insurance to part-time employees.
Per The Washington Examiner:
About 10,000 Virginia public employees are poised to see their hours cut
back as Gov. Bob McDonnell continues to find ways around what he said were
President Obama’s costly health care reforms.
Both the Virginia House and Senate passed budget amendments that will
cap part-time state workers at 29 hours a week to avoi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 39 Greens Fret Over Obama Admin Keystone Report
March 4, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston
The State Department has released its much-anticipated report on the
environmental impact of the Keystone Pipeline and, to the alarm of the green
lobby, it seems to leave President Obama with little reason to continue
delaying construction.
The 2,000-page report makes no final recommendation on whether or not to
approve construction of the energy project, but does definitively say that
the pipeline would have “no ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 40 Massachusetts Democrats To Force Governor To Seek Waiver From Obamacare
Provisions
Josh Archambault Josh Archambault, Contributor
An awkward future conversation between Governor Patrick and President Obama
about the ACA in MA?
A very interesting ACA development is taking place in Massachusetts today as
the state that “inspired” Obamacare tries to reconcile its current law
with the new federal law. Push back in the compliance effort is coming from
an unexpected source, the senior Democratic budge... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 41 Immigration Audits Hurt Hispanic-Oriented Grocery Chains
By Katy Stech
Struggling from the fallout of federal immigration audits, two Southwest
grocery-store chains have filed for bankruptcy protection with plans to
reorganize.
California’s Mi Pueblo grocery store operator filed for Chapter 11
protection on Monday after the 21-store chain was told to replace some of
its 3,260 workers whose documentation came under review during a U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement audit, according to court... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 209 | 42 WINTON v. POTOMAC CORPORATION， Troy SWINTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. POTOMAC
CORPORATION, dba Crescent Cardboard Company, dba Crescent/U.S. Mat,
Defendant-Appellant.， No. 99-36147.
和ABC事件一样，一方说这只是“jokes。 “neither the discrimination nor the
jury verdict is a laughing matter”。
"harassment is illegal when it is so frequent or severe that it creates a
hostile or offensive work environment or when it results in an adverse
employment decision“
还有个相关论文
http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~usclrev/html_... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 43 Insurers, lawmakers slam latest Obamacare fix
President Obama on Thursday announced an administrative policy change that
will let people keep their existing health insurance for another year, but
the plan is already facing pushback from Republicans, some Democrats and the
insurance industry -- with some saying the president's move goes too far,
and others saying it doesn't go far enough.
The president's decision doesn't force insurers to renew existing insurance
plans on the individual and small... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 44 UPDATE 1: After I published this article, Angie Holan of PolitiFact claimed
on Twitter that her 2008 “True” rating of Obama’s promise was justified,
because Senator Obama’s 2008 plan was “a campaign proposal with no [
individual] mandate” requiring the purchase of health insurance, and
therefore represented a “very different set of facts than [her] later
ruling.”
@avik The ’08 rating was for a campaign proposal with NO mandate. Very
different set of facts than later ruling.
— Angie Drobn... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 45 Louisville-based health benefits provider Humana Inc. said the risk mix of
clients being served through health insurance exchanges is “more adverse
than previously expected.”
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ushered in state and federal
government-run health insurance exchanges. They serve as marketplaces for
individuals to sign up for health insurance.
Humana (NYSE: HUM) made the statement in a filing with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission. The company chalked up the ris... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 46 This Is What Government-Run Health Care Looks Like
Posted 01/13/2014 06:24 PM ET
Socialized Medicine: More than two-thirds of the public don't think the
government can be trusted to run the nation's health care system
successfully. ObamaCare is proving these skeptics right.
The public might not agree on much these days, but one thing it
overwhelmingly believes is that government is ill-equipped to manage one-
sixth of the economy — 67% said so in the January IBD/TIPP poll.
This distrust has only... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 47 Woman Who Can’t Afford Her Own Birth Control Scrapes Up Money to File for
Congressional Run
by Jammie
Gee, we hope this won’t have an adverse affect on her birth control budget.
Well, California’s known for some of the dumbest women in Congress, so why
not? Besides, she needs the attention.
Women’s rights activist Sandra Fluke appears to be moving forward with
a run for Congress.
Fluke has filed with the California state Democratic Party to seek its
endorsement in the race for retiring R... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5637 | 48 【 以下文字转载自 SanDiego 讨论区 】
发信人: spectrum805 (spectrum805), 信区: SanDiego
标 题: 现在加州大学的录取原则
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Feb 16 01:39:53 2014, 美东)
对于本州学生，加州大学有两个录取的Tracks。
http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/requiremen
If you're a state resident who has met the minimum requirements and aren't
admitted to any UC campus to which you apply, you'll be offered a spot at
another campus if space is available, provided:
1. You rank in the top 9 percent of California high school students,
according t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 151 | 49 《排华法案》（Chinese Exclusion Act）是美国于1882年5月6日签署的一项法
案。此法案将华人据之于美国之外达几十年之久。虽然该法案于1943年就被废止，但是
长期以来它却一直是《美国法典》的一部分。即便是今天，虽然它所有的部分都被废除
已久，但是《美国法典》第8篇第7章题名为“排除华人”（Exclusion of Chinese）。
它是第8篇（外国人和国籍）的15章里的唯一一个完全针对一个特定国籍或族群的章节。
Wikipedia 上面有详尽的描述http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%8E%92%E5%8D%8E%E6%B3%95%E6%A1%88
这一屈辱性法案，一直都是华人心中挥之不去的阴影。
经过华人多年持续不懈的努力，2011 年10月7号在联邦参议院通过由参议员Feinstein
(加州，民主党）提出的致歉案（a），2012 年6月18日在联邦众议院通过由众议员Judy
Chu （赵美心，加州，蒙特利公园市，民主党）提出的致歉案（b）。两个致歉案，均
得到民主和共和两党的全面支持，在议员人数众多的... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 50 Judge hears arguments in health care lawsuit
July 7, 2014 - 4:35 PM
By TODD RICHMOND, Associated Press
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin senator on Monday argued that his
lawsuit challenging rules that call for congressional members and their
employees to seek government-subsidized health insurance through small-
business exchanges should be allowed to move forward.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, an Oshkosh Republican, contends the rules twist the
Affordable Care Act to ensure senators, representatives... 阅读全帖 |
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