g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 1 WASHINGTON -- Cancer patient Kathy Watson voted Republican in 2008 and
believes the government has no right telling Americans to get health
insurance. Nonetheless, she says she'd be dead if it weren't for President
Barack Obama's health care law.
Now the Florida small businesswoman is worried the Supreme Court will strike
down her lifeline. Under the law, Watson and nearly 62,000 other "
uninsurable" patients are getting coverage through a little-known program
for people who have been turned awa... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 2 September 25, 2012
CNN is defending itself against accusations from the U.S. State Department
that it trampled on the wishes of the family of the slain U.S. ambassador to
Libya in reporting on his fears of a terrorist attack before his death.
The criticism stemmed from CNN's discovery and use of the late Chris Stevens
' personal journal to pursue its reporting about his concerns over security
in Benghazi, Libya. A top State Department official, Philippe Reines, called
CNN's actions "indefensible... 阅读全帖 |
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m***s
发帖数: 1094 | 4 An open letter to Ben Affleck
Columns CommentOCTOBER 25, 2014 BY EIYNAH
Your heart was in the right place, but…
Dear Ben,
I am writing to you today as a woman who was born and raised in Islam. I saw
your discussion with Bill Maher and Sam Harris, and I must say you did me a
great disservice that day. Your heart was in the right place, of course,
and it was lovely of you to step up and defend ‘my people’.
What you really did though, perhaps inadvertently, was silence a
conversation that never get... 阅读全帖 |
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a*s
发帖数: 1220 | 5 关于pre-existing condition，我查到的这样的：
”Allow insurers to price policies based on health status in some cases. The
current law does not and the original GOP bill would not allow insurers to
set premiums based on health status. But the amendment would allow it for
those who do not maintain continuous coverage, defined as a lapse of 63 days
or more over the previous 12 months. Such policyholders could be charged
higher premiums for pre-existing conditions for one year. After that,
provided there wasn’t... 阅读全帖 |
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a*s
发帖数: 1220 | 6 关于pre-existing condition，我查到的这样的：
”Allow insurers to price policies based on health status in some cases. The
current law does not and the original GOP bill would not allow insurers to
set premiums based on health status. But the amendment would allow it for
those who do not maintain continuous coverage, defined as a lapse of 63 days
or more over the previous 12 months. Such policyholders could be charged
higher premiums for pre-existing conditions for one year. After that,
provided there wasn’t... 阅读全帖 |
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N*V
发帖数: 350 | 7 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: wayofflying (小破熊), 信区: Military
标 题: 人类第一台真空能发动机即将在中国攻关成功
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat May 14 22:28:25 2011, 美东)
高歌，现任北京航空航天大学能源动力学院动力工程及工程热物理学科一级责任教授，
航空发动机气动热力国防重点实验室副主任，长期从事动力工程、工程热物理及流体力
学领域的教学与科研工作，并在基础科研和多学科的应用技术领域取得了一系列国际领
先水平的创新性科研成果。
他在1984年发明的"沙丘驻涡火焰稳定器"，获国家发明一等奖，钱学森同志称之为"一
项长中国人志气的重要发明"。该成果广泛应用于我国多种军用航空发动机中，取得了
数以亿元计的经济效益，至今仍保有先进水平。本刊记者于今年10月采访了高歌教授，
了解到了他近期从事的一些前沿科研工作的最新进展，尤其是他对龙卷风的研究及其工
程应用价值，让人耳目一新。
高歌教授在采访中提到，传统的航空发动机技术虽然还在不停地改进提高之中，但
受到原理和材料工艺上的限制，已经逐渐逼近了性能发... 阅读全帖 |
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L***s
发帖数: 9258 | 8 一次组会上列的。
第一个境界叫做Can do work:
Phase 1： Can finish the assigned task
Stage 1.1: finish a clearly identified implementation work
Stage 1.2: find solution for a well-defined problem
Phase 2: identify a problem, and finish it under supervision
Stage 2.0: doing analysis and evaluation on an existing technology
Stage 2.1: applying an existing technology into other applications
Stage 2.2: Combining two or more existing technologies
Stage 2.3: Create a new solution for an existing problem
Phase 3: perfo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 9 至于面试我准备的50多个问题。我的想法是一定要站在学校的角度思考问题。很多问题
太个性化，并不适用于大家。我把能分享的答案分享，很多也是在网上找的答案。
1. What made you apply for this position?
Why do you want to work here?
Everyone has strengths and weaknesses as employees. What are your strong
points for this job?
What special aspects of your education or training have prepared you for
this job?
这些问题，我觉得可以从四个方面回答，宗旨就是一个，你需要什么，我就能提供什么
。所以每一点都是这么回答，说清楚你要的是什么，我做的是什么。自然表达出match
，而match这个词都不要去提起。
First, I am particularly interested in the School of xxxx because o... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 244 | 10 谢谢两位
Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters
int lengthOfLongestSubstring(string s) {
// Start typing your C/C++ solution below
// DO NOT write int main() function
int n = s.length();
int i = 0, j = 0;
int maxLen = 0;
bool exist[256] = {false};
int len = 0, k;
while(j < n){
exist[int(s[j]-'0')] = true;
i = j+1;
while(!exist[int(s[i]-'0')])
{
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b*******e
发帖数: 217 | 11 来自主题: JobHunting版 - 请问G一题 DP problem: knapsack
Recursive formulation:
Exist(i, j, k) = Exist(i-1, j, k) || Exist(i-1, j-Xi, k-1)
Where i is the index of ith element, j is the sum targeted, and k is the
number of elements selected to get the j and Xi is the value of the ith
element.
We need to decide whether any Exist(n, j, n/2) is true for j = X0, X0+1, ...
n/2.
For all j where Exist(n, j, n/2) == true, pick the j which is closest to Sum
(n) / 2. ------(3)
Then, Abs(Sum(n) /2 - j - j) is the smallest delta of the two su... 阅读全帖 |
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b*******e
发帖数: 217 | 12 来自主题: JobHunting版 - 请问G一题 DP problem: knapsack
Recursive formulation:
Exist(i, j, k) = Exist(i-1, j, k) || Exist(i-1, j-Xi, k-1)
Where i is the index of ith element, j is the sum targeted, and k is the
number of elements selected to get the j and Xi is the value of the ith
element.
We need to decide whether any Exist(n, j, n/2) is true for j = X0, X0+1, ...
n/2.
For all j where Exist(n, j, n/2) == true, pick the j which is closest to Sum
(n) / 2. ------(3)
Then, Abs(Sum(n) /2 - j - j) is the smallest delta of the two su... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 48 | 13 谢谢回答啦，真的很专业。duct的石棉问题请看照片。另外问到三家报价：
A • Install Trane XR80 80% efficient 120,000 BTU downflow furnace
• Hook up to existing gas, electrical and ductwork
• Re-use existing exhaust flue
• New programmable thermostat & wire
• New gas flex line with shut off valve & sediment trap
• Install Trane XR13 5 ton air conditioning system
• Trane XR13 5 ton condenser
• 5 ton downflow evaporator coil
• Zinsco breaker and electric... 阅读全帖 |
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x*********i
发帖数: 48 | 14 谢谢回答啦，真的很专业。duct的石棉问题请看照片。另外问到三家报价：
A • Install Trane XR80 80% efficient 120,000 BTU downflow furnace
• Hook up to existing gas, electrical and ductwork
• Re-use existing exhaust flue
• New programmable thermostat & wire
• New gas flex line with shut off valve & sediment trap
• Install Trane XR13 5 ton air conditioning system
• Trane XR13 5 ton condenser
• 5 ton downflow evaporator coil
• Zinsco breaker and electric... 阅读全帖 |
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s****a
发帖数: 9912 | 15 Existing Home Sales Unexpectedly Fall 0.6% in March
Sales of previously owned U.S. homes unexpectedly dropped in March, showing
uneven progress in the industry.
Historically low mortgage rates, rising property values and employment gains
have helped mend the U.S. housing market, a source of strength for the
world’s largest economy a boost. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg
April 22 (Bloomberg) -- New York University economics professor Nouriel
Roubini talks about the outlook for the glob... 阅读全帖 |
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b******t
发帖数: 1974 | 16 我们家现在暖气是烧油的而且是那种最老式的暖气片，不能分区。现在我们决定把它换
成烧天然气并且能够分区（目前只有一个区）。我们准备分三个区：地下室，一楼，二
楼。师傅说要分区只能是水暖用baseboard的那种。这个师傅给我发的proposal是这样
的：
"1 Pull out a permit from DOB for oil to gas conversion of boiler.
2 Remove existing boiler and oil tank.
3 Replace existing boiler with Weil Mclain CGA-5 boiler.
4 Remove existing exposed steam pipe and heating elements.
5 Provide heating elements complete with 3 Zone operation for cellar, 1st &
2nd
6 Register existing hot water heater. floor.
7 Register existing dryer... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 22178 | 18 ☆─────────────────────────────────────☆
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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M****z
发帖数: 1058 | 19 好久不来了，忙着开发，HN上看到的，可能对成衣业相关的朋友有用，对其他电商领域
的朋友有启发：
http://jamiequint.com/goodbye-wholesale-brands
JAMIE QUINT
Goodbye Wholesale Brands
OCT 1, 2013
The next few years of e-commerce growth are going to fundamentally change
the way soft-goods retail works today.
E-commerce has been growing rapidly for the last 6 years with equally rapid
projected future growth. To date the growth has been mostly powered by
existing brands moving rapidly online. Great direct-to-consumer brands like
J. Crew realized thi... 阅读全帖 |
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l*********m
发帖数: 16971 | 20 【 以下文字转载自 SanFrancisco 讨论区 】
发信人: TopHuang (Top+Gun), 信区: SanFrancisco
标 题: Re: 为什么大家都在喊明年要大幅增税？
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Sep 2 21:17:30 2012, 美东)
涨了不少呀
Tax Rates Increase for Everyone
The tax rates found in the federal tax tables revert to what they were prior
to the passage of the Bush Tax Cuts. The existing 10 percent bracket is
eliminated. The lowest bracket will be 15 percent. The existing 25 percent
bracket will be replaced by a 28 percent bracket; the existing 28 percent
bracket will be repl... 阅读全帖 |
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l*****7
发帖数: 2844 | 21 看看这个
2013 Outlook: Lex Parsimoniae
There are known knowns; there are things that we know
There are known unknowns; that is to say there are things that we now know
we don't know"
But there are also unknown unknowns - there are things we do not know we don
't know"
-Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 2002
The economic and market environment remains as uncertain as ever as we move
into 2013. One does not have to look far to find extreme risks that could
propel us sharply in either directi... 阅读全帖 |
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c******a
发帖数: 4400 | 22 kidding?? It's rising across the board. not enough inventory to go around.
many are waiting to buy.
New Home Sales Inch Along Despite Inventory Concerns
Sales of new homes ticked up slightly in June but are still historically
underwhelming.
By Andrew Soergel, Economy Reporter | July 26, 2017, at 11:23 a.m.
MORE
New Home Sales Inch Along Despite Inventory Concerns
FILE - In this May 21, 2014 photo, a sign sits in front of a new home
for sale in West Des Moines, Iowa. A buying spree in ... 阅读全帖 |
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M********e
发帖数: 212 | 23 https://www.teamblind.com/article/Why-S386-should-not-pass-but-will-pass-
GsgUg7M4
There are two problems:
1. Too many candidates from one particular country. When diversity is not
kept people don’t integrate, communicate between their culture only, bring
all their relatives, hire only from their country, nothing good. No any
country should get more than 10% of H1B or GC.
2. The way India abuses H1B flooding and even selling applications (what is
against the US law).
https://www.nytimes.com/inte... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1430 | 24 The pdf file is found here: http://www.cis.org/articles/2011/north-skilled-workers.pdf
From Center for Immigration Studies
David North is a CIS fellow who has studied the interaction of immigration
and U.S. labor markets for more than 30 years.
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There have been numerous recent proposals to increase the admission of
skilled workers from abroad. This paper examines some of the issues
surrounding the question of skille... 阅读全帖 |
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H******i
发帖数: 4704 | 25 这个数据必须是按国别和按照category的，至少是按照中印菲墨ROW五大类EB12345等类
别。
以下信息来自oh law
Request for Information on Modernizing & Streamlining U.S.Immigrant &
Nonimmigrant visa System
As separate from the specific plans of immigration stakeholder agencies to
implement the President's Immigration Actions of November 20, 2014, the DHS
and DOS are seeking a wide rage of information from the public to streamline
and improve the Nation’s legal immigration system during the next 30 days.
This announcement will be official pub... 阅读全帖 |
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j***h
发帖数: 4412 | 26 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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j****y
发帖数: 1714 | 27 Deadly Medicine
Prescription drugs kill some 200,000 Americans every year. Will that
number go up, now that most clinical trials are conducted overseas—on
sick Russians, homeless Poles, and slum-dwelling Chinese—in places where
regulation is virtually nonexistent, the F.D.A. doesn’t reach, and
“mistakes” can end up in pauper’s graves? The authors investigate the
globalization of the pharmaceutical industry, and the U.S. Government’s
failure to rein in a lethal profit machine.
BY DONALD L. BARLET... 阅读全帖 |
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j***h
发帖数: 4412 | 28 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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d*b
发帖数: 21830 | 29 State of California law采用 "Objective Standard"，也就是说，pre-existing
condition必须是你在买这个insurance前以及开始治疗的疾病。
http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparetable.jsp?typ=5&ind=355&
比如，你昨天牙坏了，今天你买了保险，打算明天去看，这种状况就是不属于pre-
existing,因为你买保险前还没开始治疗
再比如，你牙坏了，在牙医A那里看了，但牙医A要5千，你于是买了保险，再去牙医B那
里看，这种状况就是pre-existing.
是不是pre-existing不是保险公司可以自己说的，定义是不是pre-existing的是state
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T******g
发帖数: 21328 | 30 涨了不少呀
Tax Rates Increase for Everyone
The tax rates found in the federal tax tables revert to what they were prior
to the passage of the Bush Tax Cuts. The existing 10 percent bracket is
eliminated. The lowest bracket will be 15 percent. The existing 25 percent
bracket will be replaced by a 28 percent bracket; the existing 28 percent
bracket will be replaced by a 31 percent bracket; the existing 33 percent
bracket will be replaced by a 36 percent bracket; and the existing 35
percent bracket will... 阅读全帖 |
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p*********e
发帖数: 32207 | 31 请您给出法律上对reasonable belief = reasonable mistake allowed,
这一定义的出处.
我并非法律专业出身也没有受过相关训练,
但仅仅通过google,
http://definitions.uslegal.com/r/reasonable-belief/
"
Reasonable Belief exists, when there is a reasonable basis to believe that a
crime is being or has already been committed. In criminal law, similar to
the probable cause standard , it is a subjective standard used to validate a
warrantless search and seizure or arrest. And that considers whether an
officer acted on personal knowledge of facts and... 阅读全帖 |
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p*********e
发帖数: 32207 | 32 请您给出法律上对reasonable belief = reasonable mistake allowed,
这一定义的出处.
我并非法律专业出身也没有受过相关训练,
但仅仅通过google,
http://definitions.uslegal.com/r/reasonable-belief/
"
Reasonable Belief exists, when there is a reasonable basis to believe that a
crime is being or has already been committed. In criminal law, similar to
the probable cause standard , it is a subjective standard used to validate a
warrantless search and seizure or arrest. And that considers whether an
officer acted on personal knowledge of facts and... 阅读全帖 |
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h***9
发帖数: 8948 | 33 http://www.xbox.com/en-US/Live/JoinLive/FamilyPackFAQ
Xbox LIVE
Gold Family Pack
Q: What is the new Xbox LIVE Gold Family Pack subscription?
A: Perfect for families, the Xbox LIVE Gold Family Pack offers four 12-month
Xbox LIVE Gold memberships for less than the price of two. Family Pack
subscribers also receive exclusive benefits and family conveniences,
including access to the new Family Center for family account and online
settings management, Activity Monitoring reports on Xbox.com, the abil... 阅读全帖 |
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E***s
发帖数: 855 | 34 from www.hdmi.org
Overview of HDMI 2.0
What is HDMI 2.0?
HDMI 2.0, which is backwards compatible with earlier versions of the HDMI
specification, significantly increases bandwidth up to 18Gbps and adds key
enhancements to support market requirements for enhancing the consumer video
and audio experience.
What’s new in HDMI 2.0?
HDMI 2.0 significantly increases bandwidth to 18Gbps and includes the
following advanced features:
Resolutions up to 4K@50/60 (2160p), which is 4 times the clarity of
... 阅读全帖 |
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E***s
发帖数: 855 | 35 from www.hdmi.org
Overview of HDMI 2.0
What is HDMI 2.0?
HDMI 2.0, which is backwards compatible with earlier versions of the HDMI
specification, significantly increases bandwidth up to 18Gbps and adds key
enhancements to support market requirements for enhancing the consumer video
and audio experience.
What’s new in HDMI 2.0?
HDMI 2.0 significantly increases bandwidth to 18Gbps and includes the
following advanced features:
Resolutions up to 4K@50/60 (2160p), which is 4 times the clarity of
... 阅读全帖 |
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g****g
发帖数: 1828 | 36 In probability theory, the normal (or Gaussian) distribution, is a
continuous probability distribution that is often used as a first
approximation to describe real-valued random variables that tend to cluster
around a single mean value. The graph of the associated probability density
function is “bell”-shaped, and is known as the Gaussian function or bell
curve:[nb 1]
f(x) = \tfrac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi\sigma^2}}\; e^{ -\frac{(x-\mu)^2}{2\sigma^2}
},
where parameter μ is the mean (location of the pe... 阅读全帖 |
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x****u
发帖数: 12955 | 37
Your first premises is in conflict with your conclusion.
If no existence can come out of nothing, then it is impossible for the "
first existence" you speak of to came to existence.
If there was an existence before all other existences, then it must have
came out of nothing. |
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m**d
发帖数: 21441 | 38 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: wayofflying (小破熊), 信区: Military
标 题: 人类第一台真空能发动机即将在中国攻关成功
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat May 14 22:28:25 2011, 美东)
高歌，现任北京航空航天大学能源动力学院动力工程及工程热物理学科一级责任教授，
航空发动机气动热力国防重点实验室副主任，长期从事动力工程、工程热物理及流体力
学领域的教学与科研工作，并在基础科研和多学科的应用技术领域取得了一系列国际领
先水平的创新性科研成果。
他在1984年发明的"沙丘驻涡火焰稳定器"，获国家发明一等奖，钱学森同志称之为"一
项长中国人志气的重要发明"。该成果广泛应用于我国多种军用航空发动机中，取得了
数以亿元计的经济效益，至今仍保有先进水平。本刊记者于今年10月采访了高歌教授，
了解到了他近期从事的一些前沿科研工作的最新进展，尤其是他对龙卷风的研究及其工
程应用价值，让人耳目一新。
高歌教授在采访中提到，传统的航空发动机技术虽然还在不停地改进提高之中，但
受到原理和材料工艺上的限制，已经逐渐逼近了性能发... 阅读全帖 |
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G******U
发帖数: 4211 | 40 Bill Zeller
I have the urge to declare my sanity and justify my actions, but I assume I'
ll never be able to convince anyone that this was the right decision. Maybe
it's true that anyone who does this is insane by definition, but I can at
least explain my reasoning. I considered not writing any of this because of
how personal it is, but I like tying up loose ends and don't want people to
wonder why I did this. Since I've never spoken to anyone about what happened
to me, people would likely draw ... 阅读全帖 |
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l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | 41 Warnings
Insisting that someone worship in a religion is wrong and not effective. No
matter what your religion, one should be clearly persuaded--but not be
treated cruelly or as if they are somehow "wrong". Also be warned that in
some cultures the act of converting or conversion could be either unethical,
or - like in Saudi Arabia - usually illegal. Be prepared to be persecuted
or even killed for sharing your faith.
Consider how you would respond if someone was attempting to persuade you to
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j*****7
发帖数: 10575 | 42 http://www.ccel.org/ccel/boettner/predest.iii.i.html
Chapter II
Statement of the Doctrine
In the Westminster Confession, which sets forth the beliefs of the
Presbyterian and Reformed Churches and which is the most perfect expression
of the Reformed Faith, we read: "God from all eternity did by the most wise
and holy counsel of His own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever
comes to pass; yet so as thereby neither is God the author of sin, nor is
violence offered to the will of the creat... 阅读全帖 |
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E*****m
发帖数: 25615 | 43 AD HOMINEM
AD HOMINEM
Latin for "to the man".
This is attacking the arguer and not the argument.
Example: The Reverend is a known Biblical fundamentalist, so her objections
to evolution need not be taken seriously.
Example 2: That Biblical scholar is saying such and such because he doesn’t
know Jesus as his personal savior.
Care must be taken to state problems with a person’s argument instead of
attacking the person.
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STRAW MAN
Caricaturing a position to make it easier to attack... 阅读全帖 |
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G******e
发帖数: 9567 | 44 Josephus
John E. Remsberg, The Christ
Late in the first century Josephus wrote his celebrated work, “The
Antiquities of the Jews,” giving a history of his race from the earliest
ages down to his own time. Modern versions of this work contain the
following passage:
“Now, there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call
him a man, for he was a doer of wonderful works; a teacher of such men as
receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews,
and many o... 阅读全帖 |
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G******e
发帖数: 9567 | 45 The Silence of Josephus
J.M. Robertson
When we are considering the possibilities of underlying historical elements
in the gospel story, it may be well to note on the one hand the entirely
negative aspect of the works of Josephus to that story, and on the other
hand the emergence in his writings of personages bearing the name Jesus. If
the defenders of the historicity of the gospel Jesus would really stand by
Josephus as a historian of Jewry in the first Christian century, they would
have to admi... 阅读全帖 |
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A**n
发帖数: 1703 | 46 遗书：
Bill Zeller
I have the urge to declare my sanity and justify my actions, but I assume I'll never be able to convince
anyone that this was the right decision. Maybe it's true that anyone who does this is insane by definition,
but I can at least explain my reasoning. I considered not writing any of this because of how personal it is,
but I like tying up loose ends and don't want people to wonder why I did this. Since I've never spoken to
anyone about what happened to me, people would likely dr... 阅读全帖 |
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D*****r
发帖数: 6791 | 47 Much of what people do is done in the name of God. Irishmen blow each other
up in his name. Arabs blow themselves up in his name. Imams and ayatollahs
oppress women in his name. Celibate popes and priests mess up people's sex
lives in his name. Jewish shohets cut live animals' throats in his name. The
achievements of religion in past history -- bloody crusades, torturing
inquisitions, mass-murdering conquistadors, culture-destroying missionaries,
legally enforced resistance to each new piece of ... 阅读全帖 |
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R*o
发帖数: 3781 | 48 1:19-20 The word because (diovti, dioti) should be understood as explaining
why God’s wrath is leveled against all the ungodliness of men who suppress
the truth by unrighteous acts. It is because what can be known about God has
been plainly revealed to them so that they are without excuse when they den
y to God his existence and divine nature. In other words, God has so created
man and placed him within creation that for man to deny His existence, powe
r, and divine nature is to commit a crime w... 阅读全帖 |
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R*o
发帖数: 3781 | 49 1:24-25 The expression God gave them (parevdwken aujtouV" oJ qeov", paredoke
n autous ho theos) over means that the process envisioned in 1:18-32 is not
simply the natural course of events but an ongoing history directed by a sov
ereign God who makes decisions which affect people, societies, and cultures.
The thought is truly a frightful one. It is reminiscent of Pharaoh turning
his back on God and in turn having his heart judicially hardened by YHWH (Ex
od 9:16; cf. Rom 9:17).
Though there is n... 阅读全帖 |
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