w*********6 发帖数: 544 | 1 The Fed will be active this week with FOMC Member speeches.
Here are speeches and key reports to keep an eye on this week
(all times ET ):
MONDAY - FOMC Member George Speaks at 10:00am.
TUESDAY - FOMC Member Bullard Speaks at 9:35am, and JOLTS Job Openings at 10
:00am.
WEDNESDAY - Crude Oil Inventories at 10:30am.
THURSDAY - PPI Data and Unemployment Claims at 8:30am.
FRIDAY - CPI Data and Retail Sales Data at 8:30am ET,
followed by Preliminary Consumer Sentiment at 10:00am. |
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l*****r 发帖数: 2123 | 2 The inverted yield curve has set off alarm bells that a recession may loom
around the corner. Historically, that's been a good bet, and recessions
almost always unleash bear markets for the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq.
But this yield-curve inversion, which may be short-lived, looks different.
While it raises some concern about the long-term economic outlook, the
recent inverted yield curve actually is welcome in the near term.
"We may actually have seen a rather unique occurrence: the Fed actu... 阅读全帖 |
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g******4 发帖数: 6339 | 3 【 以下文字转载自 History 讨论区 】
发信人: gogo2004 (挑灯看剑), 信区: History
标 题: Evolution of Chinese intellectuals' thought over two decades
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Jan 15 17:38:31 2012, 美东)
Working at a top political think tank of the government, the author of the
patriotic Chinese tome Paradoxes of American Hegemony today delights in
contrasting Western economic failures with the successes of China’s chosen
economic path.
Back in the 1980s Ding Yifan had idealistically believed in Western models
as offering solut... 阅读全帖 |
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N********n 发帖数: 13236 | 4 From Crain’s Chicago Business
Walgreen looks to move HQ to Old Main Post Office
By Greg Hinz and Thomas A. Corfman
May 08, 2014
Walgreen Co. is taking steps to move its headquarters downtown — the old
Main Post Office.
Under pressure by some shareholders to move its Deerfield headquarters to
Europe, the drugstore giant has for months been scouting locations in the
Loop, where it would potentially move thousands of jobs.
The company is the largest employer in Deerfield, with 3,500 workers,
accord... 阅读全帖 |
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a*****g 发帖数: 19398 | 5 长篇文章:Why Do Americans Stink at Math?
When Akihiko Takahashi was a junior in college in 1978, he was like most of
the other students at his university in suburban Tokyo. He had a vague sense
of wanting to accomplish something but no clue what that something should b
e. But that spring he met a man who would become his mentor, and this relati
onship set the course of his entire career.
Takeshi Matsuyama was an elementary-school teacher, but like a small number
of instructors in Japan, he taught no... 阅读全帖 |
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T******T 发帖数: 3066 | 6 I was just chatting with a co-worker, and the chair jolted..freaky as hell.. |
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l****l 发帖数: 52 | 7 Epicenter is long beach, I am in 7th floor, downtown of long beach, big jolt
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j***h 发帖数: 4412 | 8 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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c******n 发帖数: 5697 | 9 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/automobiles/autoreviews/byd-f
review.html
LABELS that read Made in China are long familiar to American consumers.
But a car for sale in the United States bearing those words —
considering what that might portend for our economy and our self-image —
could deliver a jolt far sharper than discovering that our newest
digital gadget was produced in the world’s largest exporting country.
Yet there was no wobble to be felt in the earth’s rotation as I drove
away from C... 阅读全帖 |
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p****x 发帖数: 1346 | 10 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California will experience unthinkable damage
when the next powerful quake strikes, probably within 30 years, even though
the state prides itself on being on the leading edge of earthquake science.
Modern skyscrapers built to the state's now-rigorous building codes might
ride out the big jolt that experts say is all but inevitable, but the
surviving buildings will tower over a carpet of rubble from older structures
that have collapsed.
Hot desert winds could fan fires t... 阅读全帖 |
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s*********5 发帖数: 5637 | 11 历史啊,让我们不要忘记。。。
前几天,80年代那个和警察起种族冲突被警察虐待的黑人刚刚去世。其实洛杉矶的第一
次种族冲突时和华人的,而且死了18个中国人。。。
The History Page: City of Demons
http://www.thedaily.com/page/2012/05/10/051012-opinions-history
In Los Angeles’ first race riot, a hate-filled mob kills 18 Chinese men
By Scott Zesch Thursday, May 10, 2012
Chinatown in Los Angeles dates back to the Gold Rush.
Image
PHOTO:USC Digital Archive
The riot that struck Chinatown in 1871 came after editorials calling the
Chinese “animals.”
Los Angeles has give... 阅读全帖 |
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T*****m 发帖数: 3480 | 12 Illinois earthquake sways buildings, shuts airport
People as far away as Tennessee, Michigan and Iowa felt a magnitude-5.2
earthquake, centered in southern Illinois Friday morning. The last time a
temblor that strong jolted the Midwest it was 1968.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/18/illinois.earthquake/index.html |
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d**********r 发帖数: 24123 | 13 Harold Camping 上次说是5月21号,后来改成10月21号的。
Oakland-based Family Radio International stirred a global frenzy when it
predicted the rapture would take 200 million Christians to heaven on May 21.
Its most recent pronouncement said natural disasters would destroy the
globe on Friday.
Though two moderate quakes did jolt the San Francisco Bay area on Thursday
and floods still threaten to swamp Bangkok, the planet remained intact.
The ministry and its 90-year-old leader, Harold Camping, are avoiding the
med... 阅读全帖 |
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b****z 发帖数: 4485 | 14 Thousands of government and other workers poured out of office buildings in
downtown Washington after the earthquake jolted the city, many collecting in
the streets out of fear of falling debris.
Treasury Department employees spotted chunks of stone or concrete as they
headed down staircases and fled the historic building just steps from the
White House. Secret Service uniformed officers closed off the pedestrian
stretch of Pennsylvania Ave. in front of the White House.
At the Department of Vete... 阅读全帖 |
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a*o 发帖数: 25262 | 15 以前就听说过纽约的地震迟到了。纽约平均每一百年一大震,上一次 5 级震是 1884
年。震中在 Rockaways. 几个月前的报道又露面了:
3/17/11 By Rolando Pujol
New York seen as overdue for significant earthquake
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It’s seen as something of a New York City bragging right: We don’t have to
worry about earthquakes.
While we shouldn’t be shaking in our boots, we also must avoid sticking our
heads in the sand when it comes to seismic risks, experts advise. In the
aftermath of the Japan earthquake, scientists caution that New ... 阅读全帖 |
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j******3 发帖数: 18319 | 17 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/world/asia/chen-guangcheng-se
Blind Chinese Dissident Leaves on Flight for U.S.
By ANDREW JACOBS
Published: May 19, 2012
BEIJING — Chen Guangcheng, the blind legal defender who made a dramatic
escape from house arrest and whose decision to seek refuge in United States
Embassy jolted American-Sino relations, left China aboard a commercial
flight bound for Newark on Saturday.
Mr. Chen and his family departed around 5:30 pm on United Airlines flight
after facing ea... 阅读全帖 |
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o******e 发帖数: 1761 | 18 @jolting 咱们老穷游的人就是一群吃货。。。 |
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o******e 发帖数: 1761 | 19 @jolting 咱们老穷游的人就是一群吃货。。。 |
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o******e 发帖数: 1761 | 20 赞,组织又要壮大了哈。
jolting在这边好几年了,所以听她八九不离十。
去年下雪挺多的,不过我也没觉得需要车库(因为我从MA来。。。)
不过平均来看没那么恐怖吧。
华人community倒是不清楚,教会一拨,有娃的一拨,然后没娃的就基本是各自活动。
我自己有个小腐败组,经常一起上天下地的(上天没错,我们有私人飞行员,可以飞)
还有各种聚餐,所以欢迎吃货 |
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b*******3 发帖数: 109 | 21 http://www.mitbbs.com/article_t/ChinaNews/31490549.html
Dear Colleagues,
On May 12th, 2008, a major earthquake measured 7.8 (7.9 according to U.S.
Geological Survey) on the Richter scale jolted Wenchuan County, Sichuan
Province in southwest China. The energy released in this earthquake
approximated that of 362 atom bombs.
By Wednsday, May 14th, China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs reported 14,866
casualties from the earthquake, which affected eight provinces and
municipalities, an area approximatel |
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s*****m 发帖数: 774 | 22 Call for Donation to the Earthquake in Southwestern China
Dear Friends,
As we all know, a strong earthquake jolted the southwestern China
at 2:28 pm (Beijing Time), May 12th, 2008. Since now, over 14
thousand people have been killed by the 7.8-magnitude quake, and
even more have been injured.
Pitt CSSA is calling for donation to help people in the disaster
area. We'll gather the donated money and send it to the affected
people through the Consulate General in New York. For your
convenience, we j |
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s*********5 发帖数: 5637 | 23 【 以下文字转载自 LosAngeles 讨论区 】
发信人: spectrum805 (spectrum805), 信区: LosAngeles
标 题: 勿忘洛杉矶华人血泪史:第一次种族暴乱死了18个华人
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Jun 19 18:59:35 2012, 美东)
历史啊,让我们不要忘记。。。
前几天,80年代那个和警察起种族冲突被警察虐待的黑人刚刚去世。其实洛杉矶的第一
次种族冲突时和华人的,而且死了18个中国人。。。
The History Page: City of Demons
http://www.thedaily.com/page/2012/05/10/051012-opinions-history
In Los Angeles’ first race riot, a hate-filled mob kills 18 Chinese men
By Scott Zesch Thursday, May 10, 2012
Chinatown in Los Angeles dates back to the Gold Rush.
... 阅读全帖 |
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j***h 发帖数: 4412 | 24 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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v*****z 发帖数: 3067 | 25 【 以下文字转载自 Automobile 讨论区 】
发信人: DoubleWhy2 (why2), 信区: Automobile
标 题: 修车的奇异经历,教训和请教
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Mar 20 00:27:29 2011, 美东)
为了节省银子,找了一个mobile mechanic(个人)修车,更换valve cover gasketz(因为
oil leak,修车铺诊断的),同时帮着换来机油(我自己买的机油和oil filter),这个
mechanic的人工报价也就是修车铺的一半多一点点。但是更换完了后(修车的过程中我不在现
场),取车的时候发现车子出了新问题,一个是check engine light 亮,后来读了code是
P0102,解释是massive air flow circuit input low;另外一个问题更严重,症状是车子
的档位一拉到D档,车子就感觉抖一下,叫jerk或者jolt。拉动到别的档位就没问题,然后在开车的
时候,车子也偶尔会突然抖一下,和在D档的那个抖感觉是一样的,开车的过程中出现这个现象感觉很
恐怖。第一个问题... 阅读全帖 |
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S*********g 发帖数: 24893 | 26 【 以下文字转载自 RuralChina 讨论区 】
发信人: StephenKing (88), 信区: RuralChina
标 题: 从星岛辞职以后,我去学了computer science
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun May 15 17:20:07 2011, 美东)
我从最基本的开机关机学起,
写过
#include
main(){ printf ("Hello World!\n");}
也写过
ClassName="bea.jolt.pool.servlet.weblogic.PoolManagerStartUp"...
三年以后,我终于拿到了computer science的master degree。
毕业时,正是99年末,我有缘赶上了computer science的黄金时代。
任何一个会写点java的,都可以在7,8万年薪的三四个工作中挑来选去。
我也不例外。还拿到了一份不菲的sign-on bonus。
几个月之后,我把一张三万五千美元的支票寄给了无私资助了我... 阅读全帖 |
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s******v 发帖数: 4495 | 27 Downgrade Controversy Began With Single Phone Call
By DAMIAN PALETTA, JEANNETTE NEUMANN, and CAROL E. LEE
WASHINGTON—On Monday, Congress's non-partisan number cruncher released an
11-page report describing how the newly minted debt-ceiling deal would cut
the deficit by at least $2.1 trillion. While congressional offices were busy
studying the report, an official from the rating firm Standard & Poor's
quietly called to ask for details of the underlying projections.
Four days later, based in part ... 阅读全帖 |
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c*****r 发帖数: 8227 | 28 Federal Bureau of Investigation agents on Thursday raided the headquarters
of a California solar-panel maker that filed for bankruptcy this week and
left U.S. taxpayers on the hook for as much as $527 million.
The law-enforcement action at Solyndra LLC's headquarters in Fremont, Calif.
, came unexpectedly and jolted Washington, where Republican lawmakers have
criticized the Obama administration's support for the company.
FBI spokeswoman Julianne Sohn said agents executed a search warrant as part... 阅读全帖 |
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c*****r 发帖数: 8227 | 29 活该!
LOS ANGELES—Accusations that a campaign treasurer stole more than $1
million from Democratic candidates across California have jolted the party
on the eve of the 2012 campaign season.
The reach of an alleged fraud scheme widened as more California Democrats,
including Sen. Dianne Feinstein, said their war chests had been raided by a
prominent campaign treasurer.
Kinde Durkee was arrested Sept. 2 and accused by federal authorities of
stealing campaign funds and using the money to pay for an a... 阅读全帖 |
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b********2 发帖数: 5191 | 30 http://finance.yahoo.com/news/obama-detail-broader-housing-refi
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is trying to fix a stubborn drag
on the economy by allowing all homeowners to refinance their mortgages at
lower interest rates even if they owe more than their homes are worth,
tackling a difficult issue of vital concern in states key to President
Barack Obama's re-election.
Obama on Wednesday was to draw attention to a proposal he outlined in his
State of the Union address to allow homeo... 阅读全帖 |
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m****a 发帖数: 2593 | 31 三藩市房东的血泪史 The Tragic History of SF Landlords
作者:苦叶
| 发表于2011年9月22日《星岛日报》
(零)前言
最近『星岛日报』新闻上,有位三藩市华人房东因租霸长期欠租,而被迫银主盘。在银
行清盘的过程中,发现这些导致他破产的租客仍然住在他的楼房里,激愤难当!他与这
些租客发生骂战,并升级到肢体冲突。事后,租霸恶人先告状,报警把房东送进了牢房
。可怜的房东,因为不懂租务法律,白白失去了心爱的房子,一生的积蓄也化为虚有,
还失去了做人的尊严。
这样的故事天天发生,华人业主的租务纠纷,让许多人倾家荡产。甜美的美国梦,有可
能一下子就掉进官非的深渊。这样的故事罄竹难书,令人心酸。三藩市的租务法律为何
到了这种不公平的地步?这要从其租务条例的简史说起。
(一)背景
三藩市是弹丸之地,面积7英里x7英里(121平方公里),人口约80万。人口密度与香港
大致一样(约6200人/平方公里),面积只是香港的十分之一,却没有多少民用的高楼
大厦,因此住房一贯紧张。90%以上的民居是建于20年代的两层或三层的墙贴墙的窄长
房子。每个房子格局都差不多,第一层都是... 阅读全帖 |
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t*****e 发帖数: 2206 | 32 来自主题: SanFrancisco版 - 地震了 An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.5 shook the East Bay out of
bed at 2:40 a.m. Thursday.
The epicenter was on the Northern part of the Hayward fault zone at a depth
of 12 kilometers.
It was originally reported by the United States Geological Survey as a 4.7
magnitude earthquake, then quickly revised down.
It was felt throughout the region, and could be felt for perhaps five to 10
seconds. Near the San Francisco International Airport, several jolts could
be felt.
The earthquake was ... 阅读全帖 |
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S*********g 发帖数: 24893 | 34 【 以下文字转载自 RuralChina 讨论区 】
发信人: StephenKing (88), 信区: RuralChina
标 题: 从星岛辞职以后,我去学了computer science
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun May 15 17:20:07 2011, 美东)
我从最基本的开机关机学起,
写过
#include
main(){ printf ("Hello World!\n");}
也写过
ClassName="bea.jolt.pool.servlet.weblogic.PoolManagerStartUp"...
三年以后,我终于拿到了computer science的master degree。
毕业时,正是99年末,我有缘赶上了computer science的黄金时代。
任何一个会写点java的,都可以在7,8万年薪的三四个工作中挑来选去。
我也不例外。还拿到了一份不菲的sign-on bonus。
几个月之后,我把一张三万五千美元的支票寄给了无私资助了我... 阅读全帖 |
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f*********r 发帖数: 79 | 35 我从最基本的开机关机学起,
写过
#include
main(){ printf ("Hello World!n");}
也写过
ClassName="bea.jolt.pool.servlet.weblogic.PoolManagerStartUp"...
三年以后,我终于拿到了computer science的master degree。
毕业时,正是99年末,我有缘赶上了computer science的黄金时代。
任何一个会写点java的,都可以在7,8万年薪的三四个工作中挑来选去。
我也不例外。还拿到了一份不菲的sign-on bonus。
几个月之后,我把一张三万五千美元的支票寄给了无私资助了我长达三年的恩人,
在我computer science道路上的领路人,和我见过的最好的coder:
老行。 |
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t*****r 发帖数: 4431 | 36 常坐飞机的看看
By Nidhi Subbaraman
Sudden turbulence injured crew and passengers on two flights an ocean apart
this week, and the back-to-back bumpy rides are more than a coincidence —
winter weather and changing climate patterns may have played a role.
Technology to precisely anticipate the "clear air turbulence" likely to
blame for both flights just doesn't exist, experts say.
The first incident occurred on Monday, when United Airlines flight about to
land at Billings, Montana, was rattled by sudden ... 阅读全帖 |
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h*******n 发帖数: 1116 | 37 惊天大揭秘,东部大地震后的惨象 (有图慎入)
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=&sid=2004187
3.6 magnitude earthquake shakes D.C. area
WASHINGTON - A 3.6 magnitude earthquake woke the Washington metro region
Friday, rattling homes and startling people.
The U.S. Geological Survey says it happened at exactly 5:04:49 a.m. about 3
miles under the earth's surface.
Officials warn there could be aftershocks in the coming days.
There were no reports of injuries or damage, but transportation crews are
inspecting bridges in Maryland and... 阅读全帖 |
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U*****n 发帖数: 1321 | 39 大部分是华人的样子……
Reporting from New York -- The driver of a tour bus that crashed on an
expressway early Saturday, killing at least 14 people, said he lost
control after being clipped by a tractor-trailer that didn't stop as the
bus veered across the road, tipped onto its side and slid hundreds of
feet before being sliced nearly in half by a metal post.
On Saturday evening, state police said they were questioning the driver
of a tractor-trailer who had been in the vicinity of the pre-dawn crash
and w... 阅读全帖 |
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B******1 发帖数: 9094 | 40 Bu Dong, either.
But I bet a promise or award of 10 Baozi will do wonders or jolt people's
memory! |
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L*A 发帖数: 554 | 41 湖饭们真喜欢幻想,而且还都不着边际,真挺娱乐的。瞅瞅这篇吧
The Lakers To Make Only Minor Changes
By Dimitri - Monday, June 21, 2010 - 7:06
In any case, the Lakers are in good hands as they move into another retoolin
g phase that doesn’t figure to be as jolting as adding Artest last summer.
The primary reason is that the Lakers don’t want to spend more money on fre
e agents – they don’t have their smaller biannual salary-cap exception and
don’t necessarily want to use their larger mid-level exception – with $71
million set t |
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l*****9 发帖数: 9501 | 42 Monte Poole: Enjoy the Jeremy Lin ride while it lasts
By Monte Poole
Bay Area News Group
Posted: 02/11/2012 04:47:08 PM PST
Updated: 02/11/2012 10:13:02 PM PST
From Palo Alto High to Harvard, from Ivy League hoops to the NBA.
From the Warriors, where he was considered a novelty, a vanity project of
the impetuous new owner, to a brush with the Houston Rockets to, finally,
the New York Knicks.
Jeremy Lin, 23, unselected in the 2010 NBA draft, now stands astride the Big
Apple, which of course c... 阅读全帖 |
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s******n 发帖数: 518 | 43 By HOWARD BECK
Published: March 19, 2012
GREENBURGH, N.Y.
Enlarge This Image
Bill Kostroun/Associated Press
Lawrence Frank started off 13-0 when he began coaching Jason Kidd and the
Nets in 2004.
On the night he made N.B.A. history, Lawrence Frank was the least impressed
person in the building.
“They can chart everything,” Frank said after winning his 10th straight
game to start his coaching career. “Next I’ll have the smallest feet as an
N.B.A. head coach. That’ll be another record.”
The night ... 阅读全帖 |
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I*****y 发帖数: 6402 | 44 oh my! look at this:
Proven ingredients at therapeutic doses for appetite eradication, jolting en
ergy production, and metabolic amplifiers
是通过让你厌食,促进新陈代谢,提高精力运动的药。我还是算了,就坚持跑步减脂 |
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t*n 发帖数: 14458 | 45 14 Rams Michael Brockers DT
Overview
Brockers is an elite athlete with positional versatility. He came to LSU
as a thick linebacker prospect before putting on weight and shifting to the
defensive line. Teams that run a 3-4 defense could be interested in playing
him as a defensive end, because he is athletic enough to work from the edge
in a scheme that requires bigger ends to maintain their blockers and keep
the linebackers free. Brockers, however, has more value as a 3-tech
defen... 阅读全帖 |
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d*****e 发帖数: 16730 | 46 Another free-agent jolt: Rams free-agent RB Steven Jackson has reached
agreement with the Atlanta Falcons. |
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s******v 发帖数: 4495 | 47 你才是段章取意太利害.
杀人是因为,男主人逃跑了,Komisarjevsky entered the room announcing that
William Petit had escaped. Hayes then strangled Hawke-Petit,
而且警察根本没有出现,
The police made no contact with the occupants of the house, making no effort
to make the assailants aware of a police presence
给你看看杀人犯是如何评价男主人的
he (the 2nd murder) chose to call Petit a "coward" and claimed that he could
have stopped the murders had he wanted to.[11][19]
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b**j 发帖数: 20742 | 48 It might be time to add Nebraska to the short list of schools in contention
for a national championship. It’s early, but it’s starting to look like th
e class of the Big12.
The Huskers turned a potential landmine into a goldmine on Saturday, deliver
ing a stunningly dominant effort on the road. Playing a feisty Husky team in
Seattle seemed as if it’d be wrought with hurdles. Uh-uh. Nebraska jolted
Washington back to the Ty Willingham days, out gaining its host 534 to 246.
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