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发帖数: 6973 | 1 Erik Eckholm, What’s in a Name? A Lot, as It Turns Out. New York Times, May
10, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/us/10name.html?scp=2&sq=maximus&st=cse
My comment:
(a) This is a story about a man with last name only for his first 19 years.
You may just read the first 10 paragraphs and the last three.
(b) The noun "maximus" is Latin for "the greatest."
(c) The female given name "Maxine" is modern creation by adding the female
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发帖数: 6973 | 3 Anemona Hartocollis, Growing Obesity Increases Perils of Childbearing;
Problem for Hospitals; Linked to Higher Risk of Deaths, Birth Defects and
Caesareans. Ne York Times, June 6, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/health/06obese.html?scp=1&sq=bmi&st=cse
Quote:
"Many experienced obstetricians complain that as Americans have grown larger
, the perception of what constitutes obesity has shifted, leading to some
complacency among doctors.
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发帖数: 6973 | 5 June 16, 1860
Clyde Haberman, Dusting Off a 150-Year-Old Ode to the City’s Favorite
Samurai. New York Times, June 18, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/18/nyregion/18nyc.html?scp=1&sq=japan%20tommy&st=cse
Note:
(1) The "number" in "played a sprightly number" is a noun defined as: "one
singled out from a group : individual: as * * * b(1): a musical, theatrical,
or literary selection or production."
(2) polka (n; Czech, from "Polka" Polish woman, feminine of Polák Pole): "a
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发帖数: 6973 | 7 (1) Anand Giridharadas, Getting in (and Out of) Line. New York Times, Aug. 8
, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/07/world/asia/07iht-currents.html?scp=1&sq=queue&st=cse
Note:
(a) feline (adj): "resembling a cat: as SLY, TREACHEROUS"
(b) scrum (n; short for scrummage, alteration of scrimmage): "2a British :
MADHOUSE 2b : a usually tightly packed or disorderly crowd : THRONG"
(c) Hobbesian (adj): "of or relating to the English philosopher Thomas
Hobbes" (1588-1679)
* state of nature
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发帖数: 6973 | 8 Martha Schwendener, When Stoic Samurai Faced the Camera. New York Times, Aug
. 27, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/27/arts/design/27samurai.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=samurai&st=cse
Note:
(a) In Webster dictionary (3rd ed. 1961), the plural form of "samurai" can
be "samurai" or "samurais." The former is the case in this NYT report.
(b) Tokugawa Shogunate 徳川幕府
(c) fraternize (vi): "1: to associate or mingle as brothers or on fraternal
terms
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_r=1&scp=1&sq=religiosity&st=cse
on wealth per capita, both china and taiwan are not significant even in
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发帖数: 6973 | 12 【 以下文字转载自 Japan 讨论区 】
发信人: choi (choi), 信区: Japan
标 题: US Peers into Japan and Sees Itself
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Oct 30 14:32:09 2010, 美东)
peer (vi): " to look searchingly at something difficult to discern"
All English definitions are from www.m-w.com.
Martin Fackler and Steve Lohr, U.S. Hears Echo of Japan’s Woes; Striking
Parrells Seen in Economic Slump. New York Times, Oct. 30, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/30/world/asia/30japan.html?src=twrhp&scp=1&sq=fackler%20japan&st=cse
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发帖数: 6973 | 17 William J Broad, New Advice on the Unthinkable: How to Survive a Nuclear
Bomb; To improve your chances, don't try to flee, just get inside. New York
Times, Dec. 16, 2010 (title in the print).
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/science/16terror.html?scp=3&sq=nuclear&st=cse
("a nuclear attack is much more survivable if you immediately shield
yourself from the lethal radiation that follows a blast * * * Even staying
in a car, the studies show, would reduce casualties by more than 50 percent"
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发帖数: 6973 | 19 (1) Nick Bunkley, Hyundai Lifts Alabama; Jobs bring prosperity despite
recession's effects. New York Times, Feb 19, 2011 (title in the print).
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/business
/19hyundai.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=hyundai&st=cse
Quote:
"In 2010, Hyundai and Kia each posted their highest sales in the United
States and, taken together, surged ahead of Ford Motor to become fourth-
largest automaker worldwide.
"“If folks looked deeply at how far we’ve gone so quickly, from having no
U.S. productio... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 20 Michael Cooper, How Flaws Undid Obama’s Hope for High-Speed Rail in Florida
. New York Times, Mar 12, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/12/
us/12rail.html?scp=1&sq=florida%20crist&st=cse
Quote:
Florida Governor Rick Scott "joined several other Republican governors in
spurning federally financed train projects over fears that their states
could be on the hook for future costs.
"The Tampa-to-Orlando route had obvious drawbacks: It would have linked two
cities that are virtually unnavigable with... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 21 Michael Wilson, In This Cinderella Story, the Prince’s Ball Was a Robbery
in Queens. New York Times, Apr 16, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/16/nyregion/queens
-robbery-case-hinges-on-a-sneaker.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=cinderella&st=cse
My comment:
(a) You have to read to the end--middle at least--to understand the news
story. Hint:
ball (n; French bal, from Old French, from baller to dance, from Late Latin
ballare, from Greek ballizein): "a large formal gathering for social dancing
"
www.m-w.com... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 22 Pam Belluck, Study of Black Bears Finds It's Not the Mamas That Should Be
Feared the Most. New York Times, May 11, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/science
/11bears.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=bear&st=cse
Quote:
"While there are about 15 times as many black bears as grizzlies, grizzlies
kill about twice as many people, likely because they evolved in open plains
and rarely climb trees, Dr. Herrero said. Roughly half of grizzly attacks
involve mothers protecting cubs.
"The black bear findings, publi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 23 Anne Eisenberg, Robots Extract Coolant From Old Refrigerators; Chemicals
that are banned from new machines are still around in older ones. New York
Times, Sept 26, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/business/energy-environment
/recyclers-extract-coolant-from-old-refrigerators.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=robotic
%20&st=cse
Note: For the Philadepphia plant of Appliance Recycling Centers of America,
Inc. (ARCA), see
Susquehanna Finances Refrigerator Recycling System. YouTube.com, uploaded by
Susquehann... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 27 June 18, 1940.
John F. Burns, Seventy Years Later, Churchill’s ‘Finest Hour’ Yields
Insights. New York Times, June 18, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/18/world/europe/18churchhill.html?scp=1&sq=%22finest%20hour%22&st=cse
Note:
(1) oration (n): "an elaborate discourse delivered in a formal and dignified
manner"
(2) oratory (n): "1: the art of speaking in public eloquently or effectively
2a: public speaking that employs oratory"
(3) typescript (n): "a typewritten manuscript"
(4) Luftwaffe
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发帖数: 6973 | 28 Elisabeth Rosenthal, With Peels and Pig Innards, a Swedish City Forgoes Coal
and Oil. New York Times, Dec. 11, 2010 (title in the print).
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/11/science/earth/11fossil.html?_r=1&scp=4&sq=sweden&st=cse
("Both natural gas and biogas create emissions when burned, but far less
than coal and oil do. And unlike natural gas, which is pumped from deep
underground, biogas counts as a renewable energy source: it is made from
biological waste that in many cases would otherwise de... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 29 (1) Richard Barley, Italy Is at Risk of Catching the Spanish Flu. Wall
Street Journal, July 9, 2011 (date in print)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702
303544604576433542635301446.html
("The two countries face different challenges. Spain had a high budget
deficit of 9.2% of GDP in 2010 and needs to restructure its savings banks.
But its overall debt-to-GDP ratio is lower than the euro-zone average, and
growth has started to recover. Italy, by contrast, has a low budget deficit
of 4.6%... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 30 Simon Romero, New Fields May Propel Americas To Top of Oil Companies’ Lists
; The energy sector may be taking a westward turn. New York Times, Sept 20,
2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/world/americas/recent-discove
-americas-back-in-oil-companies-sights.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=oil%20sands&st=cse
Quote:
“'This is an historic shift that’s occurring, recalling the time before
World War II when the U.S. and its neighbors in the hemisphere were the
world’s main source of oil,' said Daniel Yergin, a... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 31 Jere Longman and Sarah Lyall, A British Soccer Team? What’s That? Say Scots
, Welsh and Irish. New York Times, Sept 19, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/sports/soccer
/even-for-olympic-soccer-uniting-britain-may-be-tough.html?scp=1&sq=football
%20scotland&st=cse
Quote:
"there is no such thing as a British soccer team. Instead * * * there are
instead individual teams representing Britain’s fractious, proud and
fiercely competitive constituent nations — namely England, Wales, Scotland
and ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 32 Nicholas Wade, Scientists Solve Puzzle of Black Death DNA; The genome of an
ancient pathogen has been reconstructed. New York Times, Oct 13, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/science
/13plague.html?scp=1&sq=black%20death&st=cse
Note: The report is based on
Bos KI et al, A draft genome of Yersinia pestis from victims of the Black
Death. Nature, published online Oct 12, 2011
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal
/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature10549.html
("Here we report a reconstructed ancient geno... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 34 C Claiborne Ray, Why do deer get transfixed by car headlights and just stand
there in harm’s way? New York Times, Dec. 1, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/science/30qna.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=deer&st=cse
Note:
(a) crepuscular (adj): "Zoology . appearing or active in the twilight, as
certain bats and insects"
Random House Dictionary, cited by Dictionary.com.
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发帖数: 6973 | 35 Nick Bunkley, Hyundai Lifts Alabama; Jobs bring prosperity despite recession
's effects. New York Times, Feb 19, 2011 (title in the print).
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/business
/19hyundai.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=hyundai&st=cse
Quote:
"In 2010, Hyundai and Kia each posted their highest sales in the United
States and, taken together, surged ahead of Ford Motor to become fourth-
largest automaker worldwide.
"“If folks looked deeply at how far we’ve gone so quickly, from having no
U.S. production f... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 36 VOA Chinese, Mar 15, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news
/20110314-Buffett-Backed-117978129.html
("比亚迪公司董事长王传富14号说，公司销售利润去年第4季度只有9千万人民币，同比
下滑高达94%)
My comment:
(a) BYD shares jump on plan to export to U.S. next yr. Reuters, Dec 13, 2011.
BYD sales problems had been known for quite some time prior to this
announcement. Was it misleading investors?
(b) The report quotes Rebecca Lindland as saying, "纽约时报专门研究汽车的评
论专家乘坐了他们的双模车，感觉要让美国消费者接受的话，还有一定的距离。因为车
在电池用完以后要用内燃机把它充电的那一刹那，声音相当响，有点震动。”
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发帖数: 6973 | 37 Al Baker, Camera Scans of Car Plates Are Reshaping Police Inquiries. New
York Times, Apr 12, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/nyregion
/12plates.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=car%20camera&st=cse
My comment: I learned of this technology. What I did not know was police
salted data away.
salt away (vt): "to lay away (as money) safely : SAVE" www.m-w.com |
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发帖数: 6973 | 38 Andrew Pollack and Steve Lohr, The Chip That Powers Cars; A Japanese plant
struggles to produce a critical auto part. New York Times, Apr 28, 2011 (
title in print).
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/28/business
/global/28chip.html?scp=1&sq=chip%20car&st=cse
Quote:
"It Renesas] is also farming out some manufacturing of automobile
controllers to GlobalFoundries, a contract manufacturer in Singapore that
has produced microcontrollers in the past
"In automobile microcontrollers, Renesas’s main competi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 39 Michael M Grinbaum, City's Next Taxi: A Nissan Van Short on Looks, Perhaps,
but Full of Comforts. New York Times, May 4, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/nyregion/nissan-minivan-chose
-as-new-york-citys-next-taxi.html?scp=1&sq=City's%20Next%20Taxi:
%20A%20Nissan%20Van%20Short%20on%20Looks,%20Perhaps,
%20but%20Full%20of%20Comforts.&st=cse
("By the end of the decade, almost every yellow cab in the city — there are
currently about 13,000 — is expected to be a Nissan, the first time a
foreign... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 40 (1) 中国四月汽车销售两年多来首次下跌. VOA Chinese, May 11, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news
/20110511-China-Auto-Sales-Drop-in-April-121627904.html
(" 这是27月来的首次负增长。 政府优惠政策的结束以及一些城市的限购政策减弱了需
求。燃油价格攀升和日本地震也在一定程度上影响到市场。中国汽车工业协会发布消息
说，四月份中国的汽车产量为155万辆，同比下降了0.25%，环比下跌15.98%。与此同时
， 汽车的产量也出现下跌，跌幅达到15.12%，为153万辆。")
My comment: Double-check indicates 四月份中国的汽车产量为155万辆 should be "
销"量.
2011年4月汽车产销信息发布会通稿. 中国汽车工业协会 China Association of
Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), May 11, 2011.
http://www.auto-stats.org.cn/Read... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 41 (1) Patti Waldmeir, China Rethinks Electric Car Policy as Timetable Looks
Too Optimistic. Financial Times, Aug 23, 2011 (title in print).
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b213d66e
-ccaf-11e0-b923-00144feabdc0.html
Quote:
"China had planned to leapfrog a generation of conventional engine
technology to develop what Beijing hoped would be an early advantage over
the west in electric cars.
"China's targets of 1m new energy vehicles on the roads by 2015 and 5m by
2020 could be revised to include conventiona... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5723 | 42 前几个礼拜大家版上已经讨论过了，得出结论想要配置的合理并开的爽，不会低于$7万。
BTW如果option了SCP的话，加速可以快0.2秒到5s flat.
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发帖数: 21 | 43 【 以下文字转载自 JobMarket 讨论区 】
发信人: wangsaz (wangsaz), 信区: JobMarket
标 题: Senior Software Test Engineer
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Mar 14 22:27:17 2014, 美东)
Title: Senior Software Test Engineer
Location Lake Forest, CA ( Southern California )
Job Description:
Lead medical device software verification and validation activities. Develop
automated test scripts in Ruby to test UI, communications and other system
components.
Must Have:
- Minimum 5 years of experience in software development and testing
- Bachel... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 236 | 44 Java backend Developer
Job Description
Development of network facing interfaces and value-added processing of
collected data. Feature and platform work including fast methods of data
movement for streaming as well as other traditional models of data transfer.
Design, code, test, and support such functions for both waterfall and
Agile projects.
Required Skill Set
Java, mutlithreading, Perl, Shell, XML, XSLT, JSON, secure file transfer (e.
g., SSH, SCP), Linux, network interfaces
Desired Skil... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 236 | 45 【 以下文字转载自 NewJersey 讨论区 】
发信人: kittyhello (HelloKitty), 信区: NewJersey
标 题: Full time: Java Developer
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Feb 10 14:35:16 2015, 美东)
Java backend Developer
Job Description
Development of network facing interfaces and value-added processing of
collected data. Feature and platform work including fast methods of data
movement for streaming as well as other traditional models of data transfer.
Design, code, test, and support such functions for both waterfall and
Agile projects.
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发帖数: 6973 | 48 (1) Jan Hoffman, War’s Other Enduring Videos; Surprise Visits Home by
Soldiers Are Being Caught on Camera, But What Is the Effect on Children? New
York Times, Nov. 29, 2009.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/fashion/29video.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=hoffman%20videos&st=cse
My comment: Just look at the six photographs! Americans are more
affectionate.
(2) Martin Fackler, Korean Hospitals Learn to Say 'Push' in 4 Languages;
Migrant Women in Mixed Unions Bring Baby Boom and Concerns on Assimilation.
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发帖数: 6973 | 49 Alex Williams, The New Math on Campus; When Women Outnumber Men at a College
, Dating Culture Is Skewed. New York Times, Feb. 7, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/fashion/07campus.html?scp=1&sq=%22north%20carolina%22%20alex&st=cse
Excerpt in the window of the print: At most female schools, dating rituals
are on men's terms.
My comment:
(1) While you are there (reading the report), do not forget to view the "
slide show."
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