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发帖数: 6973 | 1 Wall Street Journal, June 18, 2011 (in the column Visualizer).
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405
2702304186404576387872639249168.html
(book review on Angus Hyland and Steven Bateman, Symbol. London: Laurence
King Publishing Ltd, 2011)
Note:
(a) Merrill Lynch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrill_Lynch
(The company was founded on January 6, 1914, when Charles E. Merrill opened
his Charles E. Merrill & Co. for business at 7 Wall Street in New York City.
A few months later, Merrill's friend... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 2 Michael Wines, A U.S.-China Odyssey: Building a Better Mouse Map. New York
Times, Jan 29, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/29/world/asia
/29china.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=fudan&st=cse
Note:
(a) Tian Xu, PhD, Department of Genetics, School of Medicine, Yale
Universoty, undated.
http://medicine.yale.edu
/genetics/people/tian_xu.profile
Quote:
"Professor of Genetics; Vice Chairman of Genetics; Investigator, Howard
Hughes Medical Institute; Director, Yale Center for Functional Genomics"
"Education[:]... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 3 Winnie Hu, Too Young for Kindergarten? Tide Turning Against 4-Year-Olds;
Connecticut, a holdout, considers changing its age rule. New York Times, May
28, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/28/education
/28kindergarten.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=tide%20kindergarden&st=cse
("Connecticut, one of the last states to allow 4-year-olds to enter
kindergarten, is considering changing its rules so that children would have
to be 5 by Oct. 1, not Jan. 1")
My comment:
(a) Winnie is the pet form of Winifred (wynn jo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 4 (1) You are confused.
Your title says 可怜的姐姐. Then you say, "姐姐1987年刚满十岁的时候进行了第
一次心脏手术：房室缺陨。当时手术后伤口化脓感染，几天后又开胸做了清理，并且当
时在医院输血感染上了乙肝。"
You are confused with cause and effect.
The problems were with China's poor medicine, not with your sister. If a
patient in US got/gets hepatitis B after transfution, the patient will sue
the hospital, the blood bank.
In 1980s, one of the best hospitals in Taiwan, owned by central government,
had EVERY open-heart patients infected. The hospital shut down the operat... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 5 Look, you are in US, which is transparent. It is called American way. Learn
to appreciate system, by which even French are shaken in the arrest, perp
walk and prosecution of Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
In contrast to China where everything is state secret which the government
guards jealously, information is everywher in this country, which more often
than not is online.
Yellow Page advertises, "Let your fingers do the walking."
Top 10 Slogans of the Century; The advertising Century. Advertising Age... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 834 | 6 ☆─────────────────────────────────────☆
ronniewhite (Dell500m) 于 (Sat May 28 22:26:06 2011, 美东) 提到:
我最近遇到一件关于行医执照的比较特殊的事情，就发生在我身边，想向版内高手请教
一下，看看能否对我自己有借鉴。
一个欧洲人，从06年开始在美国做Clinical Research Fellow，现在Texas。他的住院
医生和专科培训都是在意大利做的，从来没有参加过USMLE考试或者任何美国的临床
Fellowship Program。现在的老板是业内牛人大佬，力挺他，把他当做心腹，从08年起
就开始让他跟着上台做手术，至于他是否有、或者有什么类型的Texas执照，我们都不
知道；而且我观察到我们科室的其他医生也不让他跟着上台，当有Joint Committee到
医院检查的时候也让他回避。
因为这多年做Research Fellow，文章倒是不少，加上老板处处力捧，才30几岁CV已经
很漂亮了，在圈子里面也有些人脉。前几天听说，老板推荐他到纽约州纽约市的一个医
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发帖数: 798 | 7 AP – This undated handout photo taken in
Warsaw, Poland and issued by Reprieve on
Monday Dec. 28, 2009 shows … By NG HAN GUAN,
Associated Press Writer Ng Han Guan,
Associated Press Writer – Mon Dec 28, 3:16
pm ET
URUMQI, China – China says Akmal Shaikh is a
drug smuggler and must be executed Tuesday
morning. But family and acquaintances say
the 53-year-old Briton is mentally unstable
and was lured to China from a life on the
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发帖数: 6973 | 8 (1) Not True.
(a) Hazard Mapping Images and Data: USGS National Seismic Hazard Maps, Data,
and Documentation. United States Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Department
of the Interior, undated.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/hazards/products/
Check the last item of the text: The Global Seismic Hazard Assessment
Program (GSHAP), whose caption reads, in part, "The GSHAP project terminated
in 1999" (no updates since, that is).
The map is not big (or detailed) enough to differentiate colors--and thus,
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发帖数: 6973 | 10 Chinese tourists l A new Grand Tour; China’s tourists are carving out a
new European itinerary, with some unexpected stops. Economist, Dec 16, 2010.
http://www.economist.com/node/17722582?story_id=17722582
"Paris shops such as Louis Vuitton are essential stops: witness their
Mandarin-speaking staff.
"It is a standing joke among Chinese travellers that many products snapped
up abroad bear 'Made in China' labels. But there is some sense to this
seeming madness. Thanks to hefty taxes and customs ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 11 Your mention of GDP deflator suggests you are professional.
"GDP deflator" is defined in macroeconomics as (nominal GDP/real GDP) X 100%
. See section 1 Calculation
in
GDP deflator
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gdp_deflator
I learn economics as a hobby, on my own. But I am not sure whether you are
correct. See
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), US
Department of Labor, undated.
http://www.bls.gov/dolfaq/bls_ques6.htm
("Question: Is the Consumer Price Index (CPI) t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 12 (A) 中国造船迅速扩张 政府扶持功不可没. VOA Chinese, Feb 21, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news
/20110221-China-Ship-Building-116624988.html
("跟踪全球货运的英国网站Metal Liner合伙人兼助理编辑斯图尔特·伯恩斯(Stuart
Burns) * * * 举例说，液化天然气运输船(LNG)被业界公认为技术含量最高、附加值最
大、同时制造难度也最大的船舶。而日本和韩国正在这个领域向欧洲船坞的传统优势发
起挑战")
Note:
(a) The VOA report cites
S Korea reclaims world's top shipbuilder spot in new orders. Xinhua, Feb 5,
2011.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world
/2010-02/05/content_9436761.htm
(i) The China Daily report mentions "compensated... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 13 supports archaeology, that a single-origin domestication 8 to 9,000 years
years ago at Yangtze Valley (of China) and spread to India, rather than the
competing proposition that Ganges in India independently accomplished the
feat.
研究显示:中国是驯化水稻的原产地. VOA Chinese, May 3, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news
/international/20110503-RICE-ORIGIN-121155584.html
, which cites
Molina J et al, . Proceeding of National Academy Science (PNAS), published
online before print May 2, 2011, doi: 10.1073/pna... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 14 Keith Bradsher, Cleaner China Coal May Still Feed Global Warming. New York
Times, June 17, 2011 (title and date in print of New York Times, as opposed
to those of International Herald Tribune)
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/15/business
/energy-environment/15iht-sreCHINA15.html
("The silos, which are scheduled to start operation in July, are designed to
blend cleaner-burning imported coal with China’s own high-polluting
domestic coal, which is contaminated with sulfur and dust. Coal blending
will... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 15 BBC Chinese, Sept 8, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp
/chinese_news/2011/09/110908_suicide_china.shtml
My comment:
(a) This report is essentially translated from an English-language report by
AFP.
(b) The report states, "中国疾病控制和预防中心在其网站上说，中国每10万人中有
22.23人自杀。* * * 中国有13亿人口，每年有287,000人自杀，每年企图自杀者多达
200万人。"
I can not find the number (22.23 suicides/100,000) in the website of
中国疾病控制和预防中心 Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.chinacdc.cn/
However the number is correct, w... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 16 (1) Floyd Norris, China Trade Numbers Bear Watching, Up or Down. New York
Times, Sept 19, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/17/business
/up-or-down-china-trade-surpluses-bear-watching.html?ref=floydnorris
My comment:
(a) Please see the graphic first--even ONLY.
(b) Please take notice that for "each nation," the starting point (Jan 1,
2007) is zero, whether at the point of time China's trade with that
particular one was surplus or deficit.
(c) According to China, its trade numbers in 2010 with... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 17 Do not be ridiculous.
(1) Police and firefighting are good jobs in US. So many kids dream about
growing up and joining the force.
(2) Benefits and Salary. Austin Police Department, Texas, undated.
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/police/recruiting/benefits.htm
"Police Officer 1 Year Anniversary Salary: $60,536
"Police Officer 2 Year Anniversary Salary: $68,819
"The above figures do not include any departmental overtime received from
late assignments, court appearances and voluntary assignments an offi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 18 (1) Carlos Tejada, Government Puts Focus on Illicit Tollbooths. China Real
Time, Oct 7, 2011
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2011/10/07
/government-puts-focus-on-illicit-tollbooths/
("Illegal tollbooths often begin as authorized toll-collecting stations that
local officials keep open well past the point at which they have met their
highway-funding purposes. Chinese regulations allow tolls to be collected
for a maximum of 15 years after a highway opens. A 2005 audit showed more
than 4,300 tol... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 19 (1) I double check, with historical societies of towns in the county and
county of Saratoga itslef, which show the following is corect.
Saratoga, New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saratoga,_New_York
(Saratoga is a corruption of an Indian word from the Mohawk language [where]
'Se-rach-ta-gue' meant 'the hillside country of the quiet river.')
(2) Saratoga, National Historical Park, New York. National Park Service (NPS
), US Department of Interior, undated.
http://www.nps.gov/sara/historycultur... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 20 Joseph Thorndike, Soaking the Wealthy: An American Tradition; From carriages
and snuff to millionaires' income, two centuries of targets. Wall Street
Journal, Jan 29, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014
24052748703956604576109911650535554.html
Note:
(a) progressive tax
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_tax
Quote:
"A progressive tax is a tax by which the tax rate increases as the taxable
base amount increases.
"The opposite of a progressive tax is a regressive tax, where the relat... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 21 Stephen Brumwell, The House Impregnable; Medieval fortresses that today seem
picturesque were built as instruments of domination. Wall Street Journal,
Apr 16, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424
052748704471904576228484203247462.html
(book review on John Goodall, The English Castle. Yale Univ Press, 2011)
Note:
(a) Portsmouth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth
(in Hampshire county; for name origin, see section 1 History: (i) "mouth of
the Portus harbour" thanks to Portus Adurni a... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 22 Fergus M Bordewich, Tough Job, Wrong Man; The compromise he supported only
heightened tensions between the states and included a draconian fugitive
slave law. Wall Street JOurnal, May 23, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405
2748703421204576331593721912046.html
(book review on Paul Finkelman, Millard Fillmore. Times Books (2011))
Note:
(a) Millard Fillmore
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millard_Fillmore
(1800-1874; president 1850-1853; vice president 1849-1850)
(b) Whig Party (United S... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 23 To be honest with you, Chinese is a very shocking people!
For shame, for shame.
(1) You write, "另外，看到有人比较了秦汉时期的铁剑和罗马短剑的硬度，兵马俑出
土的秦剑硬度是
296HV，刘胜的佩剑--刃部硬度达900～1170HV，芯部硬度220～300HV。 西班牙
Almedvilla出土的共和时期的铁剑，硬度是95-135HV，法国巴塞尔博物馆有一把凯尔特
剑，号称是一时之利器，其硬度达到286HV。另外，军队制式装备和贵族特别打造的武
器质量显然不同，这个全世界都是一样的。"
You just copy from others, like all Chinese do, without bothering to check
the meaning--or verify the contents.
(a) The most disgusting is you imply 兵马俑 used steel sword. It is NOT.
(i) Qin Shi Huang Terra... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 26 (1) "Presently, the United States is the world's most advanced and
innovative rice producer." American Rice, Inc.
http://www.amrice.com/6-0.cfm
So I will introduce US first. (When I have time tomorrow, I will discuss
Taiwan, whose mechanization of raising rice is modeled after Japan's.)
(2) How Rice Grows. California Rice Commission (CRC), undated.
http://www.calrice.org/Environment/How+Rice+Grows.htm
The web page states, "Flying at 100 mph, planes plant the fields from the
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发帖数: 6973 | 27 Agricultural mechanization in Taiwwan
(1) Farms in Taiwan are small, averaging 1.1 hectares (2.7 acres) of
cultivable land per farm family. Since there is an oversupply of rice, the
government has encouraged farmers to grow soybeans, wheat, and corn, which
are more profitable.
(2) An overview.
Din-Sue Fon, Technology Development Process and Experiences on Small Farm
Mechanization in Taiwan. Department of Bio-industrial Mechanics Engineering,
National Taiwan Univ. 國立臺灣大學生物產業機電工程系, undated (someti |
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发帖数: 6973 | 28 Nathan Hodge, Navy’s Drone Death Ray Takes Out Targets at Sea. Wired, May
28, 2010.
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/05/navys-drone-death-ray-takes-out-targets-at-sea/
Note:
(1) Click "LaWS" and you will reach an undated page from US Navy titled
Laser Weapon System (LaWS), whose first paragraph states,
"What is it? LaWS is an ORDALT to the Mk 15 CIWS that adds a laser weapon
to provide multi-mission, 'zero time of flight,' low per shot cost, and deep
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发帖数: 452 | 29 This undated image taken from the Russian social networking website '
Odnoklassniki', or Classmates, shows a woman journalists have identified as
Anna Chapman,who appeared at a hearing Monday, June 28, 2010 in New York
federal court. Chapman, along with 10 others, was arrested on charges of
conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government without notifying the
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发帖数: 6973 | 31 Strategy Page, Dec. 23, 2010.
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htnavai/articles/20101223.aspx
Quote:
"Originally the Kuznetsovs were to be 90,000 ton, nuclear powered ships,
similar to American carriers (complete with steam catapults). Instead,
because of the high cost, and the complexity of modern (American style)
carriers, the Russians were forced to scale back their plans, and ended up
with the 65,000 ton (full load ) ships that lacked steam catapults, and used
a ski jump type flight deck ins... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8422 | 32 维基解密：法国才是山寨之王，技术神偷
France heads industrial espionage: WikiLeaks cables
From:AAP
January 04, 2011 11:10PM
FRANCE is the country that conducts the most industrial espionage on other
European countries, even ahead of China and Russia, said leaked US
diplomatic cables quoted today by Norway's Aftenposten.
"French espionage is so widespread that the damages (it causes) the German
economy are larger as a whole than those caused by China or Russia," an
undated note from the US embassy in Berlin said, a... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 33 BBC Chinese, Jan 11, 2011 (格林尼治标准时间12:47).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/
simp/china/2011/01/110111_j20_pingkefu.shtml
My comment:
(a) The report quotes 平可夫 as saying, "目前试飞的J20战机只是中国标准的第四
代战机，并不是国际标准的第四代战机和俄罗斯代号的第五代战机."
China seems to have a different term. But in US, it is called
Fifth generation jet fighter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_generation_jet_fighter
(b) He then says, "最重要的是，第四代战机发动机的推力至少要达到1.7吨."
Bill Sweetman stated in Aviation Week on Jan 3 2011 (cover date) that J-20
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发帖数: 6973 | 34 (1) 歼-20拉开美中军事竞赛帷幕？ VOA Chinese, Jan 14, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news
/20110114-Challenges-Posed-by-J-20-113673394.html
Quote:
(a) 美国权威武器问题专家、莱克星顿研究所(Lexington Institute)的劳伦.汤普森博
士(Dr. Loren Thompson)说：
“我不知道中国军方是否想到了这一点，那就是，盖茨访华期间歼-20的试飞无意之中
很可能给美国的军工企业助了一臂之力。
“美国人通常对中国事务不是特别留心，但是国防部长盖茨访华期间，有关中国的新闻
，大家都很留心。而这期间，中国试飞了众人之前都认为10年之内不可能研发出的战机
，立即吸引了所有人的注意力。
"这一回，中方彻底做到了美国国内没有人能做到的，那就是，让国会重新考虑是否应
当继续生产F-22战机。
(b) 汤普森说，美方最终是否决定生产更多的F-22，目前还不好说，但是，假如决定继
续生产F-22的话，那么，F-22的主要厂家、洛克希德-马丁公司(Loc... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 35 Transcript: Interview with Admiral Gary Roughead, US chief of naval
operations, on January 14 2011 at the Pentagon. Financial Times (FT), Jan 19
, 2010.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/993b0ca4
-234d-11e0-8389-00144feab49a.html
My comment:
(1) Based on the interview, two reports appears in today's newspaper.
(a) Richard McGregor, US fleet chief voices doubts on Chinese navy. FT, Jan
19, 2010.
(b) Jeff Dyer and Richard McGregor, Beijing builds navy to hold US at bay.
FT, Jan 19, 2010.
(2) Notes to the ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 36 (1) F-35
http://www.jsf.mil/f35/f35_technology.htm
(Technology: "Diverterless Inlet The F-35's diverterless inlet lightens
the overall weight of the aircraft. Traditional aircraft inlets were
comprised of many moving parts and are much heavier than newer diverterless
inlets. The diverterless inlet also eliminates all moving parts.")
(2) Divertless inlet
(a) Photo: frontal view of J-20.
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flight-international
/2011/01/j-20---the-camera-doesnt-lie.html
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发帖数: 6973 | 37 Too late now. Many Americans know it by now. See
Michael Wines, Chinese Leader Gets Ride on Chicago’s Big Shoulders. New
York Times, Jan 22, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/22/world/asia
/22hu.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=chicago%20jintao&st=cse
(second heading: "Piano Politics?")
The report did not cite Mr. Wei Jingsheng. (Come on, there are so many Chinese--from PRC, that is--in US.)
Nonetheless, Americans are not into 文字獄.* Rather, in this instance they
(Americans) take it in stride.**
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发帖数: 6973 | 38 (1)
(a) In any event, Americans won 上甘岭战役 Battle of Triangle Hill
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Triangle_Hill
(Oct 14-Nov 25, 1952; Strength: UN Infantry Unknown, China Infantry 50,000 [
8]; Casualties and losses: US 365 killed 1,174 wounded 1 captured [10],
China 4,838 killed 6,691 wounded [13];
The main combatants were two United Nations infantry divisions, with
additional support from the United States Air Force, against elements of the
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发帖数: 6973 | 40 John Gapper, Bye-bye, American shipping lines. Financial Times, Feb 24, 2011.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/024650d6
-3f92-11e0-a1ba-00144feabdc0.html
("There are few such clear examples of an entire industry being blighted by
trade protectionism as the US merchant marine fleet. The 1920 Jones Act,
intended to protect US ships and shipping from international competition (or
war) has effectively wiped them off the high seas")
My comment:
(a) The report talks about "US, the country that not only inven... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 41 (1) You say "中国航空总运载人数和里程数, 居然跟美国是一个数量级上的."
You are asked for data to back up the assertion. Not personal; it is
incumbent of anybody who makes a claim to back it up. Neither you nor Yoh
has done that.
Re: 国家级贫困县重庆巫山将投资13亿元建机场
http://www.mitbbs.com/article_t0/Military/35364905.html
And your assertion simply does not make sense. Come on, China is still
relatively POOR.
(2) United Nations European Commission for Europe (UNECE), for "Transport
Statistics" lists
(a) USA:
•Bureau of Transportat... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 42 Ben Bland, Israelis Kibbutzniks Give Vietnamese Farmworkers Lessons in How
Milk it; A businesswoman has enlisted unlikely help for high-tech dairy.
Financial Times, Mar 18, 2011.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7ee50218-50c7
-11e0-9227-00144feab49a.html
My comment:
(a) dairying (n): "the business of operating a dairy"
All definitions are from www.m-w.com, except (c).
(b) kibbutznik (n; Yiddish kibutsnik, from kibuts kibbutz (from Modern
Hebrew qibbūṣ) + -nik, agent suffix): "a member of a kibbut... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 43 (1) Howard Stringer, After the Quake, Japan Says 'Never Give Up;' 'Fukutsu
no seishin' is a common exhortation in Japanese culture. Never has this
spirit been more important. Wall Street Journal, Mar 18, 2011 (op-ed).
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424
052748703818204576206230110017092.html
Note:
(a) fukutsu no seishin
* fukutsu 不屈 (n, adj): "persistence; fortitude; indomitability"
* seishin 精神
(b) sustenance (n): "FOOD, PROVISIONS"
All English definitions are from www.m-w.com.
(c) equani... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 44 Defense against missiles, by aircraft (including airliners and helicopters).
(1) From BAE Systems.
(a) JETEYE™: Commercial airliner infrared missile protection system.
BAE Systems, undated.
http://www.baesystems.com/ProductsServices/bae_prod_eis_jeteye.
("The JETEYE™ system protects aircraft from infrared ("heat-seeking")
missiles using an integrated suite of sensors and laser. The sensors detect
any missile that is launched at the aircraft, and the laser is fired at the
missile to d... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 45 (1) Daniel Dombey and James Blitz, Precision Weapons prove Effective Against
Pro-Regime Armaments. Financial Times, Mar 29, 2011
(The Pentagon has also brought five Growler electronic attack aircraft.
Britain is relying on British Tornado GR4 aircraft to attack ground targets,
using guided Brimstone missiles. France is using the armament-air-sol
modulaire (air-to-ground modular weapon), a munition involving a 250kg bomb
guided by a global positioning system)
Note:
(a) brimstone (n; Middle Englis... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 46 (1) A few major news papers today published in print (online yesterdat) news
stories about
Joseph W Prueher, David L Cunningham, Michael Ducker, Charles Freeman III,
Timothy J Keating, David Michael Lampton, James Shinn, Taylor Reveley and
Heather Mullins Crislip, A Way Ahead with China: Steering the Right Course
with the Middle Kingdom; Recommendations from the Miller Center of Public
Affairs Roundtable. Miller Center of Public Affairs, Univ of Virinia,
undated.
http://web1.millercenter.org/con... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 47 William Lawther, US Laser Could Fend off PRC Boats. Taipei Times, Apr 16,
2011 (available now).
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan
/archives/2011/04/16/2003500888
Quote:
"Just three months ago, the US Office of Naval Research issued a statement
saying that scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, had
perfected a way to generate megawatt laser beams. When developed into a
weapon, these beams could shoot down large numbers of incoming missiles at
low cost and long before they ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 48 The Apr 10, 2011 issue of Aviation Week had a cover story Naval Aviation 100
Years.
http://web02.aviationweek.com/aw/event
Type2.do?eventName=naval_aviation_100
Many articles are not availabel online for free.
(1) Panel 2 is Timeline.
The triangle in the top, pointing upward, moves toward later/more recent
events.
One milestone in the Timeline is: "April 1948--Navy Secretary John Y Mason
declares US naval aviation was born on May 8, 1911."
An article of this issue in print (but not available onl... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 49 Daniel Michaels and David Pearson, France Set to Open Black Boxes in Crash.
Wall Street Journal, May 4, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240527
48703834804576300363642290444.html
My comment:
(a) Read the last four paragraphs only.
(b) Renus scanners to locate the recorders first and Remora 6000 to retrieve
them.
(i) Allison Knothe, Doomed Jet Found by Mass. Robots Yields Key Evidence&#
8206;. Boston Globe, May 2, 2011.
http://articles.boston.com/2011-05-02/business
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发帖数: 6973 | 50 You seldom read American newspapers?
(1) Background:
(a) The situation worldwide is kind of bad, and getting worse.
(i) world population
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population
(6 billion in 1999; 7b at present; possibly 9b in 2050)
(ii) Taiwan records annual rainfall of 2,500mm on average. Once in a blue
moon (such as a month ago), however, a short period of drought casts its
pall and water rationing is required.
(iii) At Shaanxi Normal University co-eds were coaxed into peeing standing... 阅读全帖 |
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