i**y
发帖数: 1170 | 1 转篇文章大家看看
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and
The bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill
the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the rich... 阅读全帖 |
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S*********k
发帖数: 507 | 2 80-20 PAC is retrenching. Likely it'll die after 2016. This email
explains why & how.
Currently, PAC leaders are not paid. Some had to average 50 to 60 work
hours
per week, donate an average of $8,000 per year, sacrifice personal career
ambi-
tions and sometimes even their friendships with political VIPs in order to
serve
our community's best interests. Like many good causes, the fervor &
willingness
to sacrifice of the first generation leaders may not be shared by later
leaders.
Future PA... 阅读全帖 |
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S**********s
发帖数: 766 | 3 【 以下文字转载自 Faculty 讨论区 】
发信人: SteveFrancis (Steve Francis), 信区: Faculty
标 题: 一个NEU教授20年前写的Being a computer scientist in Hong Kong
关键字: 香港 faculty 教授
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Jan 2 15:40:12 2013, 美东)
搜文献的时候不知道怎么找到这篇短文。
不知道这20年过去，又是新升格4所大学，薪水又升又降，又回归中国，此文是否还有
指导意义呢？
Being a computer scientist in Hong Kong
I spent two years in Hong Kong, 1992-1993, as a professor at The University
of Hong Kong (my official title was ``Lecturer,'' which is British for ``
Assistant Professor''). I've written these notes ... 阅读全帖 |
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p***y
发帖数: 18037 | 4 http://www.presscave.com/top-safest-countries-in-the-world/
全球十大安全國家 台灣奪第2
住在哪裡最不用心驚驚，網路票選2014-2015年全球十大安全國家排行出爐，台灣奪下
第2名，僅次冠軍冰島，名次勝過第8的日本和第10的新加坡。
犯罪率被視為決定一個國家安全與否的主要因素，其他還包括天災、貪腐、恐怖主義、
經濟危機和文化等。這份排名就是依據上述條件，以及經濟與和平研究所（IEP）自
2007年來每年都會公布的全球和平指數（Global Peace Index）得出。
台灣以低竊盜、犯罪率和暴力案件拿下第2名。台灣人善良、友善，在你開口前就會伸
出援手。觀光客在台灣不會遭遇任何暴力，也不用擔心。台灣是個很棒的地方，有眾多
美麗景點，因醫療、經濟自由、教育、人文發展等衝高排名。
冰島以低犯罪率及高度安全，在全球和平指數名單排名第1。而即使天災頻傳，日本仍
因低犯罪拿下第8名。
去年7月，美國網站Lifestyle9根據美國聯邦調查局（FBI）的數據分析，選出全世界十
大安全國家，台灣也高居第2。
全球十大安全國家名次如下：
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p***y
发帖数: 18037 | 5 http://www.presscave.com/top-safest-countries-in-the-world/
全球十大安全國家 台灣奪第2
住在哪裡最不用心驚驚，網路票選2014-2015年全球十大安全國家排行出爐，台灣奪下
第2名，僅次冠軍冰島，名次勝過第8的日本和第10的新加坡。
犯罪率被視為決定一個國家安全與否的主要因素，其他還包括天災、貪腐、恐怖主義、
經濟危機和文化等。這份排名就是依據上述條件，以及經濟與和平研究所（IEP）自
2007年來每年都會公布的全球和平指數（Global Peace Index）得出。
台灣以低竊盜、犯罪率和暴力案件拿下第2名。台灣人善良、友善，在你開口前就會伸
出援手。觀光客在台灣不會遭遇任何暴力，也不用擔心。台灣是個很棒的地方，有眾多
美麗景點，因醫療、經濟自由、教育、人文發展等衝高排名。
冰島以低犯罪率及高度安全，在全球和平指數名單排名第1。而即使天災頻傳，日本仍
因低犯罪拿下第8名。
去年7月，美國網站Lifestyle9根據美國聯邦調查局（FBI）的數據分析，選出全世界十
大安全國家，台灣也高居第2。
全球十大安全國家名次如下：
... 阅读全帖 |
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S**********n
发帖数: 264 | 6 Single income $110K is equivalent to $150K double incomes if Mom would stay
at home taking care of the baby. This is a decent salary. The question is are you
willing to do that? It has advantages and disadvantages.
housing price in boston peaked in 2005-2006. In many towns, it scaled back
to 2002 levels and even more. This is not true for upscale towns yet. The
argument on how fast and how far the upscale towns would go down tends to depend on whetehr you own a house there.
Jobs in US is dif... 阅读全帖 |
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y***n
发帖数: 6764 | 7 不是说小孩1岁多点就要送daycare了吗？如果这样的话，你这个equivalent的
statement也就成立1年多点。
然后15万的年收入，在波士顿，如果要供房养小孩的话，真得称不上decent salary.
（I would say it's an OK salary)
说到social economical class的定义，我记得upper middle 一般指收入要到做得不错
的医生律师的层次，一年要度假N次之类（具体几次忘了）。然后能称到是wealthy的一
般是家族里有old money传下来的，或自己有实业，至少这一年多少多少万的inflow
cash是很stable, sustainable的。
当然这个middle class的概念本身已经没有多大的意义了，而且甚至是deceptive的（
和 American dream 一样）
stay
are you
back
depend on whetehr you own a house there.
security is low. Software architecture involves dealing... 阅读全帖 |
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g******4
发帖数: 6339 | 8 GLENVIEW, Ill.—This town boasts stellar schools, two golf courses, a
children’s museum, and the corporate offices of a handful of big companies,
including Kraft Foods. Many wealthy, white communities like this one would
not welcome an affordable housing development. Perhaps residents wouldn’t
say so outright, but instead they might pass laws prohibiting apartment
buildings or deny permits to units targeted at low-income people.
But that’s not the case here. A 20-unit development called Greenleaf... 阅读全帖 |
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i****a
发帖数: 36252 | 9 http://www.npr.org/2010/11/22/131513165/born-in-the-u-s-a-some-chinese-
plan-it-that-way?ft=1&f=1001
Like any responsible pregnant woman, Chen Lei (not her real name) wants
the best for her unborn child. She and her husband live in Shanghai and
both work for a foreign IT company and they have more choices than their
parents' generation could even dream of.
So Chen, 30, is one of an increasing number of mainland Chinese women
who are taking advantage of a loophole in American law to travel to the... 阅读全帖 |
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S*********g
发帖数: 24893 | 10 http://www.prisoners.com/relcrime.html
宗教对犯罪率的影响
更加信仰基督的地方有更多的社会弊病和犯罪。这是格雷戈里。保罗在学术杂志《宗教
与社会》上发表的初步结论，这个杂志是内布拉斯加州一所教会学校的学报。
http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.html
研究表明，基督教统治的美国南部和中西部地区，社会弊端和犯罪更严重，谋杀，性病
，死亡率更高。这项研究还表明，美国的犯罪率和基督徒比例，比其他发达世界国家都
高得多。
无法回避的现实是，基督教的教条更合适一个病态的社会。宗教狂热分子和极端主义比
毒品危害更大。
理性的人认识到基督教神话的荒谬可怜，而基督徒，尤其是福音派，或原教旨主义者，
不过是一些伪君子，用宗教作为武器来贬低他人。
格雷戈里。保罗的研究首次量化了基督教教义产生的社会效果。不只是基督教，一切狂
热的邪教都可能会有类似的邪恶效果。
当然，天主教会花了几百年压迫陷入贫困和苦难的老百姓。穆斯林有同样的呼吁
：暴力，复仇，排斥和压迫。
理智的人会奇怪宗教神话的诞生。
在美国，宗教=残酷。
Cr... 阅读全帖 |
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v****e
发帖数: 19471 | 11 I always like to take a sum-of-parts approach when looking at such things. i
n this case, the several things mentioned are:
(1) tax cuts, which puts more disposable income in the hands of the consumer
, so they have a CHOICE whether they'll spend or save that money. you have a
point that most of the 800B will end up with the wealthy.
(2) deleveraging and higher savings rates. this is as much a both a math pro
blem as it is a psychological/confidence problem.
(3) shall we let the government to us... 阅读全帖 |
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r****a
发帖数: 3249 | 12 http://www.ocregister.com/articles/hospital-653123-birth-china.
A Chinese couple arrived in Irvine, opened up a bank account, went on a
spending spree, had a baby and flew back home.
But they allegedly left the hospital without paying their full bill.
Federal investigators looking at birth tourism – a practice that gained
national attention this week following raids on more than 20 residences in
Orange, Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties – say two local hospitals
have been favorites for ope... 阅读全帖 |
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H********k
发帖数: 3950 | 13 还好
不算奢吃的
she is old money. wealthy wealthy |
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m****s
发帖数: 8992 | 14 这本老书不错。
FEDERICO ANDAHAZI
New York Times, may 16, 1997
By CALVIN SIMS
BUENOS AIRES, May 16 — Three years ago, Federico Andahazi, an unknown
psychologist, decided to write a novel about a 16th-century Italian
anatomist who made what the author calls one of the greatest discoveries of
all time.
Today, Andahazi's novel, his first, has caused a huge literary scandal.
The book is a fictional account of how a scientist became interested in the
function of the clitoris while examining corpses and of ... 阅读全帖 |
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m****s
发帖数: 7397 | 15 It's very easy to understand, good doctors are hard to come by, in regions
where a lot of wealthy people reside.
The ultra wealthy pays cash, and bypass insurance. The ultra good doctors
are hooked by this fountain of wealth.
The average good physicians would be very very busy handling their middle
class, average good customers. Who tried everything they can, to find and
hold on to these quality healthcare providers.
The result: Bad doctors flourish in this kind of area. Because of shortage
of o... 阅读全帖 |
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r*******t
发帖数: 8550 | 16 As an organizer of "Los Angeles Asian Graduate Students and Professionals Meetup" group, I got an invitation to bring up to 20 people for a particular Thursday (3/10 thru 5/5) night (10:30PM PERFORMANCES ONLY), and the location is 358 West 44th Street, NYC 10036.
The policy for this event is --- If I reserve the ticket and people do not show up, I will be fined $20 for each no-show. If everyone show up, it is free for the entire group.
We don't need to have exactly 20 people, so I prefer a gr... 阅读全帖 |
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s**********3
发帖数: 1216 | 17 网上有这样一个说法“一旦儿童持有了中国户口，就被视作自动放弃了美国国籍”，据
称来源是美国大使馆
我做了点research
首先，在美国北京大使馆上我没有发现类似的说明
其次，放弃美国国籍的官方法律文件我找到了一份
http://travel.state.gov/law/citizenship/citizenship_776.html
其中两部分是相关的
第一部分
A person wishing to renounce his or her U.S. citizenship must voluntarily
and with intent to relinquish U.S. citizenship:
appear in person before a U.S. consular or diplomatic officer,
in a foreign country (normally at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate); and
sign an oath of renunciation
大意是说，申请放弃美国国籍者要自愿，然后要符合三个条件
1、 本人出... 阅读全帖 |
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S*******h
发帖数: 7021 | 18 Hillary’s rumored running mate, Housing Secretary Julian Castro, is cooking
up a scheme to reallocate funding for Section 8 housing to punish suburbs
for being too white and too wealthy.
In expensive ZIP codes, Castro’s plan ─ which requires no congressional
approval ─ would more than double the standard subsidy, while also covering
utilities. At the same time, he intends to reduce subsidies for those who
choose to stay in housing in poor urban areas, such as Brooklyn. So Section
8 tenants won’t... 阅读全帖 |
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d****a
发帖数: 3087 | 19
Do you have stats about sales tax and state tax?
Sale tax usually does not discriminate wealthy people.
And wealthy people's disposable income are much higher than regular people -
after deducting housing, health, education, food, travel, vacation,
entertainment, regular people may have nothing to spend, or only a small
portion of money to save for their retirement (not to mention many people do
not have money to send their kids to daycare, to have vacation. Though they
work hard to pass medium |
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S*********g
发帖数: 24893 | 20 http://www.prisoners.com/relcrime.html
宗教对犯罪率的影响
更加信仰基督的地方有更多的社会弊病和犯罪。这是格雷戈里。保罗在学术杂志《宗教
与社会》上发表的初步结论，这个杂志是内布拉斯加州一所教会学校的学报。
http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.html
研究表明，基督教统治的美国南部和中西部地区，社会弊端和犯罪更严重，谋杀，性病
，死亡率更高。这项研究还表明，美国的犯罪率和基督徒比例，比其他发达世界国家都
高得多。
无法回避的现实是，基督教的教条更合适一个病态的社会。宗教狂热分子和极端主义比
毒品危害更大。
理性的人认识到基督教神话的荒谬可怜，而基督徒，尤其是福音派，或原教旨主义者，
不过是一些伪君子，用宗教作为武器来贬低他人。
格雷戈里。保罗的研究首次量化了基督教教义产生的社会效果。不只是基督教，一切狂
热的邪教都可能会有类似的邪恶效果。
当然，天主教会花了几百年压迫陷入贫困和苦难的老百姓。穆斯林有同样的呼吁
：暴力，复仇，排斥和压迫。
理智的人会奇怪宗教神话的诞生。
在美国，宗教=残酷。
Cr... 阅读全帖 |
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l*******D
发帖数: 282 | 21 what kind of advice are you seeking? You've not even meet him in person,
what kind of suggestion do you expect people to give?
Is he a nice-looking guy? Is he fit? Is he really that wealthy? I can't
believe a 25 year old in Shanghai has paid off his house, unless he is in
family business? Have it ever occur to you that you should know more about
this guy? Both about his career and personal life?
Numbers and figures won't be any help here,unless you want us to say:
wow, he is so wealthy, go ahead... 阅读全帖 |
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M*****8
发帖数: 17722 | 22 【 以下文字转载自 Stock 讨论区 】
发信人: MB80528 (肥猫(Contrarian)[食MM而肥]), 信区: Stock
标 题: 米加金融公司外包国内大学毕业生做当日交易的抄盘手。
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Dec 9 22:25:51 2010, 美东)
December 9, 2010
Day Trading Still Alive, Outsourced to China
By DAVID BARBOZA
¶ BEIJING — Before the opening bell sounded on the New York Stock
Exchange on a recent Tuesday, a group of fresh college graduates clocked in
at a small trading firm on the outskirts of this capital city.
¶ They were hired to engage in rapid-fire stock trading wi... 阅读全帖 |
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d***p
发帖数: 937 | 23 $200k AGI 是Obama定义的富人线，在这里却还不到贫困线。$200K以上AGI的人大约有4
百万。看来主要是硅公硅婆了。
http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/11/pf/tax_increase_rich/index.htm?
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- As the government looks for ways to climb out of its
massive hole of debt, all eyes are on the rich.
President Obama and many of his fellow Democrats continue to call for higher
taxes on the wealthy. And, according to results of a CNN/ORC International
Poll released Wednesday, many Americans agree that it's the only way the
country can dig itsel... 阅读全帖 |
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m**********n
发帖数: 2894 | 24 resident Barack Obama's plan to have the wealthy pay more in taxes would
likely affect San Mateo County residents more than those in any other part
of the Bay Area. Eight of the region's 10 richest neighborhoods are in San
Mateo County, a Bay Citizen analysis of income statistics released last
month by the Census Bureau shows.
The president used his State of the Union message Tuesday night to call on
America's wealthiest residents to pay more in taxes, trumpeting a "Buffett
rule," named after fi... 阅读全帖 |
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x********i
发帖数: 905 | 25 10 Myths About Legacy Preferences in College Admissions
By Richard D. Kahlenberg
Legacy preferences, which provide a leg up in college admissions to
applicants who are the offspring of alumni, are employed at almost three-
quarters of selective research universities and virtually all elite liberal-
arts colleges. Yet legacy preferences have received relatively little public
attention, especially when compared with race-based affirmative-action
programs, which have given rise to hundreds of books... 阅读全帖 |
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j*****3
发帖数: 654 | 26 It has nothing to do with conservative, and has everything to do with
fairness.
Could you please explain why a kid's chance to enter a University have
anything to do with how wealthy his parents are? Which he himself has
absolutely no control over? The same way as he has absolutely no control
over his skin color?
I even feel it's acceptable if you want to charge a family more based on
their wealthy level, but you cannot bluntly reject a kids's wish to go to a
University simply because of his fam... 阅读全帖 |
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w*******r
发帖数: 7276 | 27 A California lawmaker is proposing to limit the number of out-of-state and
international students who can enroll at University of California campuses.
The 10 campuses that make up the U.C. system - including selective
universities like Berkeley and the University of California, Los Angeles -
would be prohibited from enrolling more than 10 percent of non-Californians
as members of the freshman class. The proposed California Students First Act
, which was introduced by Senator Michael J. Rubio, a ... 阅读全帖 |
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M*******c
发帖数: 4371 | 28 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: lczlcz (lcz), 信区: USANews
标 题: 美国新的特权阶级: 非法移民
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Jan 12 17:50:08 2015, 美东)
The New Privileged Class: Illegal Immigrants
By Michael Bargo Jr.
The belief is widely held that those who are wealthy or possess great
political power are above the law and do not have to respond to the legal
constraints endured by the great masses of Americans. Those on the left
who profess to support the poor and middle classes are quick to point out
that the wealthy cla... 阅读全帖 |
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Q*K
发帖数: 3464 | 30 http://finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/article/111828/million-dol
What do dog washing facilities, virtual golf rooms, and movie-theater-sized
screening rooms have in common?
More from CBS MoneyWatch.com:
World's Most Expensive Home
Diet Guru Selling $9 Million Mansion
12 Biggest Remodeling Trends for 2011
[Click here to check home equity rates in your area.]
For the mega-rich they are just a few of the new amenities they can choose
to put in their next million dollar dream home purchase.
But yeste... 阅读全帖 |
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k*****a
发帖数: 1463 | 31 I don't think your conclusion on the school makes any sense from these
insider view. One commentator took the offensive comment itself as a
bullying. Also there were statistics on the district 4-5 suicides in
Issaquah SD. Maybe gun control is more of a problem.
Skyline maybe considered "rich" from some commentator because there is not
many multifamily apartment in the area, comparing to other school. Maybe
this statics tells something (Students eligible for free and reduced-price
lunch 2010):
ht... 阅读全帖 |
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i***0
发帖数: 8469 | 32 MIAMI — Let's face it: Getting a college education, even at an in-state
public university, isn't as cheap as it used to be. Florida students are
increasingly being forced to work long hours, or borrow substantially, to
pay for their degrees.
There is another financing option out there, however. It's one that many
find morally repugnant, but at least hundreds of Florida students are doing
it, according to one website.
It's called "sugar" dating — instead of footing the bill for those credit
hours... 阅读全帖 |
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t*****r
发帖数: 4431 | 33 谁感兴趣谁看吧
Wealthy shoppers don't want flashy logos anymore.
On a sunny May morning in New York’s upscale Fifth Avenue retail corridor,
Carron Ryan stopped to admire a diamond-encrusted Van Cleef & Arpels
necklace in the window of the Bergdorf Goodman department store. Louis
Vuitton’s sprawling flagship store was right across the street, but she
turned her nose up at its lineup of logo-stamped satchels and tote bags.
“It looks a little trashy,” Ryan said. “It’s better to be subtle.”
Ryan’s fondness... 阅读全帖 |
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S*******h
发帖数: 7021 | 34 Obama's last act to force suburbs to be less white and less wealthy.
Hillary’s rumored running mate, Housing Secretary Julian Castro, is cooking
up a scheme to reallocate funding for Section 8 housing to punish suburbs
for being too white and too wealthy.
In expensive ZIP codes, Castro’s plan ─ which requires no congressional
approval ─ would more than double the standard subsidy, while also covering
utilities. At the same time, he intends to reduce subsidies for those who
choose to stay in hous... 阅读全帖 |
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w***s
发帖数: 7132 | 35 说说你了解的美国城市地理。。
1. New Jersey
A:NJ主要分为三块，North NJ (学校有NJIT, Stevens, Rutgers Newark等), Central
NJ （Rutgers New Brunswick, Princeton) 和 South NJ。
North NJ是老工业区，药厂林立，申请药学的话应该是一个很好的选择，另外制造业发
达，ME专业申请这里也是一个很好的选择。该区最大的问题是治安，Newark，Jersey
City都被誉为是全美最危险的城市之一，黑人比例高，gang活动猖獗，特别脏乱，有时
火车去纽约路过这里都会有乘务员提示注意安全。
Central NJ华人比例相对高，华人超市和饭店林立，还有著名的印度人聚集城市Edison
。所以该区IT产业发达，朗讯和AT&T的总部就架设在此。NJ IT的薪水虽然不如NYC，但
是相对生活花费是非常不错的。Central NJ风景优美，Jersey Shore是世界上最长的优
质沙滩海岸之一。大部分地区治安良好，特别是沿海地区。作为华人生活便利。除了西
部靠近宾州的区域，大部分地区和NNJ一样... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 543 | 36 美国大步奔跑在共产主义的康庄大道上
：住Katy, Sugarland, Woodlands, Plano, Round Rocks 的同鞋要注意了
：Hillary’s rumored running mate, Housing Secretary Julian Castro, is
cookingup a scheme to reallocate funding for Section 8 housing to punish
suburbs
：for being too white and too wealthy.
：In expensive ZIP codes, Castro’s plan ─ which requires no congressional
：approval ─ would more than double the standard subsidy, while also
coveringutilities. At the same time, he intends to reduce subsidies for
those who
：choose to st... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 11198 | 37 Lisa Hubbert Beasley
Does no one remember the orphanage in Spain where the children - mostly boys
- were pimped out to the wealthy elite? how is this different? It was in the
news last year. There are stories written like this all over the world and
this is done everywhere. It is usually hidden from view. It's a terrible
injustice to these helpless children. The wealthy elite believe they are
above the law and they are spiritually twisted and dead. The only difference
with this story is that it ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9684 | 38 Rose in the novel was actually from some wealthy and well-educated family
Any girl from this type of family is already by all means wealthy herself so
wouldn't become a golddigger in the future anyway |
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发帖数: 5873 | 39 马克吐温真是狠。接下来还有四五章讲new orleans的，无不令人捧腹。
Chapter 41 The Metropolis of the South
THE approaches to New Orleans were familiar; general aspects were
unchanged. When one goes flying through London along a railway propped
in the air on tall arches, he may inspect miles of upper bedrooms
through the open windows, but the lower half of the houses is under
his level and out of sight. Similarly, in high-river stage, in the New
Orleans region, the water is up to the top of the enclosing levee-rim,
the flat c... 阅读全帖 |
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P****e
发帖数: 389 | 40 来自主题: LeisureTime版 - 大苏尔游记 //旧文一篇，是前年用英文写着玩儿的。感谢夏安mm推荐我上次Yosemite的文给一个旅
游专栏的编辑。后来因为Yosemite有人写了，编辑问我还有没有别的游记，于是就自己
翻译了这篇。
//应Bos要求，把原文附在后面。中间还有一段关于Bohemian的胡言乱语，发给编辑的
时候觉得跑题太远，自己删掉了。。。
去年十二月真是湿冷。接连五日的暴雨终于过去时，我们的房子已赫然被一汪小小的池
沼环绕。前院的西红柿淹死了，拖着湿淋淋的黑叶子；猫们一动不动地挤在阴湿的窝里
，对着一面被雨水洗褪了色的红墙发呆。整个圣芭芭拉城都糊在雨里，仿佛一幅打湿了
的水彩——天空的铅灰、大海的苍白、瓦屋顶的酡红、路边灌木的深绿相互侵染，使每
一种颜色都愈加阴暗。
直至月晦，天始转晴。困在家中这么多天，眼看新年将至，我想我太需要一次远行了。
于是我们就出发。新历的除夕早晨，我们跳上车，沿着北1号高速公路驶去。这一趟来
去共花了十来个小时，经过北加州沿海的大苏尔地区（Big Sur），目的地是一个夹在
太平洋弯曲的海岸线与大苏尔巍峨群峰之间的小城。它有一个有趣的名字，“海边的卡
梅尔”(Carmel-by-th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 141625 | 41 【 以下文字转载自 Taiwan 讨论区 】
发信人: patsy (patsy), 信区: Taiwan
标 题: 全球十大安全國家 台灣奪第2 (zz)
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Feb 15 09:56:52 2015, 美东)
http://www.presscave.com/top-safest-countries-in-the-world/
全球十大安全國家 台灣奪第2
住在哪裡最不用心驚驚，網路票選2014-2015年全球十大安全國家排行出爐，台灣奪下
第2名，僅次冠軍冰島，名次勝過第8的日本和第10的新加坡。
犯罪率被視為決定一個國家安全與否的主要因素，其他還包括天災、貪腐、恐怖主義、
經濟危機和文化等。這份排名就是依據上述條件，以及經濟與和平研究所（IEP）自
2007年來每年都會公布的全球和平指數（Global Peace Index）得出。
台灣以低竊盜、犯罪率和暴力案件拿下第2名。台灣人善良、友善，在你開口前就會伸
出援手。觀光客在台灣不會遭遇任何暴力，也不用擔心。台灣是個很棒的地方，有眾多
美麗景點，因醫療、經濟自由、教育、人文發展等衝高排名。... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 332 | 42 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/19/us/politics/retirement-deal-k
Buyout Profits Keep Flowing to Romney
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 agreemen... 阅读全帖 |
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t****g
发帖数: 35582 | 43 America’s Happiest States
Charles B. Stockdale, March 2, 2012
10. Montana
Well-being index score: 68.0
Life expectancy: 78.4 (24th lowest)
Obesity: 23.0% (6th lowest)
Median household income: $42,666 (11th lowest)
Adult population with high school diploma or higher: 91.7% (3rd highest)
Residents of Montana are generally happy. They rate themselves among the
highest in the nation in both Gallup’s life evaluation and emotional health
categories. Montana has among the most educated adult population... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24893 | 44 http://www.prisoners.com/relcrime.html
宗教对犯罪率的影响
更加信仰基督的地方有更多的社会弊病和犯罪。这是格雷戈里。保罗在学术杂志《宗教
与社会》上发表的初步结论，这个杂志是内布拉斯加州一所教会学校的学报。
http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.html
研究表明，基督教统治的美国南部和中西部地区，社会弊端和犯罪更严重，谋杀，性病
，死亡率更高。这项研究还表明，美国的犯罪率和基督徒比例，比其他发达世界国家都
高得多。
无法回避的现实是，基督教的教条更合适一个病态的社会。宗教狂热分子和极端主义比
毒品危害更大。
理性的人认识到基督教神话的荒谬可怜，而基督徒，尤其是福音派，或原教旨主义者，
不过是一些伪君子，用宗教作为武器来贬低他人。
格雷戈里。保罗的研究首次量化了基督教教义产生的社会效果。不只是基督教，一切狂
热的邪教都可能会有类似的邪恶效果。
当然，天主教会花了几百年压迫陷入贫困和苦难的老百姓。穆斯林有同样的呼吁
：暴力，复仇，排斥和压迫。
理智的人会奇怪宗教神话的诞生。
在美国，宗教=残酷。
Cr... 阅读全帖 |
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m****s
发帖数: 7397 | 45 国内: 空姐,售货员, 前台, 秘书。
these people SELL to the general public. meaning ...anybody.
_________________________________________________________________________
US: the world runs around $$$, and there are various levels of SALE.
lowest level, sells to the general public. meaning ...anybody.
second level, sells to general groups (orgnizations, education, union...)
third level, sells to special groups， such as doctors, CPAs and Attorneys..
fourth level, sells to C level executives, private, or public (... 阅读全帖 |
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l***o
发帖数: 7937 | 46 http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20110614/wl_time/08599207769300
China's "Born in the USA" Frenzy
When Liu Li boarded a plane for the United States, she had a little bit of
makeup on, was wearing a loose dress, and had her hair up. She tried to hold
her handbag in front of her belly in a natural way, just as the middleman
had taught her. She was trying to look as calm as any wealthy Chinese lady
would look when travelling abroad. But Liu Li couldn't help feeling terribly
nervous: she was six months ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3714 | 47 这是从格调抄的吧。。。
Top Out of Sight - Billionaires and multi-millionaires. The people so
wealthy they can afford exclusive levels of privacy. We never hear about
them because they don't want us to.
Upper Class - Millionaires, inherited wealth. Those who don't have to work.
They refer to tuxes as "dinner jackets."
Upper Middle - Wealthy surgeons and lawyers, etc. Professionals who couldn't
be described as middle class. I suspect this is the class to which I, an
engineer, am supposed to aspire.
Middle Cl... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 651 | 48 Susan Patton 这几天出名了
http://dailyprincetonian.com/2013/03/29/32755/
不出意外，女权主义者愤怒了
有钱男人扎堆的Business Insider的意见：
lmao
on Apr 10, 7:56 PM said:
10-15 years most of them will look back and hoped they had given a F**K to
the right cause or guy
说的是剩女吗？
Event Horizon
on Apr 11, 4:31 AM said:
Don't you just love these 21 yr olds who think they've already figured
everything about life, only to embark on a world tour in their early 30s to
(re)discover themselves and finally have a full blown midlife crisis ... 阅读全帖 |
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m********4
发帖数: 1837 | 49 美国媒体很多时候要比天朝还恶心的，你多看看肯定体味的到
这不，就这个时间，100%的视频过程都在，没有办法歪曲的情况下，在99%的美国人民
都骂飞车党的情况下，就能看到这种报道：
PICTURED: Wealthy couple attacked by wild pack of motorcyclists after
harrowing 4-mile chase on the West Side Highway following fender bender
turned hit-and-run — driver fled after running over biker
放上lien家的照片，说wealthy couple，说hit and run说running over biker
这帮美国媒体，大多数美国人都知道他们什么德性，我看facebook，cnn，abc，post上
很多comments都是骂记者准备怎么颠倒黑白报道的 |
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verizonchen (verizonchen) 于 (Wed Oct 2 09:32:59 2013, 美东) 提到:
按照奥巴马的脾气，如果是路虎的错，他早就跳出来给自己的儿子们撑腰了。
一个泼妇（男？）在发生矛盾后为何表现的很安静？那就是她自知自己的儿子们没理，
希望悄悄的结束这件事的时候。
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thirdday (第三天) 于 (Wed Oct 2 10:32:44 2013, 美东) 提到:
奥巴马在忙政府关门的事，没空理这
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maxelement (Working hard, good things will happen) 于 (Wed Oct 2 10:38:07 2013, 美东) 提到:
黑儿子太多了
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