a*******m
发帖数: 14194 | 1 加拿大的玉米带土地价格最近几年一直在涨。
Canada’s New Corn Belt Attracts Hot Money to Bargain Farmland
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-08/canada-s-new-corn-belt
U.S. farmers in the Midwest, the center of corn cultivation in North America
, have watched helplessly as the worst drought in more than five decades has
devastated their crop.
Canadian farmers in the prairie provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta, long one of the greatest wheat-growing regions on Earth, have
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发帖数: 6104 | 4 国内用什么fahrenheit. 你用GOOGLE. 长沙 天气 |
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发帖数: 4990 | 5 看来你也不确定张说的一定错了嘛。
我不过嘲笑一下急急忙忙跳出来说张说了个-700度以上的人。
你说你悲愤个啥子？
再说富温度其实也是可以有的。而且比任何正温度都要hot。
还是per wiki
In physics, certain systems can achieve negative temperature; that is, their
thermodynamic temperature can be expressed as a negative quantity on the
Kelvin or Rankine scales. In colloquial usage, "negative temperature" may
refer to temperatures that are expressed as negative numbers on the more
familiar Celsius or Fahrenheit scales, with values that are colder than the
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发帖数: 525 | 7 Is it so hard for CNN to find an expert with some basic knowledge?
This guy claims to be retired Lieutenant colonel of Britsh Military and is
now
working as a CNN aviation analyst.
Can you believe he does't even know what -40C translate to Fahrenheit!
This guy thinks -40C equals to -80F!
video from 3'34"
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/04/21/us/hawaii-plane-stowaway/inde |
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发帖数: 5601 | 8 原始报道来自于美联社.
http://news.yahoo.com/indians-riot-heat-wave-prompts-power-cuts
LUCKNOW, India (AP) -- Thousands of people enraged by power cuts during an
extreme heat wave rioted across northern India, setting electricity
substations on fire and taking power company officials hostage, officials
said Saturday.
The impoverished state of Uttar Pradesh has never had enough power for its
200 million people and many receive only a few hours a day under normal
conditions, while 63 percent of homes have no... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5610 | 9 全世界民主国家发现办奥运太贵，不赚钱，体育设施全浪费，所以全pull out了，现在
还剩北京和Almaty, Kazakhstan。挪威Oslo也不干了。Kazakhstan的总统上次投票拿了
95%，很牛。
另外，国际奥委会要求主办城市必须符合下列条件,包括热早餐，私车，4-5星宾馆，街
上不能有小商贩。
还是中国有钱可以花。
1. The IOC hotel must be rated at either four or five stars (a higher rating
than any other client group at the Olympics).
2. The IOC hotel must offer: "A full international hot breakfast buffet for
up to two occupants for each room (included in the room rate), catering
services for IOC events, and 24-hour room service.
3. The hote... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 21396 | 10 Report: Texas Ebola Nurses Had No Protective Gear For Two Days
Hospital workers were intensively exposed to the first U.S. Ebola patient
without wearing protective gear for two days, according to The Dallas
Morning News.
Between Sept. 28 and Sept. 30, medical professionals treating Thomas Duncan
wore only gowns and scrubs in the interim. Duncan was suffering from
projectile vomiting and explosive diarrhea from Sept. 28 on, but hospital
workers weren’t provided with extensive protective gear, suc... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 21731 | 11 美帝航天飞机退役以后要依靠俄国人的载人飞船的历史将一去不复返了。 当年这个项
目跟星座一起被O8 KILL了，现在终于还魂了。
The two-orbit, four and a half hour Orion EFT-1 flight around Earth will
lift the Orion spacecraft and its attached second stage to an orbital
altitude of 3,600 miles, about 15 times higher than the International Space
Station (ISS) – and farther than any human spacecraft has journeyed in 40
years.
2万英里每小时，8.9公里每秒的再入速度，看来这玩意是用来登月或者登火星的。
Then the spacecraft will carry out a high speed re-entry through the
atmosphere at speeds approac... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29576 | 12 98年以后竟然没变暖，咋办？研究发现是太平洋变冷造成的，作者指出马上就要恢复变
暖了， 这几年就是turning point，以后变暖会变本加厉。
Cool Pacific Ocean Slowed Global Warming
The Pacific Ocean has been a planetary air conditioner for the past two
decades, but the relief may soon end, a new study finds.
The Pacific and Atlantic oceans undergo decades-long natural oscillations
that alter their sea surface temperatures. These natural cycles flip-flop
between cooler and warmer phases. Over the past 130 years, the tempo of
global warming has revved up or slow... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8613 | 13 可以看出冻伤造成的量级或严重性。这个在比较早期的美军的记录中肯定是统计不够的。
http://www.fofweb.com/History/MainPrintPage.asp?iPin=EMHI0166&D
Total U.S. casualties in the Changjin reservoir campaign came to more than 5
,000 men. The 7th Infantry Division lost more than 2,000 men killed, missing
, and wounded. First Marine Division losses from 27 November to 8 December
were 523 dead, 186 missing in action, and 2,733 wounded. Additionally, <<<<
more than 7,000 men were disabled by frostbite.>>> Chinese combat losses are
estimated at a... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3760 | 14 Recent scientific studies concluded that all parasites linked to sushi
can be killed off by freezing it at a temperature of -20 degrees Celsius (-4
degrees Fahrenheit) for 24 hours.
生吃的鱼还是要小心，除了寄生虫还有细菌等，超市买的不是专门为生吃的还是少尝试
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发帖数: 6889 | 15 Dear Mother & Father,
I've studied at your school for 25 years.
You raised me to believe that regardless of income, race, or gender,
education is a fundamental right and one of the most valuable & liberating
experiences in life.
You taught me how to love and that all people: gay, straight, queer, trans--
deserve to express their love equally, openly and safely.
You brought me to an anti-war rally when I was 10 years old to hear Howard
Zinn and Tim Robbins speak on the US military industrial comp... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 33885 | 16 麻痹的1000美刀啊！
A Chinese visitor to Yellowstone National Park has been fined $1,000 after
park officials busted him walking off the designated boardwalk at the
Mammoth Hot Springs thermal area.
The tourist, who has not been named, was seen walking along terrace
formations near hot springs and collecting water from the thermal runoff,
National Parks Traveler. reports. He was also seen breaking through the
fragile terrace crust of travertine, a sedimentary form of limestone formed
as thermal water ri... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1121 | 17 还有最常见的Fahrenheit也是读作fe润海特，而不是fe润黑特 |
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发帖数: 1 | 21 没有 中学的时候听过 但我对这个名字印象深刻 一直不知道什么意思 刚对上 |
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发帖数: 35261 | 25 According to the Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance, the milk needs
to stay fresh longer because organic products often have to travel farther
to reach store shelves since it is not produced throughout the country.
The process that gives the milk a longer shelf life is called ultrahigh
temperature (UHT) processing or treatment, in which milk is heated to 280
degrees Fahrenheit (138 degrees Celsius) for two to four seconds, killing
any bacteria in it.
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发帖数: 10149 | 26 有的时候查资料，上面全写的是多少Fahrenheit的时候怎么怎么样。别人的文章也都是
华氏度，自然就习惯了 |
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发帖数: 16092 | 27 – In July, Death Valley, California, endured the hottest month ever
recorded on Earth
– In late July, Shanghai registered its highest temperature in recorded
history, 105.6 degrees (40.9 Celsius).
– In mid-July, Spain posted its highest temperature ever recorded when Có
rdoba airport (in southern Spain) hit 116.4 degrees (46.9 Celsius).
– In late June, Ahvaz, Iran, soared to 128.7 degrees Fahrenheit (53.7
Celsius) – that country’s all-time hottest temperature.
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发帖数: 4796 | 28 花了6000万美元盖的主会场是露天的。开幕式在2月初啊。二月初的平昌，气温平均零
下十度，北风呼啸。一坐4-5个小时。尼玛棒子是要把大家都冻死啊。怪不得票都卖不
出去。
2018 Olympics attendees will brave freezing temps in South Korea's open-
air stadium
If North Korea, Russia or politically inclined athletes don't ruin the
Olympics in South Korea next year, the weather just might.
The stadium that will be used for the Pyeongchang Games in February has no
roof, Reuters reported. This means that roughly 35,000 spectators, including
world leaders, will be exposed to extremely cold... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6080 | 29 只有产党为了舔洋大人才不惜财力物力
反正搜刮来的不花白不花
[在 WCNMLGB (CCC) 的大作中提到：]
:花了6000万美元盖的主会场是露天的。开幕式在2月初啊。二月初的平昌，气温平均零
:下十度，北风呼啸。一坐4-5个小时。尼玛棒子是要把大家都冻死啊。怪不得票都卖不
:出去。
:If North Korea, Russia or politically inclined athletes don't ruin the
:Olympics in South Korea next year, the weather just might.
:The stadium that will be used for the Pyeongchang Games in February has no
:roof, Reuters reported. This means that roughly 35,000 spectators,
including world leaders, will be exposed to extremely cold temperatures.
:South... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 17243 | 30 预计极涡要南下到中国东北。
已经预报下周沈阳会到零下30度以下
河北北京部分地区到零下20度
MOSCOW (AP) — Even thermometers can't keep up with the plunging
temperatures in Russia's remote Yakutia region, which hit minus 67 degrees
Celsius (minus 88.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in some areas Tuesday. |
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发帖数: 4016 | 31 纪录片没啥票房，影响力还不如PBS的电视纪录片。
当然，也有牛逼的，
An Inconvenient Truth票房5000万美元，
March of the Penguins票房1.27亿美元，
Fahrenheit 9/11票房2.224亿美元。 |
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发帖数: 4796 | 32 乌兰巴托？
Life in the Most Polluted Capital in the World
Joseph Hincks
By Joseph Hincks | Photographs by Zhang Chi for TIME | Video by Zhang Chi,
Aria Chen and Arpita Aneja
It’s 11 below (-24C) outside but the stove is burning and baby Almasbek
Toltalkhan is warm in his family’s yurt. His mother, Nursaule, scoops him
from a crib engraved with pictures of coconut palms and joggles him on her
knee while the doctor readies his shot.
At 11 months old, Almasbek is just past the nebulous state of babyhood... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38600 | 33 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: beijingren (to thine own self be true), 信区: USANews
标 题: Michael Moore 在的新纪录片把床铺比作希特勒
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Sep 7 11:16:20 2018, 美东)
Michael Moore compares Trump to Hitler in new documentary
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-filmfestival-tiff-fahrenheit-11-9/michael
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发帖数: 632 | 34 未解之谜——前苏联钻探队打开地狱之门 此博文包含图片 (2014-12-22 13:27:25
)转载▼
标签： 杂谈 超深 钻头 前苏联 地质学家
据美国《连线》杂志报道，在冷战的60年代，随着太空竞赛不断升温，另一项
竞赛也慢慢展开，这就是地心争夺战。也许前苏联和美国永远无法钻到那个深度，但是
它们可以尝试着钻到所谓的莫荷界面(Moho)。
莫荷界面更正式的叫法是地球外壳与内壳之间的界线（莫霍Discontinuity)，它是通常
呈现固体形态的外壳和充满岩浆的地幔之间的一个理论性分界线，但是这种说法存在很
大争议。
未解之谜——前苏联钻探队打开地狱之门
钻出地狱的工作人员
在美国推出一项力图达到这个深度的钻探项目后，前苏联也加入到这场钻出世界上最深
的洞的竞赛中。迪安·杜恩在《地球科学》一书中写道：“在1960年到1962年间，太空
竞赛期间经济利益与国家... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 35 传教士对中国计量的贡献
作者：关增建
来源：北大科学史与科学哲学
摘 要：明末清初，在传教士带来的西方科学的影响下，中国计量领域出现了一些
新的概念和单位，以及新的计量仪器。它们的出现，扩大了传统计量的范围，为新的计
量分支的诞生奠定了基础。这些新的计量分支一开始就与国际相接轨，它们的出现，标
志着中国传统计量开始了向近代计量的转化。
明末清初，中国传统计量出现了一些新的变化：在西学东渐的影响下，计量领域出
现了一些新的概念和单位，以及新的计量仪器，它们扩大了传统计量的范围，为新的计
量分支的诞生奠定了基础。这些新的计量分支一开始就与国际接轨，它们的出现，标志
着中国传统计量开始了向近代计量的转化。这一转化，是传教士带来的西方科学促成的
。
一、角度计量的奠基
中国传统计量中没有角度计量。之所以如此，是因为中国古代没有可用于计量的角
度概念。
像世界上别的民族一样，中国古人在其日常生活中不可能不接触到角度问题。但中
国人处理角度问题时采用的是“具体问题具体解决”的办法，他们没有发展出一套抽象
的角度概念，并在此基础上制订出统一的角度体系（例如像西方广泛采用的360°圆心
角分度体系那样... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 33185 | 36 顺便，伊拉克战争也了解一下，
楼主的恐惧论，完全符合美国建政的基础，呵呵。
伊拉克战争
维基百科，自由的百科全书
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Disambig gray.svg 本文介紹的是2003至2011年间的战争。關於其它同名战争，請見
「伊拉克战争 (消歧义)」。
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伊拉克战争（第二次波斯灣戰爭）
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日期 2003年3月20日 – 2011年12月18日
（8年8个月又4周）
地点 伊拉克
结果 多國聯軍推翻薩達姆政權，薩達姆本人被定罪处死。然而，除達成此目的之外
，並未有發現大規模殺傷性武器與證據。战后美军因在伊拉克频繁遭受民兵及恐怖组织
攻击，奥巴马政府決定撤军，此後僅駐留少數軍官訓練伊政府部隊。
参战方
伊拉克 伊拉克 (復興黨政權)
美國
英國
伊拉克 伊拉克（现政权）
伊拉克库尔德斯坦
多國部隊：
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发帖数: 1 | 37 Michael Moore去年底的片子Fahrenheit 119，亚麻Prime有。
片中讲到西弗吉尼亚州去年老师罢课后来波及的全国的事。 当时看新闻只知道教师因
为工资太低罢工，但没想到工资这么低。说是不少教师的工资达不到联邦贫困线，需要
申请food stamp才能吃饱饭。教师的医疗保险要求教师参加wellness计划，必须自
费购买fitbit 手环保险公司可以监视每个雇员的活动。 不参加wellness的每年交500
刀罚款。 大部分教师对这个规定不满，也是罢课的原因之一。 WV的法律很奇葩，公立
学校教师罢课可以被开除直到逮捕，所以当时带头罢课举牌子的学校冒了很大风险，最
后抗争了半年才得到5%的加薪。 太可怜了。 |
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发帖数: 1877 | 38
Metric 也很脑残啊。
一米的距离很不实用，太长。
Celcius的温度也很差，1度的精度差。
Fahrenheit的度数好用多了。变化大。
中国应该独立发展一个实用的独立度量系统。
是十进位，但精度也适合日常生活的实际需要。
选择比较实际的大小标准，可以参考英制。
这样，中制被全球采纳，只是早晚的事。 |
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发帖数: 11 | 39 Fahrenheit的度数好用多了。变化大。？？
我觉得摄氏已经过多了
人体温度感知，分十级十个数就够了，根本没那么灵敏
-10 to 40，五度一段 |
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发帖数: 10683 | 40 不过，这些俄国文学名著英文译本只是要求阅读，但不在考试范围内。
考试范围内的小说有1984, Animal Farm, Fahrenheit 451等等，都是实际上讽刺苏联
专制的。 |
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发帖数: 878 | 41 Temperature in Bangkok is as high as 93 degrees Fahrenheit. |
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发帖数: 878 | 42 Bangkok's temperature is up to 93 degrees Fahrenheit. However, Thailand's
number of cases is the worst outside China. Hopefully, all their cases are
transmitted in China, otherwise we will be doomed. |
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发帖数: 16092 | 43 1. What should I buy?
The US Department of Homeland Security recommends on its website that,
before a pandemic strikes, to store a two-week supply of water and food, as
well as over-the-counter medications you tend to take.
"Have any nonprescription drugs and other health supplies on hand, including
pain relievers, stomach remedies, cough and cold medicines, fluids with
electrolytes, and vitamins," according to the department.
"In general for emergency preparedness, we encourage all households t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2173 | 44 This July 2012 was the hottest month in U.S. history, and August promises
little relief.
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/story/2012-08-08/hottes
July's average temperature for the contiguous USA was 77.6 degrees
Fahrenheit, eclipsing the record set during the heart of the Dust Bowl in
1936, federal scientists announced Wednesday.
刚去游泳，真是下饺子啊。。。。。。难怪米国游泳这么牛，一个个自由泳触笔转身看
得我一愣一愣的 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 45 "I have a quick solution for global warming. I will switch from Fahrenheit
to Celsius. It was 100 degrees, now it's 40. You're very welcome." |
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发帖数: 19713 | 46 【 以下文字转载自 WaterWorld 讨论区 】
发信人: ye88 (ye88), 信区: WaterWorld
标 题: 转一个American Born Chinese写的关于Jimmy kimmel 事件的看法
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Nov 3 23:44:40 2013, 美东)
今天一个朋友转过来的， 很长的英文， 不知道大家有没有兴趣看看。
Jimmy Kimmel - kill everyone in China
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All of Jimmy Kimmel’s lines transcribed from the video by me
“kill everyone in China? okay that’s an interesting idea…again.”
“you’re saying build a wall in China? a huge big great kind of a wall?”... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 47 “随着在坎大哈的战斗即将结束，加拿大士兵离开这片土地，不要忘记我们加拿大人没
有帝国梦，我们不贪恋其他国家的财富，不为自私的原因发动战争”
Canada’s Harper Makes Afghanistan Stop to Mark End of Military Mission
By Theophilos Argitis - May 30, 2011 3:10 PM ET
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper made a surprise stop in Afghanistan
to mark the end of the country’s decade-long military mission in the
country, and pay tribute to fallen soldiers.
Harper made his fourth trip to the Asian country less than a month after his
third consecutive election victory, visiting ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 48 April 14, 2012 by Don Surber
That is correct. We have twice as many penguins in Antarctica than
scientists thought, a count by satellite revealed. Far from being a species
endangered by the carelessness of man, scientists say we have nearly 600,000
emperor penguins. The scientists counted 44 colonies of these birds —
including 7 previously unknown. Counting penguins in Antarctica is so easy,
I may apply for the job because they are black and white against the snows
of Antarctica.
From Science Da... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 49 June 6, 2012 by Warner Todd Huston
[Ed note: Ray Bradbury passed on last night. He was 91. In celebration of
his life and work, I'll repost this article that I wrote in August of 2010.]
The L.A. Times has a heartwarming story of literary giant Ray Bradbury who
at 90 is not afraid to tell everyone exactly what he thinks. A gathering of
admirers got an earful of Bradburyisms on the verge of his Aug 22 90th
birthday celebration in Los Angeles. Bradbury railed against the “too many
machines” that ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 21396 | 50 古巴籍共和党总统科鲁兹万岁！
Ted Cruz accuses Harry Reid of ‘slander campaign’ against Koch brothers
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tx.) on Tuesday called the repeated Democratic attacks on
the Koch brothers “an embarrassment to this institution,” lashing out at
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid during a heated speech on the Senate floor.
“The majority leader has launched an unprecedented slander campaign against
two private citizens,” Cruz said, describing Reid's regular broadsides of
Charles and David Koch "reprehensible... 阅读全帖 |
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