With Prof 陳耀昌，a famous hematopatologist and writer, NTUH!
PEOPLE love to mock the middle class. Its narrow-mindedness, complacency and conformism are the mother lode of material for sitcom writers and novelists.
Japan has world's biggest 'urban mines'
The total volume of metal resources, including gold and silver, that are used in electrical appliances and electronics in Japan is the world's largest, surpassing natural metal reserves held by each major mineral-producing country, according to a recent research by a national institute studying materials.
The survey by the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, was the first to estimate the total amount of metal resources of various nations, including those contained in electrical products and other goods.
Those metals are often described as "urban mines" and have recently been drawing attention for their usefulness.
Amid fears over the depletion of metal resources, efficient recycling of such metals could mean having a "mineral lode" for the country, NIMS said.
From Pride of Ireland to National Scandal
Anglo Irish Bank funded much of the country's construction craze, but is now a national disgrace and source of scandal.
Cycling to Use Blood Profiles in Doping Case
By JULIET MACUR
The sport’s governing body is preparing to bring a case based not on failed drug tests, but on changes in the blood.
Blood Profile
The clinical laboratory test that evaluates the three main cellular components of peripheral blood (red cells, white cells, and platelets) is called the "complete blood count" (CBC). It is used commonly to assess whether a patient is anemic (low red cell count), has an infection (increased white blood cells), or has abnormal blood coagulation (platelet levels). The CBC examines the total number of red blood cells (RBC) and the RBC indices, including: the mean corpuscular volume (MCV); the concentration of hemoglobin, measured by the mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) and its concentration (MCHC); and the hematocrit, which is the mean packed-cell volume of red cells. The total white blood cell (leukocyte) count, the various types of leukocytes (lymphocytes, monocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils), and platelets are also measured.
haemato-
(US hemato-)
COMBININGFORM
Origin
From Greek haima, haimat- 'blood'.
craze
noun [C usually singular]
an activity, object or idea that is extremely popular, usually for a short time:
Cycling shorts were the latest craze/(all) the craze that year.
The craze for health foods has become big business.
(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
紐約時報
Losing an Edge, Japanese Envy India’s Schools
Suffering a crisis of confidence these days about its ability to compete with its emerging Asian rivals, Japan is in the midst of a growing craze for Indian education.
on Page 150: "... to be described here was to estimate the value of the materials in the process of manufacture in a large manufacturing plant.
A manufacturing firm has in one plant an inventory of materials in process valued at about $21,000,000.
Repetitions of the process of painting, manufacturing, or irradiating will produce varying numbers of flaws-0, 1, 2, 3, or more.
manufacture (PRODUCE) Show phonetics
verb [T]
to produce goods in large numbers, usually in a factory using machines:
He works for a company that manufactures car parts.
The report notes a rapid decline in manufactured goods.
manufacture Show phonetics
noun [U]
Oil is used in the manufacture of a number of fabrics.
The amount of recycled glass used in manufacture doubled in five years.
manufacturer Show phonetics
noun [C]
Germany is a major manufacturer of motor cars.
manufacturers Show phonetics
plural noun
companies that produce manufactured goods:
Our kettle was leaking, so we had to send it back to the manufacturers.
craze
━━ v. 発狂［熱狂］する［させる］; （陶器に）ひびが入る［を入れる］.on Page 150: "... to be described here was to estimate the value of the materials in the process of manufacture in a large manufacturing plant.
A manufacturing firm has in one plant an inventory of materials in process valued at about $21,000,000.
Repetitions of the process of painting, manufacturing, or irradiating will produce varying numbers of flaws-0, 1, 2, 3, or more.
The president convenes in White House a conference on education.
convene
verb [I or T] FORMAL
to arrange (a group of people for) a meeting, or to meet for a meeting:
The Prime Minister convened (a meeting of) his ministers to discuss the matter.
The council will be convening on the morning of the 25th.
convenor
noun [C] (ALSO convener)
a high-ranking British trade union official who works in a particular factory
manufacture (PRODUCE) Show phoneticsThe president convenes in White House a conference on education.
verb [T]
to produce goods in large numbers, usually in a factory using machines:
He works for a company that manufactures car parts.
The report notes a rapid decline in manufactured goods.
manufacture Show phonetics
noun [U]
Oil is used in the manufacture of a number of fabrics.
The amount of recycled glass used in manufacture doubled in five years.
manufacturer Show phonetics
noun [C]
Germany is a major manufacturer of motor cars.
manufacturers Show phonetics
plural noun
companies that produce manufactured goods:
Our kettle was leaking, so we had to send it back to the manufacturers.
craze
━━ n. 狂気, 熱狂; 大流行 ((for)); （陶器の）ひび.
crazed ━━ a. 頭のおかしい; 熱狂した; （陶器などが）ひび模様の. cra・zy
━━ a. 気の狂った; 熱狂した ((about, for, over)); 気違いじみた［ている］ ((to do)); （建物など）ぐらぐらの; 途方もない; 〔俗〕 すばらしい.
like crazy 〔話〕 猛烈に.cra・zi・ly ad. 狂ったように; 熱狂して.
cra・zi・ness n. 狂気; 熱狂.
crazy bone 〔米〕 ＝funny bone.
Crazy Horse クレージーホース （1842-77） ((アメリカ先住民Sioux族の長)).
crazy paving 〔英〕 不ぞろいなタイル［敷石］の道.
crazy quilt 寄せぎれの掛けぶとん.
lode
lode・star 北極星; 指針; 指導原理.Landowner Wants to End Ban on Mining Radioactive Element Sought for Energy
(By Anita Kumar, The Washington Post)
Much later, I discovered Peter Drucker, and from the first book I was hooked. I found in his writing a magical lode of insights simply revealed. ...
Joost, the new Web video venture of Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, has struck the mother lode of television programming through its deal with Viacom.
mother lode
n.- The main vein of ore in a region.
- An abundant or rich source: “the kind . . . who makes Boston the mother lode of advance men” (David Nyhan).
A research team headed by Komei Harada, chief of the material laboratory of NIMS, calculated the total amount of metals contained in electrical products and other goods in this country by analyzing data on trading of 20 types of metal imported and exported as materials or finished products.
According to the team, of those metals, there are about 6,800 tons of gold in the country, which accounts for 16 percent of total natural reserves in mines around the world and is worth about 20 trillion yen.
There are an estimated 60,000 tons of silver, or 23 percent of the total reserves in the world, and 1,700 tons of iridium, or 61 percent.
Comparing natural mines in each major mineral-producing country with Japan's "urban mine," this country ranks top in terms of the volume of gold, exceeding the volume in South Africa. Japan also has the world largest silver, lead and iridium resources in the urban mines, according to the team.
Japan has been regarded as a country with few natural resources, but the latest finding shows it is actually rich in rare metals. With the aim of recycling such metals, the research team will calculate the amount of the metals that are not currently efficiently used because they are being discarded.
The team said it also would study methods of retrieving the rare metals from discarded electrical appliances and other products at low cost. "I was surprised that the amount of metal resources in urban areas is so much larger than expected," Harada said.
(Jan. 13, 2008)
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