2018年6月29日 星期五

Overdiagnosis, savings. Shut /finish it The Hell Up

CNN

"Whatever you got, finish it the hell up." Rep. Trey Gowdy, a South Carolina Republican, grills Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray, telling them to finish up special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation https://cnn.it/2tGbBdb

Millennials want to buy homes, but many don’t have savings. These lenders say that’s no problem.


WSJ.COM
No Savings? No Problem. These Companies Are Helping Home Buyers With Down Payments
Lenders are coming up with novel ways for buyers to cobble together down payments.










“People are mixing up general gaming, and excessive gaming, with gaming disorder. There is hardly any crossover between those two things whatsoever.” http://ow.ly/HZVs30kJ4hn

WIKITRIBUNE.COM
Cases of overdiagnosis are likely to follow the World Health Organization's announcement…

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Overdiagnosis is the diagnosis of "disease" that will never cause symptoms or death during a patient's ordinarily expected lifetime. Overdiagnosis is a side effect of screening for early forms of disease.

Overdiagnosis - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overdiagnosis



"Shut up" is a direct command with a meaning very similar to "be quiet", but which is commonly perceived as a more forceful command to stop making noise or otherwise communicating, such as talking. The phrase is probably a shortened form of "shut up your mouth" or "shut your mouth up".

Shut up - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shut_up

Urban Dictionary: Shut The Hell Up

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Shut%20The%20Hell%20Up
Another word for saying "be quiet" in an angry manner.



2018年6月25日 星期一

mantua, terrifyingly close shave with nuclear Armageddon


In 1983, NATO’s “Able Archer” exercise was wildly misinterpreted—the Kremlin was convinced it masked war preparations. A routine change of NATO codes made the Soviets assume a nuclear first strike was imminent


The world almost ended in 1983
ECONOMIST.COM

絕望的情況下(in an Armageddon situation)
According to the Book of Revelation in the New Testament of the BibleArmageddon (/ˌɑːrməˈɡɛdən/, from Ancient GreekἉρμαγεδώνHarmagedōn,[1][2] Late LatinArmagedōn,[3] from Hebrew: הר מגידו‬ Har Megiddo) is the prophesied location of a gathering of armies for a battle during the end times, variously interpreted as either a literal or a symbolic location. The term is also used in a generic sense to refer to any end of the world scenario.





close shave
noun
  1. 1.
    a shave in which the hair is cut very short.
  2. 2.
    informal
    a narrow escape from danger or disaster.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantua_(clothing)

The beauty of this 18th c. mantua dress is indisputable. What was its effect on nature though?
The dyestuffs came from plants and insects native to Europe or imported from the Middle East and South America. The silk was ‘cooked’ for at least three and a half hours in boiling water with white soap and the contents were then emptied into the river.
This is not the only dress #FashionedfromNature, discover the true story behind more objects at our exhibition: https://goo.gl/znHvbx

2018年6月23日 星期六

substandard, hounding, learning center

Also Friday, the local education board said it had discovered another 15 public schools with substandard concrete walls on their premises. 


The sheer number of times that charges against Mr Georgiou have been dropped and refiled raises eyebrows, says Elias Papaioannou of London Business School

ECONOMIST.COM

The hounding of Greece’s former statistics chief is disturbing
Andreas Georgiou loses an appeal, and faces more charges

hound
haʊnd/
verb
gerund or present participle: hounding
  1. harass, persecute, or pursue relentlessly.

    "she was hounded by the Italian press"
*****
 'learning center' 在美國起碼有兩義:

這有點像幼稚園的"角落教學":

Learning centers in American elementary schools

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The learning center strategy uses eight basic learning centers to address the countless objectives of Americanearly childhood classrooms, attempting to develop the student’s social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and aesthetic abilities.

There are eight basic learning centers in an early childhood/elementary classroom, according to the Stephen F. Austin State University Charter School program, each structured to expand the students’ experiences in a variety of meaningful and effective ways. Each center is constructed to encompass numerous objectives, including state and federal standards, school standards, and community standards. The learning centers approach focuses on student autonomy and learning style by giving each student an opportunity to explore his learning environment hands-on in a developmentally appropriate classroom (see Constructivism). Teachers act as facilitators, providing materials and guidance, as well as planning discussions, activities, demonstrations, and reviews.



Contents [hide]
1Importance of learning centers
2Basic learning centers
3References
4Bibliography


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第2義,偏向社區或學校/大學的資源或服務中心。

  • various institutions for teaching and learning purposes. The purpose of a resource center is to advanced the learningexperience of students and teachers
    11 KB (1,552 words) - 01:18, 5 August 2017
  • Teaching and learning centers are independent academic units within colleges and universities that exist to provide support services for faculty, to help
    10 KB (1,419 words) - 14:20, 19 December 2017

  • Huntington Learning Center is a chain of educational service centers in the United States. Huntington is the oldest provider of supplemental educational
    4 KB (301 words) - 23:15, 19 July 2017
  • KinderCare Learning Centers is an American operator of for-profit child care and early childhood education facilities founded in 1969 and currently owned
    12 KB (1,105 words) - 10:36, 28 May 2018
  • John R. Buchtel Community Learning Center, formerly known as John R. Buchtel High School and often referred to as Buchtel High School or Buchtel CLC,
    7 KB (481 words) - 14:55, 6 February 2018

2018年6月22日 星期五

body blow, "The significance of this is hard to overstate."


"The significance of this is hard to overstate."
THEGUARDIAN.COM
Airbus has delivered a body blow to Brexit Britain. It won’t be the last | Aditya Chakrabortty



body blow
noun
  1. a heavy punch to the body.
    • something that causes problems or severe disappointment; a setback.
      "a tax on books would be a body blow for education"

2018年6月18日 星期一

“Ghibli”, Japan's Ghibli Museum

It's both a showcase for the famed animation studio and a playground for children of any age.

ATLASOBSCURA.COM

Japan's Ghibli Museum
A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli


The name “Ghibli” comes from an Arabic word meaning, “hot air blowing in from the Sahara desert.” Considering his father worked in the aviation industry, Miyazaki probably learned the name from the Italian Ca.309 plane also known as aGhibli.Dec 31, 2013




wont, knot, Pins and needles,

"Noon had just struck. The school-door opened and the youngsters streamed out tumbling over one another in their haste to get out quickly. But instead of promptly dispersing and going home to dinner as was their daily wont, they stopped a few paces off, broke up into knots and set to whispering.
--from "Simon’s Father" by Guy de Maupassant



Pins and needles, or paresthesia, is the physical sensation of tingling, pricking, or numbness.

感覺異常,是刺痛,刺痛或麻木的肉體感覺。


大稻埕永樂布市的廠商到華山開Popup store





wont

[形容詞] ((叙述的)) (…し)慣れて,(…する)のを常として((to do))
    • He was wont to rise at dawn.
    • 夜明けと共に起きるのを常としていた.
━━ [名詞] ((通例 one's wont)) 風習,習慣(custom)
    • use and wont
    • 世間の風習
    • as is one's wont
    • 習慣どおりに,いつものように
━━ [他動詞] (wont,wont or wont・ed,wont・ing)
  1. 1((古)) ((通例受身または再帰的)) 〈人を〉(物事などに)慣れさせる((to ...)).
  2. 2((古)) ((通例受身)) 〈物事を〉習慣的にする,いつもやるようにする.
━━ [自動詞] (wont,wont or wont・ed,wont・ing) 慣れる;(…する)習慣である((to do)).
語源
(形容詞)中期英語 wontwoned,古期英語 gewunod(gewunian「…に慣れている」の過去分詞;→WON2);ドイツ語 gewöhnt と同語源;(動詞)中期英語,WONTED または wont(過去分詞)からの逆成;(名詞)wont(過去分詞)と廃語 wone「願望」(一定の決まり文句で)の融合と思われる


[名詞]
  1. 1(ひも・綱などの)結び(目),結節;もつれ,からみ;(物の)(小さな)塊((of ...))
    • make a knot
    • 結び目を作る
    • tie a rope in a knot [=tie a knot in a rope]
    • 綱に結び目を作る,綱を結ぶ.
  2. 2
  3. (1)(リボンなどの)結び目,飾り結び,ちょう結び,(装飾の)結びひも,(彫刻の)節総ふしふさ飾り
    • shoulder knot
    • (衣服の)肩飾り.
  4. (2)〔紋章〕 結び(badge として使用される図形;Ormond knot,Stafford knot など).
  5. 3(人・物・線などの)群れ,集まり,一団,一群((of ...))
    • knot of spectators
    • 一群の観客
    • knot of trees
    • 木立
    • in knots
    • 三々五々(群れを成して).
  6. 4
  7. (1)(枝が幹につながる)結合部分,節;(茎の,特に膨らんでいる)節,(根の)こぶ.
  8. (2)(板・木材の)節,節目;(石材の)ぼさ
    • knot in wood
    • 木材の節.
  9. (3)(菌による樹木の)こぶ病,節病.
  10. 5〔解剖〕 〔動物〕 (器官・組織などの)結節,節;(筋肉などの)隆起,こぶ(状のもの).
  11. 6(精神集中した時などの眉間みけんの)しわ
  12. 7
  13. (1)面倒なこと;紛糾,混乱;困難,難事:the GORDIAN KNOT
    • cut the knot
    • 難関を打開する.
  14. (2)(神経・筋肉などの)緊張;(胃などの)締めつけられるような感じ.
  15. (3)(事件・問題などの)中心点,焦点,核心
  16. 8〔海事〕
  17. (1)ノット:1時間に1海里(約1,852m)進む速さの単位.
  18. (2)測程線の結節:測程線上47フィート3インチ(13.79m)につけるマーク.
  19. (3)((広義に)) 海里(nautical mile).
  20. 9縁,絆きずな
  21. 10〔数学〕 節点:関数の値が定められている点;joint,node ともいう.
  22. 11〔ガラス製造〕 節:ガラスの中に混入しガラス化した小さな異物.
  23. 12((英)) (ポーターの)肩当て(porter's knot).
  24. 13((俗)) 亀頭.

knot1の慣用句・イディオム

  1. at a [or the] rate of knots
    • ((主に英話)) 猛烈なスピードで,ものすごく速く.
  1. have a knot in one's kite string
    • ((話)) のうたりんだ.
  1. hit the knots
    • ((話)) 寝て過ごす;眠る.
  1. tie the knot
    • ((話)) 結婚する,結ばれる;結婚式を執り行う(◆今は((まれ))).
  1. tie ...(up) in [or into] knots [or a knot]
    • ((話)) 〈人を〉ひどく混乱[当惑,興奮]させる,神経過敏にする.
━━ [他動詞] (knot・ted,knot・ting)
  1. 1〈ひもなどを〉結ぶ,に結び目を作る,〈2本のロープ・ひもを〉結びつける((together))
    • knot one's tie
    • ネクタイを結ぶ
  2. 2〈物を〉(ひもなどで)結びつける,堅く結ぶ
    • knot a package
    • 包みを結わえる.
  3. 3〈筋肉・神経などを〉緊張させる,こわばらせる.
  4. 4(競技などで)〈点・スコアを〉同点にする.
  5. 5…をこぶ[房]にする;…にこぶ[節]を作る.
  6. 6…をもつれさせる.
  7. 7〈眉を〉ひそめる,〈額に〉八の字を寄せる.
  8. 8〈板などの〉(塗装の前に)節止めをする.
━━ [自動詞]
  1. 1堅く結ばれる,結び目ができる;もつれる,からむ.
  2. 2こぶ[節]になる.
  3. 3〈筋肉・神経などが〉緊張する,張りつめる,こわばる.
  4. 4〈人などが〉集まる,群れをつくる.
  5. 5〈眉が〉寄る.
  6. 6〈痛みなどが〉襲う.
  7. 7(糸に結び目を作ったりして)レースを作る,飾り玉を作る,編み物をする.

knot1の慣用句・イディオム

  1. Get knotted!
    • ((英俗)) ((強い軽蔑けいべつ・拒否・不信などを表して)) くそでも食らえ,くたばりやがれ.
語源
1000年以前.(名詞)中期英語 knot(te),古期英語 cnotta; ドイツ語 knoten「編む」と同語源;KNEADKNOB と同根