I will continue to observe gokunming's weather forecast (forwarded from wherever) and know that it sometimes will get or has got cold somewhere in Time. Fortunately, this is Kunming, I no longer have to live according to a schedule (Salvador's closes at 11PM, I remember that), and so it's all rarely much of an issue...
So it was originally forecast to be 4C at 4AM this morning, whether that happened or not; or it's forecast to go down to 4C before midnight tonight; or before sunrise tomorrow? If it's the first, it doesn't really help anybody now, does it? If it's the second, then I guess I better carry my down jacket; if the third, I'll perhaps just come home early.
Curious about gokunming's weather forecasts - right now I read "11AM, 11C", plus humidity etc. All right, but the other numbers for temperature are 15C and 4C - do these represent previous temperatures between midnight and 11AM (i.e. that it went down to 4C this morning, after midnight last night), or predictions (i.e., that it will go up to 15C between now and midnight tonight and down to 4C before midnight tonight? I'm always confused, because the coldest hour is usually around 4AM.
Now THAT is a great idea for a long trip - congratulations!
My understanding is that Xiong Brothers bike shop is a good place, but I'm not really the one to ask.
@Dolphin: I have nothing against bat, have no argument against those who say that bats do not often carry infectious diseases, and have been in plenty of caves with bat dung under my feet and remained healthy. I've also known humans and caught measles when I was a kid. Maybe bats are generally cleaner than people. But the argument has to do with specific bats in a specific cave at a specific time in the history of disease. The article you have contributed deals with generalities, not specifics.
Your point about getting grants - does this mean you dismiss all research as fabricated? If not, why pick on this particular research? Do you think there are ANY scientists who do honest work?
Is it possible that the research is fabricated? YES, it is possible. Why do you think the research is probable in this particular case?
I'm not a health foody but the few meals I've had here have been really good and, yeah, I'll be happy to go back alone to sample all the rest of them. It's also not a bad place from which to people-watch the street below.
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Scientists "99 percent" certain SARS originated in Yunnan bats
Posted byThe first author of the article referred to: www.researchgate.net/profile/Zhengli_Shi.
Maybe you have a particular reason to doubt this guy's character?
Scientists "99 percent" certain SARS originated in Yunnan bats
Posted bycorrection: 'Why do you think the research is probably fabricated...'?
Scientists "99 percent" certain SARS originated in Yunnan bats
Posted by@Dolphin: I have nothing against bat, have no argument against those who say that bats do not often carry infectious diseases, and have been in plenty of caves with bat dung under my feet and remained healthy. I've also known humans and caught measles when I was a kid. Maybe bats are generally cleaner than people. But the argument has to do with specific bats in a specific cave at a specific time in the history of disease. The article you have contributed deals with generalities, not specifics.
Your point about getting grants - does this mean you dismiss all research as fabricated? If not, why pick on this particular research? Do you think there are ANY scientists who do honest work?
Is it possible that the research is fabricated? YES, it is possible. Why do you think the research is probable in this particular case?
Scientists "99 percent" certain SARS originated in Yunnan bats
Posted by@nnoble: Exactly. Tell us, Dolphin.
Down Under in Kunming: An interview with restauranteur Charles Bluett
Posted byI heard the story the night it happened - Charles came out briefly, needed a quick drink. Glad I don't have to run a restaurant.