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Sex doll market takes off in China following explosive Single's Day sales
While Black Friday sales in America have fallen 10% compared to last year, the shopping craze in China is on the rise. November 11th was Single's Day in China, when sellers of hot items like electronics and mobile devices can make a whole month's worth of sales within a single day. In the past, electronics companies like Xiaomi have marked their market ascension with their sales volume statistics on Single's Day. However, there was also another rather unexpected item that proved to be in high demand on Single's Day – sex dolls.
More than silicone: Chinese man's relationship with a sex doll goes viral
As per its namesake, real sex doll are typically objects used for fulfilling sexual fantasies. However, to a netizen named Song Bo, who went by the alias of "Onodera Karen" on Weibo, this was not the case. The 3D game designer from Tianjin suffered mild depression when he was diagnosed with intracranial arachnoid cysts two years ago, until he bought a 1.45 meter sex doll online for 14 thousand yuan. He named her Xiao Die, literally meaning little butterfly, and treated it as a daughter since.
Song Bo brought "her" out for shopping, meals, movies, karaoke sessions, and even to amusement parks and the countryside, just like a real father would. He also uploaded "everyday life" photos of his real sex doll daughter on Weibo every now and then, wearing different clothes and doing different poses, and the doll gradually gained a following on the said social media platform.
Other than taking her out, buying clothes for her and shooting photos of her, he had even hired a nail artist to do manicure for his daughter. When asked about her "maintenance cost", he claimed to have never actually calculated, and stated, "I can't even begin to count the money I've spent, but was it worth it? Hard to say, as this male sex dolls gave me a sense of belonging that no money can buy after all."


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March 1, 2013
Kamayani Bali Mahabal
I am rising for an incarcerated tribal teacher Soni Sori , a woman who juggled several roles – a tribal journalist, activist, teacher, mother of three young kids. A woman who dared to speak against the interests of the Chhattisgarh State and mining companies. A woman who did not succumb to the emotional, physical, sexual harassment targeted at breaking her spirits in the jail. She, instead, knocked at the conscience of the world outside.
She began her fight against injustice in October 2011, when she was arrested on the charges of being a maoist supporter and brutally, physically and sexually tortured in custody by the Chhattisgarh police.
The announcement of the President's Police Medal for Gallantry on 63rdRepublic day of India in 2012 for Ankit Garg, the SP of Dantewada is a reflection of the sad state of the Indian Republic .. It was shocking to see that a police officer who was accused of brutalising and torturing the young Adivasi teacher, Soni Sori, was lauded by the State even after reports of perversity of the worst kind in the way he reportedly ordered the torture of Sori in police custody.
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She fought back! She went on hunger strike in jail and protested against the human rights violations and the treatment by the Chhattisgarh Police; she wrote letters tot he court about the situation in prison and continues to speak out whenever she can.
Even after more than a year, Soni has not received justice. Her struggle continues…
Soni Sori has become a symbol of mistreatment of all women prisoners .
Her fight for justice is not just for herself but also for others.
Her letters from Prison which spread like for fire for an International support on March 8th 2012
WE Rise for Soni Sori because:
- Far from being an oppressed and downtrodden woman, as an outspoken critic of the state policies, the mining companies, and the Maoists, Soni Sori is being punished for exerting her democratic right to speak out indefence of her adivasi/ Indigenous community and their traditional lands rather than for a crime she has not even been tried for.
- She is being punished by those who would not have the authority to mete out punishment even if she were guilty of a crime and the form of her punishments are not to be found in any penal code anywhere in the world.
- If the Indian government is not willing to protect women from the illegal actions of its own agents when in their custody, then what message is it sending out to Indian men – that women are fair game just for going out or speaking out?
- The Indian state not only seems to be failing to protect women from sexual and other types of violence, but is in fact sanctioning, indeed rewarding such crimes when they are committed by its employees and representatives to silence women who speak out in defence of human rights.
We Rise Because We Refuse To Support State Violence On Women.
We Rise Because Rape And Violence Against Women Under Any Circumstances is Unacceptable.
We Rise On This International Women's Day To Demand Freedom for Soni Sori & Punishment For Her Perpetrators.
When: One Billion Rising on March 8th 2013.
Who: People of all gender with head, heart and a strong spine
Where: Here. There. Anywhere. Wherever we have such people.
What: Organise your own 'One Billion Rising' action in your city, school, university, work place. Organise it any form you like. Or check the list of events on this page and join the one you can. Don't worry If you are unable to make it to the streets, there are several online actions: petitions, letters to Indian government. But whatever you decide to do leave a message here so that others can join.
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One of the reasons - it's probably in the top three reasons, in fact - that parents fail at solving discipline problems is they try to solve too many at once. In so doing, they scatter their disciplinary energy too thinly and end up solving none. The only thing they accomplish is getting more frustrated and more convinced that there is something about their child that renders discipline ineffective - a gene perhaps, inherited from the father (who else?), that causes a biochemical imbalance.
If a corporation manufactures 10 products that are all losing money, its managers do not try to rehabilitate all 10 products at once. Instead, they focus their marketing energy and dollars on one. They are fairly certain that the renewed success of that one item will have a positive effect on the other nine. And they're right! Shortly after bingobangos begin showing a profit, whatchamas and humperdoos begin operating in the black as well. Pretty soon, all 10 products are doing well. Mind you, if management had tried to jump-start all 10 at once, the corporation would have gone bankrupt.
And so it is when dealing with discipline problems. No matter how many there are, pick one - it doesn't really matter which one - and deal with it in a very organized way. When you have solved that one problem, you will almost surely notice that one or two other problems have spontaneously vanished. I call it "disciplinary math." If you start with 10 discipline problems - tantrums, disobedience, disrespect, teasing the dog, leaving clothes all over the house, and so on - and you solve one, you are likely to find that you only have seven problems left. Solve one of those and you have only four left. Four problems minus one is one and that goes the way of the other nine as soon as your child sees you focusing on it. During this process, which may take several months from start to finish (time well spent), just muddle through the problems you haven't yet targeted. Their day will come.
I once consulted with a couple whose early-elementary-age son was giving them fits. In addition to speaking disrespectfully, ignoring instructions, and interrupting conversations, he was not getting ready for school on time in the morning. The parents took turns haranguing, hectoring and hassling until he was finally ready to leave the house. Because their day almost always got off on the wrong foot, they were eager to solve that problem. Instead, I helped them develop an organized approach to the disrespectful statements that flew out of his mouth whenever things didn't go his way.
A few weeks later, the parents told me that the disrespect had all but completely stopped. Oh, and by the way, their son was getting ready to leave for school in the morning without being harangued and so on. And other problems were showing improvement as well!
"Disciplinary math" may defy the rules of arithmetic, but it works!


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Hey everyone, today I'm sharing a post over at the October Afternoon blog. I'm creating some cute "business cards" using the Shorthand paper from the 9 to 5 collection.
I cut apart the fun office girl images and used them separately to create some whimsical cards for my mother-in-law.
Medium Manila Tags. The fun rotary phone image is also from the 9 to 5 collection.


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If you haven't already you should visit her blog. Today, she is sharing with us one of my favorite recipes, Channa Bhatura.
You can also use instant yeast, in which case, you can add it directly to the flour and then tip in the remaining ingredients
Yogurt...that's interesting. My family uses milk.
The chana bhatura looks really delicious. Hmm, I'm getting hungry, and its only 7 am here!
The breads look so light and fluffy. Congratulations for trying something new and achieving it (and the reward is you get to eat it too).ReplyDelete
thanks a lot for this opportunity Kulsum ... :)ReplyDelete
This looks delicious.. Nisha's photography and lighting is always so amazing. This a great pick for the guest post!
I never made Bhature at home and now that I have the recipe from an expert .. time to give a try :)
lovely post. thanks to both of you.ReplyDelete
MMmmm. This all looks so delicious. I love Indian spices.ReplyDelete
The bhatura look incredible! The chana masala also looks quite wonderful. Great post!ReplyDelete
Kudos...Nisha and Kulsum...
I love both the blogs... Very well written !!!
deliciously done combination Nisha
lovely guest post Kulsum
lovely- happy hoots to the yumcombo ! thanks to kulsum & nisha for the mouth watering journey !!ReplyDelete
I want to eat up that first photo...the bread and the chickpeas look amazing!ReplyDelete
Is it a co-incidence or telepathy that I had the same thing for lunch today :-) Chana bhatura has to be on top of my favorite dishes list. Love it! and LOVE Nisha, her recipes always leave me drooling.ReplyDelete
This guest post came at the most perfect time because I have been searching for a good and easy chana recipe. And for once I actually have every ingredient on this list!ReplyDelete
Can't agree on any more about Nisha there Kulsum, I adore her honesty and humour she bring in her post. You both rock, as always great pic and wonderful recipe, i don't mind having it for dinner, since i need it now!ReplyDelete
Love these any time fave channa bhaturas!ReplyDelete
I love channa masala! This looks so good my mouth is watering...ReplyDelete
Looks absolutely insanely good! I love that you used yogurt! I must give that a try!ReplyDelete
Looks so mouthwatering.I wanna make some chole for dinner rightaway! Those soft, puffy bhaturas look amaaazzing! Good one both of you!ReplyDelete
Love how puffed and golden those breads look! Thanks for the introduction to the lovely Nisha!ReplyDelete
good one.. nice job Nisha and first time at your blog Kulsum and like what I see...ReplyDelete
Nisha, first attempt and you made these fabulous bread! That's amazing!
Kulsum, thank you for introducing us to Nisha's blog!
Your pics are always the BOMB!!! Love chickpeas and that dish looks sooooo yummy! :)ReplyDelete
Looks awesome Nisha and Kulsum :) Batura is an all time fav!ReplyDelete
Kulsum, here is the link for the "Poached Rhubarb and Sabayon". It would paste into Twitter, perhaps too long. http://rileymadel.blogspot.com/2011/04/poached-rhubarb-with-saboyan-cream.htmlReplyDelete
Yummy chana bhatura. One of my favorite foods. I sometimes just make poori instead of bhatura.ReplyDelete
yummylicious! :PReplyDelete
I wonder whats the difference between puri and bhatura taste-wise? Isnt bhatura just bigger puri?ReplyDelete
What a wonderful site! So glad I found site! and so beautiful too!
Thanks ! :)
Beautiful Bhatura! Have made this at least thrice in the past few weeks. Amazing how fast the Bhatura making process goes with more and more practice! Love the colors in your dish!ReplyDelete
lovely- happy hoots to the yumcombo ! thanks to kulsum & nisha for the mouth watering journey !!ReplyDelete
Just came across your blog. Beautiful pictures! The recipes look amazing too. :)ReplyDelete
Oh that looks so so delicious, Rather annoyed I can't grab it through the computer screen, might have to make it instead.ReplyDelete


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Thursday, November 13, 2014
This Cute Little Muffin is Wilma Lumpkin
It's been a very long time since we've had a litter containing a black kitten, and I LOVE black kittens, so I was delighted to hear the news that this set of three would be our next batch. We're actually their second foster home. The teeny-tiny things first spent a week with Monica, who works at the HS. Monica always has a houseful, and often takes on those challenging bottle-feeders. She saw these three through those tough, early days, and we're quite grateful for that!
Wilma and Frienda are sisters, but wee Stewart is not related. He came in all by his lonesome, and got merged with the girls. If I wouldn't have been told that, I never would have guessed it. He certainly looks and acts like he belongs.
Welcome wee Lumpkins! We're so happy you're here, and look forward to watching you grow!
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Awww, is that why the kitten's last name is Lumpkin? Because they were 'lumped' together? Sweet Steward is glad to have some sisters for pouncing and butt biting.ReplyDeleteReplies
Aw! If that's the reason then I just died from the cute. I adore all of these little Lumpkins!Delete
Wilma, you are a doll kitty!ReplyDelete
Cute! Cute! Cute! Cute! Cute! Wee Wilma and Frieda are such cuties! And Little Stewart, you belong in ANY group! That is a houseful of cute right there!ReplyDelete
Hello baby dolls! Get ready for lots of love!!ReplyDelete
- Annie RNovember 13, 2014 at 9:59 AM
The more the merrier, Stewart has some sisters :)! Look forward to seeing a lot more of the Lumpkin family.ReplyDelete
OMG! I love the little black kittehs! Wilma Lumpkin, you're a pumpkin! <3 <3 <3ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 13, 2014 at 10:16 AM
Eeeeeee! Two little bebe black bears! I can't wait to play "spot the differences" between Wilma and Frieda.ReplyDelete
Hello Wilma Its great to meet you, you are very very very cute.ReplyDelete
I love the curious look on your face in picture 2
So cute and funny! They are all woolly and wonderful and certainly make a perfect little family, Jo xReplyDelete
Wilma and Wylla....loving it! Welcome, little bear! You, Freida and Stewart are in for a fun time!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 13, 2014 at 11:19 AM
They are all so cute and adorable, I especially like the boy kitteh cat, he is just adorable a tux no doubt, he looks like he could definitely be related to the other two female dolls..But I am still smitten with Miss Wylla Stout and the Queen Miss Charlene Butterbean...yes I am..You and your hubs are so wonderful to take these itty bitty kitteh cats to make sure they grow up and are adopted out..Hoping your holidays are just super duper and hugs to the Queen and Miss Wylla Stout too!XXXX()()()()()XXXXReplyDelete
Oh the Lumpkins! Love tuxies and all black kitties. Can't wait to see the adventures that await this trio.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 13, 2014 at 11:33 AM
I just love the stern little look on her tiny face.ReplyDelete
You can climb my sweater anytime, Wilma. Come on up and I'll hold you close and love you up and keep you nice and warm for as long as you want to stay and soak up the attention. You're a cute itty bitty, aren't you?ReplyDelete
So cute! I never would have guessed that Stewart was from a different litter--he really does blend right in. I can hardly wait to see more of the Lumpkins!ReplyDelete
awww - tiny house panthers!!ReplyDelete
I've heard a quote about cats: "The smallest feline is a masterpiece" and that is so true of the precious Lumpkin trio! They are all adorable itty bitty kitties! And, hugs and lovies to beautiful Wylla and Charlene Butterbean! xoReplyDelete
so happy to see the new arrivals - too cute!ReplyDelete
I think their father got around. Stewart and Wilma look a lot alike. This is a precious bunch of kitties- I love black cats, too. They are so sweet!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 13, 2014 at 3:19 PM
The Lumpkins=Adoreable Muffins!!!!ReplyDelete
I �� u Lumpkins
- Brooke R.November 13, 2014 at 4:24 PM
*bonk* *dead* and her obituary says "she died from the cuteness of the Lumpkins of the Ittty Bitty Kitty Committee"ReplyDelete
I love so much that they Lumped the Lumpkins together.ReplyDelete
Darling Wilma, you are exactly what I needed to see after a long day at work!ReplyDelete
Can I tell you a secret, honey bun? Seeing you and your sister and foster brother makes my heart glad! My darling black kitty Gandalf crossed over the Rainbow Bridge in September, and seeing you makes me think a little wee bit of his sweetness lives on.
I love little black kittens, they're so cute. Can't wait until you learn their personalities, it's always so fun to read!ReplyDelete
- LG's momNovember 14, 2014 at 4:47 AM
Well, hello, Miss Plumpkin, er, Lumpkin. Aren't you a little cutie-pie?ReplyDelete
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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who oversaw a moratorium on offshore drilling after the BP oil spill and promoted alternative energy sources throughout the nation, will step down in March.
Salazar, a former Colorado senator, has run the Interior Department throughout President Barack Obama's first term and pushed renewable power such as solar and wind and the settlement of a longstanding dispute with American Indians.
In a statement, Obama said Salazar had helped "usher in a new era of conservation for our nation's land, water and wildlife" and had played a major role in efforts to "expand responsible development of our nation's domestic energy resources."
Salazar said in a statement that the Interior Department was helping secure "a new energy frontier" and cited an aggressive agenda to reform oil and gas leases, which he said had increased offshore drilling safety.
Under his watch, the Interior Department has authorized nearly three dozen solar, wind and geothermal energy projects on public lands that provide enough electricity to power more than 3 million homes, Salazar said.
Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire, a longtime Obama ally, is among those mentioned as a potential successor to Salazar, along with John Berry, director of the White House Office of Personnel Management. Berry is a former assistant Interior secretary and director of the National Zoo. Gregoire, whose term expires Wednesday, also is considered a candidate to replace Lisa Jackson at the Environmental Protection Agency.
Salazar, 57, entered the Senate with Obama in 2005. At Interior, he gained the most attention for his role in the drilling moratorium, a key part of the administration's response to the April 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico. It was one of the largest environmental disasters in U.S. history and led to the unprecedented shutdown of offshore drilling.
Business groups and Gulf Coast political leaders said the shutdown crippled the oil and gas industry and cost thousands of jobs, even aboard rigs not operated by BP PLC.
But Salazar said the industry-wide moratorium was the correct call and that his ultimate goal was to allow deepwater operations to resume safely. He acknowledged that the drilling ban caused hardship, but he said his job was to protect the public and the environment even as the administration tried to boost domestic energy production.
The moratorium was lifted in October 2010, although offshore drilling operations did not begin for several more months. Some Gulf Coast lawmakers continue to complain about the slow pace of drilling permits under the Interior Department, which renamed and revamped the agency that oversees offshore drilling in the wake of the spill.
Salazar also approved the nation's first offshore wind farm, Cape Wind, off the Massachusetts coast.
On land, Salazar has promoted solar power in the West and Southwest, approving an unprecedented number of projects, even as oil and gas continue to be approved on federal land.
Salazar also oversaw the settlement of a multibillion dispute with Native American tribes that had lingered for more than a decade.
Throughout his tenure, Salazar tangled with oil companies.
"We don't believe we ought to be drilling anywhere and everywhere," Salazar said in 2010, before the BP spill. "We believe we need a balanced approach and a thoughtful approach" that allows development of oil and gas leases on public lands while also protecting national parks, endangered species and municipal watersheds.
Salazar criticized the Bush administration for what he called a "headlong rush" to lease public lands. Early in his tenure, Salazar suspended 60 of 77 leases in Utah that had been approved by the Bush administration.
"In the prior administration the oil and gas industry were the kings of the world. Whatever they wanted to happen, happened," Salazar said in January 2010, adding that those days were over.
Salazar is the latest Cabinet secretary to leave the administration and the second Hispanic Cabinet member to depart as Obama begins a second term. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said announced her departure last week.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Pentagon chief Leon Panetta, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and EPA's Jackson also have announced plans to leave. Energy Secretary Steven Chu is widely expected to leave, though his departure has not been announced.
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Physical therapists work with people of all ages to help improve their mobility, reduce their pain and prevent disability. The major professional organization for physical therapists is the American Physical Therapy Association, and entry-level physical therapist and physical therapist assistant programs are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE). The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts excellent growth for physical therapist jobs and physical therapist assistant jobs. According to the U.S. BLS, the median annual physical therapist salary is $72,790, while the median annual physical therapist assistant salary is $46,140.
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EU–(ENEWSPF)–8 March 2012. A pair of unusually large solar flares early yesterday generated a Coronal Mass Ejection that will reach Earth around mid-day today. It will likely cause at least a strong geomagnetic storm that could affect satellites in space and trigger auroral displays.
The effects at ground level are expected to be limited, but there is a good chance for some excellent auroral displays in the north.
The extra-large two solar flares occurred at 23:24 GMT on 6 March and 00:14 GMT yesterday, throwing off a huge cloud of magnetised plasma from the Sun's atmosphere – the corona – into interplanetary space.
These Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) often occur in association with a solar flare.
Dramatic events spotted by ESA and NASA missions
These dramatic events were detected by the ESA/NASA SOHO and NASA SDO spaceborne solar observatories. Together with other space organisations, ESA experts are closely monitoring the storm.
The two flares followed an earlier flare, which occurred on 04:05 GMT on 5 March.
All three came from a new active region on the Sun that was first detected on 2 March.
The plasma cloud left the Sun at an estimated 2300 km/s – unusually fast.
However, the angle combined with deceleration from the background solar wind means that it is expected to arrive some hours later than this initial estimated speed alone would indicate.
Satellites to experience increased effects
In addition, a strong stream of high-energy protons has been generated. This 'storm' of subatomic particles was created by the shock wave ahead of the CME.
"It is therefore likely that satellites orbiting Earth will experience increased radiation levels today as a result," says Juha-Pekka Luntama, Head of Space Weather in ESA's Space Situational Awareness office.
Aurora Borealis
"Space radiation levels are expected to remain high throughout 8 March and possibly for one to two days longer."
"In addition, the arrival of the geomagnetic storm could affect systems including GPS navigation satellite signals and satellite communications."
ESA spacecraft already affected
The Venus Express spacecraft, now orbiting Venus and much closer to the Sun than Earth, was affected by the radiation on 7 March.
Venus Express
The startracker cameras that help Venus Express measure its position and orientation in space were 'blinded' starting at 01:41 GMT.
"The Mission Control Team has taken the startrackers out of service and is maintaining the spacecraft's attitude using gyroscopes until the solar effects fade," says Octavio Camino, Venus Express Spacecraft Operations Manager at ESA's European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany.
Alexi Glover, an ESA space weather scientist, says that the solar region causing the current activity has a complex magnetic configuration and is now close to the centre of the Sun's disc.
"So there is a good chance of more large events in the coming days," she notes.
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Real-world software and services
From Gambit wiki
This page lists a collection of real-world software and services built with the Gambit-C Scheme system. Please add to this list if you know of a missing entry.
Programming Languages
- JazzScheme by Guillaume Cartier (open-source, development environment, for Windows/Mac/Linux)
- EdScheme by Schemers inc. (commercial, Scheme interpreter for Windows)
- Gambit REPL by Marc Feeley (commercial, development environment, for iPhone/iPad)
- clojure-scheme by Nathan Sorenson (Clojure to Gambit Scheme compiler, ClojureWest2013 slides are here)
- LambdaNative Open-source cross-platform development environment supporting Android, iOS, BlackBerry 10, OS X, Linux, Windows and OpenBSD. ICFP2013 preprint here.
- Quantz by Gamerizon inc. (commercial on Steam, for Windows/Mac/Linux)
- Farmageddon by James Long (commercial on App store, for iPhone)
- Reverso by Alex Queiroz (commercial on App store, for iPhone)
- uSquish for iOS and uSquish for Android (free app on App stores, for iPhone and Android)
- FMDiff by Huslik Verlag GmbH (commercial, for Windows/Mac)
- Delectus by mikel evins, (commercial, a simple list manager for Mac OS X, available through the Mac App Store)
- SGDLScript by SGDL Technology S.A. (commercial, 3D modeling, for Windows)
- Phone Oximeter by UBC/BC Children's Hospital (clinical research tool, for iPhone)
- telePORT by UBC/BC Children's Hospital (operating room telemonitoring app, for iPhone, Android, Windows and Linux)
- SellingPoint by Concentra corp. (commercial, sales configuration, for Windows)
Industrial Control Systems
- Klio tools by Marco Benelli (open source, libraries - web server - web applications, used on x86, ARM, sh-2 processors with *nix and Windows OSes)


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I am a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design with a Master's Degree in Architecture, and am currently an adjunct professor at the Boston Architectural College.
As an architecture student at RISD, I led a team to design a carbon-neutral learning facility for a community land trust, developed and established a model for running a winter farmers' market which included designing and building a point-of-sale structure, and collaborated with a group of high school students to design and build an installation for their school's underused courtyard.
Since graduating in 2009, I have designed several small-scale projects for a high-end residential contractor in the Boston area. I have administrative experience, extensive teaching experience, and am proficient in all relevant software applications. I am very organized, have a keen attention to detail, and a professional attitude.
I am passionate about social and environmental justice, community outreach and design, and work that respects local traditions and urban fabric. I strongly believe that the design profession has a unique opportunity to help shape the way we live on this planet, from ecologically sound solutions to the psychology of how people experience the built environment.
Boston Architectural College (BAC), Boston, MA, US, Associate Professor
Develop curriculum for core studio, facilitate design education through iterative and materials-based pedagogy.
RJames Renovations, Boston, MA, US, Architectural Designer
Provide design expertise, generate technical drawings and renderings, facilitate permitting, liaise with clients.
Cambridge Flocks, Cambridge, MA, US, Director of Educational Outreach
Coordinated academic programming of large-scale public art installation, managed team of interns in development and implementation of curriculum.
ITT Technical Institute, Norwood, MA, US, Seminar Instructor
Implemented core curriculum, developed effective instructional strategies.
City of Providence Department of Planning and Development, Providence, RI, US, Mayoral Fellow
Conducted land use surveys, generated housing typology database, facilitated neighborhood development charrettes.
Paul Lukez Architecture, Somerville, MA, US, Designer
Conducted site and materials research, participated in international design competition, coordinated marketing initiative.
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, US, Study Coordinator
Crate and Barrel, Boston, MA, US, Manager
Kingsley Montessori School, Boston, MA, US, Teacher
Steppingstone Academy, Boston, MA, US, Teacher
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI, US, MArch, Architecture
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA, US, Masters, Educations
University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, US, Bachelors, Psychology


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20130509 Beijing is waging a clandestine media war
Beijing is waging a
clandestine media war
By Christian Fan Jiang 范姜提昂
Former Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) chairman Chiang Pin-kung (江丙坤) recently
brought up the five-year-old idea of bringing the international news coverage of
China's China Central Television (CCTV) to Taiwan. The crucial part of
international news reporting is the analysis and viewpoints expressed in the
reports and the values a media outlet represents.
Ironically enough, a day before Chiang made the suggestion, the South Korean
newspaper Chosun Ilbo ran an analysis of the sluggish US economy, describing how
China is capitalizing on this weakness to disseminate propaganda.
The article started by saying that some US media outlets behaved as if they were
official Chinese media outlets during the Boao Forum for Asia.
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full-page features on the Boao forum, with page designs that looked almost
exactly the same as the standard pages of these newspapers, and that unless
readers looked closely enough, they would not notice a tagline at the top of the
page that read: "Paid advertisement."
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opinion and are now appearing on average once a week in a number of major US
papers, with one or two features at a time.
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leading papers like the Washington Post to post its advertorials in a fixed
section of the newspaper. In addition, China's official English-language
publication, the China Daily, is included in weekly or periodical inserts in
some major US newspapers. In other words, China is using the Washington Post
both for advertising and to disseminate the China Daily.
However, newspapers are not the main thrust of China's media war: What China
really wants to influence is TV news coverage.
In February last year, CCTV America started broadcasting from its headquarters
in Washington, with its operations centered in Beijing, allowing it to reach all
of China and the world's major cities. CCTV's news center in Washington employs
more than 200 journalists and administrative staff, most of them Chinese,
although there are some Western program presenters and reporters, including a
former 60 Minutes producer and former BBC reporters.
The Chosun Ilbo analyzed China's propaganda aimed at the US and said that
China's newspapers place a heavy emphasis on politics, while news from CCTV
places more of an emphasis on economic affairs, with the goal of increasing the
world's hopes for the Chinese economy and increasing economic cooperation
between the US and China.
The Chosun Ilbo also said that while CCTV's programs may only be broadcast one
hour a day, they employ more than 60 reporters.
What is occurring in the US shows the aggressive nature and size of China's
global media strategy.
If Taiwan is considered from this perspective, we can see that first of all
there was the media tug-of-war involving the Want Want China Times Group trying
to purchase some Next Media outlets and now there is Chiang proposing that
CCTV's international news by be brought to Taiwan.
In response to people's concerns over China's influence on the nation's media, a
Presidential Office spokesperson gave a vague response, saying only that
President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) would take these suggestions into consideration.
This is really something that should make one shudder.
Christian Fan Jiang is deputy secretary-general of the Northern Taiwan
Translated by Drew Cameron


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Education at a Glance 2009: OECD Indicators is now available
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The 2005 edition of Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators enables countries to see themselves in the light of other countries' performance. It provides a rich, comparable and up-to-date array of indicators on the performance of education systems. In doing so, it represents the consensus of professional thinking on how to measure the current state of education internationally.
The indicators look at who participates in education, what is spent on it and how education systems operate, and at the results achieved. The latter includes indicators on a wide range of outcomes ranging from comparisons of student performance in key subject areas to the impact of education on earnings and adults' chances of employment.
The ExcelTM spreadsheets used to create the tables and charts in this book are available via the StatLinks printed in this book.
Publication Date: 13/9/2005
520 Pages
New material in this edition includes
Chapter A
Chapter A explores the output of educational institutions and the impact of learning. It begins by presenting the overall educational attainment of the population, then examines graduation rates at the upper secondary and tertiary levels of education. Chapter A goes beyond a count of graduates in each system to examine the quality of learning outcomes. The results of PISA 2003 are presented, with an examination of the mathematics and problem-solving skills of 15-year-olds, while the mathematics and science achievements of 8th grade students in the TIMSS assessment are also included. Chapter A also examines the relationship between educational attainment and labour market outcomes and considers the returns to investments in education for individuals and society.
Chapter B
Chapter B provides a comparative examination of the financial and human resources invested in education. This chapter emphasises trends in spending patterns and it analyses how different demand and supply factors interact and how spending on education, compared to spending on other social priorities, has changed.
Chapter C
Chapter C examines access to education, participation and progression. It gives a picture of the average number of years' a student can expect to be formally enrolled in education and of the participation rates at the different levels of education, whether full-time or part-time. It also presents data on the enrolment of foreign students in tertiary education in OECD countries and the factors underlying students' choice of a country of study. Chapter C concludes with data on the transition from education to work and on the participation of labour force members in continuing education and training.
Chapter D
Chapter D examines the factors that shape the teaching and learning environment and that can therefore have an influence on learning outcomes. The chapter begins by considering student learning conditions in terms of the amount of instruction time received in school, student learning time out of school, average class size and student-teacher ratios. Chapter D also considers teachers' working conditions in terms of their teaching and working times and salaries. The focus next turns to a comparison between the performance of public and private schools, and finally to the policies and practices secondary school systems employ to differentiate among students and the impact of these on outcomes.
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