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Blue Green Planet: September 2014

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Sunday, September 21, 2014. Sunday, September 07, 2014. Dear IWHHR Community,. We are now at the end of our course. This week, Professor Murray concludes with a final tea time. Commenting on Week 8: Aging. And giving reminders about how you can receive a Statement of Accomplishment. From Stanford University for completing this course. We encourage you to continue building our community at internationalwomenshealth.org. After the end of this online class. On our Course Info page. At the top of the page.

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Blue Green Planet: March 2015

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Tuesday, March 31, 2015. 信仰 What Binds Us. There is something about belief. There is something about piety. There is something about reverence. There is something about faith. Might do. Such a task involves more deeply exploring the world view that lies underneath these features. There is a greater sense of a common cultural identity, manifesting itself in millions of small interactions on the street each day. Despite Hong Kong's built modernity, people are also religiously observant, geomantically o...

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Blue Green Planet: October 2014

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Sunday, October 05, 2014. Hong Kong democracy debate also a question of the Chinese Diaspora. The Wall Street Journal recently published two pieces on the different responses of older generations of Hong Kongers and the youth of the city. China’s World: The View on Protests From Old Hong Kong. A Walk to the Past: Some Veterans Remember Having a Lot Less Say in City’s Fate. Http:/ online.wsj.com/articles/chinas-world-hong-kong-views-of-democracy-diverge-1412446393. In Hong Kong, a Family Divided. Their st...

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Blue Green Planet: July 2015

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Monday, July 13, 2015. From the NY Times:. China Fences In Its Nomads, and an Ancient Life Withers". These programs are reminiscent of the criminal acts where the United States government forced Native Americans off their ancestral lands onto reservations, often with false promises and broken treaties, most likely at the point of a gun. I will be explicit, because certain readers from certain countries. Resettlement through force, coercion, or deception is wrong. Fully-informed consent is key. The speed ...

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Blue Green Planet: Oldies but goodies

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Thursday, December 11, 2014. Though we live in an age of iPhones and iPads, from time to time, I still think about the music devices from our youth: CD players. This was how we carried songs in our pocket, after the Walkman started to fade from the scene. It's not about nostalgia. This device generates very different sensations. With the CD, you choose an album and settle down to comfortably listen to it. Like a book, listening to the CD is. A complete experience: it has a finite beginning and an end.

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Kyrgyzstan to Egypt by Land and Sea | Language Gap Year

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Two years abroad dedicated to foreign language study and cultural immersion. Kyrgyzstan to Egypt by Land and Sea. March 17, 2013. An ordinary day on my month-long journey from Kyrgyzstan to Egypt. Having completed my studies of Chinese and Russian, I was ready to move on to the third language of my journey. Arabic. Although my initial intentions were to study in Saudi Arabia, Syria, or Yemen, in the end I decided to return to Egypt, where I had studied abroad three years earlier. Map of my planned route.

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Summer’s Come and Gone | Language Gap Year

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Two years abroad dedicated to foreign language study and cultural immersion. Summer’s Come and Gone. August 18, 2011. Last Friday was the final exam for the summer semester at my Chinese language program. Last Saturday was the final match for Beijing Ultimate Frisbee. Summer League. These two events marked the end to my first two months in Beijing. This summer has truly been amazing, though it has not come without challenges. Here’s my two roses and two thorns summary. Beijing Bang teammates on the subway.

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Returning to College | Language Gap Year

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Two years abroad dedicated to foreign language study and cultural immersion. November 18, 2011. Autumn swept by in a breeze, and the activation of centralized heating this week has prepared us for the advent of a brutal Beijing winter. November marks not just the beginning of my final eight-week semester at my Chinese language program. But also the start of indoor practices for my ultimate frisbee team, Beijing Bang. 北京帮) It has been an eventful three months since my last post, hence my lack of writing.