In January 2014, US Senator Ed Hernandez of California proposed an amendment to repeal part of California's Proposition 209, which, enacted in 1996, ended the long-standing state affirmative action program in education, public employment and government contracting.   Affirmative action was a legislative solution introduced in the 1960s to counteract institutionalized discrimination.   Accordin...

不好意思，又拿某教授举例，纯属关心。

In January, the documentary Web Junkie was screened at the Sundance Film Festival, capturing the attention of world media. Directed by Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia, the documentary shares with the world a boot camp type of therapy center for Internet addicts in Daxing, Beijing.
The therapy center uses a variety of methods to treat teenagers hopelessly addicted to the Internet, especially on...

2014年年初，多家美国媒体报道了 一部中国治疗网瘾的纪录片《网瘾》（Web Junkie)。该纪录片由两位女导演秀施·施楠（Shosh Shlam）和希拉马达丽娅（ Hilla Medalia）合作导演，拍摄地为北京大兴的一家网瘾治疗基地。该基地用半军事化手段，让网游网瘾“患者”接受各种治疗，其中包括电击疗法。因效果和安全无法验证， 卫生部于2009年7月将此治疗方法暂时叫停。但数年之后，从纪录片看，这种治疗中心不减反增，足见网络网游成...

 

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《赫芬顿邮报》创办人阿里安娜·赫芬顿(Arianna Huffington)在2013年年末的一次TED演讲中，告诉全场观众（多为杰出女性）多睡，“一路睡到顶。”“Sleep your way to the top”这个常指性贿赂的说法，被她巧妙地改成提高人生成效的好办法。她说的是高质量的睡眠。赫芬顿这一短短的演说中，嘲讽了那些以缺睡为荣的虚荣男性。确实，这个世界上从不缺吃不好、睡不好、忙个不完但不见有什么成效的“华威先...

 Carter, T., Levy, M., Paul, A., Meyer, M., Polly, M., Muller, M., … Watts, J. (2013). Unsavory elements: stories of foreigners on the loose in China. Shanghai, China: Earnshaw Books.

改革开放三十年，中国来来往往的外国人如过江之鲫。笔者求学的90年代，外国人所到之处，都有巨星般的待遇。哪怕刚本科毕业的小年轻来教英语口语，都会入住“专家楼”，进出有门卫把守。他们还会受邀去剪彩，参加他们自己都说不出名...

In January 2014 the most popular Chinese micro-blog post was written by the beloved actress Fan Bingbing (or one of her ghostwriters) in which she said she would draw three lucky winners from those forwarding her post.  These three lucky fans would be given her photo calendars, and she will personally follow them at Weibo, China’s micro-blog site.    Within days, the post was liked by over 53 tho...

书名：The Stories of John Cheever 豆瓣评分：0分(3人评价) 博主评价：   未评价 很差 较差 还行 推荐 力荐 来自豆瓣读书资源 奥斯卡·王尔德曾称，人生有两大悲剧：一是心愿难了，二是心愿已了 （There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it）。不知道大家是否在考虑移民，并在异国他乡实现自己的梦想？ 美国梦有时候挺空洞。中产生活通...

两个孩子一直吵着养只小狗，作为哄骗他们接受搬家的手段，我们就按照他们的话，领来了一只小小的吉娃娃。
当然，养只小狗，主要是为了培养孩子的责任感，让他们学会照顾除了自己之外的其他生物。有一天孩子们会长大，脱离父母的照看，他们需要照料自己，照看家人。这个目的其实没有达成多少，因为渐渐地，狗的很多事情还是我在做。我经常会因此悲叹自己的命运，不但要上班，还要赶写一些稿子，还要洗碗，吸地，现在好，还要...