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Zeng Jing (曾晶) - Chinese plus-size model
As contributors to site have observed on numerous occasions, if there is any situational discrimination in plus-size modelling, apart from the prejudice by industry insiders against genuinely full-figured models (the kind whom the public actually favours), it is against East Asian, or Oriental, plus-size models.
The members of this forum have discovered a few East Asian beauties the years. From the Philippines, there was the lovely Hint Style model. From China, there was an endearing faux-plus model whose images were showcased as much for the gorgeous setting (amid fields of blooming canola flowers) as for the model's semi-plus curves.
But now, at last, a stunningly gorgeous, genuinely full-figured Chinese plus-size model has emerged. And she qualifies as one of the most beautiful of all full-figured goddesses, even apart from the fact that she helps to redress the lack of East Asian models.
Isn't she stunning? Her facial features are soft, full, and round, and she has a babylike, gentle quality to her look.
Her name is Zeng Jing , a.k.a. 曾晶.
Here's an article about her:
It comes with another serene, lovely picture:
Here's the text:
Also, here is one of the first articles published about Zeng Jing when she initially attracted media attention. (That link can freely be avoided, though, as the language is not positive.)
Regardless, here are a few of those very first pictures that Zeng Jing posted online, which first brought her attention. Very lively and joyful, yet at the same time they showcase the alluring fullness at her waist.
An early press photo, from when she started to receive media notice.
She later took a picture showing the soft curves along her back that is remarkably bold, and would be daring even coming from any plus-size model in North America.
Here are a number of her modelling pictures. Doesn't she look adorable in this folkloric, traditional attire?
She often appears alongside another full-figured model (one who, alas, is not photogenic). In this image, she is seated,
while in this image, she is standing. The camera loves her.
In pink, apparently modelling sleepwear.
Garbed in a traditional Chinese kimono, in passionate red.
These images are even lovelier because they were shot in a vintage Chinese setting.
She's on the left in this photo. Her facial features are truly lovely - so soft, full, and round - and her expression is chic and sophisticated.
Now, here are a number of images showing that mass wedding which was mentioned in the news story quoted above. Apparently it was quite a publicity event (as noted in this poorly worded article). Zeng Jing is the bride in gold, whereas the other girls all wear white.
A few last-minute adjustments before the ceremony.
The lovely setting. The flower petals are an enchanting touch.
Zeng Jing stands out as the loveliest, and not only because of her golden gown.
The formal group picture against a lovely green backdrop.
Fielding questions from the media. I love the fact that she is a genuine celebrity of some standing in China.
The newlyweds. That is one extremely lucky fellow.
This image effectively shows off the opulent fullness of her figure and even the fleshiness of her soft neck.
A charmingly chivalric gesture, for a bride who deserves no less.
Subsequently, Zeng Jing posed in (or perhaps modelled?) a traditional white wedding gown.
These last three images may be my favourites.
I have no idea why she held a press conference in a bathrobe, but it does create a sensual effect. And her facial features look especially full in these photos.
I love the opulent hairstyle, the roundness of the face, and the visible curve under the chin.
Zeng Jing is gorgeous and authentically full-figured. She's the ideal embodiment of what an East Asian plus-size model should look like. I'd love to see her personally achieve an international full-figured modelling career, because heaven knows that plus-size modelling needs at least one gorgeous Oriental model for the sake of representation.
But beyond that, she deserves a career on beauty alone. She represents exactly the look that the North American plus-size industry should be seeking.
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Re: Zeng Jing (曾晶) - Chinese plus-size model
Zeng Jing is stunning - so well-fed and full-figured, and with such a beautiful face as well. Perfection.
I did a little digging with Google and with the Chinese search engine Baidu, trying to track down the clothing line that she owns and for which she models, per the article that Chad posted. No luck. However, I did come up with a few videos of Zeng Jing. Alas, as one might expect, they're in Chinese. Figuring out how to get the embed code was no mean feat.
This one is just over 2 minutes long, and I have no idea what it's about. After the news anchors introduce the piece, it shows Zeng Jing and her friends in what appears to be a karaoke bar. If you fast forward to 01:25, you'll see her looking gorgeous in her white bathrobe.
A word of advice: In order to watch the video smoothly, play a second of it, press pause, then allow the video to buffer for a good while before pressing play again to watch the rest of the segment.
Here's another video showing Zeng Jing, this one a full 18 minutes in length. It may predate the previous video. In it, she's dressed in her attractive red kimono. I wish I could make out a single word.
And finally, Chad's article mentioned that Zeng Jing became well known after appearing on a popular TV dating program in China. I believe that the following video shows her segment on that show. It's just under 6 minutes in length, and shows her being driven around in a rickshaw, relaxing on a boat, etc. I couldn't figure out how to embed it, though, so here's the link to the page:
Zeng Jing is a true beauty. I've love to see more East Asian plus-size girls modelling for North American brands, especially if the industry could find one as attractive and curvy as this girl.
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Apparently, New York Fashion Week is gaining press attention for including at least a few Asian models. It's tokenism, to be sure, but if it spills over into the plus-size industry and prompts the inclusion of more Northeast Asian full-figured models, then that would be a good thing.
I say "Northeast Asian" because even the Hint Style model was Southeast Asian, and I find that models of Japanese and Chinese ethnicity are especially lacking in the plus-size industry, particularly given their percentage of the population. And when discovering plus-size Oriental models, it will be especially important for the industry to avoid the faux-plus trap, but to feature genuinely full-figured girls.
Zeng Jing is luscious and beautiful, and her facial features are exquisite. I did some searching of my own using the Chinese characters and turned up something quite interesting -- an editorial shoot that she did in the style of movie posters.
Cinema is, of course, a major art form in China, and the famous director John Woo recently released an epic feature called Red Cliff. Here's the trailer:
Watching the trailer, you see the film's Lord of the Rings-like scope, and you also see that the lead actress is painfully underweight.
Zeng Jing's editorial is obviously inspired by the posters for Red Cliff, with Zeng cast as a larger, more beautiful version of the film's heroine. In fact, one of the images even includes the Red Cliff title in the picture, as if it were a true poster for the film.
Here's the same image a little brighter and closer. With her bared shoulder and a glimpse of decolletage, Zeng Jing looks very sensual. Her coquettish expression is highly seductive.
The boat on which this layout was shot is apparently the same one that was used in the film itself and is now preserved on land. You can see it briefly in the trailer, on fire -- hence the fire SFX in these images.
Zeng Jing looks soft-featured and very full-figured, but she also looks lovely with this ornate sword in her hand.
Alongside a male model.
The dramatic skies give the images an epic feel.
Like a true editorial, the images suggest narrative possibilities. Here, Zeng Jing challenges another model, as if they were rivals for the same man.
In this image, perhaps she has discovered her lover's disloyalty and threatens him with death unless he confesses.
The fashion industry always loves contrasts, so here we see a juxtaposition of traditional costumes, settings, and themes, with the modern element of having the man texting on his Blackberry.
The next group of images returns to the boatside setting of the faux-poster, above. Zeng Jing looks alluring with her shoulder bared, though this time her expression is sunnier.
This group of pictures plays for humour, with the model's broad smile. The glimpse of her leg shows how full and round her limbs are.
An especially playful pose -- falling into the lifeboat.
Zeng Jing is not only far more gorgeous than the other girl in the editorial, but a better model as well. She convincingly suggests the idea that she is waving to the people on shore as the boat is setting sail.
I love her serious, thoughtful demeanour in this photo -- and oh, her face is so beautifully round.
The editorial included at least one costume change, showing the girls in folkloric black costumes.
Zeng's pose in this image is especially graceful, almost balletic.
Unless I'm mistaken, these outfits appeared in a number of the pictures that Chad included in his initial post.
The last group of images creates a distinct narrative sequence. First, one sees Zeng's character languidly pacing on deck, fanning herself, as her handmaiden mans the ropes.
There is something intrinsically appealing about the notion of the more beautiful girl strolling at her indolent ease while her servant must perform the drudgery.
Then, a battle then breaks out. The servant falls, and the aristocratic lady must tend to the ship to prevent it from running aground.
The servant tried to defend her lady, but was pieced with an arrow (which is visible, if you look closely).
Though spoiled and indolent, as befitting her station and her beauty, the lady genuinely cared for her servant, and tends to her.
Seeing the hopelessness of the situation, she raises her sword. But for what purpose? To make a last stand against the enemy? Or to take her own life so as not to become the prisoner of the vandals?
The editorial ends with both women having fallen, tragically.
Not only is Zeng Jing gorgeous and authentically full-figured, but she is a fine model, capable of evoking a host of emotions in her work and able to create a compelling editorial, as this series of images demonstrates. I join the previous posters in hoping that we see more of her in the future, and more plus-size East Asian models in general.
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The U.S. government is investigating the first reported death of a driver whose car was was driving on autopilot mode when he crashed. Joshua D. Brown, a 40-year-old Ohio man, died May 7 when his 2015 Tesla Model S sedan, failed to activate its brakes and hit a truck on a highway near Williston, Florida, drawing scrutiny to a key technology the electric-vehicle maker is betting on for the future of self-driving cars.
Tesla website states that "Model S comes with Autopilot capabilities designed to make your highway driving not only safer, but stress free." But details of the accident raises questions about autonomous and semi-autonomous cars, their capabilities, limits and over whether self-driving cars are ready for the real world. According to Tesla, Autopilot didn't notice the white side of the tractor truck which was against a brightly lit sky, because of this the brake wasn't applied. Tesla said in a blog post that the fatal crash is the first known fatality in more than 130 million miles of Autopilot driving.
According to Clarence Ditlow, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, an advocacy group in Washington, Tesla's Autopilot system needs to be able to recognize all possible road conditions. He also said if the Autopilot system didn't recognize the tractor trailer, then Tesla will have to recall the cars so as to fix the flaw.
That's a clear-cut defect and there should be a recall, When you put Autopilot in a vehicle, you're telling people to trust the system even if there is lawyerly warning to keep your hands on the wheel
Tesla said in the post on Thursday that it requires specific knowledge from the vehicle owner that Autopilot "is new technology and still in public beta phase" before it will enable the system. Eric Noble, president of CarLab Inc., a consulting firm in Orange, California said no experienced automaker sells a technology such as this which isn't proven to customers..
There's not an experienced automaker out there who will let this kind of technology on the road in the hands of consumers without further testing. They will test it over millions of miles with trained drivers, not with consumers.
This might be a huge setback for the company, Tesla has always prided itself on its safety record. In August 2013, the Model S sedan was awarded a 5-star safety rating by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. According to the company in a post:
"What we know is that the vehicle was on a divided highway with Autopilot engaged when a tractor trailer drove across the highway perpendicular to the Model S," Tesla said. "Neither Autopilot nor the driver noticed the white side of the tractor trailer against a brightly lit sky, so the brake was not applied. The high ride height of the trailer combined with its positioning across the road and the extremely rare circumstances of the impact caused the Model S to pass under the trailer, with the bottom of the trailer impacting the windshield of the Model S."
Tesla said that the "customer who died in this crash had a loving family and we are beyond saddened by their loss. He was a friend to Tesla and the broader EV community, a person who spent his life focused on innovation and the promise of technology and who believed strongly in Tesla's mission. We would like to extend our deepest sympathies to his family and friends." Earlier on, the victim posted videos on YouTube demonstrating the ability of Autopilot to avoid accidents.
Self-driving cars are expected to save lives by anticipating accidents before they happen. According to a statement made by Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, 90 percent of car accidents are caused by errors made by humans, additionally, distracted or drowsy driving accounts for some 13 percent of those crashes. The accidents cost about $870 billion a year globally.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is looking at the design and performance of Tesla's system as part of its investigation, if need be all Tesla sedans will be recalled so as to fix the flaw.
Tesla Motors, Inc. is an American automotive and energy storage company that designs, manufactures, and sells luxury electric cars, electric vehicle powertrain components, and battery products. Tesla Motors is a public company that trades on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the symbol TSLA. During the first quarter of 2013, Tesla posted profits for the first time in its history. Tesla manufactures equipment for home and office battery charging, and has installed a network of high-powered Superchargers across North America, Europe and Asia. The company also operates a Destination Charging program, under which shops, restaurants and other venues are offered fast chargers for their customers.


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Bye bye 2011. I'm not gonna miss you.
2011 was not the best year in my life. Actually it was pretty bad year.
It was one important event which made him bad.
Actually everything started on December 25, 2010. My granny get sick. And it was worse and worse and worse... Christmas holiday sucked and everything sucked. I was in strooong depress. I had terrible marks at school, and everything got to hell.There were many great moments... New Year's celebration with my best friend, my ski trip to Italy... some amazing theater experiences. My four-day-long trip to Paris... but we left Prague the day my granny died. On April 7, 2011. I've never had another grand parents. Actually I had, but I can't remember them. I was too young. She means to me a lot... it still hurts. And it will ever hurt.
Paris was amazing. I was happy there. It was like... all problems I had just desapeared. I wasn't thinking about her death there. I decided to stop thinking about that. I wanted to visit Paris whole my life. I had a beautiful time there. Just every evening, when my mom fell asleep, I was crying...
After Paris, I was in Poland with school. We've visited Auschwitz... and Krakow. And that was really really depressive. But I'm glad I could go there. It was really interesting experience. On April 18... was funeral... and school photography taking. So I came to school, because I wanted to be at this photo... but I will always remember it like a day of my granny's funeral. But still, I didn't want to miss in this photo. It was the worse day in my life. Truly I can say this. Really.
I don't think I seemed to be as sad as I really was. I mean at school or for other people, but I was. A lot. It was the worse part of my life. Three days after, on April 21, I was on concert of Czech music group Kabát. It was amazing. It was one of the happy and great events. I really enjoyed that. Actually... everything started quite... I don't know how to say... just... one silly idiot almost killed me before concert started. Because I was in the front... we were running to be as close to the stage as we were and that silly idiot came and was trying to push me away from my place... and that hurt. I hate those people. I was there first. He was drunk and careless. I had a big bruise on my back and in one moment I thought I will pass out, because he dug elblow into my back, to my kidney. That was not COOL.
But everything was okay, when the concert started. I was just argueing with him a little before.
My 17th birthday was pretty awesome.
I had bilateral otitis media.
Oboustranný zánět středního ucha.
You know what? THAT HURTS. A LOT.
But I was in the theater with my best friend. Yeah. With Bilateral otitis media. It was April 29, it was hot, but I had to have a cap. My father didn't want to let me go... but Lis gave me ticket and I really wanted to see that musical. And it was pretty amazing. After the show, we met our favourite actor and I have his sign! Second sign actually, but that's not important. He's such a wonderful singer and actor. The show was great! I was crying how much I laughed!
The end of April and May were better. I was at Moravia on school excursion and then my friend from Carlsbad came to Prague to visit me for the first time alone. We met before, but only with one another friend.
I was worried about that, but it was great.
She loves taking photos as much as I do and she helped me with my final work to my art class.
That's another event, which was quite... hard this year. She was my model;) and many of those photos are really great:) Because of her, of course:D and because of luck. I'm not as good photographer as everyone says..:D On Sunday was the last hockey match at World Championship. Czech Republic vs. Russia.
7:4... Czech Republic won bronze.
Next week... I was in Brussels.
Yeah, I travel a lot. I love it. But this year it was too much. I didn't have any free weekend. I was really, really tired but still, I love Brussels. I was witness of real "Liberty for Tibet" demonstration. And I yelled "Tibet is not part of China" too! And I've seen a lot of interesting places... and I had one life experience, because I had to go back to Prague alone, without my mom, 'cause she stayed there because of some conference... and planes freak me out! Totally, I'm afraid of flying, a lot, really. Everyone seemed to me like a terorist and I was really nervous.:D At one moment, I found a gate no. 30, which was in first floor, there was no one. I sat there and I was thinking about that I will stay there and wait three days for my mom. But than I came into the plane, we take off and I had all three seats for myself and I was taking photos of the sunset. Everything was as fine as it could be and I came home safe.
This was the end of my tour through the Europe...:D
The only think which was on my mind?
FINAL WORKS to my art class.
I had to made black and white versions of my photos, draw some drawings and put everything together to one big project. That was not as easy as it seems to be. I thought it's not good. My mom told me it is, my dad the same but... I just didn't believe in myself as much as I should. My topic was simple. Feelings in photography and in drawing. I had got six feelings, two photos for every feeling except one, which had got three photos and one drawing for each feeling except the last one, which was an anger and didn't have any drawing. I had something around... 100 photos from my photo weekend, and I had to choose 13. In the end, I chose just six... and another seven photos I chose from my archive of the year 2011. Thanks to my tourist's experiences, I had a lot of photos.
Some small parts from my final project up there.
My teacher told me it's great. He gave me A. That's good.
The best project I've seen this year was by my classmate David. He did a big model of Notre Dame. We thought he's crazy, but he amazed everyone by his project. But I am proud of mine. One guy, who did finals two years ago, told my teacher, that he thinks it's really good. He actually told him, that he would do everything different on his project now (he's taken photos too) but he would not be able to do something I did. Or something like that:D I was sooo happy someone said that. I would like to kiss him for it!
The only think which my teacher told me against my project was that it's quite depressive. I had four negative feelings and just two possitive... happiness and hope... and as you can see, they are not very... significant. It has a reason. I was in really depressive period of my life. All those negative feeling were feeling I really felt since Christmas. Sadness, anger, loneliness and hopelessness... and those few moments when I was happy or I felt hope that everything is gonna be better, it disapeared really fast. It was not as bad at the end of school year, but it was not good either. But I didn't told him this reason. I just said that i had better photos of "bad" feelings.
I almost forgot about my birthday celebration no. 2... it was whole weekend with my friends and some... activities... I'm not atletic kind of person... so I didn't enjoy it as much as last year and I didn't appreciate that as mus as last year... but some... short moments were fine...
The end of school year 2010/2011 was hard. Like every year. I was in sixth grade... it's like the second grade at normal high school... Now I am in seventh and everything is too close to future. Everything is too fast. I would love to stop time for a while. I'm not prepeared for a real life. I am still a child. But I have to decide what to do in my life.. and I have no idea... really, I don't know.
We are celebrating last day of school with my family. My big bro didn't join us, but we - I and my parents - were in one great Greek restaurant for a lunch as every year. It's our tradition. When I was in the underground, I've seen a small poster... invitation to one concert... to The Offspring... so...
Holidays! Two months of freedom!
On July 1, 2011, I was with my friend Carrie in the cinema... at The Hangover 2... it was... interesting:D But it was fine:D And the main thing was that I saw her after a long time. Actually last summer was not anything special. Maybe just a few moments were different than othes previous holidays. I have in my diary one date, July 27, 2011 where is written: WHY???! and I have no idea what happened that day:D I have to ask somebody. Anyway. I was in Carlsbad for a week... actually fot six days I think... visit my friend Anette at Karlovy Vary international film festival. It was... uhm.. it was fine I think... Actually, it was like on the roller coster... great and bad in the same time. Sometimes fine, sometimes not as good as it could be. Anette freaked me out a little... just sometimes and I never told her, but ... now it's pretty riddiculous but in that moment I get angry... we've seen just three movies... because we didn't want to wake up soon. Actually, I was decided to wake up early but she never did. Just on Friday, the day we have seen those three movies. I understand... no one want to wake up at 7 a.m. when he doesn't have to. Actually no one wants to wake up at 7 a.m. even if he has to:D but it was the only way how to buy some tickets... Another thing which freaked me out. Her hair!:D She told me that she's not comming out, because it's rain and her hair could curl... another thing...:D I broke my photo camera... just a little, nothing dramatic, but I broke one objective. It was because of he parrot, who flew out of the cage, It scared me and I threw a tripod with the camera... okay, it was mainly my fault. But what really upset me... was that she was still saying again and again: "It was not my fault."
Okay, okay, I bumped into the tripod, but it was her parrot... and it was she, who want to force him to get out... I would appreciate something like...: "It's gonna be okay. I'm sorry, I didn't know you will get scared so much." No. She didn't tell me anything like that. I was like: Oh god, my dad is gonna kill me... and she was still saying: It was not my fault. I hope she's not going to read this article...:D doesn't matter... I didn't tell her that I am angry and now it's long time ago, so it doesn't matter if she will find it out...:D But whole visit was fine, it was fun, especially on Friday, we met Ivan Trojan and I have phoo with him..:D It's famous Czech actor and I like him a lot. But Thursday was awesome, too... in the evening we came to concert of Mako!Mako, where was just one member, but he did something with... some big electric box and he did really great music show...:D and after him came Eddie Stoilow, which is Czech Music group. They are really great, I love them.
I wrote about that in summer.
Next event. Hmm. Probably last part of Harry Potter movies? Yeah, I think so. I saw that twice. One time with Czech dabing and the second time in original, in English. That was actually the main reason why I have seen this movie twice. Because I wanted to see that in Czech but Carrie like more the English version, so... I'm sure that original version is much better, but I was so young when first movie was, I saw that in Czech, I saw all movies in Czech language, I'm just used to it. Hear it in English is... weird... for me...:D
I'm not going to talk about all important events in my life... just about some of them. One of them was concert I was talking about. The Offspring. It was pretty awesome and I wrote one really loooong article about that so I'm not going to write that again. If you want, you can read it here< I will never forget that;) My bro left me there alone... and it was maybe even better...:D
Oh my goood, it's too long! I can't write about my whole year! I'm getting crazy...:D Oh shit! I almost forgot! My cousin got married. And another thing, his fiancee was pregnant... and we didn't even know about that... because everyone thought we know that but we didn't. Actually I did... I did know about that since the funeral. I thought she's pregnant, but they didn't tell us anything so... I thought I'm not right and I let it be... but she really was pregnant. And now, they have a little beautiful girl. She's so sweet. I love her:) I saw her once, but she's amazing and cute:) Anyway... the wedding was pretty interesting... it was rain and it supposed to be out but it shouldn't so... it was in an old barn... i know, it was not ideal, but it was nice. They're made for each other.
Well... school year 2011 - 2012 started.
My last year before maturita. I'm gonna have finals in 2013.
It suppose to be the best year. Last year of freedom. But it's not. For now. Maybe it will be. We'll see. Nothing very important happened. Some amazin' theater and movie experiences... I started to dance again. I was in Barcelona and it was awesome. I really love Spain, I'm going to Spain this summer with my two best friends and that will be amazing too. I had... and actually still have some problems with my back. shoulder blade hurts me a lot. Right now actually took some rehabilitations but I think that it didn't work.
[El amor espaňol; by me:D]
I was visiting cinema a lot. Quite a lot. I've seen:
Midnight in Paris
Three Musketeers
The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn part 1
The Rum Diary with Johnny Depp
... and that's all I thing... :D The best one was definitely Midnight in Paris, that was cool... and the worst one was... probably... Three Musketeers. That was bulshit! I'm sorry, but hte only possitive thing about that movie was Luke Evans in role of Aramis. The only thing which is still the same like in books are names of main characters. I've seen many other movies. On the internet. For example 50/50. That is really good movie, I like it... it's with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and he's awesome there... I love that movie, really love. And many many other movies which I don't remember...:D
Finally. Christmas time is here.
Christmas holidays... Yeah. It was fine. I love Christmas! I really love them. But everything was quite different. First Christmas without my granny... you know... weird. Better than last year of course. I have some amazing new stuff. Calendar, earings which are totally perfect, dvd's, new CD... I don't know what more..:D Actually I know but I'm too lazy for telling you everything soo.. :D But I have an amazing diary from my best friend!
You know what is amazing? I have tickets to one concert! To Red Hot Chili Peppers! I'm going this Summer with my friend Carrie and that's gonna be totally perfect! Red Hot Chili Peppers is my favorite music group since I was thirteen. That was always my dream and this dream comes true... :D But that's another topic. This is the end of article about year 2011. I can't mention everything what happened in 2011. Many nice things... many bad bad things... many things I can think about...
So 2012... please... be good to me... I need it.
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Checked in with the organisers and as I thought no room at the inn… it was a little short notice and a last minute decision…
I will however be dropping in to the RSL Memorial Hall on the Saturday to check out the show.
This will also give me a chance to meet and have a chat with the members of the Club…
We will definitely organise taking the Torque to the Club for a demonstration day at a later date…
So for those in the Sunshine Coast area go along and have a look … Friday and Saturday…. 6/7 May…
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Sunday, 3 December 2017
Elephant and tree
This month the theme for Dragonfly Dream's challenge which is being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps is non traditional Christmas.
I have used their digi image called Elephant and tree, colouring it using Promarkers and adding some Stickles to the tree and stars. I then matted it onto design paper from Papermania's contemporary Christmas paper pad and white card. I outlined both the image and the paper using silver peel off strips and corners.
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Pile It On - non traditional holiday colours
13 comments:
- Dreja said...
Toll gemacht.
Danke für deine Teilnahme bei den Animal Friends.
LG Dreja
- 3 December 2017 at 12:06
- Beebeebabs said...
Very cute card and image!!!
- 3 December 2017 at 12:21
- Lia said...
I think I have never seen an elephant on a chistmascard. Why not?! It's gorgeous!!
Lia DT S4F
- 4 December 2017 at 09:25
- Brenda said...
So fun! I love the image and I love that you colored his tree just the perfect grey. Thanks so much for joining us at CRAFT Challenge this week!
- 5 December 2017 at 06:16
- Aunty Sue said...
love these cute image and thanks for sharing at craft this week come back soon.
- 5 December 2017 at 10:03
- Heike said...
Wunderschön gemacht! Vielen Dank für deine Teilnahme bei den Animal Friends.
Liebe Grüße
- 5 December 2017 at 18:05
- Virginia Lu said...
Love this fun image and how you used it! So glad that you join the fun over Simon Says Stamp Wednesday "Anything Goes" Challenge! Awesome details and design! Super work!
- 5 December 2017 at 20:49
- K M Meena Herale said...
Lovely work, Thank you for Joining us at Scrapping4funChallenge and waiting to see next time.
Meena S4F DT
- 6 December 2017 at 12:55
- Shylaa Shree said...
beautiful digi and you have created a wonderful card. Thanks for playing along with us at Scrapping 4 Fun Challenge.Hope to see you again
Shylaa DT@S4F
- 8 December 2017 at 10:38
- Chrissy said...
Adorable cute image and fabulous colouring..Thank you so much for sharing and joining in with us at CCAYR...[ Christmas Cards All Year Round]
Luv CHRISSYxx
- 8 December 2017 at 17:30
- Keti's Projects said...
Such a pretty card. Love your non-traditional colours. Thanks for playing with us at Pile it On. Keti (DT)
- 10 December 2017 at 19:23
- Kuni said...
Wonderful and cute card.
Thank you for joining us at the Animal Friends.
- 13 December 2017 at 16:12
- Helen said...
Great card - thanks sharing it with us at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends.
Happy Christmas.
Helen x
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Bethlehem Board of Selectmen
Meeting Minutes
Bethlehem Selectmen Office
December 5, 2016
Present: Chairman Glavac, Selectman Blanchard, Selectman Laleme, Selectman Ubaldo.
Chairman Glavac opened the meeting at 6:01.
Olivia Beleau came before the Board to ask the Board to sign a form they need as part of a grant application for the Friendship House. She explained the current building has code violations so they are proposing to build a new building. Mrs. Beleau said the Board signing the form in support of the project does not suggest the town will provide any financial support. She said the new building will be next to the current one so nobody will be displaced. Chairman Glavac asked her if the funds will go through the town and was told no. Selectman Laleme moved to sign the Evidence of Community Support form for CAP for the Friendship House project. Selectman Blanchard seconded. Frank Claffey asked if this would cause the town to have to do a single audit and was told no because they are going through the county. Selectman Ubaldo asked how many beds they have and was told currently they have 30 and the new building will have 32. Carried 4-0.
The Board discussed with Brett Jackson the possibility of starting a longevity bonus for employees that have worked for the town for 10+ years. There was discussion about how the vacation and sick time benefits were changed to PTO (paid time off) and the employees that have been here for more than 10 years only get one more week off then new employees. Selectman Blanchard moved to approve a $500.00 longevity bonus for employees that have worked for the town 10+ years to be paid on the last Friday before Christmas every year and if the employee leaves before the end of the year they will not receive the bonus. Chairman Glavac seconded. Carried 4-0.
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The Board discussed purchasing a table top color copier/printer for the selectmen's office. Selectman Blanchard moved to approve the purchase of a color copier/printer for the selectmen's office of up to $350.00. Selectman Laleme seconded. Carried 4-0.
The Board reviewed the minutes from 11/07/16. Chairman Glavac moved to approve the minutes. Selectman Blanchard seconded. Carried 4-0.
The Board reviewed the minutes from 11/28/16. Chairman Glavac moved to approve the minutes. Selectman Blanchard seconded. Carried 4-0.
Selectman Laleme stated that the POS tee time paperwork for the country club states $300.00 and Larry Fellows said it was $600.00.
At 6:40 Chairman Glavac moved to go into non public session per RSA 91-A:3 II (d), (j), and (l). Selectman Blanchard seconded. Chairman Glavac did roll call with all members agreeing to go into non-public session.
Selectman Laleme moved to seal the non-public minutes because it is determined that divulgence of this information likely would render a proposed action ineffective. Chairman Glavac seconded. Chairman Glavac did roll call with all members agreeing to seal the minutes.
At 9:30 Selectman Blanchard moved to adjourn. Chairman Glavac seconded. Carried 4-0.
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A Mother's Memoir Of Runaway Daughters
Live Through This
By Debra Gwartney
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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It's tough to be a teenager. Many make it through their teen years fairly unscathed, but there are others who decide that running away from home is the only way to get through them.
Debra Gwartney has firsthand knowledge of teenagers on the street; in 1995, her two oldest daughters — Amanda, then 16, and Stephanie, then 14, — hopped a freight train and disappeared. Gwartney writes about the constant worry and uncertainty of that time in her new memoir, Live Through This.
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Years later, the family seems to have achieved some measure of peace. Not long ago, Gwartney says, all four of her daughters were at her house cooking and laughing and joking. "And I thought, whatever forgiveness is, it has entered our lives now."
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Live Through This: A Mother's Memoir of Runaway Daughters and Reclaimed Love
By Debra Gwartney
Hardcover, 240 pages
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
List price: $24.00
The girl next to me on the Portland city bus is bone thin and has mouse-brown hair. Her crooked horn-rimmed glasses-- the temple on my side held together with oily Scotch tape-- hang at the end of her nose. The coat she's wearing is two sizes too big, three sizes, so she's rolled the sleeves halfway up her arms and she's using ragged fingernails to pick at an exposed knob of wrist. I'm guessing she's sixteen years old, give or take a year, and I know she's coming off a drunk. Either that or a bad high. She's got sallow skin, half-shut eyes, hunched shoulders-- but mostly it's her smell. When I lowered myself onto the vinyl seat next to her, I got the first whiff, the air around her so pungent it tasted of drugs and booze and smokes and daze. The dried-urine, stale-ashtray stench of a binge.
I turn away and glance around the crowded bus. Is anyone else troubled, disgusted even, by this girl, this child, and her obvious downfall? It's twilight outside, and the others squeezed in the seats and aisles are only pointed home, lost in themselves, not noticing the girl next to me huddled in her soiled parka tent. But I notice. I take in every detail; I fume over my bad luck at getting stuck next to her. I slide to the far edge of my seat and try not to glance in her direction.
And there, staring out the window across the aisle, I start to wonder about myself. About my suddenly prickled skin and hands knotted in my lap. Why am I revolted by everything about this girl: her puffs of shallow breath, the scab she's opened on her arm that's now steak red and glistening, the white crust that formed on her lips while she slept in a train station chair or a building's frigid alcove?
Of course I know why. Of course this stranger has stirred memories of my daughters when they were no more than sixteen and fourteen years old. My own girls, who'd show up at home looking and smelling something like this on the days they bothered to show up at all. The child I'm sitting by has also reminded me of something else I don't like to think about: the mother I was back then who couldn't manage the trouble that had landed on my family.
It's been ten years since Amanda and Stephanie stopped going to school, stopped coming home; a whole decade since they joined those on the street who gave them access to beer, dope, tattoo ink, every circus shade of Manic Panic hair dye, metal spikes, and the best corners for getting money from strangers-- spanging, they called it. I've let myself believe the passage of time and my daughters' turns for the good have washed me clean of most old aches and pains, but then I get ambushed: by the girl next to me and others like her at bus stops and on street corners and sleeping on benches in the hallways of the university where I work. When I see such kids, when I get up close, I'm inevitably shoved back into my daughters' old life and into mine, and right up against the question that can't seem to leave me alone: why?
When my daughters got tired of having their mother search for them on the streets of Eugene, Oregon, and then drag them home again, where we'd scrap and yell and accuse and blame, they jumped a freight train to Portland, two hours straight north up the West Coast. I found out they were in that bigger city a few days after they'd left-- friends had spotted them panhandling in the downtown Pioneer Courthouse Square. I drove a hundred miles north to look for Amanda and Stephanie in the nooks and crannies of a strange town; the lack of a single sign of them sent me back home.
Years later, the girls told me they'd heard I'd been asking for them, heard I'd stopped at youth shelters and the police station with their photographs. So they'd hopped another train to get farther away, this one to the Tenderloin District in San Francisco, where the drugs were meaner and the cold wind off the bay drove them to accept about any comfort. My daughters had disappeared.
Amanda was gone for three months; I didn't see Stephanie for a year. For nearly a decade, I thought I wanted to forget everything about that empty expanse of time. But those kinds of memories don't just get wiped out, they don't get swept away. Instead, now I find I must wander through the worst of it again-- where my daughters went, what they did. How I, every day, handled or failed to handle their absence. I have to face it, although until recently our past has felt too thick, too dense, and, somewhere at its heart, too implicating of me.
Excerpted from Live Through This by Debra Gwartney. Copyright © 2009 Debra Gwartney. Reprinted with permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co. All rights reserved.
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In a choppy trade, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex wiped off
early losses to end with a gain of 183 points on Monday on high domestic industrial growth and a firming trend in global markets.
The 30-share Bombay Stock Exchange index, Sensex, after falling nearly one per cent during the day, bounced back to close with a gain of 182.89 points at 19,691.78.
The gains were led by metals and realty sectors after the industrial growth numbers released late last week showed 10.8 per cent expansion in October and weekend gains on the US markets on upbeat economic data.
In a similar fashion, the broad-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty remained subdued at the outset but recovered to close higher by 50.30 points at 5,907.65. It had dipped to 5,795.90 points during the session.
Besides the industrial growth numbers announced Friday, trading sentiment was supported by trends in the Asian region as well as higher opening in Europe on reports of an upbeat US economic data. The US stock market Dow Jones industrial average gained 0.35 per cent in the previous session.
Of the 30 index shares, 25 stocks were higher while five ended with losses. Front-runners like Reliance Industries, HDFC, State Bank of India, Tata Steel, BHEL, Larsen and Toubro, Tata Motors, Tata Power and Reliance Infra were major gainers.
In the realty sector, the stocks most battered of late were key supporters of the gains because investors judged the prices to be attractive low levels. The sectoral index gained the most by 2.79 per cent to 2,818.44 as DLF, HDIL and Indiabulls Real Estate rose smartly.
The metal sector added 2.10 per cent to touch 16,327.38 as Hindalco Ind, Hindustan Zinc, JSW Steel recorded handsome gains on reports of a firming base metal prices in global markets.
The power sector index was third best performer, adding 2.09 per cent to move up to 2,935.40, followed by capital goods' 1.68 per cent at 15,306.54.
As the buying activity spilled over a wide-front, smallcap index rose 2.05 per cent to 9,134.65 and midcap index 1.77 per cent to 7,537.
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While screenwriter Peter Filardi works on the Amblin-esque witch film MAGICUS, remakes of both of his 1990s contributions to the horror genre are currently in the works at Sony. HONEYMOON writer/director Leigh Janiak is developing the remake of 1996's THE CRAFT, and Swedish THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO director Niels Arden Oplev is attached to direct a remake of 1990's FLATLINERS.
The FLATLINERS redux just made an important move forward, as Academy Award nominated actress Ellen Page has entered negotiations to star in the film.
Written by Filardi and directed by Joel Schumacher, the original FLATLINERS told the following story:
At University Hospital School of Medicine, a group of ambitious medical students are about to die... and live to describe the experience.
Embarking on a daring and arrogant experiment, the five aim to push through the confines of life and touch the face of death.
In their search for knowledge, however, the five discover the chilling consequences of daring to tamper with immortality.
The five med students in that film were played by Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon, Julia Roberts, Oliver Platt, and William Baldwin, and the casting of Ellen Page would seem to indicate that they'll be going for an impressive cast with this version, too.
Filardi's concept has been updated by screenwriter Ben Ripley, who wrote SOURCE CODE, in addition to the third and fourth SPECIES films.
I always felt that FLATLINERS was an underrated, creepy movie, so I'm interested in seeing a new take on it.


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Jackie was scary. Tobi had had other girlfriends, but no one made her feel
like Jackie made her feel. Basically, she felt scared out of her tree. There
was a reason that Tobi was thirty-two and single.
Yeah, she thought, because I suck at relationships. Girls came and girls went,
they always went, usually shaking their heads. But, last night especially and
really all of last week, Tobi had been on self-destruct mode, so, why was Jackie
still calling her? Nobody ever put up with her shit, and if they did then they
weren't worth having because they must either be desperate or too weak.
Even she could tell that her head was seriously screwed up. But, loving someone
was such a risk.
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Summary: With the recent expansion of Treacys Hotel Group to 5 owned and managed Hotels we are seeking an experienced sales professional for Group Sales & Marketing Manager.
Mentored, supported and reporting to Sales Consultant, Jean O Connell, the successful person will be part of a dynamic team tasked with driving the sales to the 5 hotels in Waterford City, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, Ennis, Co. Clare, Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan and the new 4 Star Hotel in Shannon, Co. Clare.
Targeting business for all sectors with the responsibility of increasing sales and delivering new revenue for the Hotel group.
Objective of the roleThis role reports to the Sales & Marketing Consultant and Hotel Owners.
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|2012-03-26, 16:11
|Link #208
I knew it was the dad once his conversation with Usui started
You do get why Hinata got compared to him in the past. He seems really nice, despite having left his family without a penny ...
I wonder what explanation he will give for that.
I kinda expected him to show up sometime, but I was surprised it's now. Well, I like this plotline way more than the weirdos from Usui's new school. I'm looking forward to the next chapters again!
I'm also pretty sure that Misaki won't give her dad a warm welcome ... Can't really blame her.
|2012-03-29, 08:06
|Link #211
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Lusitania
Age: 30
The last two chapters left me wishing for more... the story was falling into a routine, somehow. This chapter really surprised me! Mizaki's father finally appearing! I wounder if she will punch him next month
Anyway, why did Takumi and Misaki talk as if they don't see each other in a long time?
|2012-04-08, 21:35
|Link #212
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Join Date: Oct 2011
^ I guess they both still don't like the distance put between them when they're in different schools.
I assume Sakuya already knew about Usui and Misaki's relationship and how Misaki works at Maid Latte? I mean he wouldn't just show up the the cafe where his daughter works if he knew. The panel where it showed Misaki's mother crying made me sad. I wonder if Misaki and Suzuna had actually cried as well when he left?
Is it me, or do I feel that Misaki's father seems to have a connection with the Walker family? The timing for when he suddenly returns is quite suspicious...especially when the Walker family arc hasn't finished. And one more thing, just how can Sakuya be overseas when he looks like some caveman/hobo? Like how can he afford going overseas when Misaki's family is poor? Why do I also get the feeling that Sakuya has another side of him that we haven't seen?
Sakuya's appearance into twisting the story a little could be
1. Positive- eg. Sakuya gradually gets accepted into the family as he apologizes and makes up for the mistake he did. And the Ayuzawa family is complete and happy
2. Negative- eg. Sakuya could have some ulterior motive and could come back to take advantage of Misaki's family to fix something he could currently be struggling with. (like needing more money) or forced or bribed into breaking Usui and Misaki's relationship and this is where the Walker family part could be involved in.
Ah, Hiro Fujiwara is driving me crazy But I still love this arc because it keeps me thinking with these mysteries thrown. I'd also love to see Usui and Misaki's develop from this. I'm looking forward as to how Usui will comfort Misaki after her encounter with her father. Maybe Hinata doing the same thing with Suzuna too .
|2012-06-26, 16:55
|Link #216
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Gotta admit the chapter really shows the downfall of this manga IMO it reminds me to a lesser extent of a little number called Special A (its similar in a few ways) enemies that fall in love Guy is top ranked in school girl is a tomboy tsundere both have family issues. Both girls fall in love with the guy both guys are complicated beyond belief. Personally its just getting old there's nothing left in this thing to me.
|2012-06-26, 19:42
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Dollars
Even though the plot of the boyfriend/girlfriend going overseas is overused in shoujo manga, I feel like there's something that really distinguish this than the others. Both Ayuzawa and Usumi are pretty strong considering their situation as a couple, which is staying as their character from the beginning of the series. Also, the chapters still look pretty sweet and we're slowly reaching it's climax.
|2012-07-22, 04:47
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My story
When I first moved to Pittsburgh in 2009, Natalie and Kevin were some of the first friends I made here. I remember meeting them at a backyard BBQ. A makeshift movie screen was setup and the projector was playing Slumdog Millionaire. We all danced to the theme song, talked about our life goals, talked about how we were going to get cancer from eating BBQ food, and just enjoyed each other's company.
Afterwards, we kept in touch over Facebook. During this time, I was starting up my photography business. I found people tough to photograph so I wanted more practice. I asked Natalie and Kevin and they agreed to be my models. Some of my first portfolio photos were of them and because of them I booked my first few weddings. As I grew as a photographer, I learn new ways to shoot, new techniques to try, and whenever I asked them to be my models, they were there to helped me out.
Their story
It all started with a photograph of a girl. Boy finds this photograph and was captivated by the girl. He thinks of her and dreams of her. Dare we say, he might have fallen in love even before he knew what love was. Girl? She didn't even know there was a boy thinking of her. When they first met, boy was definitely still captivated by girl. Girl, well she got hit in the face with a hacky sack after boy tries to catch her attention. Boy was still attracted to the girl with a black and blue eye. Boy likes girl and girl hates boy until their pursuit and chase led them into each others' arms. They were forbidden to date as kids but they often wrote emails to each other, thousands of emails to each other which they still have. Boy made a grass ring for girl. A sign and promise of his love and loyalty. A ring that she kept close to her over a decade later. Boy later became a man and after a decade of being together, he wanted to make it forever.
Natalie loves Paris and have pictures of Paris and the Eiffel Tower hanging on the walls of her apartment. With their anniversary coming up, Kevin decided to plan a trip to Paris. At 5am that day, he said to her "lets chase the sunrise at the Eiffel Tower." They love sunrises and sunset. It was just another adventure for Natalie. When they got to the Eiffel Tower, Natalie saw a familiar view. Kevin took her to the same location as seen in the photos hanging on her wall, the photos they see everyday when they come home. He got on one knee and fulfilled his grass ring promise.
Their advice
They have been together since they were kids. Their advice to future couples is to never give up. Life will change you as a person and will change your relationship. But love never change nor does it have to change. While we all my be imperfect, that one person who loves you may see nothing but perfection.
About the wedding
The wedding was strictly DIY. Everything from the vases, the box the vases stood on, the floral wall, all decorations, were put together by Natalie/Kevin and their friends. Natalie and Kevin even wrote the menu themselves. They brought in a family friend, the owner and co-chef of Sesame Inn, to attend and approve menu discussions. The University Club's executive chef did an amazing job with the food. Natalie and Kevin absolutely loved how professional and receptive the executive chef and University Club's staff members were. Live music was done by the Brooklyn Duo. If you haven't heard of them, check out their YouTube channel. Natalie fell in love with them when she watched their rendition of "All of Me" on YouTube. The song was played during their song for the first dance. The amazing cinematic wedding video was done by Avec Lumiere Productions. These guys were absolutely amazing. I will link the wedding video once it goes live. I want to give a special shoutout to Oakmont Bakery. Natalie and Kevin's cake collapse upon itself that morning and was a disastrous mess. The bridesmaid reached out to local bakeries looking for help. Oakmont Bakery stepped in, made a cake from scratch, and it was ready to go before the reception started. Both of Natalie's custom-made dress were done by Thai Nguyen Collections. The dresses had beautiful detail. Natalie told Thai that she didn't want a full wedding dress and wasn't sure about having a train. So Thai made her an attachable train that she can use if she wanted to. That train ended up being an absolute stunner for photos 😉 Natalie's and the bridesmaid's shoes were by Jimmy Choo. Kevin's ring was designed by Cartier. Natalie's ring was designed by Kevin! With the help of Henne Jewelers, his ideas came to life.
Photographer's last words
I wouldn't be living my dream if it wasn't for them helping me get where I am now. They are two people I deeply care for. I am truly honored and grateful that I was there to capture their day.


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PHBS Holds the First Shenzhen International Job Market and Entrepreneurs Forum
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The 2016 Shenzhen International Job Market and Entrepreneurs Forum was held at Peking University HSBC Business School (PHBS) on April 22 to provide a platform for students for close interactions with entrepreneurs. The event provided the opportunity for students to learn more about Shenzhen's favorable environment for entrepreneurship and innovation. International students, PHBS professors, and entrepreneurs from 15 domestic and international companies participated in the forum. It was moderated by James Panarettos and Julian Barg, PHBS international students, who just like the other students were excited to learn about the Chinese job market since they were hoping to find a job here.
Prof. Haifeng Huang delivers the opening remarks, talking about the origin of entrepreuership and its importance in the business school.
The forum started with opening remarks delivered by Xiaopeng An, deputy Secretary of Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School; Kuishen Zhu, director of the Shenzhen Hong Kong Youth Dream Factory and Prof. Haifeng Huang, PHBS assistant dean. "The mission of our business school is not to produce working machines, but insightful leaders, who will make an impact upon society," remarked Prof. Huang. Further, the forum featured keynote speeches and animated discussions with entrepreneurs from 15 companies.
Prof. Gerhard Stahl talks about China's macroeconomic issues, including model transformation, overcapacity reduction, and more.
In his keynote address, Professor Gerhard Stahl presented on a number of China's economic issues. He argued that China's economy witnessed a rapid growth but is still confronting many challenges, such as the "middle-income trap." He said that China has begun to seek a shift from economic restructuring and overcapacity reduction to sustainable development, which is drawing the world's attention. In Stahl's view, this is an era of opportunities for entrepreneurs and graduates with a global mindset.
Thomas Rosenthal, general manager of Digital Bros Group, shares insights on the job market and Chinese economy
Thomas Rosenthal, general manager of Digital Bros. Group in Greater China, focused on the job market and its relationship to China's economy. He maintained that there is an obvious relationship between the growth rate and job market, saying that a 6% growth rate is the minimum for China to absorb new entrants to the job market each year. However, he held that a sustainable economy instead of a blindly-growing economy will be able to create more jobs but will lower the economic growth rate in the long term. Rosenthal also pointed out three must-have attributes for graduates: professional skills, soft skills, and loyalty.
Entreprenuers introduce their companies and take questions from students
The interaction between enterprises and students featured 15 guest speakers from different business sectors, ranging from startup incubator to accounting, finance, software, and games. Each presenter gave a brief introduction on his/her company and shared insights about what kind of graduates the company is looking for. International businesses expressed the desire to expand their market share in China, while the local businesses revealed their plans to enter the global market. Thus, they stressed that graduates with a global mindset and local touch will be the most desirable hires.
Students listen to entrepreneurs' discussion and actively participate in the Q&A session
At the end of the presentations, students participated in a Q&A session. For instance, an Indonesian student asked about the 505 Games Ltd., a subsidiary under Digital Bros Group, and its plan in southeast Asia.Thomas Rosenthal said though the 505 Games did not have much presence in that region, it would like to expand its market there in the future. Then, a Swedish student raised her concerns about whether the company would have gender preferences in recruitment. "Given your past experience in the game industry and your excellent education background, we would love to have you join our team," Rosenthal commented, adding that women, especially Chinese women, often occupy high positions in the job market.
David Ko, an American student, gives a presentation on the China Studies course
Students also made presentations about their efforts to study China and its economy, including projects and activities in Prof. Huang's China Studies course. This course provides international students the opportunity to enhance their understanding of China through lectures, company visits, field study, and the like.
"The forum was very eye opening and relevant," commented Australian student James Panarettos. "We were exposed to top business leaders and scholars who were able to talk first-hand about the challenges of doing business in China, what businesses are looking for in graduates and their perspectives on the future of China's business environment." And Julian Barg, a German student, added: "The open exchange and professional organization of this event with so many entrepreneurs active in Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Guangzhou definitely encouraged me to stay in touch with the companies to possibly work for them later, and also to consider starting my own company in this area."
A Chinese-Bolivian international student, Jason L. Yu said, "We got to enjoy another enlightening event born from the very lecture room in which we take class. Through the China Studies course and events, I as a student and entrepreneur, not only gained a step towards my goal but a giant leap towards my dream." Along with three other interntional students, Yu set up Team Skynet Global which aims to provide a means for low-income communities to benefit from the fast booming technology. They won first prize last year for their business model at the HULT Business Challenge competition. The event is the world's largest start-up competition spearheaded by the Clinton Global Initiative in partnership with student teams from universities across the globe.
A group photo of the forum attendees
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A teenager was stabbed Sunday night, two weeks into a now weeks-long dispute, according to police.
Shortly after 10:30 p.m. on July 26, San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputies responded to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon on the 16500 block of Muscatel Street.
There they found that a 16-year-old male had been stabbed in the leg by a 20 year old and, while on the ground, was kicked by another suspect. The attack was reportedly the continuation of a fight that began at a party two weeks ago.
Deputies arrested Hesperians Andrew Ryan Gallegos, 20, and Richard Michael Ruiz, 19, on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon and booked them at Victor Valley Jail.
The victim was treated at Desert Valley Medical Center for his injuries and released.
Anyone with information regarding this crime is asked to call the Hesperia station at 947-1549 or the anonymous WE TIP line at (800) 782-7463.
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Police: Teen stabbed two weeks after fight began
A teenager was stabbed Sunday night, two weeks into a now weeks-long dispute, according to police.


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