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发帖数: 20343 | 1 March 11, 2014 (Tony Cartalucci - New Eastern Outlook) - Saturday March 1,
2014′s horrific terror attack at China’s Kunming railroad station left 29
victims dead and over 100 wounded. The terrorist attack was the work of
Uyghur separatists hailing from Western China’s Xinjiang province. The US
would only condemn the attack as an act of terror after China accused
Washington of applying double standards to its coverage and stance on the
incident.
However, the US’ failure to initially condemn the a... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24893 | 2 IOWA CITY (AP) — A University of Iowa student deserves praise for pursuing
sexual assault charges against a fellow Chinese national even after he and
his supporters threatened and harassed her in the days and months following
the attack, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
Peng Tang, 22, was sentenced Monday to 17 years in prison for the March 2012
assault at the victim's apartment in Iowa City.
“It's hard for any victim, but especially for somebody who is not from this
country, who is not used to our cr... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1598 | 3 BY TINA AMIRTHA8 MINUTE READ
This story contains interviews with Christian Kästner, assistant
professor at Carnegie Mellon University; Amy Hirotaka, state policy and
advocacy manager at Code.org; and Janet Siegmund, researcher at the
University of Passau.
In order to expose more students to computer science, 17 states have passed
legislation to create basic math and science requirements in the curriculum,
rather than count them as electives. But lawmakers in Texas have made
computer program... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 10589 | 4 http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171019/china-guiyang-wang-yangming-confucian/dual/
Guiyang Journal
Forget Marx and Mao. Chinese City Honors Once-Banned Confucian.
By IAN JOHNSON October 19, 2017
贵阳日志
张彦 2017年10月19日
GUIYANG, China — Nearly 500 years after he died, the Chinese philosopher
Wang Yangming once again wielded a calligraphy brush, carefully daubed it
into a tray of black ink and elegantly wrote out his most famous phrase: “
the unity of knowledge and action.”
中国贵阳——去世近500年后，中国哲学家王阳明再次拿起毛笔... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 5 ctmlgb
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-directors-shock-claim-chinese-students-are
-a-potential-threat
华人还是太软弱了！！
Asian American advocacy groups are blasting FBI Director Chris Wray for
telling Congress that Chinese students in the United States may be covertly
gathering intelligence for their government back home.
Wray’s comments came during the Senate intelligence committee’s annual
open hearing on the greatest threats to the country. A host of Intelligence
Community leaders shared a litany o... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 16092 | 6 China’s Long Arm Reaches Into American Campuses
Beijing is stepping up efforts to inject party ideology into student life.
Some Chinese students are crying foul.
By Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian
Illustration by Eleftheria Alexandri for Foreign Policy
March 7, 2018
When Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Washington on Sept. 24, 2015 on a
state visit, hundreds of Chinese students lined the streets for hours,
carrying banners and flags to welcome him. It was a remarkable display of
seemingly spontaneo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4796 | 7 Stay on top of the markets and news
Get the CNBC App
Big-screen TVs and other products you buy that may get more expensive
because of a possible trade war with China
"On a $4,000 TV ... the tariffs might have a several-hundred-dollar
price impact," said David French of the National Retail Federation, an
advocacy group.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative proposed late Tuesday an
additional 25 percent tariff on an extensive list of Chinese imports that
includes parts for televisio... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 8 Posted on Advocate.com March 09, 2011
Cuomo to Hold Marriage Strategy Session
By Julie Bolcer
ANDREW CUOMO X390 (GETTY IMAGES) | ADVOCATE.COM
New York governor Andrew Cuomo has called a confidential meeting with some
advocates Wednesday in order to strategize how to pass the marriage equality
bill.
The New York Times reported on the meeting in Albany, which will include the
governor and about a dozen of the state’s leading marriage equality
advocates.
“Mr. Cuomo’s participation, which was confi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 9 Posted on Advocate.com June 14, 2011 11:10:00 AM ET
Marriage Equality Foes Respond in New York
By Julie Bolcer
Opponents of marriage equality are pursuing last-minute efforts to stop the
growing momentum for a bill that could receive a vote in the New York state
legislature this week.
Claiming to represent conservative Christian evangelical, Catholic and
Jewish voters, advocates against the legislation responded to a series of
developments on Monday that put New York within two senate votes of b... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 10 New Jersey Gay Marriage Lawsuit Seeks To Force State To Recognize Same-Sex
Marriage
TRENTON, N.J. — Seven gay and lesbian New Jersey couples, along with many
of their children, are going to court to try to force the state to recognize
gay marriage.
The families say in their legal complaint that the state's civil union law
designed to give gay couples the same legal protections as married couples
has not fulfilled that promise.
One man says he was denied being able to make urgent medical decision... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 11 For New York's same-sex couples, the legalization of marriage marks a huge
victory. For some local advocates of the historic legislation, though, the
triumph is bittersweet.
"When the organization was founded, our main goal was marriage equality in
New York state, so [in] that way we can all go home," said Ron Zacchi,
former executive director of Marriage Equality New York, an advocacy
organization. After the legislation was passed in June, Zacchi stepped down
to pursue a master's degree in publ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 12 Posted on Advocate.com August 15, 2011 09:40:00 AM ET
The Most Important LGBT Group You’ve Never Heard Of
By Andrew Harmon
How to conduct an accurate count of the American population — an estimate
that controls congressional seat allocation and the disbursement of billions
in federal dollars to cash-strapped states and municipalities — is a
reliable flashpoint of controversy when the U.S. Census rolls around every
10 years.
What seems to have drawn little controversy in the release of the 2010
C... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 13 Posted on Advocate.com November 17, 2011 05:45:00 PM ET
The Shocking Truth About LGBT Seniors
By Neal Broverman
OLDER MEN SENIORS X390 (PHOTOS) | ADVOCATE.COM
A new report highlights the health and lifestyle disparities of LGBT seniors
, including social isolation and unequal treatment.
The Public Policy & Aging Report, from the groups Services and Advocacy for
GLBT Elders and the National Academy on an Aging Society, is designed to be
the first step in bringing concrete change to this populatio... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 14 Posted on Advocate.com December 09, 2011 11:11:11 AM ET
One of America’s preeminent LGBT rights attorneys gives us a spirited run-
down on Prop 8 supporters' feckless arguments at yesterday's Ninth Circuit
hearing.
By Kate Kendell, op-ed contributor
If you are not a lawyer doing LGBT legal advocacy or a queer activist paying
attention to every detail of every LGBT development, you may have missed
the goings on in a Ninth Circuit federal courtroom in San Francisco
yesterday. The issues involved t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 15 Gay advocacy group starts new public relations campaign
January 19, 2012 By Dar Danielson
The gay advocacy group, “One Iowa” is starting a new campaign to try and
sway public opinion in favor of same-sex marriages. Nearly three years after
the Iowa Supreme Court ruling made it legal for same-sex couples to marry
in Iowa, polls still show a majority of Iowans oppose the decision.
A February 2011, Des Moines Register Iowa Poll showed 38% against, 35% in
favor. One Iowa’s executive director, Troy P... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 16 State-by-State Laws on Gay Marriage Produce Patchwork Quilt
同志婚姻权本质是基本人权和公民权,超出了州政府的拥有的民事权管辖范围.联邦政府
必须枪毙DOMA,把同婚权和反性倾向歧视纳入宪法中!
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The patchwork quilt of U.S. state laws on same-sex
marriage, which Washington is now poised to legalize, leaves gay and lesbian
Americans with different rights depending on geography. To opponents, that
’s just the way things work in a union of self-governing states.
If Washington Governor Christine Gregoire signs the bill passed by lawmakers
yester... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 897 | 17 A law under consideration in South Dakota would expand the definition of "
justifiable homicide" to include killings that are intended to prevent harm
to a fetus—a move that could make it legal to kill doctors who perform
abortions. The Republican-backed legislation, House Bill 1171 [1], has
passed out of committee on a nine-to-three party-line vote [2], and is
expected to face a floor vote in the state's GOP-dominated House of
Representatives soon.
"The bill in South Dakota is an invitation to ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 18 By Stella Paul
Since we live in a craven age, let's salute our few heroes. Meet Jessica
Felber, a 21-year-old Lioness of Judah, who's suing the University of
California for failing to protect her civil rights.
Felber is a student activist at Berkeley who simply asserts her right to
stand on campus and hold a sign saying, "Israel Wants Peace," without
subsequently needing urgent medical attention. What Jew can count on that
right on a UC campus these days?
In March 2010, Felber was violently as... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 19 House Foreign Affairs Committee chairwoman Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
acknowledged Tuesday that legislation aimed at making U.S. funding to the
United Nations contingent on reforms lacks bipartisan support but said it
was important to make a stand for “the principles that we believe in.”
As she prepares to mark up her bill in committee, Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.)
faces mounting opposition from the Obama administration and advocacy groups
supportive of deeper U.S. engagement with the U.N.
The U.N. Trans... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 20 By Patrick Goodenough
November 30, 2011
(CNSNews.com) – A religious freedom advocacy group is challenging all 2012
presidential contenders to sign a pledge committing themselves to promote
religious freedom at home and to make it a foreign policy priority.
As of late Tuesday, Republican former Sen. Rick Santorum had signed the Open
Doors USA pledge and the other candidates – including the Democratic
incumbent – were “considering” doing so, the organization said.
Signatories to the “pledge f... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 137 | 21 【 以下文字转载自 QueerNews 讨论区 】
发信人: miami128 (LOVE), 信区: QueerNews
标 题: 我们不要这满是布丁的美国同婚权法--剑指DOMA
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Feb 9 23:12:09 2012, 美东)
State-by-State Laws on Gay Marriage Produce Patchwork Quilt
同志婚姻权本质是基本人权和公民权,超出了州政府的拥有的民事权管辖范围.联邦政府
必须枪毙DOMA,把同婚权和反性倾向歧视纳入宪法中!
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The patchwork quilt of U.S. state laws on same-sex
marriage, which Washington is now poised to legalize, leaves gay and lesbian
Americans with different rights depending on geography. To opponents, that
’s just t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1263 | 22 奇怪，从GOOGLE可以直接连到这篇WSJ报道的全文，但是拷贝这个网址后则看不到全文
了。算了，我把全文贴在下面吧：
Lack of Data Slows Studies of Gun Control and Crime
Updated December 21, 2012, 12:31 a.m. ET
By JOE PALAZZOLO and CARL BIALIK
There is no shortage of opinions about whether gun-control laws accomplish
what they are designed to do—reduce violent crime. What is lacking are data.
As U.S. lawmakers prepare once again to take up the contested issue in the
wake of the Newtown school massacre, they will find that all data on guns
are surprising... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 23 by Jammie
Laughably, the so-called Equality Forum is giving an award to the daughter
and niece of brutal dictator’s who offer zero rights to their own people.
Talk about tone deaf. But it’s a gay award or something, and that’s all
that matter these days.
The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro will be allowed to travel to
Philadelphia to accept an award for her gay rights advocacy, officials said
Tuesday, reversing a previous decision to reject her visa request.
Mariela Castro will a... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 24 by Jammie
They knew for months and did what they do best: They covered it up.
As far back as March, a top IT official at the Department of Health and
Human Services said the department’s current ambition for the law’s new
online insurance marketplaces was that they not be “a Third-World
experience.” Several provisions had already been abandoned in an effort to
simplify the administration’s task and maximize the chances that the new
systems would be ready to go live in October, when customers... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 26 Drug-Cost Surprises Lurk Inside New Health Plans
Americans with chronic illnesses—who are expected to be among the biggest
beneficiaries of the health law—face widely varying out-of-pocket drug
costs that could be obscured on the new insurance exchanges. Melinda Beck
joins MoneyBeat. Photo: AP.
Under the law, patients can't be denied coverage due to existing conditions
or charged higher rates than healthier peers. The law also sets an annual
out-of-pocket maximum of up to $6,350 for individuals ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2932 | 27 The amicus filings in the case are heavily weighted, at least in numbers,
toward the university’s side. There are sixty-seven such filings favoring
the university, compared to sixteen in support of Abigail Fisher. There are
few real surprises on either side, however: Fisher is backed up largely by
conservative and libertarian advocacy groups, and the university support is
centered mainly in civil rights groups and progressive advocacy
organizations, higher education institutions and their asso... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 12853 | 28 言论自由不保护以下言论 （节选自 Wiki)
United States free speech exceptions
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bill of Rights in the National Archives
Exceptions to free speech in the United States are limitations on the First
Amendment's guarantee of free speech and expression as recognized by the
United States Supreme Court. These exceptions have been created over time,
based on certain types of speech and expression, and under different
contexts. While freedom of speech in the United States is a right... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 12853 | 29 如果可行，
我们应该鼓励华人一旦被歹徒入室抢劫，就上法庭（包括小额法庭）去告YG 和他的签
约公司，让他疲于奔命。
不仅被抢了的可以告，我怕被抢，产生心理紧张恐惧的，我也可以去告，可以上小额法
庭，十万人一起去，顶多就是手续费用。
还可以带上老婆孩子去本镇的警察局，带上YG 的视频，要求警方保护。记住：要全美
国同一天行动。
当然除了这种被动抵抗求保护的，也要进行费城那样的武装游行，硬的也不怕。
然后把这些行动都通告媒体。。。。。我们要学习一下川普大叔，怎么玩弄媒体。
言论自由不保护以下言论 （节选自 Wiki)
United States free speech exceptions
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bill of Rights in the National Archives
Exceptions to free speech in the United States are limitations on the First
Amendment's guarantee of free speech and expr... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 7021 | 30 请大家去各大社交网路转发辟谣。
http://thefederalist.com/2017/02/06/16-fake-news-stories-reporters-have-run-since-trump-won/
December 1: The 27-Cent Foreclosure
At Politico on December 1, Lorraine Woellert published a shocking essay
claiming that Trump’s pick for secretary of the Treasury, Steve Mnuchin,
had overseen a company that “foreclosed on a 90-year-old woman after a 27-
cent payment error.” According to Woellert: “After confusion over
insurance coverage, a OneWest subsidiary sent [Ossie] Lofton a bill f... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 31 参议员余艷芬关于SCR 1012的声明
2017-07-21
SCR 1012是由亚洲倡导组织亚太社区行动提交给我的办公室的一项亲亚洲决议，并得到
亚利桑那州亚裔美国人社区的众多领导和医生的支持。参议院同期第1012号决议（SCR
1012）的目的是提高对少数民族社区不同需求和要求的重视，特别是生活在亚利桑那州
的亚裔美国人不同阶层的独特健康要求。众所周知，“亚裔美国人”通常是一个笼统词
汇，它涵盖了50多个民族背景和100多种不同语言的庞大社区。
按目前所做的包括所有亚裔美国人和太平洋岛民的健康数据分组，隐藏了子群体之间的
真正差异。例如，糖尿病的发生率就有着很大差异。当所有数据合并时，它隐藏了菲律
宾、印度和萨摩亚社区的糖尿病高发率。如果社区和他们的健康医疗提供者不了解这些
，患者可能会继续不知情，而很有可能患有原本可预防的并发症。任何社区都不希望看
到健康的下降率和死亡率的增加。
去年，亚太社区行动倡导组织提出立法要求，其成员来自亚利桑那州各个亚洲群体，其
目标是“满足亚裔美国人，夏威夷原住民和太平洋地区的个人和家庭健康相关需求。”
他们发现高度详细的健康信息可用性将允许更准确和... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 32 Three Hispanic House Democrats were arrested outside Trump Tower on Tuesday
during a protest to demand action on shielding young undocumented immigrants
from deportation.
Democratic Reps. Luis Gutierrez (Ill.), Raúl Grijalva (Ariz.) and Adriano
Espaillat (N.Y.) were all arrested while rallying outside Trump’s Manhattan
residence with advocacy groups, aides confirmed.
The lawmakers and advocacy groups are pressing Trump to work with Congress
to pass a “clean” version of the DREAM Act granting und... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 33 Asian American advocacy groups are blasting FBI Director Chris Wray for
telling Congress that Chinese students in the United States may be covertly
gathering intelligence for their government back home.
Wray’s comments came during the Senate intelligence committee’s annual
open hearing on the greatest threats to the country. A host of Intelligence
Community leaders shared a litany of concerns about dangers from around the
globe. Then Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican, asked Wray about “the
... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 34 New Jersey Mayor Takes a Stand Against LGBT Curriculum in Public Schools —
“An Affront to God”
August 15, 2019
America has been overtaken by the demands of the radical LGBT mafia and
their forceful push to forsake traditional values and morals in place of
their own godless ideology. Leftist politicians are taking up the LGBT cause
with zeal, while conservative representatives don’t seem to be forming a
resistance strong enough to be noticed. It’s a breath of fresh air and an
encouragement anyti... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 7385 | 36
不要说文解字，看到有dealer字眼就以为nada是dealer
如果一条街上有若干摊贩，有一个城管负责管事。城管不让的东西，你会拿个别摊贩说
事吗？
NADA exists to provide automotive information and advocacy to three groups.
Consumers are served by their NADA Guides which provide information about
vehicle pricing for new, used, and classic automobiles in addition to
motorcycles, boats, recreational vehicles, and manufactured homes. Related
to this, the company regularly issues reports and press releases about the
automotive market such as analysis of the hybrid car ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2 | 37 Highly reputational company with very competitive compensation for all
positions.
Please send in your resume and position/positions you like to apply to my
email address below.
h*******[email protected]
All resumes will be deliver to hiring manager directly. Act fast!
Thanks!
Silicon Engineering Group
Sr. Physical Design Timing Engineer
Timing (STA) Manager
Senior Physical Design Engineer
CAD Manager - Front-End Design and Verification
Sr. CAD Engineer - Place & Route / Physical Design Engineer
Sr. CA... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 915 | 38 我今天收到这个，也不知道是真是假，有没有用，反正参与了，想着也没有害处啦！
Dear Colleague,
Your advocacy efforts have made a difference! Congress is scheduled to vote
tomorrow on an omnibus appropriations bill that will provide a $2 billion
increase for NIH, $119 million more for NSF, and a $25 million increase for
agriculture research in 2016. Please click here to send an email to your
Senators and Representative TODAY to urge them to vote “yes” on HR 2029.
http://www.faseb.org/Science-Policy-and-Advocacy/Become-an-Advo
It only ta... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 39 素食者的工作机会列表（vegnews）
https://vegnews.com/jobs
Vegan Job Board
Are you in pursuit of a dream career promoting the plant-based lifestyle?
With a little help from VegNews, you’ll never have to sacrifice personal
ethics for professional gain. Find your ideal veg-friendly job today!
Social Media Volunteer
Anywhere, US
VeggieHappy, an online guide for finding plant-based menu options at large
entertainment and sports venues, is seeking a part-time social media
volunteer. Job responsibilities include ma... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 893 | 40 【 以下文字转载自 EB23 讨论区 】
发信人: terence (命里有时终须有), 信区: EB23
标 题: HR3012 in Senate: URGENT Action Item
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Jul 12 13:18:43 2012, 美东)
刚从印度人论坛上看到的。
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/forum16-iv-agenda-and-legisla
Action Items
************************************************** *************
1) We urge all members to contribute funds to Immigration Voice as you have
done in the past many times. We have come a long way on this bill in last 6
years and we need to have a well-funded advocacy e... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2 | 41 Highly reputational company with very competitive compensation for all
positions.
Please send in your resume and position/positions you like to apply to my
email address below.
h*******[email protected]
All resumes will be deliver to hiring manager directly. Act fast!
Thanks!
Silicon Engineering Group
Sr. Physical Design Timing Engineer
Timing (STA) Manager
Senior Physical Design Engineer
CAD Manager - Front-End Design and Verification
Sr. CAD Engineer - Place & Route / Physical Design Engineer
Sr. CA... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 39 | 42 也去complain了。当天收到回信说已经转给discover. 然后收到来自executiveoffices
@discover.com的email,希望有结果
Dear xxx:
Thank you for your recent correspondence to the Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau. To ensure your concerns are properly addressed, your
correspondence has been forwarded to my attention at the Executive Office of
Customer Advocacy within Discover®.
I am currently in the process of investigating your concerns. A detailed
response will be sent to you upon completion of my investigation.
If you ha... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6276 | 43 屁股决定脑袋。
比如赵先生到处宣扬的有64个亚裔组织支持他对哈佛录取不公的提出的申诉。挺糊人的
吧。
然后有认得汉字的人去看了看那64个亚裔组织，是何路神仙：
http://dailybruin.com/2015/05/21/arthur-wang-media-inaccurately
But taking a look at the list makes it clear that the coalition is a poor
representation of Asian American interests, does not include many well-
established Asian American advocacy and rights groups and does not include
groups that represent southeast Asians and Pacific Islanders. A vast
majority of the organizations is explicitly pertinent to Chinese o... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24893 | 44 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: StephenKing (金博士), 信区: Military
标 题: IOWA小留唐鹏因强奸被判17年，李向南接过前辈火炬
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Sep 27 23:28:42 2014, 美东)
IOWA CITY (AP) — A University of Iowa student deserves praise for pursuing
sexual assault charges against a fellow Chinese national even after he and
his supporters threatened and harassed her in the days and months following
the attack, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
Peng Tang, 22, was sentenced Monday to 17 years in prison for the March 2012
assault at the vi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 11530 | 45 Brittany Maynard, advocate for 'death with dignity,' dies
By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN
updated 9:12 AM EST, Mon November 3, 2014
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
NEW: Brittany Maynard died Saturday, "in the arms of her loved ones,"
group says
"Love and peace to you all," she says in final message
Her story spread rapidly on social media
The 29-year-old said she had terminal brain cancer
(CNN) -- Brittany Maynard, the 29-year-old who said she had terminal brain
cancer, took medication to end her... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 893 | 46 【 以下文字转载自 EB23 讨论区 】
发信人: terence (命里有时终须有), 信区: EB23
标 题: HR3012 in Senate: URGENT Action Item
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Jul 12 13:18:43 2012, 美东)
刚从印度人论坛上看到的。
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/forum16-iv-agenda-and-legisla
Action Items
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1) We urge all members to contribute funds to Immigration Voice as you have
done in the past many times. We have come a long way on this bill in last 6
years and we need to have a well-funded advocacy e... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1430 | 48 A summary of the video: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/ImmigrationPolicy19
It's a long discussion but the summary in the last 2-3 mins suggests that
a) the temporary worker visas issue should not be tied to backlog reduction
issue
b) other countries like canada and australia have already changed their
immigration policies for high-skilled immigrants and US is falling behind
c) that the US government needs to provide clarity on the GC process one way
or the other instead of keeping us in limb... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 247 | 49 现在反对的声音似乎来自于一些移民律师的团体以及他们的说客：
What is the Risk to HR 3012 ?
Unfortunately, some immigration lawyers and their advocacy groups in DC are
against this amendment. We believe that this fringe group has always
advocated a system where immigrants are taken advantage of.
Immigration Lawyers have chosen to be on the wrong side of history. They
want to protect companies that are abusing the system. This set of
Immigration lawyers want to side with companies that are under-cutting US
workers and committin... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 331 | 50 http://www.ilw.com/immigrationdaily/digest/2012,0626.shtm
Comment: Grassley Makes Deal With Schumer - In news potentially bigger in
impact than Mr. Obama's momentous announcement of Deferred Action for
DREAMers, Sen. Grassley, Republican of Iowa (Ranking Member of the Judiciary
committee), has after many years of holding up employment immigration
matters in the Senate, finally made a deal with Sen. Schumer, Democrat of
New York (Chairman of the Immigration Sub-committee). The compromise
mandates... 阅读全帖 |
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