#asha zhang

[atelier-dayz]

[Modern AU 1.0]

Asha: Why did you refuse [that cigarette] earlier? He offered your preferred brand.

Ata: No, not mine. It's your father's.

Asha: ...Oh.

He used to complain about the bitterness of Lao's cigarettes, just to see him smile indulgently before leaning in to silence him with kisses.

He didn't mind the bitterness now. (He's a scavenger, gathering close the ashes of Lao's memory.)

[ladyimaginarium]

listing introjects' fcs 4 the sake of my& sanity

clementine maria jasmine cree ( twdg ) - ashley moore (primary), nyané lebajoa, amandla stenberg (secondary)

louis lacroix ( twdg ) - marcus sivyer

violet collmore ( twdg ) - phoebe bridgers

james dae young ( twdg ) - choi yeonjun

aasim acharya ( twdg ) - jeenu mahadevan

ava adebowale ( twdg ) - lashana lynch ( primary ); lupita nyong'o ( secondary )

harry potter ( potterverse ) - suraj sharma

hermione granger ( potterverse ) - logan browning

blaise zabini ( potterverse ) - rome flynn (tentative)

pansy parkinson ( potterverse ) - song hye kyo

haneul eun ha / luna lovegood ( potterverse ) - jung jinsoul

ginny weasley ( potterverse ) - luca hollestelle

sirius black ( potterverse ) - avan jogia

dutch ( black lagoon ) - mike colter

okajima rokuro / rock ( black lagoon ) - arata mackenyu

rebecca lee / revy ( black lagoon ) - jessica henwick

benjamin issacs / benny ( black lagoon ) - evan peters

edith blackwater / eda ( black lagoon ) - kristen stewart ( primary ); maya hawke ( secondary )

janet bhai ( black lagoon ) - mandip gill

lyanna stark ( asoiaf ) - adelaide kane

jon snow ( asoiaf ) - timothee chalamet ( primary ); kit harington ( secondary )

daenerys targaryen ( asoiaf ) - anya taylor joy ( primary ); freya allan, emilia clarke ( secondary )

asha greyjoy ( asoiaf ) - marina moschen

ashara dayne ( asoiaf ) - simone ashley, kate mgrath ( formerly; may consider dropping )

arianne martell ( asoiaf ) - deepika padukone

obara sand ( asoiaf ) - cynthia addai robinson

nymeria sand ( asoiaf ) - shanina shaik

tyene sand ( asoiaf ) - stephanie rose bertram ( primary ); gigi hadid ( secondary )

sarella sand ( asoiaf ) - adut akech ( primary; tentative); duckie thot ( secondary ), tracy ifeachor ( tertiary )

melisandre of asshai ( asoiaf ) - dilraba dilmurat

nymeria of ny sar ( asoiaf ) - aishwarya rai

visenya targaryen ( asoiaf ) - katheryn winnick

myrcella baratheon ( asoiaf ) - holliday grainger

val the wildling / of the free folk ( asoiaf ) - alyssa sutherland

willas tyrell ( asoiaf ) - peter mooney

garlan tyrell ( asoiaf ) - ben lamb

hua mulan ( disneyverse laced w/ historical source ) - zhang xinyu / viann zhang

tiana brown ( disneyverse laced with history ) - kiki layne

katniss everdeen ( the hunger games ) - kawennahere devery jacobs

worick arcangelo ( gangsta ) - austin butler ( tentative ); alex pettyfer ( tentative )

nicolas brown ( gangsta ) - chella man

alexandria benedetto ( gangsta ) - normani kordei

emilio benedetto ( gangsta ) - aubrey joseph (primary), rome flynn

constance raveau ( gangsta ) - shailene woodley ( tentative )

erica abaddonato ( gangsta ) - nastya zhidkova ( primary ); jennifer lawrence ( usually faceless if i& can help it )

delico abaddonato ( gangsta ) - lucky blue smith

svetlana morozova nikolaeva ( gangsta ) - tati gabrielle ( primary ); ryan destiny ( secondary )

bernardo corsica ( gangsta ) - ross lynch ( tentative )

nimes ( gangsta ) - dominique jackson

sherry christiano amodio ( gangsta ) - sydney sweeney ( tentative )

loretta christiano amodio ( gangsta ) - willow shields

georgiana corsica ( gangsta ) - loey lane

evelyn ( gangsta ) - sab quesada

sidney ( gangsta ) - cartia mallan

also, below are neither our& introjects or rp muses but we& may use in edits:

sebastian cree ( twdg oc; clementine's younger half brother ) - d'pharaoh woon-a-tai

ivan glaziev ( gangsta ) - adrien brody

galahad woehor ( gangsta ) - zae france

[rivieraskieshq]

ACEITOS!

Sejam bem-vindos ao condomínio Riviera Skies: Addison Tartt Wang, Andrea "Drew" Rizzo, Arthit Suwan, Bohemie Morales Bromley, Conrad "Kurt" Gallagher, Dallas Reed Veloso, Felix Mavros Vaughn, Kai Freeth, Kiraz Ivy Bennet, Liena Zhang, Luuk Van Delen, Maeve Ivers, Nathanael (Nate) Richards, Octavia "Viv" Bromley, Victoire "Tori" Marie D'Auvergne, Violet Alpenrose St. James, Yelena Davydova e Zhou "Jade" Mengyao.

Abigail Cohen, Alejandro Zwartendijk, Asha Banks, Christian Daloi, Christina Nadin, Cindy Kimberly, Elijah Hewson, Emilio Sakraya, Jeff Satur, GIGI (RED), Hannah Dodd, Isabelle Huang, Lisa Tebeneva, Manu Rios, Mingyu, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Olivia Rodrigo e Shawn Mendes se encontram indisponíveis para aplicação.

Apartamentos A-102, A-401, A-602, A-701, A-702, B-301, B-302, B-402, B-601, B-602, B-701, B-702, B-801 e B-802 se encontram indisponíveis para aplicação.

Ei! Sabe a ADDISON TARTT WANG? Eu soube que ela mora no Riviera Skies. Sim, aquele condomínio no subúrbio de San Francisco, lá no apartamento 702-A. Está com 26 ANOS e é RECEPCIONISTA. Dizem que ela é bem OBSTINADA, mas também muito COMPULSIVA e ainda que se parece com a NATASHA LIU BORDIZZO, mas eu nunca vi pessoalmente pra ter certeza. Dá uma olhada lá no @rskaddison pra ver o que você acha…

Ei! Sabe o ANDREA "DREW" RIZZO? Eu soube que ele mora no Riviera Skies. Sim, aquele condomínio no subúrbio de San Francisco, lá no apartamento B-701. Está com 22 ANOS e é JOGADOR DE VALORANT. Dizem que ele é bem COMUNICATIVO, mas também muito COMPETITIVO e ainda que se parece com o CHRISTIAN DALOI, mas eu nunca vi pessoalmente pra ter certeza. Dá uma olhada lá no @rskdrew pra ver o que você acha…

Ei! Sabe o ARTHIT SUWAN? Eu soube que ele mora no Riviera Skies. Sim, aquele condomínio no subúrbio de San Francisco, lá no apartamento A-401. Está com 31 ANOS e é AGENTE ESPECIAL DO FBI. Dizem que ele é bem GENIAL, mas também muito INAPTO SOCIALMENTE e ainda que se parece com o JEFF SATUR mas eu nunca vi pessoalmente pra ter certeza. Dá uma olhada lá no @RSKARTHIT pra ver o que você acha…

Ei! Sabe a BOHEMIE MORALES BROMLEY? Eu soube que ela mora no Riviera Skies. Sim, aquele condomínio no subúrbio de San Francisco, lá no apartamento 802B. Está com 26 ANOS e é QUÍMICA E DEALER. Dizem que ela é bem PERSPICAZ, mas também muito REVEL e ainda que se parece com a CHRISTINA NADIN, mas eu nunca vi pessoalmente pra ter certeza. Dá uma olhada lá no @rskbohemie pra ver o que você acha…

Ei! Sabe o CONRAD "KURT" GALLAGHER? Eu soube que ele mora no Riviera Skies. Sim, aquele condomínio no subúrbio de San Francisco, lá no apartamento B-302. Está com 25 ANOS e é MÚSICO E BARTENDER NO ECLIPSE. Dizem que ele é bem CRIATIVO, mas também muito DESATENTO e ainda que se parece com o ELIJAH HEWSON, mas eu nunca vi pessoalmente pra ter certeza. Dá uma olhada lá no @rskconrad pra ver o que você acha…

Ei! Sabe o DALLAS REED VELOSO? Eu soube que ele mora no Riviera Skies. Sim, aquele condomínio no subúrbio de San Francisco, lá no apartamento B-701. Está com 26 ANOS e é DJ E PRODUTOR MUSICAL. Dizem que ele é bem DIVERTIDO, mas também muito INQUIETO e ainda que se parece com o SHAWN MENDES, mas eu nunca vi pessoalmente pra ter certeza. Dá uma olhada lá no @rskdallas pra ver o que você acha…

Ei! Sabe o FELIX MAVROS VAUGHN? Eu soube que ele mora no Riviera Skies. Sim, aquele condomínio no subúrbio de San Francisco, lá no apartamento B-601. Está com 25 ANOS e é VETERINÁRIO. Dizem que ele é bem CARISMÁTICO, mas também muito DISTRAÍDO e ainda que se parece com o MINGYU, mas eu nunca vi pessoalmente pra ter certeza. Dá uma olhada lá no @rskfelix pra ver o que você acha…

Ei! Sabe o KAI FREETH? Eu soube que ele mora no Riviera Skies. Sim, aquele condomínio no subúrbio de San Francisco, lá no APARTAMENTO 102A. Está com 28 ANOS e é PROFESSOR DE SURFE. Dizem que ele é bem BONANÇOSO, mas também muito IMPULSIVO e ainda que se parece com o EMILIO SAKRAYA, mas eu nunca vi pessoalmente pra ter certeza. Dá uma olhada lá no @rskkai pra ver o que você acha…

Ei! Sabe a KIRAZ IVY BENNET? Eu soube que ela mora no Riviera Skies. Sim, aquele condomínio no subúrbio de San Francisco, lá no apartamento 801-B. Está com 21 ANOS e é BARTENDER NO ECLIPSE E DETETIVE PARTICULAR EM SEGREDO. Dizem que ela é bem SIMPÁTICA, mas também muito BISBILHOTEIRA e ainda que se parece com a ASHA BANKS, mas eu nunca vi pessoalmente pra ter certeza. Dá uma olhada lá no @rskkiraz pra ver o que você acha…

Ei! Sabe a LIENA ZHANG? Eu soube que ela mora no Riviera Skies. Sim, aquele condomínio no subúrbio de San Francisco, lá no apartamento B801. Está com 22 ANOS e é ATENDENTE AUXILIAR NO ANTIQUÁRIO. Dizem que ela é bem RESPONSÁVEL, mas também muito RESERVADA e ainda que se parece com a ISABELLE HUANG, mas eu nunca vi pessoalmente pra ter certeza. Dá uma olhada lá no @rskzhang pra ver o que você acha…

Ei! Sabe o LUUK VAN DELEN? Eu soube que ele mora no Riviera Skies. Sim, aquele condomínio no subúrbio de San Francisco, lá no apartamento B - 702. Está com 23 ANOS e é PUBLICITÁRIO. Dizem que ele é bem DETERMINADO, mas também muito SISTEMÁTICO e ainda que se parece com o ALEJANDRO ZWARTENDIJK, mas eu nunca vi pessoalmente pra ter certeza. Dá uma olhada lá no @rskluuk pra ver o que você acha…

Ei! Sabe a MAEVE IVERS? Eu soube que ela mora no Riviera Skies. Sim, aquele condomínio no subúrbio de San Francisco, lá no apartamento A-701. Está com 26 ANOS e é DESENVOLVEDORA DE JOGOS. Dizem que ela é bem CRIATIVA, mas também muito CRÍTICA e ainda que se parece com a ABIGAIL COWEN, mas eu nunca vi pessoalmente pra ter certeza. Dá uma olhada lá no @rskmaeve pra ver o que você acha…

Ei! Sabe o NATHANAEL (NATE) RICHARDS? Eu soube que ele mora no Riviera Skies. Sim, aquele condomínio no subúrbio de San Francisco, lá no apartamento B-301. Está com 24 ANOS e é CABELEIREIRO. Dizem que ele é bem ESPONTÂNEO, mas também muito FOFOQUEIRO e ainda que se parece com o MANU RIOS, mas eu nunca vi pessoalmente pra ter certeza. Dá uma olhada lá no @rsknate pra ver o que você acha…

Ei! Sabe a OCTAVIA "VIV" BROMLEY? Eu soube que ela mora no Riviera Skies. Sim, aquele condomínio no subúrbio de San Francisco, lá no apartamento 802B. Está com 23 ANOS e é ATENDENTE DE BAR. Dizem que ela é bem EXTROVERTIDA, mas também muito INSTÁVEL e ainda que se parece com a OLIVIA RODRIGO, mas eu nunca vi pessoalmente pra ter certeza. Dá uma olhada lá no @rskoctavia pra ver o que você acha…

Ei! Sabe a VICTOIRE "TORI" MARIE D'AUVERGNE? Eu soube que ela mora no Riviera Skies. Sim, aquele condomínio no subúrbio de San Francisco, lá no apartamento 601B. Está com 26 ANOS e é PINTORA E CURADORA DE ARTE. Dizem que ela é bem PASSIONAL, mas também muito FECHADA e ainda que se parece com a CINDY KIMBERLY, mas eu nunca vi pessoalmente pra ter certeza. Dá uma olhada lá no @rsktori pra ver o que você acha…

Ei! Sabe a VIOLET ALPENROSE ST. JAMES Eu soube que ela mora no Riviera Skies. Sim, aquele condomínio no subúrbio de San Francisco, lá no apartamento 402B. Está com 26 ANOS e é PROFESSORA DE PIANO. Dizem que ela é bem SOLÍCITA, mas também muito EXIGENTE e ainda que se parece com a HANNAH DODD, mas eu nunca vi pessoalmente pra ter certeza. Dá uma olhada lá no @rskviolet pra ver o que você acha…

Ei! Sabe a YELENA DAVYDOVA? Eu soube que ela mora no Riviera Skies. Sim, aquele condomínio no subúrbio de San Francisco, lá no apartamento A-602. Está com 22 ANOS e é GARÇONETE NO SEASIDE. Dizem que ela é bem AUTÊNTICA, mas também muito DESAJEITADA e ainda que se parece com a LISA TEBENEVA, mas eu nunca vi pessoalmente pra ter certeza. Dá uma olhada lá no @rskyelena pra ver o que você acha…

Ei! Sabe a ZHOU “JADE” MENGYAO? Eu soube que ela mora no Riviera Skies. Sim, aquele condomínio no subúrbio de San Francisco, lá no apartamento B-602. Está com 25 ANOS e é PERSONAL STYLIST E INFLUENCER. Dizem que ela é bem AFETUOSA, mas também muito TEIMOSA e ainda que se parece com a @/GIGI - RED, mas eu nunca vi pessoalmente pra ter certeza. Dá uma olhada lá no @RSKMENGYAO pra ver o que você acha…

[ifthesewings--couldfly]

Thanks for tagging me, @inkdropsonroses!

1. Film character: NA (I thought really hard about this one, I guess I don’t watch enough movies)

2. LGBT+ character: Vi from the animated series Arcane

3. TV character: Michaela Quinn from Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman

4. Childhood favourite: Ariel from The Little Mermaid

5. Comfort character/favourite character: Melody from The Little Mermaid 2

6. F/F ship (canon or non-canon): It’s not canon but Elina and Nori from the Barbie Fairytopia franchise have such great chemistry, it’s hard to ignore

7. Character of colour: Mizu from Blue Eye Samurai

8. An old favourite: Cinderella from Disney’s Cinderella

9. Disabled character: Kinuyo from Blue Eye Samurai

10. Character you relate to: Elina from Barbie Fairytopia

11. Book character: Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games

12. OC/video game/dnd player character NA

13. Underappreciated character: Asha from Disney’s Wish

14. Side character: Dandelion from Barbie Fairytopia

15. Video game character: Aloy from the Horizon video game series

16. Non-western media character: Belle from Ryuu to sobakasu no hime

17. Animated character: ALL OF THEM

18. Your first fandom: My first fandom was Disney’s The Little Mermaid, but since i already mentioned Ariel I’m gonna go with my favorite of her sisters, Attina

19. From your favorite media: Assuming this question as in, the media you consume the most, I’d go with books and mention Eva Tamsyn from the What’s left of Me series by Kat Zhang

20. Free space: Merida from Disney Pixar’s Brave, my new favorite Disney Princess!

Tagging without pressure: @livehorses @the-blue-fairie @justlookatthosesausages

Fandoms don't show their female characters enough love. Here's a 20 prompt list for female character appreciation. Any kind of post or work for this is cool: art, fics, analysis posts, appreciation posts, gifs, memes, edits. Maybe make this an ask game. Anything. Feel free to tag me, I'd love to see what you do.

Film character

LGBT+ character

TV character

Childhood favourite

Comfort character/favourite character

F/F ship (canon or non-canon)

Character of colour

An old favourite

Disabled character

Character you relate to

Book character

OC/video game/dnd player character

Underappreciated character

Side character

Video game character

Non-western media character

Animated character

From your first fandom

From your favourite media

Free space

[korra-of-the-watertribe]

ASOIAF Women + Flower Symbolism

(With Sophie Zhang as Daenerys Targaryen, Son-Ye Jin as Asha Greyjoy, and Katrina Kaif as Arianne Martell)

Requested by anonymous

[aaustinwrites]

The “I’d die for you” meme

@incandescent-creativity did this a while ago and left it open as a tag game, so...

Then Perish: Rong

You Will: Wu

Please Don’t: Pallavi, Anil, Haru, Asha

Cool: Jiang, Jay 

I’ll Die For You First: Li

Wattana: don’t f***** say that (they’re they only survivor of their family, and they feel like their sister died to protect them. So someone saying “I’d die for you” is a very touch subject to them.)

Anyone who wants to do this, feel free!

[bloomsburgu]

Audiology research takes centerstage at ASHA Convention

Bloomsburg University’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders was well represented at the recent 2019 American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention in Orlando, Fla., including one research poster receiving special recognition.  

Several audiology doctoral students — Cecelia Campanile, Kylie Connell, Miranda Mikelson, Jamie Daigle, and Kimberly Winn — presented research at the convention, which is considered the largest gathering of speech-language pathologists and audiologists in the country.

Monica Amarante, a junior audiology major, also presented. Attending faculty co-authors were Thomas Zalewski, professor of audiology; Mohsin Ahmed Shaikh, assistant professor of audiology; and Dong Zhang, associate professor of mathematical and digital sciences.

Meritorious Poster Recognition 

Jamie Daigle, Miranda Mikelson, and Shaikh’s poster, “ANSI: A Necessity in Standardizing Hearing Instruments” was recognized as a Meritorious Poster by the Convention Program Committee as showing extraordinary, exceptional and innovative work.

Presented Research

“Hearing Handicap and Auditory Processing Disorder Relationship in Elderly Individuals” by Campanile, Zalewski and Zhang.

“Tinnitus Diagnostic & Intervention Services Provided by Pennsylvania Audiologists” by Amarante, Winn, and Zalewski.

“Ear Asymmetry in Adaptation to Noise in Speech Recognition” by Connell, Shaikh, and Zhang.

“Laterality in Speech Perception in Noise Ability & Contralateral Suppression of Otoacoustic Emissions” by Shaikh, Connell, and Zhang.

[tannertoctoo-blog]

July 3, 2017

Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 142, #3, 2017 Journal of Philosophical Logic, Vol. 46, #3, 2017 Journal of Philosophy in Schools, Vol. 4, #1, 2017 Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 125, #3, 2017 Philosophia, Vol. 45, #2, 2017 Ratio Juris, Vol. 30, #2, 2017 Signs, Vol. 42, #4, 2017 Studia Logica, Vol. 105, #3, 2017 Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Vol. 63, June 2017

Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 142, #3, 2017 VSI Editorial Essay Christopher Michaelson. Virtual Special Issue on Humanities and Business Ethics. Original Papers Cynthia Stohl, Michael Etter, Scott Banghart, DaJung Woo. Social Media Policies: Implications for Contemporary Notions of Corporate Social Responsibility. Samantha Miles. Stakeholder Theory Classification: A Theoretical and Empirical Evaluation of Definitions. Charlotte M. Karam, Dima Jamali. A Cross-Cultural and Feminist Perspective on CSR in Developing Countries: Uncovering Latent Power Dynamics. Najah Attig, Paul Brockman. The Local Roots of Corporate Social Responsibility. Christopher Wickert, Antonino Vaccaro, Joep Cornelissen. “Buying” Corporate Social Responsibility: Organisational Identity Orientation as a Determinant of Practice Adoption. Xinming Deng, Yang Xu. Consumers’ Responses to Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives: The Mediating Role of Consumer–Company Identification. Rafi M. M. I. Chowdhury. Emotional Intelligence and Consumer Ethics: The Mediating Role of Personal Moral Philosophies. Victoria Bush, Alan J. Bush, Jared Oakley, John E. Cicala. The Sales Profession as a Subculture: Implications for Ethical Decision Making. Matthew A. Douglas, Stephen M. Swartz. Knights of the Road: Safety, Ethics, and the Professional Truck Driver. Laura J. Noval, Günter K. Stahl. Accounting for Proscriptive and Prescriptive Morality in the Workplace: The Double-Edged Sword Effect of Mood on Managerial Ethical Decision Making. Zeger van der Wal. Future Business and Government Leaders of Asia: How Do They Differ and What Makes Them Tick? Book Reviews Daryl Koehn. Review of Virtue in Business: Conversations with Aristotle by Edwin Hartman James Jianxin Gong. Ethics in Accounting: A Decision-Making Approach. Sybol Anderson. Thomas Klikauer: Hegel’s Moral Corporation. Back to top

Journal of Philosophical Logic, Vol. 46, #3, 2017 Original Papers Aldo Antonelli. Completeness and Decidability of General First-Order Logic (with a Detour Through the Guarded Fragment). Hajnal Andréka, Johan van Benthem, István Németi. On A New Semantics for First-Order Predicate Logic. Martin L. Jönsson. Interpersonal Sameness of Meaning for Inferential Role Semantics. Zhiqiang Zhuang, Maurice Pagnucco, Yan Zhang. Inter-Definability of Horn Contraction and Horn Revision. Christoph Benzmüller. Cut-Elimination for Quantified Conditional Logic. Back to top

Journal of Philosophy in Schools, Vol. 4, #1, 2017 Articles Editorial Laura D'Olimpio, Andrew Peterson. Articles Amber Strong Makaiau. Using a philosopher’s pedagogy to teach school subjects: The case of Ethnic Studies at Kailua High School. Arie Kizel, Marlene Abdallah. On the seam: Philosophy with Palestinian girls in an East Jerusalem village as a pedagogy of searching. Margaret MacDonald, Warren Bowen, Cher Hill. Using engaged philosophical inquiry to deepen young children’s understanding of environmental sustainability: Being, becoming and belonging. Michael D Burroughs, Tugce B Arda Tuncdemir. Philosophical ethics in early childhood: A pilot study. Asha Lancaster-Thomas. How effective is Philosophy for Children in contributing to the affective engagement of pupils in the context of secondary Religious Education? Book Review Jane Gatley reviews The Routledge International Handbook of Philosophy for Children. Back to top

 Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 125, #3, 2017 Articles James Andreoni, Justin M. Rao, Hannah Trachtman. Avoiding the Ask: A Field Experiment on Altruism, Empathy, and Charitable Giving. Sumit Agarwal, Gene Amromin, Itzhak Ben-David, Souphala Chomsisengphet, Tomasz Piskorski, Amit Seru. Policy Intervention in Debt Renegotiation: Evidence from the Home Affordable Modification Program. Geert Bekaert, Eric Engstrom. Asset Return Dynamics under Habits and Bad Environment–Good Environment Fundamentals. Dario Cestau, Dennis Epple, Holger Sieg. Admitting Students to Selective Education Programs: Merit, Profiling, and Affirmative Action. Mitsuru Igami. Estimating the Innovator’s Dilemma: Structural Analysis of Creative Destruction in the Hard Disk Drive Industry, 1981–1998. Adam Isen, Maya Rossin-Slater, W. Reed Walker. Every Breath You Take—Every Dollar You’ll Make: The Long-Term Consequences of the Clean Air Act of 1970. Francesco Passarelli, Guido Tabellini. Emotions and Political Unrest. Back to top

Philosophia, Vol. 45, #2, 2017 Special Issue: "Toleration and Pragmatism" (pp 397-501) Original Papers Sorin Baiasu. Toleration and Pragmatism: Themes from the Work of John Horton. Rainer Forst. Toleration and its Paradoxes: A Tribute to John Horton. Glen Newey. Modus vivendi, Toleration and Power Modus vivendi, Toleration and Power. Peter Jones. The Political Theory of Modus Vivendi. Albert Weale. Associative Obligation and the Social Contract. Susan Mendus. COntingency in Political Philosophy. John Horton. What Might it Mean for Political Theory to Be More "Realistic.' More Original Papers David Alexander. Unreasonable Cartesian Doubt. James Andow. Intuition-Talk: Virus or Virtue? Rod Bertolet. On the Arguments for Indirect Speech Acts. John W. Carroll, Daniel Ellis, Brandon Moore. Time Travel, Double Occupancy and the Cheshire Cat. Steve Clarke. A Prospect Theory Approach to Understanding Conservatism. Joseph Corabi. Two Arguments for Impossibilism and Why It isn't Impossible to Refute them. Daniel Coren. On Young's Version of the Principle of Alternate Possibilities. Tess Dewhurst. What We Really Think About Knowledge: It's a Mental State. Manuel Heras-Escribano. Non-Factualist Disponsitionalism. Johan Gamper. On a Loophole in Causal Closure. Jason D. Gray. Scheffler's "Afterlife Conjecture" is Not That Compelling: How His "Doomsday" and "Infertility" Scenarios Might Robustly Preserve Value and Meaning. Jani Hakkarainen, Markku Keinänen. The Ontological Form of Tropes. Timothy Hsiao. The Ethics of 'Gun-Free Zones.' Back to top

 Ratio Juris, Vol. 30, #2, 2017 Articles Nils Holtug. Luck Egalitarianism and the Rights of Immigrants. Kieran Oberman. Immigration and Equal Ownership of the Earth. Lars Lindahl and David Reidhav. Legal Power: The Basic Definition. Gustavo Gozzi. The “Discourse” of International Law and Humanitarian Intervention. Notes • Discussions • Book Reviews Luo Yizhong. I Should Not Be a Free Rider, nor Am I Obligated to Obey. Angela Condello and John R. Searle. Some Remarks about Social Ontology and Law: An Interview with John R. Searle. Issue Information Back to top

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[atelier-dayz]

The Conception and History of AtaLao

This is just a post for me to ramble on about how Ata and Lao (and Asha but he’s like 1/2 not an OC) got started as OCs and recount some of their history leading up to their roles in Under the Desert Sky. So for the one or two of you interested in reading this: 

(GIF from awhiteshirt)

It’s long and convoluted so everything is under the ‘read more’ link.

Otherwise, just carry on scrolling through your dash! 8D

The Beginning

To talk about the start of AtaLao, I first need to talk (briefly) about Rogue One and The Lost Bladesman. 

So I watched Rogue One and fell deep into Chirrut/Baze. That of course meant watching movies that Donnie Yen (DY) and Jiang Wen (JW) were in, which included The Lost Bladesman. 

The Lost Bladesman was set during China’s Three Kingdoms period and starred DY as Guan Yu (GY) and JW as Cao Cao (CC). And lemme just say, in this movie (and in several other Romance of the Three Kingdoms adaptations, including at least one of the Dynasty Warriors games), CC is HELLA THIRSTY for GY. Which kicked off an interest in CC/GY and led me and two friends to evocates’ phenomenal Romance of the Three Kingdoms/The Lost Bladesman series a guide to (dis)honouring your deities which had an interesting approach to A/B/O. 

Between that fic series and the many Hong Kong triad films and old “classic” HK films we watched, my friends and I ended up writing an A/B/O HK Triad AU in which CC was the head of a recently resurrected triad trying to protect/build up their home-city, while GY was one of the few good cops in a (obviously) corrupt system. 

Anyways, getting to the AtaLao part... 

On the left is General Zhang Liao, who acts as CC’s right-hand man in The Lost Bladesman. So naturally, he became CC’s second-in-command in our Triad AU! And look! He is, in fact, Asha! 8D Hence why I say Asha technically is and isn’t an OC LOL

As our Triad AU grew bigger, we added three “elders” to CC’s triad, people who had been important members of the triad before its collapse (due to the police) and were pulled back out of hiding when CC resurrected the triad. One of them, we decided, would be Elder (Ata) Zhang, Asha’s father. (Which was how CC also met Asha.) Elder Zhang had been The Accountant for the triad pre-collapse, knew where all the money in the triad was and went, highly trusted and held in high esteem. He was never arrested by the police, though they did pull him into interrogation once with...not great results for them. (Keeping this PG with minimal violence LOL I can talk about this another time if anyone is interested.)

I, on a whim, decided Elder Zhang’s facecast would be...

Tony Leung because it’s Tony Leung. 

CC had his work cut out convincing Elder Zhang and Asha to support his bid for lead of the triad. *nods*

But what happened to Elder Zhang’s mate? Asha’s other parent? (Lao?) 

(Aside: Andy Lau as his facecast because I LOVE HIM. And he and Tony Leung have SUCH AMAZING CHEMISTRY and ALL THE FODDER for me to use for inspiration, but I’ll stop myself here before I pic spam.)

WELL. 

He died when Asha was about 5 or 6. He was shot and killed by the police while he and Ata were out on a date under suspicion of being a triad member. (”He has the face of a gangster,” they said.) The irony is, he is actually a normal civilian, a low-level architect, and has nothing to do with the triad other than being Ata’s husband.

Thus, by the time our AU took place, Lao hadn’t been present for...over 30 years and was only rarely referenced as a near mythical figure. (;﹏;)

So there we have the beginnings of AtaLao. 

Their backstory makes me incredibly sad all the time. Especially when I think about their childhood/courtship and their dreams and plans for their future. I have lots of art drawn, content made, and thousands of words written for them so just say the word and I’ll share LOL

Proper AtaLao

What do I mean by ‘proper’ AtaLao? Well, when we were working on the Triad AU, none of the characters outside of the canon characters GY, CC, etc had names; we just abbreviated actors’ names. (Asha was just called Zhang. Ata was Elder Zhang. Lao was AL.)

Sooo that brings me back to Rogue One and....

The Ascension of the Lord of Imwe *jazz hands*

With so much inspiration material thanks to the movies DY and JW were in (and because I’m a martial arts nut), I started writing a Chirrut/Baze epic wuxia AU titled the above. It involved Chirrut inheriting the title of Lord (Baze as his right-hand / retainer), a power struggle between households to gain/hold the favor of the Emperor, and the Imwe household working to prove the murder of Chirrut’s father. (It is not posted anywhere. Don’t think it’ll ever see the light of day, but it exists. LOL) 

Since the story involved such a huge cast, I thought, why not pull in Zhang to help Baze with security. And if I’m gonna bring in Zhang, I should bring in Ata and Lao! And give them a happy ending. ;u;

And as it turned out, Ata worked perfectly to serve as a parallel for Chirrut (and AtaLao for Chirrut/Baze). 

(And this part, you’ll notice, I took to fill in his backstory in Under the Desert Sky.) Ata Zhang was the firstborn son of a prominent family, but he was born mute (a reference to an...incident in Triad AU) and treated poorly because of it. He would have been selected to inherit the family title, but was passed over for his “normal” younger brother. He took over the family’s bookkeeping (a reference to his role as The Accountant), and later, bowed to their wishes to an arranged marriage, from which he got Asha. 

(Chirrut is the firstborn son of the Imwe family, fully expected not to inherit the title because of his originally sickly constitution and failing eyesight. To the surprise and consternation of many, he did in fact inherit the title.)

As for Lao, he was an orphan taken in by the Zhang family and initially raised to be a servant, before they switched him to security. He met Ata when they were tiny children, and he accidentally found Ata crying over the way people were treating him. Lao ended up promising to always protect Ata, and eventually becomes Ata’s personal bodyguard. 

Please know there’s a LOT of PINING, and longing looks, and knowing they have feelings for each other but never acting on them, and then there’s Ata’s marriage, and baby Asha imprinting like a duckling on Lao, and-- aaaaaaaaah (　ﾟДﾟ)＜!!!!!!!!!!!

Eventually though, as I reference in Under the Desert Sky, Ata’s wife leaves, causing a scandal, and the family takes their displeasure out on Asha, which is the last straw for Ata. He takes Asha and leaves, but of course Lao goes with him. They finally work things out, and when we see them in the fic, they’re an old(ish) married couple who joined the Imwe household along with Asha to protect Ata from his younger brother, who is trying to assasinate him to secure his leadership in the family. 

That is AtaLao. 

(Please look at this picture of them that my dear friend Kei / kannibal on here and twitter drew for me and that has been my phone wallpaper ever since. ♡ฅ(ᐤˊ꒳ฅˋᐤ♪))

And since they already were in a fic with Chirrut and Baze, I figured, why not include them in Under the Desert Sky, an actual SW divergent AU and not just something wildly AU LOL And it works out perfectly as a pseud-parallel(?) with Ata as a Guardian, Lao as a Mando vs Obi as a Jedi, Jango the Mando. d(￣◇￣)b

Other Existing Iterations of AtaLao

I will keep this brief in the form of bullet points:

Infernal Affairs AU - After watching Infernal Affairs, I had to, had to write a mash up of it and our Triad AU. In it, Ata is still an accountant for the Triad, but was planted by the police. Lao is the mole the triad places among the police. Ata and Lao have a sort of missed connection history when they meet in the fic. I do want to finish it someday because I love what I have written so far. Maybe for the zine I’m hypothetically making one day...

In addition to Triad AU, we also ended up creating an epic high fantasy/Three Kingdoms AU and made two additional variations on top of it. The Main AU involved Lao as a High Priest and healer who ends up mentoring one of the Emperors’ daughters in the healing arts, while Ata is a major in the Emperor’s army who ends up leading a lot of supernatural investigations alongside Lao. 

Modern AU is a urban fantasy version of the high fantasy AUs, with everyone in similar roles, just updated for the modern age. 

AAAAND THAT’S IT. I’ll do a post on AtaLao in Under the Desert Sky sometimes since I know their backstory won’t be much of a focus in the fic. :)

PS I ended up making a little diagram to make sense of the AUs that ended up popping up in what order and from what influence. Not sure it’s actually helpful to anyone but here is it: 

[inerginc]

AT&T, China Mobile, NTT DOCOMO, Vodafone Jointly Declare a Statement at Global 5G Test Summit for a Unified Standard, Unified Ecosystem

2017-02-28 Categories: Technology

[Barcelona, Spain, February 28, 2017] Today at Global 5G Test Summit, AT&T, China Mobile, NTT DOCOMO, Vodafone, Ericsson, Huawei, Intel, Keysight, MediaTek, Nokia, Qualcomm, Rohde & Schwarz, ZTE, Datang jointly declared a statement promoting unified, global 5G standards achieved through 5G testing, trials and cooperation between telecom operators, vendors and vertical industry partners to build a unified end-to-end (E2E) ecosystem.

At the Global 5G Test Summit, hosted by four leading telecom operators and supported by ITU, GSMA, 3GPP, NGMN and GTI, all participants declared their commitment to the promotion of unified global 5G standards, a unified E2E ecosystem and a thriving 5G market. After standardization, testing and trials are vital to the success of 5G technologies, ecosystem development and cross-industry innovation. To achieve this goal, all participants committed to facilitating and ensuring a unified, high-quality and competitive 3GPP 5G specification by June 2018 for release 15 and December 2019 for release 16, building a unified 5G E2E ecosystem (including chipset, terminal, network, test instrument, etc.) for seamless global roaming, and enlarging the global market scale for low cost.

Participants are starting the early trial and interoperability testing for a variety of use cases, including mobile broadband, for 3GPP Release 15 specifications to drive a mature 5G ecosystem and to ensure a quick and efficient time to market. They also appealed to inspire innovations on 5G key technology and to validate the smooth evolution capability of technologies towards 5G, including 3D-MIMO LTE, NB-IoT/eMTC, and C-V2X.

Mr. Liu Aili, EVP of China Mobile said “To achieve the large-scale commercialization of 5G in 2020, China Mobile will strengthen cooperation with global industry partners to facilitate a unified and high-quality 3GPP 5G specification, accelerate the maturity of 5G industry through testing and trials, and explore new services, applications and business models with vertical industry partners for a unified 5G ecosystem through China Mobile 5G Innovation Center.”

“A unified standard is vital to the realization of 5G E2E ecosystem”, said Seizo Onoe, CTO and EVP at NTT DOCOMO. “We believe this statement will promote the finalization of 3GPP release 15 specifications surely and timely, and facilitate early implementation of standard-compliant 5G. DOCOMO is planning to commence 5G system trial in Japan in the middle of this year, working together with partners in various industries not limited to telecom. We take the past experience from former generations as guides for the future, and are confident that we achieve the highly-stable 5G standard through 5G Trial and IOT.

“Through advanced testing and trials, we’re addressing key standards issues early in order to accelerate standards and provide the fastest path to large-scale, global 5G deployment,” said Tom Keathley, senior vice president- wireless network architecture and design, AT&T. “We’re collaborating closely with leaders across our industry on 5G. Pre-standard, fragmented 5G specifications can distract from the end-goal and cause future roadblocks. It’s critical that we’re all unified and aligned on this technology.”

“The alignment of the industry behind a common global standard is important for the evolution of 5G and the cost efficient roll-out of the technology globally. We look forward to working across the industry to establish a thriving 5G ecosystem,” said Matt Beal, Director of Technology, Architecture and Strategy at Vodafone.

Magnus Ewerbring, CTO, Ericsson Region Asia Pacific, says, “The Internet of Everything requires a new level of network capabilities. 5G will be built not only for consumers, who need a seamless experience with their devices, but also for the digitalization of entire industries and society. 5G development can only become a reality in partnership with customers and partners, which makes this initiative so significant.”

Yang Chaobin, President of Huawei's 5G Product Line said " In addition to greatly enhance the consumer experience, 5G will become the industry digital enabler, which must be able to adapt to more application scenarios, such as low latency, massive connections and more throughput to ensure stronger vitality and longer lifecycle. Huawei will keep an open and innovative attitude with all industry chain partners to promote 5G test, inspire 5G key technology innovation, explore 5G new applications and build 5G unified ecosystem."

“With Intel’s end-to-end solutions in network, cloud and devices, we are working with global industry leaders to define the standards across all of the key technology areas that will bring 5G to life. We believe having a unified standard across the global ecosystems is critical to driving the 5G transformation that will connect the billions of smart things and revolutionize how we experience the world,” said Asha Keddy, vice president and general manager of Next Generation and Standards, the Intel Communications and Devices Group.

“The 5G ecosystem is accelerating the underlying technologies at an unprecedented pace.” said Satish Dhanasekaran, VP and GM at Keysight Technologies, “We are fully committed to support the industry by contributing to the 5G standardization and collaborating with all the leading companies to ensure a successful deployment of the technology. A unified global standard will help to reduce costs, expedite deployments and commercial adoption.”

“It takes collaborative efforts from all ecosystem members to bring a new service like 5G into reality in a timely manner." said Kevin Jou, Senior Corporate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of MediaTek. "As a major baseband processor provider, we are committed to supporting a unified global 5G standard."

Hossein Moiin, Chief Technology Officer of the Mobile Networks business group at Nokia said: “Standards are the foundation of new technologies, and it is Nokia’s firm belief that the implementation of robust standards will be pivotal to the long-term success of 5G, and all the new business opportunities that it will create.”

Durga Malladi, SVP of Qualcomm said “It is important that, as an industry, we work together towards a global 5G standard to ensure timely interoperability trials and commercial deployments. Qualcomm Technologies is dedicated to close cooperation with all of the companies participating in the Global 5G Test Summit as well as those contributing to 3GPP, and look forward to what we can achieve together.”

"With leading position in 4G, Rohde & Schwarz will continue to provide innovative solutions for 5G standard, to support our customer success in the market." said by Rohde & Schwarz, Mrs. Lifang Kirchgessner, VP of global wireless communication segment.

Mr. Zhang Jianguo, SVP of ZTE said, “The unified global 5G standard platform we are promoting today is of great significance. As the leading telecom products and solutions provider, ZTE takes 5G as our core strategy and invests over 200 million Euro in 5G R&D every year. Now we have completed 5G low frequency and high frequency solutions, ZTE will continue to provide innovative solution. We together with operators and insustry partners are willing to form a more flourishing and promising 5G industry.”

Mr. Chen Shanzhi, VP of Datang Telecom Group said, “5G will serve for very diverse applications and use cases, but a unified standard and cooperative industry is essential for the success 5G. Datang keeps doing innovation to speed up the unified standard and will support the 5G trial. We are glad to be one of the partners and do our contributions.”

The statement also encourages and welcomes partners from vertical industries to participate in the testing and trials for innovative 5G services and to jointly create new value for our entire global society.

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[masonedjohanna]

Aurels adventure 18th feb 2017 malin kundang play

So its that time again when the school's annual play is held. This time it retells the tale of Malin Kundang. The ones in my grade who are part of the main cast are: Winston and Tara as Mr and Mrs Zhang respectively, Subhan as Mr Sharma and Daffa as Langlang Buana. Another significant main cast is Amira (Gr8 at the time this was written) as Xiao Ling aka Taras daughter. 

We the grade 10s (once again at the time this was written) are dancing the indian dance with ms mala aarti asha as the choreographers. The song we used is called Kala Chashma which means sunglasses  and is a certified BOP. The outfits i used were different from that of some girls. I had a multicolored crop top which i used over a black tanktop, a red bellydance belt completed with little coins that made noise when i moved and gold aladdin pants. Some other girls wore a red tunic with a multicolored vest over it, the same bellydance as well as the same genie pants. We got a gold bow to wrap around our ponytails as well as bangles. The boys on the otherhand wore yellow tops paired with a bright orange vest and black pants. They got gold belts and head gear.

The show was held in Usmar Ismail beside Pasar Festival and because the red car is in the bengkel and the white is being used i had to go back and forth using a gojek. 

I arrived there at 830ish just as a run-through for the dance was about to start. After doing our dance we got called backstage where we were given snacks in the form of chicken and or beef bakpaos. We then had to wait for the grand rehearsal to begin and for it to reach our part. After that we got lunch in the form of a rice box set. It contained ayam opor? , capcai and something else maybe? I cant quite recall. From then on its just waiting for the clock to tick closer to six o'clock so we could get it overwith. So whilst waiting, the cramped waiting room was filled with a mass of bodies sat around in circles or just an abundant mess with some playing games others singing and the rest asleep. I myself was tucked away in a corner, leaning against a pile of clothes with gaby as there was no space with the rest of our gang. We were tangled in each other whilst watching bypassers with familiar faces.

Then suddenly, our grade and our grade only was asked to redo the practice to try a different entrance. Before we practiced however, we got a glimpse of the teachers dancing the plate dance meaning i saw ms mala aarti asha dancing it was amazing. Lao shi bona was also dancing. So it was time for us to try the new entrance. As i was walking up the stairs, several grade 12 ipas or 11 internationals who werent performing but instead were there as ushers or make upers or camera men, were sitting in a nice row. They were instrument, no dinner and taras mama. I heard them initially as i went up the steps but i had my sunglasses on thankfully so i didnt have to look them in the eye. More or less instrument was saying, "apa *insert taras mamas name here*, lu suka yg pake baju item? " on repeat. 

At first i originally thought, also bcs of my sunglasses, i musnt be the only one in the row with black shirt. But then he also added the part abt jogger pants which i was wearing and i kinda just...?

I mean from his tone i knew it was a joke but aha wtf. I had to refrain from glancing towards their direction and i faltered a little but is all good as we had to get in line. Luckily, i wasnt the only one who heard as gloria did too.  so after we were told what to do how to line up what the cue was, we descended the stairs. and the three were sat in a column, all sitting in the aisle seat of 3 consecutive rows and they were holding out their palms for people to high five. originally, i thought oh, alyssa is infront of me, they’re just going to high five her, but as i halfway passed instrument, he didn’t take back his hand, so i just gave him a mini high five at the tips of his fingers, same like the other two. 

another thing that happened after the last practice was that i was storming over to ms aarti to get my pizza as i was super hungry and i had thought that someone took my portion instead. so as i got my pizza and was finding a seat i wasnt looking properly at where i was going (in my defence it was a chaotic mESS) i accidentally softly stepped on um ******’s foot. i said sorry like 5x and he was all its alright no prob.  i told these two stories to gloria, tara and rachel (the first to glo and tara the second to rachel) and safe to say they all had the same reaction towards it. i just laughed.

i however, was having a moment of my own....with...SURYA KW. aAHAHAHAH. but we’ll get to that later. so we put on our costumes and our makeups, and oh god this was the best and worst part ever. best part being that it was the three fav teachers who were doing our makeup, the worst being the makeup it self. or the application. or both. where to start??? 1. the powder was at least a shade brighter than my skin tone 2. the lipstick was blood red and it was applied so SO sloppily 3. the eyeliner oh mygod. the top liner was covering half of my lid with most of it covered by the eye shadow. the bottom liner, instead of on the waterline, was outside ?? 4. one eyebrow was shorter than the other all in all, i looked like a ondel ondel.

so me and a bunch of the other girls (basically the bebeks) wiped away at the imperfections and fixed it ourselves with the LG’s makeup. bLESS THEM. and i asked ms mala to fix my brows and she actually made it a lot better bless her soul. 

and yet another interaction happened. this time the girls were all cooling off in the auditorium and taking selfies. so cath asked, ‘kita pake kacamata ga??’ at the right time, chicken was descending the stairs and he just shouted, ‘pake’ HAhaha

oK BACK TO SURYA kw. The play finally started and the waiting room just got too packed too sickening to bear so Gaby and I snuck off to the main cast’s waiting room. There we hung out with Tara in both the girls and mens dressing room. see this was the fun. from this experience, i can tell surya kw likes to walk around. everytime im going somewhere, well not EVERYTIME, but most of the time, i see him. whether it be to the toilet, or back or just elsewhere, he’s always THERE. so yeah there was a LOOOT of surya kw that day. basically one of the better things that happened. 

*also someone’s DEG moment with surya KW AHAHA* as the play was progressing, our turn came closer and closer. i was walking back from the main cast’s dressing room to get ready and suddenly there was bintang, indria, kevin and annika there. i immediately made a beeline for them and talked for a while before we were asked to make a line.  i was so nervous. i was trying to calm my nerves whilst repeating the steps in my head. throughout the entire dance i just heard the three teachers’ voices in my head saying BOUNCE, or SMILE. at one point, i thought my glasses were gonna drop and that was it im dead its gonna break and im gone, but it did not. i was so relieved.  so yes fast forward, the play ended etc etc. and i stayed back in the waiting room for a while with bintang indria maxi n daffa. we took several pics too before i left.  one thing i left out i kinda saw **** ******* topless???