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Things! Excitement!

11 Oct

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Make Voting Work – Vote, But Only Once

10 Oct

The ‘democracy gap’ in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the ‘least worst’ every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the ‘least worst’ gets worse.
**Ralph Nader

 

How to Install Line Step-By-Step (Updated 2016)

9 Oct

Line is a kind of messenger system, like Skype only it’s based out of South Korea.  It’s kind of a weird cross between Twitter, Tumblr, and Skype really, you’ll find pictures, chat message, phone services, and you can join in on live chats as well. Anyway, a bunch of people have been looking for directions on installation, so here you go!

GETTING “LINE” DOWNLOADED INITIALLY

You can try just searching for “Line” in your smartphone app store or by visiting their website (https://line.me/en/download). On your smartphone, it’s usually the first or second result and is a green button that says “Line.”  You can now set Line up on just a computer. You do NOT need to have a smartphone account to set it up. 

*Note that the website link has changed from my old posting. Their new address is https://line.me/en/download.

PLEASE NOTE! IF YOU DOWNLOAD LINE ON YOUR COMPUTER, THEN PUTTING IT ON YOUR PHONE WILL DELETE YOUR COMPUTER ACCOUNT AND ALL ITS MESSAGES. THIS IS NOT TRUE THE OTHER WAY. HOWEVER, TO LOG INTO YOUR COMPUTER AFTER YOU PUT IT ON YOUR PHONE, YOU MUST ENTER A VERIFICATION # ON YOUR PHONE. SO BEST TO PICK ONE MACHINE FOR LINE AND THEN STICK WITH IT. DON’T GO BACK AND FORTH!

To Download It on Your Computer:

  1. Visit the website: https://line.me/en/download

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2. Choose your PC system – MAC OS, Windows or Windows 8/10. I don’t use Apple, so I tried it with both the Windows and Windows 8/10 systems.  

Windows opens up a download file. Download it, open it when it’s finished and follow the instructions for installing it. 

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Windows 8/10 opens up the Windows store. You install it through there, and it’ll open up to the “Sign-In” or “Sign-Up” page.

Both systems then go through the same Sign-Up Process:

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3. Add your Phone Number. Hit “Next.” They will call you or text you quickly with a  a four number confirmation code. Put it in the new box and hit “Next.”

4. Now they will ask you to add a Password. Hit “Next.”

5. Give them your email address.  Go on. They will email you with another confirmation code to that email. Go to your email and get the code. Put it in the box on the “Sign-Up” Page.

6. Voila! You should have your Line account started on your computer 🙂 It looks like this now:

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To Download It on Your Phone:

  1. Visit the website: https://line.me/en/download. Or go to your phone’s store and search for “Line.” It should be a green box with a speech bubble and line inside:

This is what the app looks like

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2. Download the app and install it on your phone. 

3. The “Sign-Up” system will be the same as it was with your computer.  

4. Put in your Phone Number. They’ll call you with a confirmation code.

5. Put in a password. 

6. Put in your Email Address. They’ll email you with another confirmation code.

7.  It’s ready to go!!

 

 

Counting on your Hands in Chinese

9 Oct

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English Adjectives are Funny!

9 Oct

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Troubling Signs

5 Oct

Just found out that our cafeteria had been serving us a wonderful Chinese herb called Tonna Sinensis last week. It’s famous in both China and Taiwan and was advertised as being “good for our healthy.” Research revealed that it is a remarkable medicinal herb that treat dysentery  and similar diseases 0_0

Ummmmm . . . . seriously? That’s not exactly boding well for our future!

Rezultat iskanja slik za toona sinensis

So Me!

5 Oct

Last time I went through Chinese security, I cycled through about 5 different cities and ran through about 4 languages before I settled on something.  I was like.  .  . the airport I came from in the US? the airport I just came from in Korea? My old hometown in Missouri? My college town where I got my passport? The town I lived in right before I moved? My current US residence? My town in China? I’m so confused!!

National Holiday in Zhengzhou

2 Oct

​😘 Made it safe to my hotel! Traveled around the fair in Zhengzhou Garden 🌹💐 Visited Wal-mart (not very impressive 😭), and ate a DELICIOUS peanut smoothie!  Also ran into Eric, my student from my first semester at SIAS. In a town of 6 million people, I randomly ran into him! Completely awesome!

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Dogs of Zhengzhou

1 Oct

Beautiful Women

30 Sep

I love “Say Yes to the Dress” – Watching that moment when a woman finally feels just as beautiful as she truly is. Even if I don’t like the dress itself, it’s just that look on a woman’s face when she is confident and feels like the amazing person she always felt like she was on the inside is finally showing up on the outside – it’s amazing. Truly confident women just glow. I wish we all felt that way all the time. That’s what fashion should truly be. Fashion should be about helping people find their souls and confidence through their clothing. About finding the things that are beautiful about them and bringing them out. About helping them realize that all those little flaws they see can disappear if they focus on the beautiful parts. Every single person is beautiful. True Beauty isn’t measured by symmetry or height or weight or lack of scars or the length of a nose. True Beauty is the size of your smile, the determination in your eyes, the confidence in your shoulders, the steel in your back, the sexy flair in your walk. And that’s something that any person can have, they just have to look inside and bring it out. And find that style that shows it 🙂 I’ve yet to meet a confident woman who didn’t just shine with beauty. We need to stop worrying about how other’s dress or what other’s will think about our style. Just pick something that shows the world who you are inside! Since you’re amazing, style that reflects you will naturally be amazing too 🙂 We just need to walk tall and show off our inner sassy, totally brilliant selves with pride! 👗

Also, Elizabeth, do you remember that week we sat and watched like fifty episodes of this show in a row? That was an awesome time 🙂 Happy memories!