tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73150294902668066612024-02-02T09:20:48.401-08:00Learning Chinese Language Materials for Kids - Childbook.com<p>Blog by the owner of <a href="http://www.childbook.com">Childbook.com</a>, which since 1997 been helping Children Learn Chinese language and the Culture by supplying quality English and Chinese Children Books, Videos, Songs, and Stories.</p>Pritesh Palhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09513560990780345925noreply@blogger.comBlogger2929125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315029490266806661.post-52879128979946938032016-11-04T07:19:00.000-07:002016-11-04T07:19:07.799-07:00China's Buying of HollywoodGood read about the Chinese Billionaire who has been buying up parts of the US Movie Supply chain, from a studio to the movie theater, over $7 Billion dollars so far in acquisitions. Usually when a wealthy foreigner comes in to Hollywood, such as Sony and Columbia Studios or German film investors, they usually lose a lot of money. Hollywood is expert on separating investors from their money.<br />
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<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/wanda-chairman-wang-jianlin-plans-invest-billions-hollywood-942854">Wanda Chairman Reveals Ambitious Plan to Invest Billions in "All Six" Hollywood Studios</a> - Hollywood ReporterAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593968613831527519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315029490266806661.post-82090523221385933222016-10-22T15:49:00.000-07:002016-10-22T15:49:35.182-07:00Netflix Gives Up on China<h2>
Another US Company Gives Up on China</h2>
<a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/netflix-is-the-latest-us-tech-company-to-fail-to-conquer-china-2016-10-19">Netflix joins ranks of U.S. tech companies admitting they can’t conquer China</a> - Market Watch<br />
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Translation - Netflix figured out the Chinese government is not going to give up control in a Foreign company in the media space.<br />
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Netflix new strategy is partnering with local providers. This is safer, for the profits will be a lot less. And China's government requires that 70% of content be local.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593968613831527519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315029490266806661.post-30108864826658257552016-10-22T15:42:00.000-07:002016-10-22T15:42:05.031-07:00Why the Golden Rule Matters<br />
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/10/prenda-lawyers-careers-are-up-in-smoke-but-sanctions-keep-coming/">Prenda Lawyers Careers up in Smoke</a> - Ars Technica<br />
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Could not have happened to nicer people. I hate trolls of any type, including piracy, copyright, and commenters. On the Internet, be nice. It's a good idea in general and will help your mental health as shown in Mindfulness with showing gratitude, but it will also help your reputation.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593968613831527519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315029490266806661.post-36691311247328876662016-10-22T15:38:00.001-07:002016-10-22T15:38:07.701-07:00Books as Status Symbols Good read. I have a bit of this, since I have a lot of business books that I have not read yet. I find it much harder to read a business book, than a fun book. And I have some beautiful leather bound books, collections such as all of Sherlock Holmes, Shakespeare, etc. from when we used to have a local Barnes & Noble, that I have never read. Books for me are more about reading and good content. I buy books new and used. And some of my books are falling apart from overuse. The headache is some of those are out of print...<br />
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<a href="http://acculturated.com/daily-scene/books-as-status-symbols/">Books as Status Symbol</a>s - Acculturated.comAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593968613831527519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315029490266806661.post-60954241617999249312016-09-28T15:39:00.001-07:002016-09-28T15:39:26.682-07:00Learning Chinese DVD & CD Sale<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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A. I want to focus the site on Learning Chinese Textbooks, so I have put all the CD's and DVD's on sale.</div>
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Q. Do you think DVD's or CD's are going obsolete?</div>
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prefer having a CD or DVD. MP3's and video files moving them around are
a headache from device to device for those of us less technically advanced. At least with my current hardware and
software set up. And a lot of the content on the DVD's are not
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Video market seems to be moving to an all you can eat, with limited
selection, pricing model such as NetFlix. So DVD sales industry wide
have dropped dramatically. For teachers, I see DVD's as a great solution since the material is not available online, and this is specialized market. Yes, Youtube has some Learning Chinese Materials, but it's nice to be able to play a video without any advertisement. Plus, this way you don't need to worry about having a good Internet Connection.</div>
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One of the <a href="http://www.childbook.com/Chinese-Made-Easy-For-Kids-Buying-Guide-s/336.htm">Learning Chinese Textbook Series</a> I carry went to MP3 replacing a CD and I disagree with the decision. I wish they had kept the CD, and added the MP3 files. They are hosting them on their website, and websites are not always accessible. Plus it's not 100% clear where the actual files are located.</div>
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Same with the <a href="http://www.childbook.com/Touch-Reading-Pen-with-Chinese-Books-s/416.htm">Chinese Reading Touch Pens</a>, which went from CD to MP3 with no notice, so you have to download, that was a huge headache for me to figure out and caused some customer frustrations I did not appreciate. Plus downloading files from China is not super fast. CD has great usability and no downloading issues.<br />
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Q. Are they new?<br />
A. Yes<br />
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Q. Are they guaranteed?<br />
A. 100% - which means they will work when you receive them. This does not mean you open them all up, say you don't like them, and return them theoretically without copying them - I am sure nobody would do this... I have more in my return policy about CD and DVD returns. I changed the return policy after somebody bought a bunch of DVD's, opened them all up, and then returned them since they did not like them. All in the same series. <br />
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Q. What zone are they?<br />
A. Most are zoneless, but you need to look at each product page. It should be there.<br />
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Q. What is a DVD zone?<br />
A. The wonderful people at the big movie studios, made <a href="http://www.ebay.com/gds/DVD-REGION-CODES-EXPLAINED-What-is-a-REGION-CODE-/10000000004641793/g.html">zoning for DVD's</a>. That means a Disney DVD made in China in Chinese, will not play a standard US DVD Player. You can buy a zoneless DVD Player, which takes care of the issue. If I understand correctly, zoneless DVD players are not legal in the US, but they are available. Chinese and Korean electronic retailers carry them. This also applies to Blue Ray DVD's. On the back of DVD's there is a picture of a globe that has a number below it, that is the zone. US is Zone 1. Taiwan Zone 4. China 6. Often DVD's are more expensive in Europe, than they are in the US. Or DVD's are cheaper in China, than in the US. It's frustrating, since in the US it's a pain to get DVD's dubbed in a foreign language (Disney does an amazing job, there US Mulan DVD has Chinese on it).<br />
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Q. What language are the DVD's in?<br />
A. Mandarin Chinese with English.<br />
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Q. Are there sub-titles?<br />
A. It varies, please check each DVD.<br />
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Q. Can you play English sub-titles with Chinese<br />
A. Depends on the DVD.<br />
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Q. What language are the CD's in?<br />
A. Mandarin Chinese - check each CD. I have some CD's that are used to teach English.<br />
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Q. Do you have CD's or DVD's in Cantonese?<br />
A. No. Back in the days of Cassette Tapes, I bought some Cassette Tapes with Books, and they were very slow to sell. I used to get lots of requests for Cantonese, so I was surprised at the lack of sales.<br />
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Q. Which accent of Mandarin?<br />
A. It varies. Look where they are made. If made in China or Taiwan it will have their respective accent. Ones made in the US vary in the accent. I prefer the Taiwan accent over the Chinese, but I am married to a Taiwanese... </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593968613831527519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315029490266806661.post-51744744189280274632016-09-28T15:10:00.003-07:002016-09-28T15:10:43.785-07:00Machine Translations Update - Chinese<br />
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3811496/Google-Translate-just-got-better-AI-powered-software-good-translating-Chinese-humans.html">Google Translate just got better: AI-powered software is now almost as good at translating Chinese as humans</a> | Daily Mail Online</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">My wife last month saw a notice in Chinese at a Elementary School we walk by that probably used Google Translate for a Chinese version, and she thought the wording was strange. When I have a chance I"ll post it. I took a picture. </span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">I am surprised they did not have one of their teachers polish the Chinese a bit...</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593968613831527519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315029490266806661.post-60244765791811227472016-09-22T11:14:00.001-07:002016-09-22T11:14:51.292-07:00Chinese Touch Reading Pen<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Kid9Uj2HCt8" width="560"></iframe><br />
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I have a limited quantity available of the Touch Reading Pens. I have gotten quite a few requests about them, but I was reluctant to sell till I was 100% sure it would be a positive experience for the customer and me.<br />
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The touch pens are fun to use. Basically you have a special book, and the pen then reads the text in Chinese. If there is not a CD provided, I will preload the pen with the needed software. The download from the publishers site is slow, so there will be a day or two delay in shipping touch pens while I test everything. A specially written English Manual is included with the touch pens that I wrote.<br />
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<a href="http://www.childbook.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=brp&Search.x=0&Search.y=0">Chinese Reading Touch Pen Sets</a><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593968613831527519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315029490266806661.post-22526900849860282742016-08-11T08:44:00.003-07:002016-08-11T08:44:31.547-07:00Cost of Nepotism<br />
<a href="http://www.the-american-interest.com/2016/07/24/the-cost-of-nepotism-j-p-morgan-to-pay-200-million/">The Cost of Nepotism: J.P. Morgan to Pay $200 Million</a> -The American Interest<br />
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Amazing the double standard of the children of US Politicians, vs. Chinese with American companies <i>(cough, cough Chelsea Clinton's Hedge Fund Job, work at McKinsey the premier US consulting company, and as a reporter for NBC).</i><br />
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Note - I am not saying either is right. I just hate hypocrisy.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593968613831527519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315029490266806661.post-43095558176198693012016-08-11T08:40:00.000-07:002016-08-11T08:40:39.424-07:00Post Office Loses $1 per order from China Shipped<br />
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ePacket shipment from China on ebay.</h2>
<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2014/09/12/the-postal-service-is-losing-millions-a-year-to-help-you-buy-cheap-stuff-from-china/">The Postal service is losing millions a year to help you buy cheap stuff from China</a> - Washington Post<br />
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Some observations:<br />
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<li>Somehow for low weight items it seems cheaper to have an item shipped from China to the US, than ship an item within the US.<br /></li>
<li>ePacket takes around 14 days to get to the US. It may take up to a month.<br /></li>
<li>Basically Chinese sellers have taken over the market on eBay for new items of low weight mfg. in China.<br /></li>
<li>Some Chinese sellers get a US address (person), and still ship from China.<br /></li>
<li>For new girls dresses category, sellers from China now dominate it. This was not true a couple of years ago.<br /></li>
<li>No idea how returns work for sellers? Shipping from US to China is expensive, probably $15 starting per 1 lb. $16.75 using 1st class. This probably explains why there are so many companies that ship to China, probably use a container.<br /></li>
<li>Not sure how a US seller would compete with stuff from China on eBay, which seems to be about price, price, and price..<br /></li>
<li>ePacket my guess is subsidized by Chinese government, so super cheap and probably below their cost.<br /></li>
<li>USPS actually loses money, $1, on each item shipped from China via ePacket.</li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593968613831527519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315029490266806661.post-87670193602144442522016-08-10T18:07:00.000-07:002016-08-10T18:07:32.747-07:00Calfornia Bilingual Education Deja Vu?<h2>
Calfornia Bilingual Education Deja Vu?</h2>
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There is a proposition on the ballot, that wants to gut the Ballot Proposition that killed most bilingual education in California. I have mixed feelings about this. My understanding was once 227 went into effect, it had a huge negative impact on businesses selling bilingual materials. I have heard this from multiple book sellers. As an educator, it seemed that prior to 227 many students were stuck permanently in bilingual classes, and never learned English. The incentive for schools being to max out bilingual classes for additional funding. The end result from studies, is eliminating bilingual education did not seem to have a negative impact on student performance.<br />
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My 2 cents - What California needs is true bilingual education. What it has prior to 227 was not. The goal has to be to get students fluent in English ASAP, for this is a basic language they need for economic survival in the US, To go beyond the survival level, being bilingual is a great advantage to have. In Southern California Spanish is very helpful, but the rise of China, had made Learning Chinese a competitive advantage.<br />
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<span class="title"><a href="http://www.the-american-interest.com/2016/08/08/deja-vu-in-california/">Déjà Vu in California (Culture Wars)</a> - The American Interest</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593968613831527519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315029490266806661.post-81360067544583859322016-08-05T14:10:00.000-07:002016-08-05T14:10:17.116-07:00My First Chinese Words - 36 Books<h2>
Why Choose My First Chinese Words</h2>
Mini FAQ<br />
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<b>What Age is it for?</b><br />
3-6<br />
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<b>Why should I use it?</b><br />
The material is split apart into 36 parts, which works perfectly with the short attention span of kids age 3-6.<br />
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<b>How is the Quality?</b><br />
A+ - What I admire about this publisher, Better Chinese, is the high quality of their products.<br />
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<b>Will it work for Non Chinese Speakers?</b><br />
The program was actually designed for use by non native Chinese speakers. The program originally started by educators from Columbia University.<br />
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<b>How many schools use Better Chinese Materials?</b><br />
Over 1600 schools, Pre-K to home.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593968613831527519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315029490266806661.post-40099494968543827842016-08-02T14:58:00.000-07:002016-08-02T14:58:20.307-07:00Wade-Giles - Great or Horrible?<br />
How Wade and Giles did a Disservice to the English Speaking World - <a href="http://www.dionysia.org/chinese/language/wade-giles.html">Dionysia</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593968613831527519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315029490266806661.post-40329382264591766602016-07-29T10:14:00.001-07:002016-07-29T10:16:28.021-07:00Harry Potter in Chinese Textbooks?<h2>
Harry Potter in Chinese Textbooks?</h2>
Per the Beijing Daily, a series of books for 6 & 7th graders tested the use of Harry Potter. This was done at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_Jingshan_School">Jingshan School in Beijing</a>.<br />
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I do like the idea of making Learning Chinese more interesting, and Harry Potter is extremely popular. It will be interesting to see how the new book does. The translations of <a href="http://www.childbook.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=harry+potter&Search.x=0&Search.y=0">Harry Potter in Chinese</a> are well done.<br />
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I am surprised, since the Chinese government is very rationalistic, and discourages the supernatural in media.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593968613831527519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315029490266806661.post-54102332371702993752016-07-28T19:21:00.000-07:002016-07-28T19:21:31.478-07:00Box Office China's PotentialGreat article talking about why there have been so many horrible movies recently. The comments are worth a read.<br />
<a href="http://variety.com/2016/film/features/box-office-decline-summer-blockbusters-the-bfg-1201822322/"><br /></a>
<a href="http://variety.com/2016/film/features/box-office-decline-summer-blockbusters-the-bfg-1201822322/">Box Office Meltdown: Hollywood Races to Win Back Summer Crowds</a> - Variety<br />
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Key Points:<br />
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<li>I did not realize the Hollywood studios only get 50% of what they usually get in the US. In the US they get 50% of the gross. Theaters in the US make their money from concessions.</li>
<li>China's Box Office in 2017 should be larger than the US Box Office.</li>
<li>Disney had 4 of the 5 highest grossing films for 2016.</li>
<li>Disney has 31% domestic market share.</li>
<li>Five films were responsible for 25% of domestic sales.</li>
<li>Increasing ticket prices have disguised falling theater attendance.</li>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593968613831527519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315029490266806661.post-32164139302350511072016-07-28T19:14:00.003-07:002016-07-28T19:14:36.750-07:00New Covers for Chinese Made Easy for Kids<h2>
New Covers for Chinese Made Easy for Kids</h2>
Quick Thoughts - I am not a Graphic Artist, but after spending a few days adding the new, 2nd edition of <a href="http://www.childbook.com/Chinese-Lessons-For-Kids-p/lcmekst01-2.htm">Chinese Made Easy for Kids</a>, I have become very familiar with the covers after spending a bit of time with them, including watermarking. And design is an interest of mine.<br />
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<li>Pastels are in!</li>
<li>Workbooks have Grey Covers? I guess...</li>
<li>Textbooks and workbooks share the same graphics, just different colors. </li>
<li>Cartoon images</li>
<li>Traditional they just went with blue. </li>
<li>In the previous edition, multiple cartoon characters were used. In the new edition they use one cartoon character per cover, which are actually from the previous edition. This focused my attention a lot more on the cartoon image, previously I did not notice them much.</li>
<li>The previous edition used a colored side bar. My guess this was the style of the time. Now the cover is all white.</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pink for Level 2 - <span style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: left;">Pink? I wonder how Male students are going to react? Or that being sexist? Will this impact sales? Or will it be a positive since most Chinese teachers are female?<br /></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2nd Edition Workbook with Gray Cover. At least the Chinese Made Easy is in another color.<br /><br /></td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593968613831527519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315029490266806661.post-80258714192963133522016-07-28T18:35:00.000-07:002016-07-28T18:35:35.342-07:00Chinese Made Easy for Kids Update<h2>
Chinese Made Easy for Kids Update</h2>
I just finished scanning and uploading images for the front, back, and table for Contents for Chinese Made Easy for Kids.<br />
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And did some serious updates to the text for the most popular book, for <a href="http://www.childbook.com/Chinese-Lessons-For-Kids-p/lcmekst01-2.htm">Level 1, Textbook, Simplified Chinese Made Easy for Kids</a>.<br />
<br />For the other versions, I went through and changed CD to MP3, since the CD is no longer included.<br />
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I also updated the <a href="http://www.childbook.com/Chinese-Made-Easy-For-Kids-Buying-Guide-s/336.htm">buying guide</a>.<br />
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As well as noting on the first edition products, that a new edition is available and limited stock on the older edition.<br />
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Some schools still want the old edition, since they don't want to change out all their books. I totally understand. A new edition is a headache.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593968613831527519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315029490266806661.post-24160966359661961592016-07-24T16:34:00.002-07:002016-07-24T16:34:31.589-07:00Chinese Made Easy for Kids 2nd Edition<br />
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Chinese Made Easy for Kids 2nd Edition</h2>
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Summary:</h3>
Chinese Made Easy for Kids. The basic difference between the old and new editions for both Chinese Made Easy and Chinese Made Easy for Kids:<br />
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<li>New cover </li>
<li>No CD </li>
<li>Pages slightly reformatted.</li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">1st Edition</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">MP3 you need to go to publisher’s site</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">120 Pages</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">2005</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Target Audience</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Primary school children learning Chinese as a foreign language</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Same</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Teacher’s Edition</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Supplemental Material</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Flash Cards, Worksheets, and Posters</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Same, plus digital resources, Teacher’s Book, and Flash Cards (what is the difference between a word card and picture card?).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Levels</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">4</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Same</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Available as of 7/23/2016</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Textbooks, Workbooks, Worksheets, Posters, and Flash Cards for level 1 and 2.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">From the Front of the Chinese Made Easy for Kids, 2nd Edition Book</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">The second edition of Chinese Made Easy for Kids is written for primary school children who are learning Chinese/foreign language.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">The primary goal of the series is to help beginners build a solid foundation of Chinese and cultivate interest in learning Chinese. The series is designed to emphasize the development of communication skills from an early age.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Chinese Made Easy For Kids is composed of 4 textbooks (Books 1-4), and each accompanied by a workbook. This series is supplemented by Worksheets, Readers, Teacher’s book, word cards, picture cards, posters, and digital resources.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">This series has been written to provide a foundation for the subsequent use of Chinese Made Easy (books 1-7), that is written for secondary and university students.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Design of the Series</span></h3>
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<li style="line-height: 1.38;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.38;">The textbook aims to develop communication skills through audio exercises, conversations, questions, and answers, speaking vocabulary and sentences, the games in the Textbook are designed to create a fun learning environment. The accompanying rhymes mainly consist of the new vocabulary in each lesson to aid language acquisition.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.38;">In order to build a solid foundation for character writing, tracing and copying characters exercises are included in the Workbook. Exercises such as reading phrases, sentences, and short paragraphs aim to develop children’s reading comprehension skills.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.38;">In order to supplement the the exercises in the Workbook, more exercises in the Worksheets are provided. These exercises can be arranged to make unit tests when needed.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.38;">Answers to the exercises in the Textbook, Workbook, and Worksheets along with suggestions for teaching and learning are provided in the Teacher’s book.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.38;">Since the 1st edition of Chinese Made Easy for Kids was published in 2005, the 2nd edition has evolved to take into account social development needs, learning needs and advances in foreign language methodology.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.38;">New vocabulary and expressions included.</span></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593968613831527519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315029490266806661.post-17013176946447152872016-07-24T16:13:00.002-07:002016-07-24T16:18:25.909-07:00$2,000 Rowland Heights Missing Dog Reward<h2>
$2,000 Rowland Heights Missing Dog Reward</h2>
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I just saw a poster for a 4 lb missing Poodle for $2,000.<br />
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My guess another Coyote Victim. May be a dog napping.<br />
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Posters with numbers blacked out coming soon.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593968613831527519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315029490266806661.post-33755885662347051832016-07-14T13:09:00.001-07:002016-07-14T13:09:09.862-07:00Chinese Buyers - Cheaper Houses<br />
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Chinese Home Buyer Update</h2>
F<a href="http://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/06/foreign-buyers-flood-us-real-estate-but-buy-cheaper-homes.html">oreign buyers flood US real estate, but buy cheaper homes </a>- CNBC<br />
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Median price per the article was $522,084 with a dollar volume of $27.3 Billion Dollars in the 12 months between April 2015 to March 2016. My guess is some areas just became too pricey, but the impact of devaluation.<br />
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Around Rowland Heights I am not seeing the huge amount of houses selling I was, the market seems to have died down a bit.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593968613831527519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315029490266806661.post-72680022491450112072016-07-14T11:17:00.000-07:002016-07-14T11:17:26.380-07:00'Ghostbusters' Denied Release in China <h2>
No Ghostbusters in China?</h2>
Question is why?<br />
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The articles guess is because China's ideology is very science focused, a hold over of the Communist Party's Marxist Ideology. The studio did try, even removing the term ghost from the title. Pirates of the Caribbean; Dead Man's Chest in 2006 was also not approved. Or could it be because it's seen as a poor performer?<br />
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'<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ghostbusters-denied-release-china-910563">Ghostbusters' Denied Release in China</a> - Hollywood ReporterAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593968613831527519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315029490266806661.post-65174769354297686112016-07-07T17:07:00.000-07:002016-07-07T17:07:13.030-07:00Coyotes of Rowland Heights<h2>
Coyotes of Rowland Heights</h2>
On my way to work, I took these pictures. In the past week, I have had 4 Coyote encounters. 3 of them within a block of my house, and 1 of them next to an elementary school. Only one of the Coyote encounters was at night. The most recent one was of two coyotes. See pictures below.<br />
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I also saw 4 missing dog flyers. They varied from a Poodle, to a chocolate lab, to a Golden Retriever. I"ll post them after I remove the phone numbers.<br />
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Last year a lady with her husband first put up flyers, and then went door to door asking about her small dog. I felt very sad for her.<br />
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I called Animal Control, and per the lady who answered the phone they don't do trapping anymore. I then called my supervisors office, who got a call back for me that was a lot more helpful. It seems there is one trapper for all of LA County, and they only trap coyotes that are high priority. He was very nice and sent me some brochures on what can be done.He mentioned they even have Coyotes in Compton. My guess, if their are attacks on people, things will change quickly. This time of year Coyotes give birth, so they have extra mouths to feed. Plus the drought. And cities offer food and water (pools).<br />
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The undertone I got from speaking with the person, is they are very afraid a coyote caught in their trap will get on the nightly news as be used a cause celebre by animal rights.<br />
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When I googled Rowland Heights Coyotes, I read there was an attack last year in Hacienda Heights. And that Coyotes can jump over 8 ft fences. The <a href="http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/06/17/hacienda-heights-family-heartbroken-after-1-dog-is-killed-another-critically-injured-in-coyote-attack/">Coyote attack</a> killed a dog, injured another while the owner, a Mother and her daughter were in their back year. They set up a <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/x8crmk">go fund me page for the $2,000 of vet bills</a>. Vets, like Doctors, are not cheap.<br />
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A facebook page I found from Fullerton, called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CoyoteWatch1/">Coyote Watch</a> and their <a href="https://coyotewatch.wordpress.com/">blog</a>.<br />
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Our cat, that adopted us about 2 years ago, was last seen a week ago. My guess is a Coyote got her. The advice I got was don't let our dog or cat out at night. She was a mix of outdoor /indoor cat, so we let her out whenever she wanted to go. We were very lucky to have her as part of our family.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593968613831527519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315029490266806661.post-86283010134536042032016-03-15T13:39:00.000-07:002016-03-15T13:39:00.484-07:00Writing in Cantonese, not Mandarin? Ask Ray My guess is the immersion nursery is run by somebody from China, that automatically said Traditional Characters are Cantonese.<br />
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<i>Some time ago I bought a number of CDs from your online shop and had them shipped to me in London, UK.</i></div>
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have since been told by my daughter's Mandarin immersion nursery that
the pictures I have shown them of the CDs show Cantonese language
writing.</i></div>
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<i>I have not had a chance to lend them the CD yet, but that is my next stop.</i></div>
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<i>For these two CDs at least, ALL the writing is in Cantonese not Mandarin:</i></div>
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<i><a href="http://www.childbook.com/40-Chinese-Songs-CD-and-Book-1-Hardcover-p/cda225.htm" target="_blank">http://www.childbook.com/40-<wbr></wbr>Chinese-Songs-CD-and-Book-1-<wbr></wbr>Hardcover-p/cda225.htm</a><br /><a href="http://www.childbook.com/Chinese-Children-Songs-12-CD-s-2-Mandarin-p/cd2022.htm" target="_blank">http://www.childbook.com/<wbr></wbr>Chinese-Children-Songs-12-CD-<wbr></wbr>s-2-Mandarin-p/cd2022.htm</a></i></div>
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have not had a chance to take pictures of the other CDs that I
purchased yet, neither have I had a chance to play the CDs to the fluent
Mandarin speakers.</i></div>
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<i>Short answer is the books use Traditional Chinese Characters with Mandarin Chinese on the CD's and were published in Taiwan.</i></div>
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<i>Longer answer is there are basically two styles of writing in Chinese. Traditional Characters and Simplified Characters. <br /></i></div>
<i>Hong Kong, where Cantonese is spoken uses Traditional Characters officially. And that is what is mostly taught in the schools.<br /></i></div>
<i>Taiwan, where Mandarin Chinese is the official language uses Traditional Characters.<br /></i></div>
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where the official language, but a lot of dialects are spoken, uses
Simplified Characters since the revolution in 1949, and the use of
Traditional Characters was outlawed in China.<br /></i></div>
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Characters are the same as Traditional (if you know one, you can read
the other), where some strokes on some characters were removed.<br /></i></div>
<i>The difference between usage of Traditional Characters in Taiwan and in Hong Kong, are more of a grammar issue.</i></div>
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which is easier to learn, you have people who argue one or the other is
easier. The claims are one has less strokes and the other has a system.
My opinion is they are both equally hard and the simplification did not
go far enough.<br /><br />The books with CD's I sold you are in Mandarin, and
published in Taiwan with Traditional Characters along with Bo Po Mo,
which is a traditional type of phonics used in Taiwan. China uses Pinyin
for phonics, that is based on Russian pronunciation. There are also claims on which type of phonics is easier to learn from.<br /></i></div>
<i>Sincerely,<br /></i></div>
<i>Ray, Owner</i></div>
<a href="http://www.childbook.com/" target="_blank"><i>www.childbook.com</i></a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593968613831527519noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315029490266806661.post-77617707199725190032016-03-15T11:12:00.003-07:002016-03-15T11:12:49.609-07:00UC-Davis Students: Sumo Wrestling Fat Suit Amounts to Anti-Asian Racism, White SupremacyThis comment captures it best:<br />
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Basically UC Davis has a block party, and part of it was a fat suit opportunity.<br />
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My thought was intent is a large portion of how something should be judged as racist or not.<br />
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I remember that Sumo is now dominated by non Japanese now at the top levels.<br />
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<a href="https://reason.com/blog/2016/03/15/uc-davis-students-sumo-wrestling-fat-sui">UC-Davis Students: Sumo Wrestling Fat Suit Amounts to Anti-Asian Racism, White Supremacy </a>- Reason Magazine<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593968613831527519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315029490266806661.post-75785962761996839722016-02-23T10:47:00.000-08:002016-02-23T10:47:10.870-08:00China is buying up American companies fast<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chinese-outbound-acquisitions-concerns-2016-2">China is buying up American companies fast, and it's freaking people out </a>- Business Insider<br />
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Wow - A Chinese company is going to buy Ingram Micro! Total deals announced this year are $81 Billion dollars. The previous period was $11 Billion. Ingram Micro is part of Ingram Industries, which includes Ingram Content Group. I wonder if this would be part of the deal? Ingram is the largest book distributor in the US, but Amazon has taken away a lot of their business.<br />
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Some questions:<br />
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<li>So what has changed? Why are Chinese companies buying more businesses outside of China? </li>
<li>Why is the Chinese government supporting this?</li>
<li>Can Chinese companies successfully manage a non-Chinese workforce? In the US, the Japanese bought a lot of US companies and often this was a failure. Culture is a huge issue when doing a successful acquisition. Cisco is one of the few companies I know that has been successful in acquisitions.</li>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593968613831527519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315029490266806661.post-64969772746196500282016-02-02T11:24:00.000-08:002016-02-02T11:24:00.115-08:00If You Major in STEM, it Doesn’t Matter Where You Go to CollegeI am surprised by this.<br />
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I wonder, if the percentage of people actually working in Stem varies depending on the college?<br />
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Or is it mid-tier have as good, or actually better Stem programs?<br />
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Disclaimer - I am a graduate of Cal Poly, Pomona, which is a huge source of Engineering graduates, but in most measurements would be a mid-tier at best college overall. In Engineering, it's one of the top ones.<br />
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