Languages--Chinese
I watched episode 44 of Travel in Chinese. This episode dealt with reading maps and asking for directions to the post office.
Articles:
I read two Wall Street Journal articles. One was about drummers in Turkey that play before dawn during Ramadan to wake people up and start the first meal before the fast during the day. Maybe residents of Turkey have been worrying about customs and traditions becoming too lax and so many cities have decided to make drummers audition to get certified in order to play and get paid for it. On the other hand, people in the more secular areas of Turkey have complained about this practice being outdated and some areas have forbid the drummers from playing. Since this seems to be the minority in this case, it looks like Turkey will continue to require the drummers get certified in order to uphold tradition.
The second article was about the debt crisis in Europe, specifically China's part in the whole situation. China has recently decided that it will continue to buy European bonds in an effort to help the economy but it will most likely not be giving any direct aid as that would be too risky at this point.
Philosophy:
I read about Dewey's "theories of right" in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. He believed that the right is something completely separate from the good, which I think means that just because something is right, doesn't necessarily make it good. Also, the right is usually identified as something like the Ten Commandments, rules or laws that people are expected to follow whether they like them or not.
Internships:
I looked at jobs in Technical Support on the Qualcomm website. There aren't too many but there is at least one in environmental health and safety engineering.
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