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A judge in California sentenced a 21-year-old man to life in prison Wednesday in connection with the beating death of a university graduate student from China.


Andrew Garcia is the second person convicted in the July 2014 killing of Xinran Ji Cheap Nike Air Max Modern Australia , a 24-year-old electrical engineering student at the University of Southern California.


Two other people are awaiting trial in the case, which rattled the university's Chinese community and prompted the school, located in downtown Los Angeles, to boost security.

　　File photo of University of Southern California (USC) graduate student Xinran Ji (L) and Andrew Garcia (R). (Photo: AFP)

Ji was beaten by his attackers and hit with a baseball bat and a wrench as he walked home from a study group late on Jul 24, 2014, authorities said.


He managed to flee and staggered back to his apartment Cheap Nike Air Max Mercurial Australia , where he was found dead hours later by a roommate.


Prosecutors said his attackers, who included a teenage girl, targeted him because he was Chinese and they thought he had cash on him.


Several members of Ji's family, some of whom traveled from China, tearfully read statements on Wednesday during the sentencing hearing for Garcia, who showed no emotion.


Ji's killing took place two years after two other USC students from China were shot to death during a robbery as they sat in a car.


Nearly 5 Cheap Nike Air Max Invigor Australia ,000 of USC's international student population of 10,500 are from China, according to the school's website.

" Society > Political > Political Current EventsWhat is Mensa?

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Mensa was founded in 1946, in England. The Mensa Society was formed specifically for intelligent individuals. The aim of Mensa was to create a non-political society free from all forms of racial or religious distinctions, that focussed on exceptional intelligence. All are welcomed into Mensa regardless of background Cheap Nike Air Max Flyknit Australia , religion, socioeconomic condition, race, or age.


In fact, on February 14, 2005 the Mensa confirmed that a three-year-old boy had become the youngest current member of Mensa. Toddler Mikhail Ali of Bramley Cheap Nike Air Max Dynasty Australia , Leeds in the UK has an IQ of 137 a level of intelligence which puts him in the top 2% of the population for his age. A mensa spokeswoman confirmed Mikhail was its current youngest member and said the organization only has 30 members under the age of 10. Mikhail was three years and six weeks old when he joined Mensa. The organization's youngest member ever was two years and 10 months old when he joined in the mid 1990's. These records are a meaningful only from a public-relations standpoint however, since IQ changes very little with age. That is, people who are smart in adulthood were just as smart as children and vice versa, regardless of whether or not they join Mensa.



The name Mensa comes from the Latin word for table and indicates a group of equals sharing ideas, like a roundtable discussion.


Mensa's stated purpose is to identify and encourage human intelligence for the benefit of humanity; to foster research in nature, characteristic and uses of intelligence; and to promote stimulating social and intellectual opportunities for society members.


Famous mensa currently include Isaac Asimov Cheap Nike Air Max Classic BW Australia , and Gena Davis. Mensa sets a measured intelligence level in the upper two percent of the population. This is its only requirement for membership. Statistically, about six million people in the United States alone qualify for Mensa, of whom 50,000 have actually joined. Worldwide, about 120 million people qualify for mensa of whom 100,000 have joined.


TOKYO Cheap Nike Air Max 2017 Australia , Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a meeting of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Monday that he will dissolve the lower house of parliament when it convenes for an extraordinary session Thursday and call a snap election, government sources said.


The contentious general election, being called despite accusations from the opposition camp that Abe is merely trying to extend his grip on power, while avoiding accusations of cronyism in parliamentary debate, is slated for Oct. 22.


Prior to that, official campaign will begin on Oct. 10 Cheap Nike Air Max 2016 Australia , the sources said.


Before making the announcement to his party executives, Abe reportedly told a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy that he intends to launch a new economic plan allocating 2 trillion yen (17.8 billion U.S. dollars) that focuses on funding free preschool education, among other things.


In the latest installment of his "Abenomics" brand of economic policy, the plans of which are often announced prior to elections in attempt to bolster public support, the Japanese leader said that the new initiative would be funded by revenue generated by a tax hike in 2019.


Abe also said that he would endeavor to better balance Japan's choppy budget book, as rising welfare costs among others Cheap Nike Air Max Typha Australia , have caused Japan's national debt to continue to balloon, while private consumption remains sluggish owing to lackluster domestic demand and stagnant wages.


The Japanese premier, besides economics, is also widely expected to campaign on a newly-intensified security platform, as regional threats are being consistently hyped-up by the ruling camp here and have led to consistent increases in tax-payer-backed defense spending and budget requests.


Workers set up large flower terrace on Tian'anmen Square in Beijing


Scenery of high-speed rail networks in south China's Guangxi


Military drill held near Turkish-Iraqi border in Sirnak


Autumn scenery of paddy fields in SW China's Guizhou


In pics: paddy fields across China


Scenery of high-speed rail networks in south China's Guangxi


Autumn scenery of Kanas scenic area in NW China's Xinjiang


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