2008년 2월 29일 금요일

Sustainable Agriculture as the Best Alternative of Farming

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The topic of this paper research is to produce food ceaselessly without cause damage to the environment, to bring economic profits, and improve community relationship. The main purpose of this topic is to show sustainable agriculture as the best alternative for farmers and countries indicating the reasons. Sustainable agriculture is the best alternative to produce food because conserves environment, brings social benefits for communities, increases the Gross National Product (GNP), and needs diversification.

2008년 2월 28일 목요일

Educated killer

The article “Faculty Return to Northern Illinois University for Training to Help Students Cope With Campus Shooting” talks about the campus shooting happened in Northern Illinois University. According to a witness, she reminded that it is on Thursday in the lecture hall. Minutes before the end of the class, a stranger walked onto the stage. He pointed the shotgun at the student sitting in front of him in the large lecture hall and pulled the trigger. Then he aimed to himself …On this urgency, he killed 5 persons one of whom is the witness`s boyfriend and many people got wounded. The tragedy happened so sudden and unpredictable that most of the students sitting there thought that the gunman was there to make an announcement.
I am interesting in the article because the campus shooting is very common in the U.S. and it seems to be a “trend”. Then the question is that how can this happened? And nobody felt something before the tragedy happened. Neither his teacher, nor his classmates. Next, if we find so trails before it happened what should we do? To answer the first question I think one reason is that the university is careless with the students psychological problems and another reason is that the U.S. government are remiss in their duties that they are responsible to supervise the public of buying guns. Thus campus shooting happened many times around the American schools, colleges and universities





Haoming Qin

2008년 2월 19일 화요일

Arrest made in Seoul landmark fire

According to the CNN.com article:

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According to the Korean police, an incendiary who is over 60 years old is caught last tuesday by police. The criminal burned Namdaemoon, which is a Korean No.1 national treasure. the incendiary said that he had dissatisfaction against Korean government, so he planed on burning it since 2006. Also, he said that he choose Namdaemoon because it is easy to get there, and there is no one to protect it. The police found some of tools to commit arson in his house through his wife's confession. Namdaemoon is sort of essential of Korea that it has been over 600years.

After I read this article, I felt something like unpleasant. How could it happen? The first Korean national treasure can destroied by one person who is an old guy, moreover, the government left it unsafely. Maybe it was just arson but Korean be burned their heart by one homeless old guy. The motive of arson is just dissatisfation of Korean government. In my opinion,however,people who are one member of a country have to have resposibilities about what is important and right thing in own country and society.

Valentine's Day brings out hard-liners, confectionary critters

I found this article from CNN. As you read this article, it is about various Valentine's Day's celebration in all of the world. The day of Valentine is begin as essential Christian holiday but nowadays, it is celebrated the world over.
In Japan's case, February 14 is a day when women buy gifts for their men. And they want to give some special chocolate for their men like bugs shape. In Korea, there are lots of chocolate from china because it is cheaper than other maker. Saudi Arabia has banned any celebration about Valentine's days because of religious reason. There is interesting research about Valentine's days in America. About eight million Americans have sent themselves a gift on Valentine's Day.
Many people who want to protect tradition value from "westernization" argue that Valentine's day is just worked for confectioner and destroy traditional custom.

When I read this article, I really interested in this issue because I have a romantic memory about Valentine's day. Not only me but also someone else who have spent Valentine's day with his(her) lover have some special memory about that. Even if I have good memory about Valentine's day, I worried about it because Valentine's day is too commercialism. Valentine's day is for lover but they worried about money for present. And some people are concerned about destroy of tradition value. So I would like to talk about whether Valentine's day is good or not.

By Young ho,park

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2008년 2월 3일 일요일

Debate about the death penalty-lethal injection

I found this article from MSNBC site (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22650019)

As you can see this article is about lethal injection, the one method of the death penalty. Kentucky death row inmate Ralph Baze, who was convicted of killing a Powell County sheriff and deputy say the three drugs used by Kentucky for execution are far too complex, and that they violate his constitutional right against cruel and unusual punishment. (the Bill of Right : Amendments to the Constitution 8)
Baze bring an suit about this to the U.S. Supreme Court.
and the Supreme Court review this problem now.

I think If the Supreme Court decide that Lethal Injection is violated The Right of Freedom From the cruel and unusual punishment, It means abolition of the death penalty without adopting less painful methods than lethal injection.
but In my experience, the death penalty is necessary to preventing crimes, social security etc.
-hong-