The New York Times
Job Growth Suggests Resilience of U.S. Recovery
- Labor Department reported Friday that it added 216,000 jobs
- the global economy are storm-tossed, with oil prices rising
-Manufacturing continued its unlikely — if still modest — revival in March, adding 17,000 jobs. Health care added 37,000 jobs in the month, and professional and business services added another 78,000, although about 37 percent of that came from increases in temporary help. It was the 13th straight month of private-sector job growth.
-however, The unemployment rate for blacks and Latinos remains high, at 15.5 percent and 11.3 percent,
- Many economists speak optimistically of the spring’s job growth, but some warys after that because of spectacular debt problems in Europe, uprisings sweeping the oil-rich Middle East, and Japan
Many countries are having problems with unemployment. I remember that Korea had a lot of problems with unemplayment and still have it , and I also heard that Canada is having a hard time too. When I read this kind of news, it makes me sad and depressive. What I want to hear from news is our bright future and how beautiful this world is; however, usually all I can see is about war, murder and other sad storys.
- malady : 심각한 문제; illness, sickness,any disorder or disease of the body
-cumulative : 누적되는;increasing or growing by accumulation or successive additions
ex) the cumulative effect of one rejection after another.
-revival :회복, 부활;restoration to life, consciousness, vigor, strength
-perilously :
- locomotive :기관차 ;a train or individual railroad cars.
- inhospitable : 장소 (기후가) 사람이 살기 힘든; 대접이 나쁜; An inhospitable place is unpleasant to live in.
After the earthquake, Japan became inhospitable place. The speed of thier revival is amazing, yet, people are worried about cumulative effect of the radioactivity because it might cause maladies which is incurable.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Thursday, March 31, 2011
TED march 31, 2011
Sebastian Thrun : Google's driverless car
-The reason that he started this project is that he lost his best friend in the car accident. He knows that he can not bring his friend back but he wants to save other peoples' lives by make this.
- many teenagers lose their lives due to car accidents and the cause of car accident is human's error, not because of machine.
- so they made one and did a test drive and it seemed quite successful
- I heard and saw many stories about a car accident and how it can terribly change many peoples' lives. It is really easy for humans to make a mistake, but when we are driving, these mistakes become quite deadly and fatal. It would be really great if computers can drive a car for us. It would be much more safer and we can even save our time. I remember my mom had to spend a lot of her time to just give me a ride and even had to wait for me when I am late. I bet driverless car will save many parents' time. furthermore, now adults can drink alcohol as much as they want if they have a driverless car.
- However, side effects of these cars are that police won't be able to make money from drivers and many car auto body shop will have to close their businesses.
-"convinience" this invention will make our lives much easier
Patricia Ryan: Don't insist on English!
world languages
-today : 6,000
-in 90 year : 600
-she wants to talk about language loss and globalization of english
-it is really important to communicate across generation
-sadly, today language are dying at a dramatic rate
-according to world university ranking, highest universities are to be found in the universitied of the UK and the US, so everybody wants to have an english education
-but if you are not a native speaker, you have to pass a test;, can it be right to reject a student just because of their linguistic ability? and her answer is no
- she believes that computer scientist, who might be genius does not need the same language as a lawyer.
- she is not against teaching english, global language is needed more than ever; however, she is against using as a barrier.
- For example, Einstein did not have to pass the english test, infact, his english skill was quite poor.
-Test itself cost around $200 and immediatly it becomes a barrier against millions of poor people. we are immediatly rejecting poor people.
- she wants to celebrate diversity
- just because of that test, we can never know what they know.
- this TED talk touch my heart and I can relate a lot to this ted talk because I am not a native speaker. I know that can not express my thoughts many times due to my lack of english skill.
- I love her idea but what can I do. I am going to live in Canada, so I just have to get close with english.
-"Unfairness" life itself is unfair. All I can do is to try my best in my situation.
-The reason that he started this project is that he lost his best friend in the car accident. He knows that he can not bring his friend back but he wants to save other peoples' lives by make this.
- many teenagers lose their lives due to car accidents and the cause of car accident is human's error, not because of machine.
- so they made one and did a test drive and it seemed quite successful
- I heard and saw many stories about a car accident and how it can terribly change many peoples' lives. It is really easy for humans to make a mistake, but when we are driving, these mistakes become quite deadly and fatal. It would be really great if computers can drive a car for us. It would be much more safer and we can even save our time. I remember my mom had to spend a lot of her time to just give me a ride and even had to wait for me when I am late. I bet driverless car will save many parents' time. furthermore, now adults can drink alcohol as much as they want if they have a driverless car.
- However, side effects of these cars are that police won't be able to make money from drivers and many car auto body shop will have to close their businesses.
-"convinience" this invention will make our lives much easier
Patricia Ryan: Don't insist on English!
world languages
-today : 6,000
-in 90 year : 600
-she wants to talk about language loss and globalization of english
-it is really important to communicate across generation
-sadly, today language are dying at a dramatic rate
-according to world university ranking, highest universities are to be found in the universitied of the UK and the US, so everybody wants to have an english education
-but if you are not a native speaker, you have to pass a test;, can it be right to reject a student just because of their linguistic ability? and her answer is no
- she believes that computer scientist, who might be genius does not need the same language as a lawyer.
- she is not against teaching english, global language is needed more than ever; however, she is against using as a barrier.
- For example, Einstein did not have to pass the english test, infact, his english skill was quite poor.
-Test itself cost around $200 and immediatly it becomes a barrier against millions of poor people. we are immediatly rejecting poor people.
- she wants to celebrate diversity
- just because of that test, we can never know what they know.
- this TED talk touch my heart and I can relate a lot to this ted talk because I am not a native speaker. I know that can not express my thoughts many times due to my lack of english skill.
- I love her idea but what can I do. I am going to live in Canada, so I just have to get close with english.
-"Unfairness" life itself is unfair. All I can do is to try my best in my situation.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
11 Pictures that I took
My name is Coco Bananakick and I can't keep your eyes off from my pictures.
There are eleven pictures hanging on the wall in the small, non-famous cafe, where nobody comes. Those eleven pictures are hanging there for almost fifty-years, yet everything is still prefect; the lighting, contrast and depth of field. You will be mesmerized by my pictures and eager to buy it but you cannot. My pictures will lose its' light and meaning as soon as it becomes merchandise.
As you open the door, there is my first picture I ever took when I was ten-years old. In a small frame, you can see the river fellowing and the mountain at the back. Children's faces are barely noticealbe yet when you look at it closer, you can see their smile.
Right next to my first one, there is my second picture. Everything seems dark, but when you come closer, then you can see one street light trying to illuminate small town. The light seems weak and powerless , yet it becomes a hope for someone, who is lost. That one street light is the only way for town's people to find out where they are and which way should they go. Without that one light, kids cannot come out from their house at night and people won't know where they are going.
"like a dream" is the title of my thrid picture. There is a girl, sitting in a small cafe, holding her book with one hand and coffee with other hand. There are many people in that cafe, yet she is the only one who catches my eyes. When I look at her, I feel like her red lips are gentally calling my name and her pure eyes are?? watching at me. I went back to the cafe, hopping to find her, yet there was no sign of her. I stayed there day and night, asking other people ; however, the answer was still no. It was like she only exsit in my picture, and in my dream.
"The profusion of flowers" is the title of my fourth picture. The whole picture seemes like it is covered with green, yet there is one tiny white smudge in the middle of a broad plain: A dandelion. The dandelion is swaying in the soft breeze and loses its' shape. It is like a white snow ball, vanishing into thin air.
There are eleven pictures hanging on the wall in the small, non-famous cafe, where nobody comes. Those eleven pictures are hanging there for almost fifty-years, yet everything is still prefect; the lighting, contrast and depth of field. You will be mesmerized by my pictures and eager to buy it but you cannot. My pictures will lose its' light and meaning as soon as it becomes merchandise.
As you open the door, there is my first picture I ever took when I was ten-years old. In a small frame, you can see the river fellowing and the mountain at the back. Children's faces are barely noticealbe yet when you look at it closer, you can see their smile.
Right next to my first one, there is my second picture. Everything seems dark, but when you come closer, then you can see one street light trying to illuminate small town. The light seems weak and powerless , yet it becomes a hope for someone, who is lost. That one street light is the only way for town's people to find out where they are and which way should they go. Without that one light, kids cannot come out from their house at night and people won't know where they are going.
"like a dream" is the title of my thrid picture. There is a girl, sitting in a small cafe, holding her book with one hand and coffee with other hand. There are many people in that cafe, yet she is the only one who catches my eyes. When I look at her, I feel like her red lips are gentally calling my name and her pure eyes are?? watching at me. I went back to the cafe, hopping to find her, yet there was no sign of her. I stayed there day and night, asking other people ; however, the answer was still no. It was like she only exsit in my picture, and in my dream.
"The profusion of flowers" is the title of my fourth picture. The whole picture seemes like it is covered with green, yet there is one tiny white smudge in the middle of a broad plain: A dandelion. The dandelion is swaying in the soft breeze and loses its' shape. It is like a white snow ball, vanishing into thin air.
Friday, November 26, 2010
twitter?????
1. Twitter is Everywhere!
A common misconception is that social media is “an American fad” that holds no weight in the international community. Actually, the complete opposite is true. Sixty percent of Twitter web traffic comes from outside the United States. Countries like Japan, Spain, the UK and even Taiwan are large contributors to Twitter web traffic. Twitter has become the newest way to cross international borders and create the proverbial “global village” online.
2. “How does using Twitter help you with your business??”
It helps us find new prospective clients
They then start reading our blog or subscribe to our e-mail newsletter
They trust us thanks to finding value in the content we give them
They become paying clients
They continue to trust us and find value in the content we give them, and so share it with other prospective clients
A common misconception is that social media is “an American fad” that holds no weight in the international community. Actually, the complete opposite is true. Sixty percent of Twitter web traffic comes from outside the United States. Countries like Japan, Spain, the UK and even Taiwan are large contributors to Twitter web traffic. Twitter has become the newest way to cross international borders and create the proverbial “global village” online.
2. “How does using Twitter help you with your business??”
It helps us find new prospective clients
They then start reading our blog or subscribe to our e-mail newsletter
They trust us thanks to finding value in the content we give them
They become paying clients
They continue to trust us and find value in the content we give them, and so share it with other prospective clients
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Chris Jordan - pictures some shocking stats
1. He talks about huge social issues; plastic cups, paper cups, smoking, plastic cancer, etc. however, the difference is that gather those enormous statistics together and translate them into a more universal visual language. Photo.
- He wants people to feel these huge probelms more deeply.
" if we can feel these issues, if we can feel these things more deeply, then they will matter to us"
2. I should put more meaning to my pictures.
3. Do people really feel more deeply when they look at those pictures? or is it just another Art that no one cares about. (because I did not actually feel strongly about those things when I looked at his photo)
-(why do they have to put in Art gallery, hard to go)
4. 'IDea'
I really like his idea about using photo to help people to feel more deeply about social issues. it is more effective then just using numbers.
- He wants people to feel these huge probelms more deeply.
" if we can feel these issues, if we can feel these things more deeply, then they will matter to us"
2. I should put more meaning to my pictures.
3. Do people really feel more deeply when they look at those pictures? or is it just another Art that no one cares about. (because I did not actually feel strongly about those things when I looked at his photo)
-(why do they have to put in Art gallery, hard to go)
4. 'IDea'
I really like his idea about using photo to help people to feel more deeply about social issues. it is more effective then just using numbers.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Stacey Kramer : The best gift I ever survived
I would love to share this before I even start talking about it.
- who can imagine that the gift she was talking about was a brain tumor.
- when she first descibed it, it sound so wonderful and incredible that I thought I want to have that gift. But not anymore.
- It is really surprising to see how she thinks about her brain tumor. she thinks that it's a gift. I do understand what is she talking about but it is still shocking to me bacuase it was not what I expected. I was expecting some fancy stuff.
- From this, I learn that I should change my attitude. She thinks tumor as a gift but look at me. I barely appreciate my healthy body.
-one question : waht causes a brain tumor?
- gift : "the next time you are faced with something that's unexpected, unwanted and uncertain, consider, that it just may be a gift".
- who can imagine that the gift she was talking about was a brain tumor.
- when she first descibed it, it sound so wonderful and incredible that I thought I want to have that gift. But not anymore.
- It is really surprising to see how she thinks about her brain tumor. she thinks that it's a gift. I do understand what is she talking about but it is still shocking to me bacuase it was not what I expected. I was expecting some fancy stuff.
- From this, I learn that I should change my attitude. She thinks tumor as a gift but look at me. I barely appreciate my healthy body.
-one question : waht causes a brain tumor?
- gift : "the next time you are faced with something that's unexpected, unwanted and uncertain, consider, that it just may be a gift".
Sunday, July 4, 2010
A Whole New Mind(Final - Pg.197-231)
1. What surprised me ?
- I was amazed by Jane McGonigal's idea of "Gaming can make a better world". To me, it did sound quite reasonable. Also, the story of the kingdom of Lydia was interesting ; the history of who invented games and why.
- The fact that attending religious services cut people's risk of death from heart disease, suicide, and some cancers was surprising too.
- I am super surprised by the fact that we did finish this book. It seemed impossible to do, but we did it! :):):)
2. What did you already know??
-we do need a meaning in our lives. "people have enough to live, but nothing to live for"(209).
3. New Words
levity - lightness of mind, character, or behavior
fuss - an excessive display of anxious attention or activity
mirth - amusement or laughter
fleetingness - vanishing quickly
unrelenting - maintaining speed, effort, vigor, intensity, rate of advance
deluge - a great flood of water
laureate - a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award
reverence - a feeling or attitude of deep respect
beatific - blessing
crave - to long for ; desire eagerly
hedonic - pertaining to pleasure
ineluctably - inescapable
4. What changes will you make ?
- I want to live a meaningful life~
5. questions?
- how to live happy? how to live a meaningful life?,,, it is such a wide topic and there are numerous things that we can do to make us happy and meaningful. However, the most important thing is that we just have to believe that we are happy and living a meaningful life. That is all we have to do.
6. others?
-when I read this chapter, it reminded me of Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. I still remember one of my favorite quote from that book.
"So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning" (??).
I think this quotation fits well with this chapter.
7. Word of the day
-Believe
if you believe that you are happy, then you are happy~
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