Reaction Article #12: Santa Claus

Reaction Article #12: Santa Claus
Name: Mickey lee(49712052)

Date: 12/25/2008

From: TIME

According to Claire Suddath in ” Santa Claus” we know that Santa Claus actually has been a Turkish. The world's most famous toymaker has had a diverse career — that's what happens when you stick around for over 1,700 years — and has dabbled in everything from raising the dead to working at the mall.
I think that if there do have Santa Claus in this world. He must feel very boring to do the exactly the same thing, which is making toys for children, over and over again for the pass hundreds of the year. But as he has been a saint, he never complains about. He sill wears a smile on his face and bring happiness to children all around the world. There is a fable that Santa Claus only appears at those who believe he exists. So that’s why as people growing up they don’t have present anymore, because they think Santa Claus is just a fairy tales.
In this muddle and rush world, people easily become more realistic and forger the innocence which keep them feel happy in their childhood. As a matter of fact, I don’t really know the tale of Christmas is true or not. But the most important is the purpose of the story is to remind people that there still hope in this world. Nothing won’t be solved. So just keep yourself hopeful everyday because Santa Claus may protecting you from some where else.

Reaction Article #11: PHOTOS: Cyanide Millipede, Huge Spider Among New

Reaction Article #11: PHOTOS: Cyanide Millipede, Huge Spider Among New SpeciesName: Mickey lee(49712052)
Date: 12/18/2008
From: National Geographic News
According to Greater Mekong in ” PHOTOS: Cyanide Millipede, Huge Spider Among New Species,” the new specie of giant spider discovered in a large cave in northern Laos is probably the world's largest spider, Heteropoda maxima, has a colossal legspan of up to 12 inches.
There is still many species which haven’t been found by human yet. I think they are really lucky because they wouldn’t be disturbed by human. That is a problem on which we human should have some self-criticism. Though the land on earth has been opened up and developed mostly, some mysteries are hiding. To discover new things are great for rising our horizon, it also will be a big achievement when every specie has been found. Revealing the new species to people all around the world means the protection must be set immediately otherwise what you have done was as the same as pushing it to extinction.
I remember one day when I read the cyclopaedia my mother bought for me. I feel shameful of being a human who would call themselves the greatest specie of this world. Because half of the animal in the cyclopaedia are in danger of extinction and a lot of number of animals were extinct. We always think what we are doing is good for our future. But the truth is, we are consuming the energy on earth. What we really should do is to maintain the original shape of natural beauty.

Reaction Article #10: Dogs Can Feel Envy, Study Suggests

Reaction Article #10: Dogs Can Feel Envy, Study Suggests
Name: Mickey lee(49712052)
Date:12/10/2008
From: National Geographic News

According to Rebecca Carroll in ” Dogs Can Feel Envy, Study Suggests,” this is the first scientific study to find envy in non-primates affirms what many already know: dogs can get jealous. Even if dogs are not as sensitive to inequality as the primates, it is still a breakthrough in the scientific field.

In my opinion, dogs which have been referred to be the best friends of human are now found can be jealous that it can have a really big influence on the interaction between man and this faithful creature. I think it is quite interesting because as you see dogs are actually more emotional than other animal except primates. Some times you even can read they are happy or not through there facial expression. So don’t take dogs to be only a stupid animal pet, they can be envy just as human. I have a example for it, one day I was playing ball with my little cousin, and my dog ‘’Tiger’’ came to us with a baseball in its mouth. It swung its tail in order to attract my attention to play ball with it, but it failed. I was too concentrative with my cousin, so I ignored it. Then it left with depression. That night it didn’t have any responds to me whenever I called his name. I learned a lesson from that experience. Dogs’ have their own temper.

Comparing with dogs, human’s jealousy can cause more serious problems. The biggest resource that human argue or fight against each other is jealousy and envy. That can cause many harm between human relationships. If people could understand how to tolerate others it would be a more beautiful world.(281)

Reaction Article #9: 3/4 of Big Antarctic Penguin Colonies to Disappear?

Reaction Article #9: 3/4 of Big Antarctic Penguin Colonies to Disappear?
Name: Mickey lee(49712052)
Date: 12/04/2008
From: National Geographic News
According to Ker Thant in ” 3/4 of Big Antarctic Penguin Colonies to Disappear?,” up to 75 percent of major Antarctic penguin colonies may disappear if climate change continues to heat up the continent, according to a recent report. And the reason for the rising temperature is all because human’s activity.
Global warming has been getting more and more serious during these few years. And it is obviously threaten the homeland of penguins. Human always harm the other creatures living in the same earth unconsciously. And penguins fall into victims during this crisis. Killing these cute animals is only a little price that people must pay, the really big deal is the melting ice, which will become a large number of water pouring into the ocean, from Antarctic. And the measure of our land will decrease largely, that’s a very critical problem that we should really think about.
Protecting our beautiful planet is the responsibility of each humankind. Though one man’s power is limited, it can become an unpredictable strength if everyone tries their best to perfect this blue planet. So whenever you are going to consume some un necessary resource just remember that because of your selfish there may be a serious consequence behind the event.

Reaction Article #8: PHOTOS: Pacific Shipwrecks Potentially Toxic Timebombs

Reaction Article #8: PHOTOS: Pacific Shipwrecks Potentially Toxic Timebombs
Name: Mickey lee(49712052)
Date: 11/28/2008
From: National Geographic News

According to David Doubilet in ” PHOTOS: Pacific Shipwrecks Potentially Toxic Timebombs,” shipwrecks lie submerged in the Pacific Ocean may cause some toxic substance which would harm the ocean.
Encased in coral, host to abundant sea life, and popular among scuba-loving tourists, some of these shipwrecks also contain noxious cargo including oil, diesel, gasoline, chemicals, and even unexploded ordnance. These were things that would cause serious damage to the ocean. Many ocean creatures would become extinct, and the environment would be contaminated critically. Most of the shipwrecks can be traced back to the world war 2 when many American ships were be blow up by Japanese booming airplanes. Those ship were all loaded strong ammunition and full of energy gas which were pretty dangerous. In order to avoid this kind of harm, many countries have some policy to deal with it. Though shipwrecks are now covered by the coral, the problem they have are still some thing we have to pay much attention on it.
This article reminds me that few years ago there has many oil ships crashed the carol and sank into the ocean around Kenting. It cost the government several days to clean out the stinking and sticky oil floating on the water. Many carol died in this event, and government implement a policy to preserve the carol. This kind of incident may be a accident, but still many ocean polluted cases were done on purpose by human. I think it is really important for our people to know we only have one earth which if we don’t protect it well we must be very regretful.(269)

Reaction Article #7: SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Earth Mosaic,

Reaction Article #7: SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Earth Mosaic, Exoplanet, More
Name: Mickey lee(49712052)
Date: 11/21/2008
From: National Geographic News
According to Alex Altman in ” SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Earth Mosaic, Exoplanet, More,” there is a lot of photos about the outer space. And a Space shuttle Endeavour was launched on November 14 2008 to give some supplies for the space station to implement a mission called "Extreme Home Improvements" by Nasa.
To go out side the earth is my future dream when I was little. This project is to improve the space station environment in order to make people in the station have a better live. Beside that, I think it is also a kind of experiment to test the great technology of new equipment. Astronauts will use the delivery to convert the space station from a three-bedroom, one-bathroom home into a five-bedroom, two-bath estate. Because there will be more room in the station, the spacemen number can be increased, and that is a good step for the future research and explore in outer space.
There are many movies about outer space. It seems that it will be a trend which people may takes every activity in the space in the future. But why humanity should move out the earth is a important question that we have to pay attention on. One of the reason, in my own opinion, may be that human destroy the nature and ruin the environment by their own hand so that there isn’t any place people can live on the earth. May be high technology makes peoples lives more convenient but the consequence will cause a serious problem. So a in addition to enjoy the modern equipment we have to protect our pretty earth.(271)

Reaction Article #6: Eminem: The way I am

Reaction Article #6: Eminem: The way I am
Name: Mickey lee(49712052)
Date: 11/082008
From: Time

My reaction:
According to Alex Altman in ”Eminem: The way I am,” in this article the popular rapper of America, Eminem, have some introduction to his insistence on pursuing speak out what he thought about all the chaos of this society. Though his life is tough and he didn’t grow up in a illustrious family background, instead a impoverished one, he still try his best to reach the goal, and he finally did it.
Eminem is one of my most loved pop singers. Every time I hear his songs I feel quite indebted as if it were received in person. Maybe a lot of adults think that he is nothing but a bigoted, stupid, cultureless riffraff. But you cannot but admit that his lyrics really indicate the disadvantage of this world. Though there is a lot of filthy language in his creation, what I think is that’s his word, that’s how he speaks to show the perspective of the common people. Some of his songs are about families, some are about politics, and some are about gangsters, all of them are the issue that we should care about. As a rap singer Eminem not only become the authoritativeness of hip hop world but also let some governmental officials pay much attention to the illness of the reality world.
Eminem’s persistence makes me associate with a Taiwan pop singer, Jay, who also follows his own steps ignoring the malicious criticisms. Many famous people didn’t get much support in the beginning. People thought they are ridiculous, not decent just because they didn’t follow the modern trend. But usually when they success, they will become one of the influences on earth. I respect them a lot. Because I am also a person who has his own opinions and wants to make innovation in dancing domain.
With their precedents, I won’t give up pursing my own goal.(312)

Reaction Article5: Animal photos weekly: Rare leopard, tiger cub, more

Reaction Article 5: Animal photos weekly: Rare leopard, tiger cub, more
Name: Mickey lee(49712052)
Date: 10/30/2008
From: National Geographic News

My reaction:

According to John Roach in “Animal photos weekly: Rare leopard, tiger cub, more,” a cute leopard photo shows that endangered subspecies of big cat appears in good health.

I have been greatly touched by this simple picture; besides I love wild animals a lot the other reason is there are still some charitable people care these animals, the interaction between mankind and beast is quite harmonious on this photo. Humanity has appeared on earth for only twenty million short years but they destroy many natural sources on this green planet which result in extinction of many species. Leopard is one of the sufferers. People hunt and killed this beautiful creature in order to get its gracious expensive fur. Because their greedy, people can hurt such an innocent animal that will be the most ridiculous things among the ecosystem. So let everybody stop their stupid activities. Protecting this wonderful land and instead of devastating it.

Taiwan also has a lot of endangered species, such as Taiwanese monkey, Taiwanese black bear, Taiwanese deer. These are the animals we can’t really find one in the primitive forest. Thank for the government behavior of reproduce them in some special region so that we can still have a look of these beasts, though only in the zoo. It is our job to keep lives continued. Through every individual effort I believe that this world will be more perfect. (233)

Reaction Article 4: Sex education made compulsory in all schools

Reaction Article 4: Sex education made compulsory in all schools
Name: Mickey lee(49712052)
Date: 10/23/2008
From: Guardain.co.uk

My reaction:
According to Polly Curtis in ” Sex education made compulsory in all schools,” in this article Sex education is to be made a compulsory part of lesson among primary and secondary school in order to reduce the number of teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases.

In my opinions I think it is absolutely necessary for government to make sex education become the part of curriculum in elementary schools. As the report says we are not teaching a five years old child about sex, but the difference of our bodies and the friendship and how to manage their feelings. With this kind of knowledge, children become more respectful to the opposite sex. They also would know how to control their sexual urge when they gradually grow up. Children is the best learning level of human life. To build the foundation of sexual concept, it is the best way to add an extra curriculum of sex education.

In Taiwan there also has sex education in our elementary schools. But I think it is too superficial or, in other word, skin-deep. That results in lots of sexual problems among the teenage. We should strengthen the practical action of respectful between males and females rather than only oral teaching. Besides the education in school, parent should also let there children know how important it is to esteem others’ body. To make this world more colorful we should all try our best to be rational, mature and familiar with human affairs.(246)

Reaction Article #3: High School Musical Sweethearts Keep Silent On Off-screen Romance

Reaction Article #3: High School Musical Sweethearts Keep Silent On Off-screen Romance
Name: Mickey lee(49712052)
Date: 10/16/2008
From: Reuters

My reaction:
According to Jill Serjeant in ” High School Musical Sweethearts Keep Silent On Off-screen Romance,” in this article the two main characters of “High School Musical 3” , Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez, seem to have an off-screen romance for more then 1 year.

In my opinions, there is a great possibility that they may fall in love with each others. Because in the “High School Musical 3” they act as a couple experiencing a lot of romantic affairs which could make a huge influence to their emotion. They also always get alone with each others during the filming. So it is not so hard that will associate them with true lovers in real world. But whether it is true or not, I think it is necessary that audiences and journalists should not give them pressure about this kind of gossipy question. No one can invade others privacy, and for journalists it is definitely to exaggerate others words. The thing that we can only do now is wait and see. When the time passes by, the interaction between them will show their relationship. So give your sincerely blessing instead of conjecture.

Even though I don’t agree people spread the rumor of movie stars or singers, there is some small groups of entertainer will make the gossips by themselves purposely. In order to become the focus of the flashlight, they put down their dignity and play an ambiguous affair with others. It is an approach to make you become famous, but you may cost your credit of love. In Taiwan, the entertaining section of news pepper is full of gossips. It seems that Taiwanese people like to hear others’ rumors, so it causes a trend to behave affectedly among the TV stars. I think it should be rectified gradually, to make people of this country can tell what’s true and what’s fake.(311)

Woman, 105, links her age to walking - and no sex

Reaction Article #2: Woman, 105, links her age to walking - and no sex
Name: Mickey lee(49712052)
Date: 10/10/2008
From: Guardain.co.uk

My reaction:
According to Sam Jones in ” Woman, 105, links her age to walking - and no sex,” in this article a 105 years old woman celebrated her latest birthday and attributed her long life to exercise, a glass of wine for each day, and the most important things- remaining a virgin.

In my opinion I am really surprised that a common person, just like you and me, can live such a long life without any sexual urge. What I think is that I don’t really agree that people will live longer if you don’t have any experience of sex, because it is animal instinct for copulation to reproduce the next generations. And sex is also an approach to increase the intimacy between couples or husband and wife. Though the figure of this article has not been married, I still believe that as long as she has ever fell in love with someone for once it must be a sexual desire rapidly flashes through her mind. I guess she may not has really never thought of sex, just restrained the desire for some other more important things. After all, even though I don’t accept her longevous secret of remain a virgin I would like to congratulate her on her remarkable 105 years old birthday.

After looking this news I wonder why in this modern world as the knowledge of sex is more open the less people respect their bodies. The ages of experiencing sex are become younger and younger. It seems that people now don’t really care about the most integral element in sex, which we call-love, they only pursue the excitement of sensory organs, and one-night-stay is not a big deal any more. You may think I am too conservative, but I still deem that every sexual love must be based on mental love.(306)

Reaction Article #1: Three Europeans win the 2008 Nobel for medicine

Name: Mickey lee(49712052)
Date: 10/07/2008
From: International Herald Tribune

My reaction:
According to Lawrence K.Altman in ”Three European win the 2008 Nobel for medicine,” in this article three European scientists discovered viruses that cause cervical cancer and AIDS which made them win the Noble prize and they generously share their prizes.

In my opinion I think it is a great achievement for humanity. Because in the past few years AIDS is the most horrible disease which no any medical treatment can cure this disaster and cervical cancer is also an incurable illness that many women were suffer from. Even now in 2008 there still a lot of family or individual person who are stuck in this miserable situation, however, thanks to these great heroes that cure AIDS and cervical cancer are no longer an unreachable goal. Another thing I think should be praised and admired is that they don’t regard this accomplishment as their own success. They think that they only step on the shoulder of past experience and gather the knowledge from those who also made efforts in helping humanity in the past time. So they generously share their reward. Besides the benefits they bring to medical world this should be also praised widely

This article remind me of my grandfather who has been apoplexy three four years ago. Whenever I recall the memory that my grandpa fell down the dinner table I feel terrible. Though he can walk and talk better now day, he become pessimistic. Fortunately my family always stands by him to make him know that we won’t discard him. The cure or the remedy is not really the key for patient to fight against the disease. What it really matter is the spiritual support. Because when the virus occupy our bodies our mind will deeply sink into an unhappy whirlpool thinking that maybe it is the day I meet god. So if family members immediately give a hand and pull him out it will be the most helpful cure than anything else.
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