Digital Music

I read an article which talked about the revenue of digital music download to be legal. In IFPI publishes Digital Music Report 2008 , it pointed out that there are a lot of business advances exist in digital music. If we want to save the problem which from copyright thefts, record companies and ISP cooperation should help each other.

"The report calls for legislative action by the European Union and other governments where existing discussions between the music industry and record companies fail to progress. "

Digital music is a controversial topic. It is easy to get but not easy to control. That's the reason why it need government to make the rule. According to this article, I got a idea that ISP cooperation and record companies can work together to get more revenue. Via their cooperation, not only make the digital system more perfect, but also help the artists have more money and resource to create music.

There are many countries have the problem about copyright thefts. I remember that around four of five years ago, in my country, Taiwan, there was a news had been discussed a lot. The policemen went to a university's dorm to investigate the students who download music from Internet. And they arrested some students. People had discussed this news because there was no body told those student that they were illegal. They download music from the isp cooperation which showed a lot of ads on TV. But actually their behavior looked like copyright thefts.

Until today, there are still many problems from digital music. However, it is a tend that digital music type to be a major way for public people to get music.

World Animal Foundation

As which I said in today class, we can adopt a penguin by 25 pound sterling. I google more detail about this issue and I found a interesting website World Animal Foundation. It is a very interesting website. You can adopt many different kind of animals. The reason of why I am interested in this topic is we have talked about globalization and global warming.

People have capability do something for other organisms. When we talk about the pro and con of globalization, we have talked about the advantages which human beings get. But in my idea, we could use more extensive view to value the effects of the globalization. For me, the globalization is an approach of future. It does have some disadvantages; however, every good things come with some bad things. It is a common sense. We cannot require that everything is perfect. Because of the globalization, we can help wild animal have better life. It is the fact that we, human beings, have destroyed animals' inhabits. Now we must do something to protect them.

From this website, you get the information about how to save the earth. It is not just talking about animals' adoption. I want to learn more about this topic.

The Story of Stuff

The video The Story of Stuff talked about "materials economy." Materials economy is a successive process of how resource to be the goods. This system includes five step: extraction, production, distribution, consumption, and disposal. In the content, Annie Leonard pointed out that there were some missing in this materials economy system. She expressed some point.

First, the most important missing one was "people." People were also one part of this system and we can say that people were the greatest part.

Second, how governments and corporations to affect this system.

Third, the United States waste a lot resource of the world. Not only the resource which in the United States but also which in third world.

Fourth, we got cheap stuff but we did not pay available rewards to the workers. And their health were destroyed by producing those goods.

Fifth, when human begins created the stuff, we ruined the environment and changed the climate. In an addition, the stuff which we made were toxic.

Sixth, we created a lot of trash and toxic. Even though we use burning, recycling, and landfill to save the problem, it was no use to reduce the garbage which we produced.



After watching this video, the first thing which I thought was that the earth is open zone. There is no barriers surround the air, the ocean, and the continents. That is the reason why climate change is not happened in specific area; otherwise, it is a global problem which is confronted around the world.

Resource abuse has happened every where. Especially in developed countries. Annie Leonard said that Bush encouraged United States people shop more and more. It rose the speed of costing natural source but it was no help to create people's happy life. Instead of feeling enough, United States people to be dying to buy more and more useless stuff. People work for earning money and spend them. Sounds weird but it has been happened not only the U.S. but also other countries. No matter developed or developing countries.

In my thought, this world has become easier and easier for people to live. But on the back of those convenient life, not everything is good for people. The good price is not equal to good quality. And these stuff is involved with a lot of pollution.

Recently, because of global warming, people have started noticing environment protection. However, as the video represented, recycling is not enough for saving our earth. Simple life is a better choice.

News Article

Today, I read a news article which was about the economy of Dubai. In Boomtown Feels Effects of a Global Crisis, it talked about that should Dubai this boom town slowdown the step of developing?
The author compared the economic conditions which between United States and Dubai. Pointing out that even though Dubai is a wonderful market now, it had better to be careful and build the base of economy well.

What interesting me first in this article was the picture. The beautiful aquarium is a decoration of the hotel lobby. How can people do that in the desert? It makes me feel Dubai is a place which human beings can overcome the struggle of nature.

However, it looks like people can overcome the nature but not the game which made by the human beings. This amazing boom town are confronting "some expensive project under construction may be in jeopardy. "

I think it is no use that "the government of the Emirates federation is able and willingto inject an almost unlimited amount of money into the system to ease credit problems" once the financial turmoil which happened on elsewhere affect the rosy Dubai. So, in my opinion, I agree with this article. Dubai should slowdown their developing. In case they can fight with the strong financial crisis which already plaguing the global economy. Who knows Dubai is really as good as it looks like?

Food for Thought

I read a article which talked about food and culture. In Food for Thought, the author pointed out that we can find some specific symbols form a foreign cuisine. We can easy to get the clues from their food culture to see how people think and what is important for them.

I do not know is that the author use satirical type to write this article; however, I feel this person are very pride of " cheap ( or fast?) food" and looked down other food culture.

First, I can not agree that people call other political systems "Axis of Evil". You are not the god so that you do not know which is exactly truth. When your country destroyed the schools, hospitals, and families of other countries, do you think that they look you like you are "correct" and "justice"?

Second, it is true that cheap American brands go around the world. Because it is " cheap" but "reasonable". I do not think it should be glad that your countries food famous because it is easy to product or take place. Even though French food are complicated, so what? Not every one can cook vintage French food; as a result, no matter everywhere you want to eat good French food that are always expensive. What people eat are not only food but also culture.

I believe in that "culture is the most valuable industry." Because of globalization, people contact each other easily and quickly. You can get the information which from the whole world by the high technologies. However, it is not means everything should be same. How can we make everything same? Why should we make everything same? It is clear that globalization has a lot of advantages for human beings. But, it is also clear that stronger culture should not cover other weaker culture. How boring that there are only a few different cultures in the world. If you have to eat just only Big Mac everyday every meal, were you happy?

Yes, sometimes the difference between culture and culture go people nuts. But, it does not allow us look down other culture. We find different people's lifestyle thought out food receipt, the defference make our life vividly. I can not understand why the author wrote this article by using those words.

I AM WHO I AM

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Chia Yu