Forty Years After Exploring the Moon, What Next?

Would we there be a trip to Mars? Or would we bases be built on the moon? NASA is still studying about landing on the Mars or moon even though they have several failures. NASA plans to create a new space vehicle to success landing on the Mars. The plan is to go back to the moon by 2020.

Most people wish that they would go to moon or Mars in the future. However, some people think it negatively because NASA plan was spend federal budget too much. Fortunately, now, NASA spends the money less than before. Some people think a crisis might be on the earth. The environment is ailing.

All things considered, I think our environment is getting worse, and our environment resources are exhausted. An astronaut, Franklin Chang Diaz said," There's no way to stop that outward movement." I agree with the astronaut saying because the more people's resources are been exhausting, the more people want to find new places to live instead of the earth. This situation would be inevitable.
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From a Small Clinic, a New Voice in the Nation’s Health-Care Debate

I'd like to talk about Dr. Regina Benjamin. She has a master's degree in business. She works at a Gulf Coast fishing village. The town has around 2,500 people. However, about 40 percent of the people don't have health insurance because many people in the town are immigrants from Vietnam, Cambodia, and so on.

Therefore, they can't afford to pay medical treatment fees. They are too poor so when they go to Benjamin hospital, they bring shrimp or fish instead of money. Benjamin also accepts it.

She has a lot of humanity. She wants to build new clinic to prevent disease. The focus is personal because, her family died of various diseases such as lung cancer, diabetes, AIDS. Through her family death, she has a lot of success. She became the first black woman on the board of the American Medical Association. Even though she has success, she still mops water off the floor herself.

When I read the news, it was so impressed as I couldn't believe it. Is this humanity possible especially in the hospitals or clinics? I knew the U.S hospital insurance was so expensive. so, many people couldn't pay insurance and they couldn't go to the hospital in the U.S. However, Dr. Benjamin understands poor patients situation and she helps the patients as the best she can. If there are doctors like Dr. Benjamin in the world, it may be change the world. I suddenly think the novel I read, pay it forward. Did she know the novel that pay it forward. Might not she practice for a kind of pay it forward? :)

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South Korea’s President Gives His Fortune to Charity

I read happy news about my country. The president Lee Myung-bak decided to donate $26 million worth of his property to help needy students in our nation.

In 2007, he ran for president. At the time, he promised then to give away his wealth. He thought poor people had helped him "become who I am now." He said he wants to return the favor.

Many people thought he favors the rich , so he never keep his promise. However, he kept the promise. some people thought why president Lee suddenly donated his wealth.

They had a bad point of view and others had a good point of view. In a bad point of view, Lee wanted to change his image that recent polls show support for Lee is down. The other side, Lee really wanted to help poor students. Also, the optimist said that we should not have a prejudice against Lee's office.

In my opinion, I also support Lee and I'm so proud of my president.:) His action was very nice.Through the event, I wish our nation will grow more. Thus, I wish his donation will really be used for a good cause.

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President Plans to Give $12 Billion to Community Colleges

These days, many amreican people have lost jobs and some of people who lost the job would not come back the same jobs. They need to fine new careers.
However, it is difficult to find new careers for people who find new careers. They have to train for new skills. Also, They who lost jobs want to learn new skills.

Therefore, The U.S government has a plan. The plan is workers can learn new skills at community colleges in order to find new career job easily.
However, many community college lack enough staff and class space to serve new students. For the reasons, Obama will give $12 Billion to two - year school to help the schools.

I suddenly wonder. As expected, Would this plan help the workers who lost jobs? If the workers who lost jobs learn new skills, can they find jobs easily after graduating the community college?
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The Euro: Still Strong after 10 Years

I have read a topic of the Euro through a newspaper a couple of days ago. At first, 11 European countries adopted the euro on 1, January, 1999. The euro replaced currencies such as the French Franc, the Italian lira, and the German mark. The euro’s purpose is to unify the European community. However, all the European Union (EU) countries don’t use the euro. The euro has helped join EU countries’ economic interests. Today, 16 European countries use the euro. Even though the global economic recession, so far the euro has remained stable. More and more the euro’s value has increased. The euro rose as high as against the U.S dollar in 2008. Also, foreign investment has increased as well. I think EU’s plan is good idea that uses the same currency. It means the euro can ease trade and travel. For example, European who use euro can buy their good things cheaper and easier. I think to share currency is very useful and helpful system in the economic side.

Iran's Government Controls Their History

In Iran, Information Gets Out Despite Government Control

I recently have read an interesting story about Iran. When history-making events were announced around the world, many media brought the events to the public. throught the media we can know how and why these events happend. However, Iran is different. In Iran, if the informations of Iran are bad news, Iran government banned that the media informed the public about bad news or events of Iran. If some marchers or some reporters didn't keep the rule, the government would be killed or would be arrested. The public could talk to someone by only phone or email. But this is the Internet age and many protesters use the internet. however, Iran government also might omit or changes the facts on the internet. Also, the government often blocked many internet sites and text messages from cell phones. Thus, the cell phone service is often down. To be brief, Iran's governmet's intension is to stop the world from knowing what is going on Iran. I think the more Iran government control the facts or information about history-making events of Iran, the more the protesters and the reporters would think that they need to tell the public about the truth.

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U.S Military Is Hiring Foreigners

I have recently read about a new plan of the U.S government.The U.S Military needs workers to help the war effort. The U.S Military lacks workers with medical and languages skills, so they plan to fill 1,000 job openings.The plan recruits foreign people who do not have green cards. And then, they can get the U.S citizen card after 5 months. These days, the Military needs brain doctors and skin doctors, because many soldiers with brain and burn injuries return from Iraq and Afghanistan. However, the U.S Military lacks workers of health care, so they decided to use foreign workers. Next, the Military plan to hire speakers of several foreign languages. They will use to serve as translators, or in military, and in intelligence roles. However, new recruits must pass the same physical, mental, and skill tests that anyone who joins the armed forces must pass. I think the U.S government plan is a good idea, because the Military offers the chance to work for foreign people to want to work. However, the U.S government may be likely to use weakness of people who want to work in U.S., but do not have green cards.

Cause and Effect

Have you heard that butterfly in the Amazon effect? It has originated from that a butterfly flapping it's wings in one area of the world, causing a tornado or some such weather event to occur in another remote area of the world. I think that It means extravagant results could be caused by a small thing.

Also, These days, I have read a novel, "Pay it Forward". The novel's story is how one child who believe in the goodness of human nature chages the world. we can infer the relationship between cause and effect from the novel.

I found out a common thing from the novel and the butterfly effect's theory. It is that even though something is an unimportant thing, we should not ignore it because it could make important things and result. Therefore, I think that everything we have is able to become important and strong result in some moment. In other words, I think there is no useless things in our lives.

Strict Tobacco Controls

These days, the U.S government is planing new law about smoking. The new law is for smoker.

For example, first, the tobacco companies have to reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes. Second, the companies have to be required new warning in the cigarettes' cover one of both sides of pack. Also, they can not mention their cigarette with words like "light" or "mild" on the cigarettes' pack. And so on. the government would help save the smokers. Also, the government wants to protect children and teenagers.However, I think the government might interfere in the tabacco companies too much.

According the article, I found out one interesting thing. It is that President Obama has struggled to quit smoking himself. He will sign the new law about tobacco but he has not quit smoking. Obama is also a smoker. He knows that how difficult to quit smoking. If the new law will be sign by the President, many tobacco companies would be hard to keep the rule.

However, I think that the more the tobacco rule is strict, the more smokers have to realize that the cigarette will be harmful for people. I hope the new law of tobacco will change the smokers' lives.
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Farmer's market in LA

Last saturday, I went to the farmers market in Santa Monica with my friends and classmates. When I saw the market, it looked like a kind of American parties. The market atmosphere was different from general store such as whold food. First, the farmers market is only opened a specified time so if you want to go there, you have to know their working time previously. Second, the farmers market has also various grocery as whole food store.there are organic vegetables, delicious foods in the farmers market. when I went there, I also saw one of interesting groceries that I have ever seen. I heard the farmers market is one of well-known markets. So,there were many people and foods and the farmers market was full of active so I could understand why the farmers market is popular in the U.S. However, the farmers market groceries was not cheap that I thought because I thought the groceries was organic for good health. Anyway, I had a good experience on the U.S. independent day :)

My heaven

The My Imagination About What Happend After Dying.

I believe in it that there is heaven in the world. The heaven seems like paradise. I think the heaven looks like a peaceful place. Also, I trust that there is the God in the heaven. The idea was come from my parents. When I was child, My parents said that whether I did something good, I might go to the heaven or if i did something bad, I could go to the hell. It was a kind of domestic education for me. My parents wanted me do something good everytime. They got me to become good person. According my parents, even though you might think that I look like I have a childish idea, I belived in the heaven. Let me imagne about what happend after some people died. After dying, first I might go to the heaven. And then there are the God who wait for me who died in the heaven. The God might judge my whole life. After that, if I were good person, I would go to the heaven or I would be born again as new person. However, if I were bad person, I would go to the hell. However, I wish that I will want to stay next to my parents and friends after I die forever as a ghost. It is my ideal of the heaven.

On the other hand, My friend, blair believes that there is not the heaven. there is no the God. She thinks that the person who die will be born again as new person and new life. Blair believes that there isn't the God so the God cannot judge the person. Therefore, she believes that anyone has to be born again at anywhere for new life not through the heaven. It is my friend's ideal of the heaven.

Santa Monica Pier

Last saturday, I went to the Santa Monica Pier with my classmates. This is located in Santa Monica blvd. When I were in there, many people were there. It was crowed because It was saturday afternoon, and the weather was very clean and nice.





There were many entertainments such as shoppingmall, restaurants, and the thrill rides.

When I looked at these,especially the rides in the pier, I could imagine scenes of the novel of the five people you meet in heaven. While I was looking around there, I thought the main actor of the novel, Eddie who is maintenance of Ruby Pier.

Even though the Ruby pier is different place from Santa Monica Pier, the Santa Monica pier was helped me to understand and imagine about pier in the novel easier.

Next time, I will go to there at night. I think that the place's night view will be also beautiful.

I'm Sun

My name is Sun Young, Cho.
You can call me just "Sun".
I'm from Korea.

Even though I have been here for 8months,

I'm still not used to live here.

So, I would like to write daybook about my American experience that I did or heard through the blog
I'm so happy to meet you guys.