Thursday, January 22, 2009

Germany's Troop structure during World War I (Document 4)

http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Germany%27s_Allowed_Military_Structure

This document is telling that how many troops the Germans had during the World War I. In total, there were around 16,000 who fought. Also, before the war I, lots of resources were used beceause as you can see, the weapon list. The weapon list is showing that how many weapons were available/made before the war. Each of them cost resources!

This will show how the Germans can fight and cause some major impact because of the troops and the weapons they had. For our topic, which is to find out the impact, it will help a lot!

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Boss of Apple Company Leaves until the end of June!!!

The boss of the Apple company, Mr. Steve Jobs, is leaving until the end of June. According to what he said, he's leaving because he's going to have medical treatment. He thinks that his healthy issue is more complex than he thought.

He has suffered from a dramatic weight loss from the pass year and it's because of "hormone inbalance".

When he's away. The Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook will stand up and lead the company. Also, when Mr. Job is away, he would not be making his annual keynote address at the Macworld conference in San Francisco.

This article is informing the readers on what's happening to Mr. Steve Jobs of the Apple company because there were rumors about him and this article was to clarify them. I think this article contains no bias.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7829809.stm

Chien-Ming Wang going back to US today!

Chien-Ming Wang is going back to US today for the next MLB season. He will be attending the spring training course on February 1st. He couldn't finish the last season because he was hurt. He hopes that he will be able to finish the whole season this year, also, his goal is to get 20 wins.

After the last MLB season, he spent 5,000,000 NTD, and made a foundation to help some poor kids or kids that have problems to learn better.

Also, he will become a dad in this coming June. When he left, he said that he was happy about it, and he will try to be a good dad.

This article tells the readers what's going on with Chein-Ming Wang now. It seems to me that there's no bias in this article.

http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/090115/4/1d01m.html

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Creature in Taiwan Video Reflection

1.How do Paiwan people show their respect to the animal they hunted?
They collect the jaw bones of the animals and hang them in their house.
2.Why archery is so important to Bunun people? How did fathers train their children to be an archer?
They hunted for food by archery, and that's important for Bunun people. The fathers trained their children by setting up an ear as the target and teach them to aim and to shoot the ear.
3.Why are bats welcomed by Ancient Chinese culture? But in western societies, why do people regard bats as nuisance?
In Ancient Chinese culture they bring good luck and chase away evil spirits. They are annoying and because they only live at black spots which they think it's not good.
4.This video shows a lot of living extinct animals in Taiwan. Please choose one animal that impressed you the most and describe its habitat and its way to survive in the natural environment?
Pangolin is the one that impressed me the most. They can attack the ants' house even with lots of ants crawling on it. I won't want to touch it when I see lots of ants crawling all over.