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2006-03-06T20:02:00.000-08:00

2006-03-02T12:57:00.000-08:00

Wal-Mart and health insurnce
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Today, there is a big issue about Wal-Mart and their health insurance. Many people suffer from Wal-Mart's health care system. In addition, the problem getting worse and bigger. Even if it is not a big problem, we have to think about what Wal-Mart did and is doing. I have several arguments. First, Wal-Mart has to raise their stipend and recognize their problems. Second, Wal-Mart not only has to support their employees but also spend more money on insurance. Third, I want to mention about demonstration. This is a way that employees can use to changing their disadvantage.

According to some articles, Wal-Mart has not only several problems about health insurance, but also a problem about discrimination. "The company is also battling a sex discrimination complaint filed by current and former female employees"(Wagner & Barbaro 2005, Par. 7). In addition, Wal-Mart worries about just their money, without caring about workers. "Wal-Mart is doing exactly what profit-driven private corporations will do when we leave what should be public policy in their hand: Maximize return and minimize costs, regardless of who suffers"(Steinback, 2006 par. 7). Another problem is that they do not worry about what they are doing or did. An example is they just make a solution that can cover their problem, and they just insist that it is not only our problem but also many companies' problem. Because Wal-Mart is a big company, many small companies will follow Wal-Mart (Abelson, 2004). This is one reason it is an important problem today. In addition, there is a sentence that can show us Wal-Mart being under control. “The new law is called the Fair Share Health Care Fund Act. It will affect only companies with ten thousand or more employees in Maryland. At least four companies are that big. But only one is known not to meet the new requirement: Wal-Mart Store” (Ritter, 2006 par. 2). Wal-Mart has a memo, which summarized what Wal-Mart did, and it shows the problem of Wal-Mart and health insurance. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Copley News Service, “The memo explores how the company can encourage health behavior in its work force. That's a very good thing. It also mentions a plan to open clinics in stores, and how to teach workers about the most efficient ways of getting health care” (2005, par. 2). As those problems show, Wal-Mart makes people rely on hospitals or some other charity care. Actually, many people suffer from that problem.

I plan to write about what Wal-Mart should do and employees can do by themselves. First, Wal-Mart not only has to raise its stipend but also has to recognize about their problems. In the case of people who do not have health insurance due to money, it will be a necessary thing. Actually, Wal-Mart has to find a way to solve its insurance problem; moreover, Wal-Mart has to support its workers' ability to get good health insurance. Wal-Mart did not give good health insurance to their workers, so they have to support their workers, such as offering lodging, or making people able to live comfortably. On the other hand, there is a way that employees can solve the problem that Wal-Mart did.

First, Wal-Mart has to raise its stipend and recognize their problems. Many employees who work in Wal-Mart do not have health insurance and they just work hard. Actually, there is just a little thing for their employees. According to one article, many employees suffer from money problems. “About 40 percent of the company's insured workers paid four times the national average, or 16 percent of their income, for out-of-pocket health care expenses” (The St. Louis Post-Dispatch Copley News Service, 2005, par. 7). Even though Wal-Mart knows about their employees’ condition, Wal-Mart did not do anything for their employees. Moreover, this situation makes people rely on other kinds of health insurance, such as government (The St. Louis Post-Dispatch Copley News Service, 2005). In addition, the rate of uninsured people has increased and today the number is 63.7million(Steinback, 2006 ). In addition, Wal-Mart just seeks their profit. “The company says it has no way of knowing how many of its employees, whom it calls associates, or their families are insured under state programs” (Abelson, 2004, par. 5). Because Wal-Mart seeks only their profit, many workers will get damage from Wal-Mart. Moreover, there is a bit of risks that other companies will follow what Wal-Mart did because Wal-Mart is a big company. If other companies follow what Wal-Mart did, it is going to be a more serious problem. It is one of the things that Wal-Mart has to improve. Wal-Mart has to see their future. Even if Wal-Mart cares only about what they faced, Wal-Mart has to care about their future too. In order to keep their reputation, they have to not only make an effort for their employees, but also recognize what problem that Wal-Mart has now, and then they have to solve their problem to make their employees satisfied from supporting them and recognizing the problem.

Second, Wal-Mart not only has to support their employees but also spend more money on insurance. There are many employees who do not have health insurance from Wal-Mart. Moreover, also Wal-Mart do not offer good health care for their families. “It’s a sad accounting for the world’s richest nation: 45 million Americans, including 84million children, lacked health-insurance coverage in 2003, according to the National Coalition on Health Care (whose honorary chairmen are former presidents Bush, Center and Ford)” (Steinback, 2006, par. 8). In addition, those people have been supported by government or other health insurance companies. For those people, Wal-Mart has to find several solutions. Actually, the employees who take other companies' health insurance are Wal-Mart's problem, and when employees work without health insurance, they are exposed to many risks actually, so that they cannot work for a long time. If Wal-Mart does not support employees, employees are going to get another job which has terms that are more favorable. If so, it is absolutely disadvantageous and it can make Wal-Mart lose their reputation. According to Ritter, “A new state law in Maryland says large companies must spend at least eight percent of their total wages on health care. If not, then they will have to pay the difference to the state to help provide health care to the poor. The amount for non-profit employers is six percent” (2006, par. 1). That shows us how the insurance problem is a big problem and how Wal-Mart did not offer good service to their employees.

Next, employees have to demonstrate. This is a way that employees can use to change their disadvantage. I think those are good ways too to change their disadvantage. For example, there are many cases that we have seen. Sometime some company's employees try to make a demonstration or campaign activity to change some disadvantage. Of course, those have to be the very last solution for their disadvantage. However, if Wal-Mart does not do anything for their employees and if employees are not satisfied, employees can make a demonstration and the demonstration will not be illegal. That means employees also have a right to complain. Of course, they have to think about whether demonstration is good for changing their disadvantage or not and there may some bad situations from the demonstration. However, it can be what they have to do and it will be a good way to transmit their dissatisfaction to Wal-Mart. In addition, there is another way to transmit their dissatisfaction. It is a campaign. It will be more peaceful than a demonstration. In addition, a campaign will make people able to understand their feeling. In the case of a demonstration, it can make people feel more radical. Therefore, sometimes a campaign will be a good way to transmit their dissatisfaction. However, a demonstration is also a good way if employees can control themselves.

In conclusion, one of my articles mentioned about government intervention (The St. Louis Post-Dispatch Copley News Service, 2005). In addition, another of my articles mentioned that what Wal-Mart did to their employees is not only morally bad behavior but also incorrect behavior as an American (Locke, 2005). It will be a good solution to control Wal-Mart. In addition, in order to solve these problems, Wal-Mart has to find several solutions by themselves. "Wal-Mart is doing exactly what profit-driven private corporation will do when we leave what should be public policy in their hand: Maximize return and minimize costs, regardless of who suffers" (Steinback, 2006, par. 7). In addition, this is what we face now. “We’re in this crisis because the American public has been snake-charmed into believing that legislation in the public interest is an insidious, reprehensible enterprise, and that nothing is good for America unless the fortune 500 has extracted every last penny of profit from it” (Steinback, 2006, par. 10).

Bibliography

Barbaro, M & Wagner, J. (2005, April 6). MD. passes rules on Wal-Mart insurance: Bill obligates firms on health spending. Washington post. Retrieved on Jan. 27, 2006 from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28219-2005Apr5.html

Copley News Service. (2005, November 3). Wal-Mart’s healh care dilemma. Daily Editorials. Retrieved on Jan. 23, 2006 from Wal-Mart’s healh care dilemma

Locke, E. (2004, February 22). Three cheers for Wal-Mart. Retrieved on Jan. 23, 2006 from Three cheers for Wal-Mart

NY Times. (2004, November 1). States Are battling against Wal-Mart over health care. Headline News. Retrieved on Jan. 25, 2006 from States Are battling against Wal-Mart over health care

Ritter, M. (2006, January 26). Maryland law could force Wal-Mart to spend more on health care. Retrieved on Jan. 23, 2006 from Maryland law could force Wal-Mart to spend more on health care

Steinback, R. (2006, January 18). Wal-Mart’s health keeps people sick. Common dreams. Retrieved on Jan. 27, 2006 from Wal-Mart’s health keeps people sick

2006-02-21T13:02:00.000-08:00

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Argument essay

Wal-Mart and health insurance

According to some articles, Wal-Mart has not only several problems about health insurance, but also a problem about discrimination. In addition, Wal-Mart worries about just their money, without caring about workers. Another problem is that they do not worry about what they are doing or did. An example is they just make a solution that can cover their problem, and they just insist that it is not only our problem but also many companies’ problem. Because Wal-Mart is a big company, many small companies will follow Wal-Mart. This is one reason it is an important problem today. In addition, Wal-Mart has a memo, which summarized what Wal-Mart did, and it shows the problem of Wal-Mart and health insurance. As those problems show, Wal-Mart makes people rely on hospitals or some other charity care. Actually, many people suffer from that problem.

I plan to write that Wal-Mart should do several things. First, Wal-Mart has to raise its stipend. In the case of people who do not have health insurance due to money, it will be a necessary thing. Actually, Wal-Mart has to find a way to solve its insurance problem; moreover, Wal-Mart has to support its workers’ ability to get good health insurance. Wal-Mart did not give good health insurance to their workers, so they have to support their workers such as offering lodging, or making people able to live comfortably. Last, Wal-Mart has to recognize that problem that it has. Especially, for poor people, Wal-Mart has to consider reducing the price of health insurance.

First, Wal-Mart has to raise its stipend. Many employees who work in Wal-Mart do not have health insurance and they just work hard. Actually, there is just a little thing for their employees. According to the article, many employees suffer from money problems. Even though Wal-Mart knows about their employees’ condition, Wal-Mart did not do anything for their employees. Moreover, this situation makes people rely on other companies’ health insurance.

Second, Wal-Mart has to recognize their problem. It is one very important thing. Wal-Mart just seeks their profit. Because Wal-Mart seeks only their profit, many workers will get damage from Wal-Mart. Moreover, there is a bit of risks that other companies will follow what Wal-Mart did because Wal-Mart is a big company. If other companies follow what Wal-Mart did, it is going to be a more serious problem. It is one of the what Wal-Mart has to improve. Wal-Mart has to see their future. Even if Wal-Mart cares only about what they faced, Wal-Mart has to care about their future too. In order to keep their reputation, they have to not only make an effort for their employees but also recognize what problem that Wal-Mart has now and then they have to solve their problem to make their employees satisfied.

Last, Wal-Mart has to support their employees. There are many employees who do not have health insurance from Wal-Mart. In addition, those people have been supported by government or other health insurance companies. For those people, Wal-Mart has to find several solutions. Actually, the employees who take other companies’ health insurance are Wal-Mart’s problem, and when employees work without health insurance, they exposed to many risks actually, so that they cannot work for a long time. If Wal-Mart does not support employees, employees are going to get another job, which has more favorable terms. If so, it is absolutely disadvantageous and it can make Wal-Mart lose their reputation.

In conclusion, my article mentioned government intervention. It will be a good solution to control Wal-Mart. In addition, in order to solve these problems, Wal-Mart has to find several solutions by themselves.

References:
Copley News Service. (2005, November 3). Wal-Mart’s health care dilemma. Daily Editorials. Retrieved on Jan. 23, 2006 from http://www.lexisnexis.com
NY Times. (2004, November 1). States Are Battling Against Wal-Mart Over Health Care. Headline News. Retrieved on Jan. 25, 2006 from http://www.teamster.org/04news/hn_041101_1.htm

2006-02-09T09:36:00.000-08:00

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Research proposal

Wal-Mart and health insurance

When I read my articles, I became interested in the relationship between a company and health insurance. Because Wal-Mart is a very big company in the USA, it can be an issue, and a good example that can show us about the problem between a company and health insurance. I can recognize that it is a serious problem. According to the articles, Wal-Mart has not only several problems about health insurance, but also a problem about discrimination. In addition, Wal-Mart worries about just their money, without caring about workers. Another problem is that they do not worry about what they doing or did. An example is they just make a solution that can cover their problem, and they just insist that it is not only our problem but also many companies’ problem. Because Wal-Mart is a big company, many small companies will follow Wal-Mart. This is one of reason why it is important problem today. In addition, Wal-Mart has a memo which summarized what Wal-Mart did, and it shows the problem of Wal-Mart and health insurance. As those problems show, Wal-Mart makes people rely on hospitals or some other charity care. Actually, many people suffer from that problem.

I plan to write that Wal-Mart should do several things. First, Wal-Mart has to raise its stipend. In the case of people who do not have health insurance due to money, it will be a necessary thing. Actually, Wal-Mart has to find a way to solve insurance problem, Moreover, Wal-Mart has to support their workers’ ability to get good health insurance. Wal-Mart did not give good health insurance to their workers, so they need to support their worker such as offering lodging, or making people can live comfortabl. Last, Wal-Mart has to reduce the price of health insurance to make people able to get health insurance easily. Especially, for poor people, Wal-Mart has to consider reducing the price of health insurance.

I have found two articles about Wal-Mart and health insurance. As I find those articles, I have become aware of the importance of health insurance, and it is still a problem not only in Wal-Mart but also in many companies. I still need several articles to get at what is the core problem and what is a good solution for those problems.

References:
Copley News Service. (2005, November 3). Wal-Mart’s health care dilemma. Daily Editorials. Retrieved on Jan. 23, 2006 from http://www.lexisnexis.com
NY Times. (2004, November 1). States Are Battling Against Wal-Mart Over Health Care. Headline News. Retrieved on Jan. 25, 2006 from http://www.teamster.org/04news/hn_041101_1.htm

2006-02-01T13:57:00.000-08:00

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Wal-Mart and health insurance

According to the author, Wal-Mart had some problems. For example, Wal-Mart had discrimination for their worker. Especially, they prefer men over women. In addition, these days Wal-Mart makes people rely on hospital or some other charity care.
Moreover, Wal-Mart is strongly coping with how to deal with those problems to prevent much blame from people and they pretend to have some solutions. Wal-Mart said that today it is not only our problems but also other companies’ problems. However, Wal-Mart has lots of employee who cannot get health care service and it is still their serious problem. Moreover, many people who could not get health care service, are paying huge amount of money in a year. In conclusion, they just are trying to defend their problems very strongly. Moreover, they want only money from people. They do not even try to solve those problems.

I have three arguments that I want to say to Wal-Mart.

First, Wal-Mart has to support their worker to get good health care service. This article mentioned that people rely on other charity care instead of Wal-Mart. I think that making people rely on other charity care is the fault of Wal-Mart. Because Wal-Mart could not give good quality for worker, maybe they wanted to find anther way to get good health insurance. At that time, if Wal-Mart gave something good as a counterplan, they may not have to go somewhere to get a good health insurance for them. Not only to protect increasing worker but also for Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart has to find good solutions.

Next, Wal-Mart has to raise its stipend instead of what they did not well to worker. Also in this article, although many people want to get health insurance from Wal-Mart, they do not even have enough money to get health insurance. It will be difficult problem for employees. If they just provide very a few tolerances, it can be a good solution to worker. Therefore, to solve that problem, Wal-Mart has to raise its stipend. In my opinion, what Wal-Mart does for worker is just respect of the minimum of what they can show to their worker.

Last, they need to recognize the problems that they face on and they need to know how to find a good solution for their worker. What I want to say is, today Wal-Mart doe not know what their problem is. Today, Wal-Mart is ignoring blame. In my opinion, what Wal-Mart needs to do is find a solution in a hurry. If they do not do anything, absolutely it will be fatal to Wal-Mart. When they realize that, they can realize how they can help worker also. Therefore, when they realize what the problem they face is or how to solve it, they can get prosperity.

In conclusion, I think the most important thing is, they have to realize what is their problem. In addition, when they throw out only a few their avarice for profit, they can find many way to solve the many
problems they face.

Reference

NY Times. (2004, November 1). States Are Battling Against Wal-Mart Over Health Care. Headline News. Retrieved on Jan. 25, 2006 from http://www.teamster.org/04news/hn_041101_1.htm

2006-01-31T12:07:00.000-08:00

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Wal-Mart and Health insurance

According to the author, these days Wal-Mart has an insurance problem. There is a memo which summarized what Wal-Mart did. This means the memo has everything about Wal-Mart. According to the president, M. Susan Chambers, these days the memo makes clear about Wal-Mart’s health insurance and it is a serious reputation issue, she said. Because Wal-Mart is a big company, many small companies will follow what Wal-Mart does. That is a reason Wal-Mart has to make sure what is good for their worker for health insurance. There are several problems about Wal-Mart’s health insurance. About half of the children whose parents work in Wal-Mart are uninsured or rely on the government, and about 20 percent of workers in Wal-Mart even do not have health insurance. Moreover, Wal-Mart is required to give lots of money to disabled people and sick people. These are problems that Wal-Mart has. In addition, the most serious problem is that Wal-Mart does not care about what they did. They just worry about money. In conclusion, what the author saying is that government and labor need to work together and they need to discipline Wal-Mart.

Of course, I disagree with what Wal-Mart did. I plan on writing that there are three things that Wal-Mart has to do.

First, Wal-Mart has to reduce the price of health insurance for people who do not have a the ability to pay for health insurance, such as sick people, handicapped people, and so on. In addition, Wal-Mart has to support people with money. It is an important thing because there may many people who rely on Wal-Mart for health insurance. If Wal-Mart does not give any benefit to worker, they will leave Wal-Mart then it will not be a good thing for Wal-Mart.

Second, Wal-Mart has to raise its up stipend instead of having unfair health insurance. It just one way to satisfy people who retuned back unfair health insurance. That meaning is Wal-Mart has to compensate for people. If Wal-Mart does not do anything for people, many workers will leave from Wal-Mart.

Last, according to the article, there are 20 percent of people who cannot get health care. Also Wal-Mart has to compensate people who cannot have health insurance. For example, they could make a good thing which could make people agree with it. In addition, people who do not have health insurance have to require health insurance of Wal-Mart. If they have some accident without health insurance, it is not only the fault of Wal-Mart but also there is a responsibility to people who do not have health insurance. However, his problem should be fixed by Wal-Mart and they need to have some benefit for people related to Wal-Mart’s fault.

In conclusion, for Wal-Mart’s entire fault, Wal-Mart has to try to make people satisfied from another benefit. If Wal-Mart cannot find the way, they have to try to find it.

Reference

Copley News Service. (2005, November 3). Wal-Mart’s health care dilemma. Daily Editorials. Retrieved on Jan. 23, 2006 from http://lexisnexis.com.

2006-01-23T13:19:00.000-08:00

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01/19/2006

Wal-Mart

According to the author, nowadays Wal-Mart has some arguments with people who live in small town. People who live in small towns do not want Wal-Mart to become bigger, because they think that they will lose their history and culture. Today Wal-Mart keeps trying to make supercenter. In addition, there are several opinions about making supercenter. Person who wants Wal-Mart to become bigger said that if a supercenter comes into a small town, it will be changed from a local to regional shopping hub. However, there are some opposite opinions. There is a group called UFF-DA Wal-Mart. They consist of people who disagree about getting bigger. In addition, recently, some cities have had displeasure with Wal-Mart. Today the number of groups that do not want Wal-Mart get bigger, is increasing. When they think about making Wal-Mart bigger, there is one more problem when they try to make a Wal-Mart in an urban area where a lot of people live. Michael Collins said it can be a different real estate game. In this situation, Wal-Mart insist on their opinion without a small store.

I disagree about making Wal-Mart bigger. I have three ideas about that.

First, making Wal-Mart bigger is a bad thing to a small market. In this article, people do not have displeasure about the small size Wal-Mart and maybe they will use a small market and Wal-Mart too. When Wal-Mart tries to make it bigger without opinions of people who live in their small market, it will be a bad thing to Wal-Mart and it can have a bad effect. Because this is the wrong way to get much income, they had better find another way for Wal-Mart and a small market.

The second one is a money problem. If they make Wal-Mart bigger in a town where there are people who disagree about Wal-Mart, actually they do not need to make it bigger. When they make it bigger and then they fail, they will just regret about their money. If they want to succeed in their work, they had better look for another way that can make people agree with their opinion.

Finally, the space problem can be one problem. Of course, if they build a second floor, it can not be a space problem. However, as we can see in the article, people will not attracted to a second floor. Therefore, they will make it on the ground and the problem of space will happen. My opinion is if they build it on the ground they need to try to figure out how they can make Wal-Mart on the ground from a small space. In addition, they also need to listen carefully about the opinion of people.

In conclusion, in my thinking the best way to solve this problem depends on how Wal-Mart can solve problem with people well. For example, it could have good service instead of making it bigger.

Reference
Kaiser, E. (2003, July 12). Some cities resisting Wal-Mart expansion. Reuters. Common Dreams News Center. Retrieved on Jan. 17, 2006. formhttp://www.commondreams.org

2005-12-08T12:53:00.000-08:00

In oyster farmer’s case, Because of industrial development, oysters were getting sick. Although they tried to clean up oysters from dirty material, it will be occur again very easily. That is why it was getting hard for the oyster farmer to harvest oysters. In addition, people who like oysters had to wait for a while to eat oysters. In old times there was an oyster festival and it was very famous. According to the M. Kurlansky, (2005, par.4), “oyster stands were as ubiquitous as hot dog stands are today.”
However because of bad material, oyster got a germ. Therefore people could not eat oyster at that time. Also oyster farmer could not harvest oyster anymore. According to B. Geiselman, (2005, par.8), “the oyster industry cannot begin reseeding oyster bed in the area until government biologists determine the water quality in the area is adequate.” As that author said, the water condition is very important to oysters. When we got a lot of problems with water pollution, of course some environmental management tried to solve those problems. For example, they selected some areas to handle their pollution. And they still work and try to find some solutions.

There is a funny story. According to B. Raines, (2005, par.1), “thanks to this years hurricanes, Alabama oysters are worth almost three times as much as they were last year.” As we can see in that quotation, the price may go higher. Of course, it is not a benefit to the oyster. Although the price may go higher, habitation will decrease. Also it is one of the factors that cause oyster pollution. However actually, the main reason is water pollution to the oyster. In addition, in the 18th and 19th centuries selling oysters became a unique food. However the water became cleaner because of the environmental movement. It made it possible for many animals to live in New York but today it is still a problem. We need to make water cleaner and make oyster a symbol of New York harbor. In my article there are several factors and one of the serious problems is the water problem. Also in my article, authors mention water pollution.

Therefore, we need to find some solutions. Let me introduce about my solutions. Actually I separate two parts of ideas. First, we have to participate in some activity. Basically, when people are trying to do some thing together, it is going to bring a good result to us such as using soap instead of shampoo. Motivation for people is also important to make people involved in some activity that cleans water. Using campaign will be a good way to make people remember that they need to clean up the water. In this point, the important thing is cooperation.
Whenever we had industrial development, water pollution is the one of the problems that came from the factory or enterprise. Nowaday we have to find some solutions. I will introduce several solutions that we can practice easily. In addition, not only do people need to do something but also government has to support the enterprise with something.
First, in case of people, they can do lots of things to prevent water pollution. Usually, many people think that changing environment is kind of difficult. However it totally depends on people. For example, when people want to do something that they like, they can do that easily and they can get some good result from their behavior.

Also doing something for the environment is difficult but when they do something and gather people’s power of cooperation, it is going to be changed very easily. There are several activities that many people can do easily. An example is a changing their behavior. For example, when we throw out food waste, we need to remove water because if it is going to be thrown out with water, the water is going to make the ocean get polluted. In addition, also we do not have to throw out food waste into a sinkhole. Because the sinkhole is connected to a river or ocean, throwing out food garbage into sinkhole can make water pollution directly.
Another way is using soap instead of shampoo. Actually, it can be the easiest way that we know. Because shampoo has lots of bad chemical materials, it also can make water pollution directly. In my country, people made a campaign to use soap. At first lots of people could not understand that situation. However, as time went by, many people understood that campaign and the rate increased gradually. Of course it is not easy to do that, but when we do that it will be good not only for our health but also for our environment. All of those examples are what we can do easily and also it will be good solutions. However if only a few people do that, it is not going to be a good solution. That is the reason that we need the power of cooperation. I am sure that when we practice those ways, we can change our water from dirty to clean water.

In that case changing starts from people. Next, what we can think that government can do is to set purifying systems in factories. It can be a kind of strange thing. However it has to operate in every factory in the future. It has to be a necessary thing to make a factory. The reason the government has to support them is the high cost of purifiers. It is too expensive; that is why many factories avoid setting them up. It is very important to prevent water pollution; it is a problem that government has to solve. Next, what government can do is making several strict laws that can handle bad actions of factories such as discharging of bad materials and discharging of too many bad materials. Of course it can make water become dirty directly. In my opinion, in order to prevent enterprise’s bad action, the way that can prevent that problem is only a strict law. Also it is duty that government has to prevent the situation that factories discharge bad materials before they do. As we know, water pollution came from people’s activity and it is also government’s problem. They have to care about the environmental problem and also they have to consider that we can get another factor that causes water pollution and they need to make a law that can match them. They have to find the solution continuously in the future.

Last, what we can do for preventing water pollution is making a forest. Many people can have doubt about this solution. However, it can be a great solution. What we already know about the functions of forest is they can clean up water. For example, when bad material flows through the forest, the bad material will be cleaned up by part of the roots. Also they can make fresh air. It can be a great solution with only those two functions. First, we can use the forest to clean up water. We can say that the forest is better than a purifier, Because forest is natural. Not only can forest clean up water but also forest can clean up air too. We can describe it is “killing two birds with one stone”. It is absolutely helpful to our environment. Although it is extremely expensive, it can be the best way to not only prevent water pollution but also our entire environment. It has to be done by our activity and also by the government.

In conclusion, I just want to believe in our power of cooperation. And also I want to emphasize what we have to do to get back clean water and good oysters depends on our mind and practice. We have to do it ourselves, and government has to realize what environmental problem we have.

Bibliography

Geiselman, B. (2005, September 28). Polluted water hurts fishing. Waste News. Retrieved on Nov. 31, 2005, from http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe
Kurlansky, M. (2005, sep 28). A raw deal: New York’s oyster, The New York Times. Retrieved on Oct. 25, 2005, from http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe
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Raines, B. (2005, Sep 30). Alabama oysters shoot up in price, The Associated Press State & Local Wire. Retrieved on Nov. 31 2005, from http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe
Wilson, Z. (2005, Oct 11). Oyster harvest in question, The Sun News City. Retrieved on Nov. 31 2005, from http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe

2005-12-04T17:21:00.000-08:00

Summary
Today the korea goverment limits the persentage of foreignschools in korea. in addition, the new law includes a bill for foreign schools and this bill gives permission to open foreign schools. Also the national facility is trying to get a bill for foreign school. Moreover, the Korean goverment gave opportunities to enter local univercities. On the other hand, foreign students have to take Korean history, language, literature and civic awareness. Also they have to get insurance to prevent bankruptcy before building a school. In conclusion, Korea trying to increase the number of foreign schools.

Opinion
I my opinion, i have affirmitive thinking and i am glad about the situation that Korea is trying to allow foreign schools. However, there are not only advantages for foreigner but also there are disadvantages. An example of an advantage is entering university. Of course, it is just nomal thing. In my article, the author did not mention details anyway i really hope that korea has several good advantages for foreiners. On the other ahnd, some examples of disadvantages are taking specific Koreans subject and taking insurance. i think it will be difficalt to keep that kind of law but i believe that is a neccessary thing to live in korea with laws.

2005-11-16T12:51:00.000-08:00

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Mid term

One of the Africa country Malawi has a deforest problem. Some people of group that cut lot of wood illegally are mainly made serious problems. Moreover, they cut the trees about 200 square of its wood. Because of that situation, several problem was occur such as drying up of stream, increasing air pollution, changing of water table, and eroding of soil and silts rivers. The group said that it is not only difficult to solve but also there is nothing to do. In addition, mostly serious problem to them is money. They said that they have to cut the trees to feed their family. However, even if they are earned money by trees, it will be just 20$ for 10 men. Moreover, not only they have many hard works but also they do not have lots of options when they work. If they use electrical grid, they can save lot of money. However, only few people use electrical grid because it is expensive. As a result, today 23 species of trees considered to become endanger. It is still problem and many communities trying to prevent deforestation.
Today problems of deforestation are increasing and also we need to think about several solutions. There are several solutions.

First, we need to take some help from government. The main problem in this article is people who need money to feed their family. If we find a solution that can persuade loggers, it will be good solution and it can be good idea to prevent deforestation. An example is giving some money to loggers. It is also can be a little silly or impossible solution because government may not give money to all of them. However the main problem to logger is money so if government can fulfill their dissatisfaction, they won’t cut the trees anymore. Of course, if they cut the trees continuously, government has to use strict laws.

Second, making a campaign is a good solution. For example, in my country we have a day that every people plant a tree called the day of planting tree. It is also good for educational side. Although it is difficult to make, they need to make a small campaign to remind about importance of tree. Naturally, planting new trees is difficult, in order to plant many trees they just need to keep trying and also if every people gather their power of cooperation, it can be easier.

Last solution is effort of logger. Today, they say that they have to cut the trees to earn money. However in fact if they think their future seriously, they have to stop to cutting trees, there are some ways that I think. For the beginning, they need to stop to cutting and they have to decide the amount of trees that they will cut in per on a week or a month. Next, they have to plant lots of trees every day. Frankly, it is almost impossible but it is not only their problem but also their responsibility. If the amount of production of the trees is much more than consumption of trees, it will be the best situation.

In conclusion, it is very serious problem and almost there is no solution. I believe when people get a difficult problem. We need to gather all of our power of cooperation and we have to effort tenaciously and
than we can fine a new solution.

Reference:
Wines, M (2005, November 2). Malawi Is Burning, and Deforestation Erodes Economy. Form New York Times.

2005-11-09T13:57:00.000-08:00

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Oyster with water pollution

Oysters receive bad influence from water pollution. One of the people who worked in oyster breeding had to clean up his oyster for 12 years because of dirty elements that could make people sick in the water. As that problem, he was really concerned not only about increasing of pollution but also about his business. Actually, his state where he harvests oysters was closed in 1981. However they tried to reopen. They were took a work by volunteer for twelve years but closing again was really faster than reopening. In conclusion, some of officers decided to make that state from common to protection district. In addition, oystermen still learn how to deal with bad situation from each other.

According to this article, they really concern about water pollution. We need to find some solution to deal with it.

First, we think about solutions that we can do ourselves. We just need to practice small thing. It can be really simple ways. For example, throw out food waste without water, do not throw out food waste into a sinkhole, use soap instead of shampoo, and do not use a synthetic detergent. All of things can practice by ourselves and also those are really easy ways to prevent water pollution. If many people keep the rules, it will be show that a little effort can be big result”.

Second, there is a way dealing with water pollution for enterprise. They need to set up a purifier and operate it. It is a truly important to prevent water pollution. It will be make totally different gap between a factory with a purifier and a factory with no purifier. I think that even if they flow out the dirt thing into the water with purifier, it may still dirty. Therefore, purifier should be a necessary and a basic thing to enterprise even if it will be long time to take a purifier.

Last, we need to think about some ways for government. For example, make a forest instead of dam and remake some of law about flowing out wastewater. First, making forest is not only good to make a good environment but also good to make clean water. In contrast, also dam is good but it does not have no purify system but a forest not only have purify system but also it has a part that dam has such as preventing flood. Next, if the pollution of water become worse, government will be prevent with strict law. For example, we should restrict the amount of wastewater or make all of enterprise get a purify system. It also can be very a good way to prevent water pollution.

In conclusion, there are lots of ways to prevent water pollution. We just need to practice to make a good habitation for oyster. In addition, we need to keep trying to find some solutions and keep practice to make a good water pollution.

Reference:
Oyster industry is hit hard by water pollution: contaminants go from the land into oyster beds. (1999, August 24). Retrieved on Oct, 31, 2005. From http://www.djc.com/news.

2005-11-09T13:49:00.000-08:00

Problems in New York

Choi
EAP1
10/24/05
New York people had been the highest temperature that they never been before. Also it was driest with the least rain since 1869. Therefore, many people use electronic and than they underwent outage. According to theses problems, global warming became one of important issue and there are some reasons and facts. When people burning something that occur carbon dioxide, it will interrupt that heat go out of earth. When we have enough heat, it can make iceberg to be melting and than our ecological balance will be destroy. Ozone problem. Ozone is consist of smog and it will make elderly and children get a serious diseases such as asthma and lung problem. Today people in New York city have 21 times increases about people who get asthma and lung problem. Moreover, Malaria will occur from mosquito due to high temperature., also according to the melting of iceberg, sea level will be increase and we need to expect flooding and we need to build dikes or barriers to prevent disaster.

In New York city due to the high temperature, many people suffer and they will get some problems from nature. For example, diseases from ozone, malaria from mosquito, and increasing of sea level. I believe, all of those problem come from basic environmental problem. Also there are some solution.

The first, the way of prevent disease from ozone. Ozone consist of smog which come from car. Also there is any solution to stop smog but there is some way to deterge air or catch the smog. To deterge air, of course we need to rise many tree. Tree has a function that can breath dirty air and carbon dioxide and then tree will emit fresh air it will be the best way to deterge air. In addition shortly hydrogen car will be product. Also It will be good solution.

The second, malaria from mosquito. We need to get a immunization and destroy mosquito’s habitation. Immunization will be the easiest solution to prevent malaria. On the other hand, destroying mosquito’s habitation also good way. Mosquito live in dirty pool for that reason we need to clean up dirty pool and try to get prevention of the extermination.

The last, increasing of sea level. Even though there are many serious problem, it can be the most serious problem because this problem relate with our survive. in addition we can loose our territory. To prevent those problem we have to build dams or something which can protect from water. Even though, it will be very big, we have to built that. Like the movie ”the day after tomorrow”. It can be our problem. I believe we can not ignore that.

According to the all of problems and factor. We need to find out how to prevent those problems. Frankly, to do something, we need to do ourselves. Even though it is difficult to do, I believe we have to do for our good life. It is not only just environment problems but also our problems.

White,L.(1999, august. 17) Hot night in the city: New York City’s environmental future.

2005-11-01T11:49:00.000-08:00

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Oyster in New York

According to this article, in old time New York there is a festival in the summer and the newspaper advertises the oyster season. In addition, the oyster is a very famous and common food. Many people sold oysters on the street like hot dogs. However one day people could not eat oysters anymore due to an epidemic and dirty water in New York harbor. In the 18th and 19th centuries selling oysters became a unique food. However the water became cleaner because of the environmental movement. It made it possible for many animals to live in New York but today it is still a problem. We need to make water cleaner and make oyster a symbol of New York harbor.

The oyster was very famous and was a kind of symbol of New York. However today because of dirty water they cannot live anymore. Even though they live, we cannot eat them because oyster has the function of cleaning water. If we eat oysters that grew up in dirty water, it can be dangerous to people. Therefore, In order to get fresh oysters, we need to find out some solution to make clean water and get fresh oysters.

First, we need to make clean water in order to oyster can live in New York harbor. We need to purify it. Even if we use a purifier, it will be difficult to clean water perfectly. Therefore we have to prohibit dumping garbage or something dirty matter illegally into the water. If we use a purifier and some control, it can be more easy to make clean water.

Second, in order to make clean water, not only help of a purifier is important but also some motivation for people is important to make people involved in some activity that cleans water. Using a campaign will be good way to make people able to remember that they need to clean up the water. Although there is a group that cleans the water regularly, it may not be enough. That is why we need to a campaign which can gather people to clean water. It may be a very good way even if it is difficult to gather people.

Last, in the case of my country, in order to get fresh oysters, people breed oysters by themselves. It is a very simple way if New York has clean water. In addition it can be the best way to get fresh oysters for people. On the other hand, it is not as good as natural oysters however in order to get a fresh oyster it will be the best way.

As a result, in order to get fresh oysters and to make clean water, We need not only the help of machines but also the help of people. I think he help of people is more important. If people are united to make clean water, it will be easier to make clean water. In addition, it can be a better way than any other solution.

Reference:
Kurlansky, M (2005, September 28). A raw deal: New York’s oyster. The New York Times. Retrieved on Oct, 25, 2005. from http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe.

2005-11-01T11:47:00.000-08:00

KING SEJONG- my hero

CHOI

King Sejong was the fourth king in period of the Yi dynasty. He made Hangul which consists of 24 letters. Before he made Hangul, he really wanted to change the Korean language, because in olden times Korea was dominated by Chinese culture. The Chinese language was very difficult for people to understand each other’s opinions. It is also difficult to describe their thinking. Therefore Sejong wanted to solve their problems. After they used Hangul, it could make people think that Korean is an independent nation. In addition, in order to the generalization of Hangul, he permitted that civil servants chould drink alcohol and he made a song by himself using Hangul.

2005-10-25T14:07:00.000-07:00

Problems in New York

According to this article New York people had the highest temperature that they had ever seen. Also it was driest with the least rain since 1869. Therefore, many people used electricty and they underwent an outage. Because of these problems, global warming became an important issue and there are some reasons and facts. When people burning something that causes carbon dioxide; it will prevent the heat earth. When we have too much heat, it can make icebergs melt and our ecological balance will be destroyed. Ozone consists of smog and it will make elderly and children get serious diseases such as asthma and lung problem. Today people in New York have 21 times more people who get asthma and lung problem. Moreover, Malaria will occur from mosquitos due to high temperature; also, because of the melting of icebergs, the sea level will be increased and we need to expect flooding and we need to build dikes or barriers to prevent disaster.

In New York due to the high temperature, many people suffer and they will get some problems from nature, for example, diseases from ozone, malaria from mosquito, and increasing of sea level. All of those problem come from basic environmental problem. Also there are some solution.

First, disease from ozone. Ozone consists of smog which comes from cars. Also there may be no solution to stop smog, but there is some way to clean the air or catch the smog. To clean the air, of course we need to grow many trees. Trees have a function; they can breathe dirty air and carbon dioxide and then the tree will emit fresh airs it will be the best way to clean the air. In addition, shortly hydrogen car will be product. Also It will be a good solution.

Second, malaria from mosquito. We need to get an immunization and destroy mosquito’s habitation. Immunization will be the easiest solution to prevent malaria. On the other hand, destroying mosquito’s habitation is also a good way. Mosquito lives in dirty pools; for that reason we need to clean up dirty pool and try to get prevention of the extermination.

The last, increasing of sea level. Even though there are many serious problems, it can be the most serious problem because this problem relates to our survival. In addition we can lose our territory. To prevent this problem we have to dams build or something which can protect is from water. Even though it will be very big, we have to built that. Like the movie ”the day after tomorrow”, It can be our problem. I believe we can not ignore that.

Because of all of the problems and factors, we need to find out how to prevent those problems. Frankly, to do something, we need to act ourselves. Even though it is difficult to do, I believe we have to do if for our good life. It is not only just environment problems but also our problems.

Reference:
White, A.(1999, August 17). Hot nights in the city: New York City’s environmental future. International Committee of the fourth International(ICFI).Retrieved on Oct, 19, 2005 from http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/aug1999/nyc-a17.shtml

2005-10-20T13:21:00.000-07:00

Choi
Eap2
10/19/05

Environmental problem in my country

Nowadays, my country has air pollution. It will cause several problems such as acid rain and ozone warning. Acid rain can make plants and buildings spoiled. In addition, ozone warnings can cause skin cancer because of the ultraviolet rays. Both problems come from our abuse of spray, dumping garbage illegally, and emitting bad gas illegally. If those things continue in the future, our environment will be badly polluted. Therefore, we need to understand our problems and try to find some solutions, such as making a campaign, or making people able to dump garbage legally. It will be necessary thing to make a good environment in the future.

2005-09-12T07:34:00.000-07:00

Summary

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According to Seal(1997)in “What I stress,” We can get stress through any event such as divorce or being fired from a job. We need to learn how to deal with stress in order to get less stress. The Canadian physiologist Hans Seyle discovered about three things that are called general adaptation syndrome. The first thing is the alarm reaction. When we recognize our stress, it will give a signal to our body. After alarm reaction we will get resistance. It will be helpful to our body to escaped adapt stressor. The last thing is exhaustion. When we can not achieve after the alarm reaction and resistance, we may be exhausted or collapse. As a result, when we get stress, it will be good or bad depending on how can we deal with stress well because in the case of people, we can not predict when we get stress.

2005-09-12T07:13:00.000-07:00

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