This is no easy task to write about the changes in the media: print, Internet, mobile, Twitter and more. I can only say that it has evolved since I grew up in the last decade. I do know that we watch TV less, read newspaper less, watch our mobile TV more, read Tweets more, watch YouTube, read free minute dailies or read other people’s blogs. Our world changed since the golden time of newspapers, where investigative journalism are the main focal point. Now news needs to be instant, quick, not the most accurate, and fresh. No wonder our trust to the traditional news sources are lost. Meanwhile, the new news media did not sufficient job to fulfill the need to do the research, due to lack of human power, money, resources and perhaps the will. Also instant-tanly and what smells fresh to the faces of the news media will sell! The fact that people like me or you can be videotaping or be a citizen-journalist is a concern. I do see some hope now that there are a little bit of regulations from FCC to regulate bloggers. I also believe that voluntary regulations should be implemented so that ordinary people would be protected from so called: false reporting or paparazzi.
Lets see: Now Mr. Murdoch Plans To Hide His Sites From Google? I don’t know what he’s thinking? I don’t know what is the media themselves are thinking? Two different worlds are not exactly linking with one another, yet they each want to continue to breakthrough new technology? Any takers?
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Ideas that shocked the world are not really shocking @ all. I think what we should note: end aid to Africa is not a new idea at all. Ending long term aid would be a goal,but far from ideal for some countries now.
I don’t know the idea of autistics would be appealing to most people. Personally, I think some merit must be placed on their ability to choose what they would like to pursue instead. IT fields usually called as ideal for autistics, but I cannot conclude all are created the same. Lets those folks decide for themselves.
Human cloning: I would like to say, I am not too keen on human cloning, I am more into the idea of: Cryonics.
In terms of taking risks, it all depends on your own personality and your situations or your disposition! Are there ever such a term as: smart risk? I wish!
The US budget deficit more than tripled to a record $1.4 trillion (£877bn) in the year to 30 September, according to US Congress estimates.
It was revised from 1.6$trillion from their end of the fiscal year. Yikes its still quite a lot of trillion!
The last deficit was recorded $459billion, meaning billion, from 2008! Yikes!
We would like to know what we could buy or go though wards, someone would know the gritty stuff soon, I hope! Certainly, it would buy some social programs, and we do know the cost of war(Iraq) do cost trillions!
What do you think the amount of debt proportional to the US population?
via BBC News
School changed since I went a decade or so ago.
The following video, there are children singing praises of President Obama.
Note: Although it was not mentioned very much on the mainstream media besides in the conservative media, the questions would be: what do school teach children? Is school a place of feeding ideas of one’s agendas? Is school a place of educating different philosophies? Is school a place to discuss about current politics?
Source: Conservative Issues via Fox
Picture via Encyclopedia of Earth
Nine boundaries were identified including climate change, stratospheric ozone, land use change, freshwater use, biological diversity, ocean acidification, nitrogen and phosphorus inputs to the biosphere and oceans, aerosol loading and chemical pollution.
I do not know typical people would understand the mixed results that scientists come out with.
Global Warming Could Cool N. America in a Few Decades? http://ow.ly/qMbw (via National Geographic)
Earth is a complex planet that constantly are changing, true are our environment are in need to be cleaned up, but without the whole world’s cooperation, or understanding the fact that it would harm our overall health, our food supplies, until then, our Earth would remain questionable.
For the whole article read: http://www.stockholmresilience.org/planetary-boundaries
The Queen Mother: The Official Bio by William Shawcross is as official as it may come. It may come as ironic to another royal film right now that is now touring at the film festival circuit in Toronto on Saturday, Sept 19, The Young Victoria.
Now lets see about the Queen Mother’s book: it was exclusively accessible to the author on letters, correspondences, tapes, interviews and diaries. The England folks thus far gave blunt reviews. I don’t know how I can before I read this 1, book. I did find a bit surprising that the royals would allow the access of the Queen Mom’s private thoughts.
In our society, we do increasingly forget about our past historical figures, sometimes, these people do serve very important point of the history and cultural purposes, at times, even people’s hopes and dreams.
I wonder how would Queen Mum be remember in a 100 years from now?
President Clinton and Hilary went to the late Senator Ted Kennedy funeral, then he afterwards to Toronto. His speech was on: Embracing Our Common Humanity. I had a little or some idea what the speech was going to be about, but to my surprise, he did not mention about North Korea. There were quite an applause on his speech about AIDS, health and rural issues. What I have to point out about his talk was that he did not become a brilliant speaker out of the blue. His recent diplomatic mission once again illustrate how quiet diplomacy are frequent yet in the media, we only see big news on our 24 hrs ticker. His speech might be disappointing to some because he did not directly point to Canada to do more on Global Warming or the economic inequalities. Yet if you did attended to the speech itself, the tone and the mannerism of his speaking would tell a lot more of what he meant. Since most did not attend, it would be conveyed by the third parties or news medias impressions. Our critical thinking could be very one sided and perhaps not as informed as it should be. Some do bother to do more research and obtain more knowledge about the President. The last talk with Former President George W was not received well, but we really would need to study the issues of the topics discuss if we are genuinely interested.
President Clinton did make me think after he spoke. I know he was trying to get funds for his foundation, but without really saying so, some may already know that fact and would criticize him for that. Some may think his speech was good that they are a bit star struck on Bill Clinton.
In the debate of American Health Care: Clinton acknowledged that debate is still on and he does hope the bill will pass by this year. Reason behind debate: money, who would want to give up the private health care into public when money can go into better treatments or spending on other things. (Sounds like treatment before prevention!)
This image arose out of a frustration with the reporting of billion dollar amounts in the media. That is, they’re reported as self-evident facts, when, in fact, they’re mind-boggling and near incomprehensible without context. But they can start to be understood visually and relatively, IMHO.
via Fast Company
Picture credit: David McCandless
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Flu Chat: H1N1
I really keep an update and read a bit on H1N1 flu and heard a lot about the myths and the hype about the flu. I think common sense would only be the best weapon to fight the flu as always. Until I heard about the first cat got H1N1, I thought common sense would be fine. Thus far, I have a few friends having their H1N1 flu shots and they are fine. When you have to think of others reside at your residence, you always have in mind that you want to do the best thing for the young and the vulnerable. Right or not, only in time, the results will be shown later on. I wish the flu shot would not become the political debate that it has been right now, but it has. At the end, I wonder does the order of who gets the flu shots first matter?
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