The Great Train Bobbery(Shuhui Wang)

The Great Train Robbery is the name given to a £2.6 million train robbery committed on 8 August 1963 at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England.[1] The bulk of the stolen money was not recovered. This was probably the largest robbery by value, in British history, until the Securitas depot robbery of 2006 in Kent.

scarface (JINHO YOON)

AL PACINO'S ganster movie.. i watched last night with my roommie.. he said, at least you're in the U.S. you gotta watch this movie.. 'Scarface'
even though it's hard to understand his pronunciation.. it was a good movie..

Prisoners Do the Soulja Boy and Thriller!

i just find it cute.





-abilene

A Fuller Definition of Writing to Learn
http://wac.colostate.edu/intro/pop4a.cfm

Although how writing fosters critical thinking is not clear (Applebee), theoreticians and practitioners alike agree that writing promotes both critical thinking and learning (See Adams, Britton, Bruner, Emig, Herrington, Knoblauch and Brannon, Odell, Parker on the linked bibliography.) As Toby Fulwiler and Art Young explain in their "Introduction" to Language Connections: Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum:

Writing to communicate--or what James Britton calls "transactional writing"--means writing to accomplish something, to inform, instruct, or persuade. . . . Writing to learn is different. We write to ourselves as well as talk with others to objectify our perceptions of reality; the primary function of this "expressive" language is not to communicate, but to order and represent experience to our own understanding. In this sense language provides us with a unique way of knowing and becomes a tool for discovering, for shaping meaning, and for reaching understanding. (p. x)
In "Writing to Learn Means Learning to Think," Syrene Forsman makes the same point, but she directs her attention not to a theoretical justification but a practical rationale for writing to learn:

As teachers we can choose between (a) sentencing students to thoughtless mechanical operations and (b) facilitating their ability to think. If students' readiness for more involved thought processes is bypassed in favor of jamming more facts and figures into their heads, they will stagnate at the lower levels of thinking. But if students are encouraged to try a variety of thought processes in classes, they can, regardless of their ages, develop considerable mental power. Writing is one of the most effective ways to develop thinking. (p. 162)
The Consequences of Writing by Robert P. Parker and Vera Goodkin is an especially good resource on writing to learn. Following a detailed discussion of the theoretical links between language (especially writing) and learning, these authors outline projects that focus on writing in entomology, clinical nursing, psychology, and mathematics, all with similar results: students learned key concepts and understood material more fully while also practicing some features of discourse for the specified discourse community. Thus, writing to learn can have additional positive effects in helping students mature as effective communicators even though the initial goal is to help students become better learners.

-abilene

Another Way of Expression; Writing, instead of speaking

I believe that writing is one of the important parts of language learning as a foreign student. Writing is basically another way to speark or express what i believe, see, hear, or feel.
In my case, i'm still learning English as a foreign student in the US. I like writing the most among four skiils of English which are reading, listening, speaking and writing. Writing is adcantageous because i can express my thoughts and then recise to improve my skills. Sometimes it is better to speak than write because speaking is easy. Putting ideas into writing is hard work, especially when students are learning foreign languages like English. For example, for me, speaking in French is easiler than writing which i like. I think this applies to every language. Writing in English is not easy work even though i have an interest and i have been studying English for a few years in English-speaking countries.
In particular, for international students, there can be several obstacles to learning English. In English, a sentence usually starts with a subject followed by a verb and then an object. On the other hand, in Korean writing, it starts wirh a subject followed by an object and then a verb. This different grammar style is the first conspicuous characteristic. This is very confusing when we are writing in English for the first time. Another problem is the lack of vocabulary. If students do not know any words except pronouns, of course they cannot finish a sentence. To memorize some vocabulary is important so that students attempt to make sentences. They can also write whatever they want to say as sentences and these sentences could become a paragraph.

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- Soo Yeon

Really helpful information to international students (JINHO YOON)

if you're international student, you must be going back to your country in this summer. when you're go back, do not forget your grandmother's present.. they are going to be sad if you're not buying something. haha,, so buy Vitamin.. i was thinking about what do i have to buy it.. finally, i bought vitamin for my grnadmother yesterday.. it's my suggestion.

Halloween History(Yongfei Gu)

Halloween isn't just costumes and candy; it's a cultural holiday rich in tradition.
It is one of the most important holidays in the US.

Halloween's origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in).

The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31, they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the future. For a people entirely dependent on the volatile natural world, these prophecies were an important source of comfort and direction during the long, dark winter.

To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities.

During the celebration, the Celts wore costumes, typically consisting of animal heads and skins, and attempted to tell each other's fortunes. When the celebration was over, they re-lit their hearth fires, which they had extinguished earlier that evening, from the sacred bonfire to help protect them during the coming winter.

By A.D. 43, Romans had conquered the majority of Celtic territory. In the course of the four hundred years that they ruled the Celtic lands, two festivals of Roman origin were combined with the traditional Celtic celebration of Samhain.

The first was Feralia, a day in late October when the Romans traditionally commemorated the passing of the dead. The second was a day to honor Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. The symbol of Pomona is the apple and the incorporation of this celebration into Samhain probably explains the tradition of "bobbing" for apples that is practiced today on Halloween.

By the 800s, the influence of Christianity had spread into Celtic lands. In the seventh century, Pope Boniface IV designated November 1 All Saints' Day, a time to honor saints and martyrs. It is widely believed today that the pope was attempting to replace the Celtic festival of the dead with a related, but church-sanctioned holiday. The celebration was also called All-hallows or All-hallowmas (from Middle English Alholowmesse meaning All Saints' Day) and the night before it, the night of Samhain, began to be called All-hallows Eve and, eventually, Halloween. Even later, in A.D. 1000, the church would make November 2 All Souls' Day, a day to honor the dead. It was celebrated similarly to Samhain, with big bonfires, parades, and dressing up in costumes as saints, angels, and devils. Together, the three celebrations, the eve of All Saints', All Saints', and All Souls', were called Hallowmas.

Avril Lavigne & Lil' Mama MadTv - Black Friend / BlackFriend(Yongfei Gu)

Piranhas - Piranha adventure - Fish Piraya, Cariba Attack（Yongfei Gu）

Computer addiction

From AHAJOKES.com

How to Tell you are Short on Time...

Have you ever thought of turning your toilet into this?!
The only worry is that sometimes you just don't know what you did and what you didn't.
If you don't know, then who knows!

Gossip Girl^^(Yongfei Gu)

Blake Lively talks to Hannah Storm about her current project, "Gossip Girls," and the sequel to "The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants." (CBSNews.com)

Gossip girl^^
i really really like Serena.
Blake is very beautiful. she is so what i thought Serena would look like. of cource i thought from reading all the books ( just finished the last one) that S would have a different attitude about things. in the book she still wants to party and still loves nate. In the show she wants to change everything she did wrong. I like the show serena better than the book Serena. :P

my love mac.. (JINHOYOON)

im going to buy MAc defenitely later,, i want to use programs in the mac. mac is incredibly cool and so fancy..

Mariah Carey - Touch My Body（Yongfei Gu）

Mariah Carey^^
one of my favourite singers~

Mariah Carey(born March 27, 1970)is a biracial, American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Following her marriage to Mottola in 1993, a series of hit records established her position as Columbia's highest-selling act. According to Billboard magazine, she was the most successful artist of the 1990s in the United States.

She's a really amazing singer who has a sound of nature. She can sing my troubles away~
I LOVE MARIAH CAREY~^^

The Evolution of Dance(Yongfei Gu)

The funniest 6 minutes you will ever see! Remember how many of these you have done!
Judson Laipply is dancing~~~
=^0^=

JUST FOR FUN-SOCCER (JINHO YOON)

SOCCER IS MY LIFE,I WAS TRYING TO JOIN CW.POST SOCCER CLUB LAST WEEK. ALL PLAYERS ARE WHITES AND ENGLISH. I WENT TO SOCCER FIELD WITH MY ROOMMATE WHO IS AFRICAN.
IT WAS NOT JUST PLAYING, IT WAS REAL TRAINING. ANYWAY, AT THAT TIME I THOUGHT THAT IM GOING TO PLAY SOCCER FOR FUN, NOT FOR MY MAJOR ISSUE,, IM GOING TO FOCUS ON THE STUDY, AT LEAST I'M A FRESHMAN..
SOMEONE WHO LIKES SOCCER, PLEASE CONTACT TO ME. LEST'S PLAY.
yo~ HO~

9.11 terror, the fact?(JINHO YOON)

Do you think the 9.11 terror is real terror? not a planned terror?

we discussed about the 9.11 terror in the calss, at that time i thought that it was planned terror by the president Bush. however, i realized that it was not planned terror. i read a lot of articles about the terror today through the internet. and most of writers said it wasn't really planned terorr. the fact is that "why they did terror becuase they want to make a war, there are another easy million ways to make a war"

THERE ARE SOME BELIEVABLE SOURCES. 'lOOSE CHANGE' IT'S INTERESTING DOCUMENTARY TO WATCH IT. you can find another part2 and 3. enjoy it.






I HAVE AN QUESTION, IF SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE SOCIAL POWER PREDICTED THE TERROR, WHY THEY DID NOT LISTEN TO THEM?

The Pregnant Man Grows Ever Larger in Buzz

by Molly McCall
Yesterday Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:30:51 PDT

On Thursday, Oprah introduced Oregon resident Thomas Beatie to anyone who hadn't yet heard of him. Beatie, a transgender man who is legally male, is six months pregnant with his and his wife's child. La Winfrey called the expectant situation "a new definition of what diversity means for everybody."

And everybody, it seems, is interested. Over the past seven days, searches for "pregnant man" rose 26,879%. Demand for "thomas beatie" grew more than 3,000%. Interest in "oregon man pregnant" has swelled 461%.

As for the skeptics who typed "man claims he is pregnant" and "pregnant man?" into Search, we can answer: Mr. Beatie retained his female reproductive organs. Because he has a uterus, he can get pregnant and carry a baby to term.

In Buzz, some of the most popular articles from the past week focused on the bun in Beatie's oven. As we posted earlier, Boing Boing and Huffington Post were two of the first sources to surface with articles on the story. Since then, the Huffington Post scored another hit with an item revealing more photos of the fertile daddy.

LilSugar, Yahoo! News, and People.com have also polled well with Buzz readers. The People.com article, which offers an exclusive video clip from the Oprah appearance, was one of the most voted-on articles in Buzz after the show aired.

So has this childbearing event really redefined what diversity means for everybody? The tale certainly seems to have people thinking about gender issues. We've noted a surge in queries for "transgendered" and "transgender pregnancy." Lookups for "pregnant man" have flowed in from every state in the U.S. and every age group.

With the fruitful papa about to enter his third trimester, we may have three more months of this baby buzz. Enjoy it!

-abilene

RAPE,, can you define, is it real rape or not? (JINHO YOON)

IF you are a man, at least once you dated with woman. Also if you're a normal person, im pretty sure that you have thought about sex once.


The meaning of DATE RAPE to the non-consensual sexual activity between people who are known to each other either platonically or sexually. These particular instances of sexual assault take place during a social interaction between the rapist and the victim, hence the name date rape. It may be either planned or spontaneous.

ENG 1F Third essay topic is compare and contrast 2 essays, and the two stories' topics are about "RAPE". they say that rape is a crime even if a victim does not "Protest" or "screaming". i strongly DISAGREE!. The thing is that if the victim said nothing before rapist rapes her, rapist does not know she likes or she does not like it because if victim takes measure, rapist could do not rape her. I think that if the victim does not want rapist to rape her, she has to do something, for example, screaming or protest.

Usually, victims know who is the rapist, so it is not a crime at all when victims do not take a measure. If it is a crime, rapists could be right next to you, it could be your boy friend or it could be your alcohol friend.

Even Animes have Gender Confusion

this is from the anime' Sailormoon's final series "Sailor Stars" where the the 3 StarLights revealed that they are also sailor soldiers. I am not sure if i should really tell they are cross-dressers, because it was shown in the anime when they are ordinary persons they are MALE, but, when sailors.. FEMALE!

-abilene