TVXQ Captivates Japan
W 영어생각/IT's REAL!!!2009. 2. 8. 15:20
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What’s there to say about TVXQ? Not much. They don’t need any explanation. They are dominating the music scene in Korea, and there is no boy band that can compete. Well, this will most likely be the situation for them in Japan as well. The K-pop group’s latest Japanese single Mirotic became the Gold seller of the year in 2008. The Recording Industry Association of Japan analyzes annual album sales and certifies performers with different titles. Million goes to a record that sells over 1 million copies. Platinum goes to a record with 250,000 sales. And Gold is given for 100,000 sales.
Although TVXQ placed third on the certificate, it is quite an achievement for a Korean group. Million sellers for 2008 went to seven albums by Japanese superstars such as Hikaru Utada and Anmie Amuro.
You can say that TVXQ is now bumping shoulders with Japan’s top-notch. In September of 2008, Mirotic was released as TVXQ’s fourth album. In 103 days, the album sold over 500,000 copies. Let’s hope for TVXQ’s success in Japan. Good work guys!
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How does deflation harm the economy?
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During a deflation, people spend less, which slows down economic growth.
January 20, 2009 | ||||||||
In the midst of a global economic downturn, that word is most likely to be “deflation.” This word refers to a continuous decrease in the prices of products and services. It’s the opposite of inflation, which means that the general price of products and services will rise.
It sounds like you can save money because goods are cheaper. This is an understandable response. Korea has a lot of experience with inflation. But deflation is relatively new to us. However, if prices go down steadily over a prolonged period, the economy can suffer. Deflation is just as harmful as inflation. Think of it this way: Both high and low blood pressure are bad for your health. Why is deflation a danger to the economy? Deflation over a long period can lead to a catastrophe like the Great Depression that started in 1929 in the United States. This event was the most serious economic depression in the 20th century. If prices persistently go down, what will happen? First, consumers will not want to buy any products. They will wait because they think prices will go down even more. If products don’t sell and are left to pile up in storage, companies eventually reduce production. If this happens, companies will need fewer employees and will eventually fire staff, which will raise the rate of unemployment. If the number of people who are unemployed keeps going up, the average income in households will decrease, which will make people tighten up their wallets even more. This will once again lead to people buying less and a further fall in prices. In short, with this deflationary downturn, the economy will shrink and eventually deteriorate. If product prices fall, the value of money goes up. In contrast, inflation destroys the value of money. For example, if a loaf of bread costing $3 during normal economic times rises to cost $5 or even $10 because of inflation, each dollar you own is basically worthless. In times of deflation, that loaf will cost $2 maybe even $1 or even less, making every dollar more valuable than before. Therefore, deflation makes people hang on to their cash. They stop buying products, real estate and stocks, leading to a massive economic slowdown. If deflation gets worse, banks will suffer because they have loaned people money through mortgages to buy homes. The problem is falling property prices. A mortgage is a loan people use to borrow money from the bank or a company. If a borrower fails to pay back the loan, the lender has the right to repossess the borrower’s house. But if deflation is wrecking the economy, the value of the house might not be enough to cover the original loan. This means the bank loses money. If many people fail to pay back their loans when house prices are falling, banks will eventually think it is too risky to loan any more money. If banks act this way, it will get harder for companies to find sources of money. This results in a liquidity crisis because there is no money fueling the economy and businesses eventually go bust. Because people are worried about prolonged deflation, countries are doing everything they can to lower interest rates and feed money back into the system. Ben Bernanke, the U.S. Federal Reserve’s chairman of the Board of Governors, made a speech back in 2002 in which he repeated U.S. economist Milton Friedman’s statement that money could be “dropped from helicopters” if needed in order to avert a deflationary depression. However, there is a limit to how much a government can “devalue” money by lowering interest rates. The key interest rates in the U.S. and Japan have already approached 0 percent. Also, if a global economic slowdown affects the real economy, people will become wary about the future and spending money. So even if an opportunity for investment occurs or if valuable products come out at cheap prices, consumers won’t want to spend cash. In times like this, governments get involved by spending tax dollars on large public projects to boost spending and investment. The U.S., Europe, Japan and China have all started large civic projects. Korea has, too. The government’s sudden announcement to develop the nation’s rivers and roads for large-scale investment projects should be seen in this context. There is a reason for this “sudden” decision. If governments don’t act fast enough to prevent the situation from getting worse, there will be no medicine to make the situation better. After all, look what happened to Japan in the 1990s, the “lost decade.” During this time there were simultaneous asset, real estate and stock price bubbles. Before this, Japan experienced an economic high and could stand almost on par with the U.S. economy. But during the downturn, companies that had invested in real estate and banks that loaned out mortgages lost huge sums of money. After this, Japan’s economy developed at a snail’s pace. In particular, belated government efforts to improve the economy simply made the situation worse. By the time Japan lowered interest rates and supplied cash, the deflationary spiral had already gone too far downhill, and nobody wanted to spend or invest. At present, governments around the world are pumping out cash to prevent a similar situation from arising. Nobody wants a lost decade. However, no one is sure if these attempts at solving the problem will work. Everyone is waiting to see what happens next. However, even if this plan succeeds, most experts say there will be consequences. The massive amounts of cash the central government has printed and the loans that it borrowed for funding public projects will eventually become a burden for the general public. At present, governments have decided to spread the pain. The idea is so that we will feel less pain but over a longer period, which governments think is better than a short, sharp shock. |
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Different Stages of Sleep
W 영어생각/IT's REAL!!!2009. 2. 3. 01:35
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Did you know that quality of sleep changes through five sleep transitions? Doctors and psychologists say that a predictable sleep is a must for good health. The question is, how can a good night’s sleep happen? Knowing the different stages of sleep would be helpful for people suffering from sleep deprivation, interruption, insomnia, stress or worry. Of course there are temporary obstacles to sleep which can be solved. For example, a new born baby in the family or a big exam next day can be the causes. And such issues can be solved with perseverance and patience. Other problems that can disturb sleep may require a managing solution. Knowing the sleep stages and possible causes of sleeplessness will provide us the needed tools to start a readjustment of our sleep patterns. As mentioned above, sleep quality transitions from one stage to the next. And each stage is followed by subtle changes in bodily functions. As most of you may have guessed, the first stage is drowsiness: Eyes start to shut and the stage lasts approximately ten minutes. The transition goes from being awake to falling asleep with slower breathing. In such a period, we still make a fairly fast response to any interruptions since we are very aware of our physical surroundings. If you are aroused in this stage, you may feel as if you had no sleep at all.
The second stage is light sleep. The eye movement stops and so does the blood pressure and heart rates. Body temperature generally falls and muscles begin to relax. In this stage, you are no longer aware of your surroundings and this can be considered the beginning of real sleep.
The third and fourth stages are followed by deep sleep. Through these two stages your body generates and repairs tissues while developing bone and muscle. The immune system is provided with a boost and restores the lost energies from your day. The final stage is called Rapid Eye Movement. It is marked with many physiological changes like accelerated respiration, fast brain activity, eye movement and muscle relaxation. During this stage, people may dream due to much brain activity and the paralysis of major muscles in the body. If one wakes up from this stage of sleep, he or she will remember the dream in a vivid fashion.
In order to maintain consistency between sleeping and waking up well, a hot bath or shower, listening to soft music and drinking caffeine-free herbal tea before bed can be helpful. Regular exercise during the day several hours before bed can also be helpful. Lastly, remember that sugar, caffeine and alcohol must be avoided before heading for bed. We all should know the need for uninterrupted, deep sleep. Everyone needs to fall asleep well every night to rejuvenate the energy we need for our daily battles.
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The Extinctions and Marine Life (20-01-2009)
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Most of us are aware of the fact that life started in the sea. Early simple forms of life turned complex over time and eventually the fish evolved. Later they gave way to marine reptiles and soon to giant marine mammals. During this long passage of evolution, there were five major extinctions. Perhaps, we, the highest life forms may be responsible for the sixth. It is thought that Mother Earth is approximately 4.5 billion years old. We have come to the conclusion that life started to evolve about 3.5 billion years ago under the sea. Obviously the first organisms to breathe air were single celled similar to modern bacteria, with true cells evolving about 2 billion years ago. Scientists predict many natural evolutionary experiments took place, and most of the weird creatures that were fossilized came from this period in time.
Here’s a list of extinctions that drastically altered our planet:
1. 443 million years ago: Early invertebrates wiped out.
2. 368 million years ago: Only 20% of marine families remained.
3. 252 million years ago: More than half the animals wiped out.
4. 200 million years ago: The end of the very successful ammonites.
5. 65 million years ago: The end of most marine reptiles, and dinosaurs on land.
We may provide the sixth extinction!
Between 418-354 million years ago, fish were recognized as the highest life forms in the sea. Now, they are no gold fish. Many of them were large armored beings with four fins! The coelacanths from this period are the ancestors of amphibians and reptiles. 250 million years ago, the sea was re-colonized by the land reptiles. And they were quite successful until the last extinction took them out with the dinosaurs. They reigned the oceans as the top predators for 200 million years, and the ichthyosaur behaved like the dolphins do today. Mammals started to evolve on land after the dinosaurs and marine reptiles were wiped out. Approximately 50 million years ago, some of these land mammals went back to the sea, and the first of the whales started to appear. After 14 millions years, the ancestors of marine mammals like dugongs and seals joined them. In this day and age, sharks and some coelacanths have still remained since the age of fish, and of course the turtles remained from the age of reptiles. Well, it may be only a matter of time before such life forms will disappear as well. Natural phenomena caused all five previous extinctions. Let’s hope human activity won’t turn into the next cause.
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Schools Nationwide Ban Junk Foods (20-01-2009)
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From March, instant cup noodles will be banned at school cafeterias nationwide. The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA)식품의약품안전청 announced last week that it decided to remove junk foods from schools that are high in calories but low in nutrition. Elementary, middle and high schools all across the country will stop selling 90 percent of instant cup noodles, 65 percent of sodas, and 22 percent of snacks.
The KFDA said that as young students’ obesity rate is increasing sharply and a growing number of Korean teens are suffering from various health problems, it will take actions to help them have healthier eating habits. Over the past 8 years, the number of obese students has more than doubled and fast foods, including instant cup noodles, are thought to be the main contributors.
According to a recent study, 5-9 year old boys and girls are obese 8.3 percent and 9.5 percent respectively. Also, 17.9 percent of 10-14-year-old boys are overweigh while 11.4 percent of girls of the same age group are obese. The study said that unhealthy and unbalanced eating habits and buying ready-made fast foods without knowing the contents increased the obesity rates.
In order to fight against child obesity, the government will set limits for selling high-calorie foods at schools. Snacks that contain more than 250 kilocalories, 4 grams of saturated fat, or 17 grams of sugar per serving will be prohibited. Foods with excessive amounts of sodium (over 1,000 milligrams per serving) or those that contain more than 500 kilocalories will also be banned. These snacks will be categorized as high fat, low nutrition foods.
Besides banning junk food at school cafeterias, the government will also prohibit the advertisement of high-calorie, low-nutrition foods during children’s prime television viewing time. The KFDA will ask restaurants and food makers to notify their consumers of the nutritional value of their foods, too.
The KFDA said that as young students’ obesity rate is increasing sharply and a growing number of Korean teens are suffering from various health problems, it will take actions to help them have healthier eating habits. Over the past 8 years, the number of obese students has more than doubled and fast foods, including instant cup noodles, are thought to be the main contributors.
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Cristiano Ronaldo wins FIFA Player of the Year
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The 23-year-old Portugal winger was honored for his dominating displays and sparkling goals in leading Manchester United to both the Premier League and Champions League titles in May, receiving 136 first-place votes and 935 points in a worldwide poll of national team captains and coaches. “It is an overwhelming moment, a very special moment in my life,” Ronaldo said in his acceptance speech. “I would like to say to my mother and sister that the fireworks can be fired off now.” The result was announced by Brazil’s all-time great Pele at a ceremony in Zurich, with Barcelona and Argentina midfielder Lionel Messi coming in second with 678 points, while Liverpool striker Fernando Torres was third with 203. Brazil’s Marta won the women’s award for the third year in a row, after announcing earlier Monday she is joining the Los Angeles Sol in the Women’s Professional Soccer league. Ronaldo became the first player from the English Premier League to win the award in its 18-year history, after scoring 42 goals in all competitions last season. He missed the start of this season with an injury, and has struggled to recapture his top form after returning. He has eight league goals so far, but the last came in November. Messi, meanwhile, led Argentina to the Olympic gold in Beijing and has helped Barcelona take a commanding lead of the Spanish league, scoring 20 goals in 22 games this season. Still, Ronaldo was widely expected to receive the honor, after previously winning the Ballon D’Or as European player of the year and World Soccer magazine’s player of the year award. Before the award was announced, the orchestra at the Zurich Opera House even gave a not-so-subtle hint by performing an aria from Handel’s “Rinaldo.” AC Milan playmaker Kaka, last year’s winner, and Barcelona midfielder Xavi Hernandez were also finalists for the award. Ronaldo is the second Portuguese player to win the title following Luis Figo in 2001, when David Beckham - who also wore the No. 7 shirt for Manchester United - was the runner-up. “It is a dream for me to get this prize because I want to bring the team and my country forward,” Ronaldo said. “I would like to dedicate it to my family. This is the most important thing to me.” Before the ceremony, Ronaldo also paid tribute to United manager Alex Ferguson and his former Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari - who now manages United’s rival Chelsea - for helping him achieve his goals. “Mr. Ferguson and Mr. Scolari were decisive,” he said through an interpreter at a news conference. “I would like to thank them for making me the player I am today.” AP |
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When you believe
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Many nights we've prayed
With no proof anyone could hear
In our hearts a hopeful song
We barely understood
Now we are not afraid
Although we know there's much to fear
We were moving mountains
Long before we knew we could
* There can be miracles
When you believe
Though hope is frail
It's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles
You can achieve
When you believe
Somehow you will
You will when you believe *
In this time of fear
When prayer so often proves in vain
Hope seemed like the summer birds
Too swiftly flown away
Yet now I'm standing here
My heart's so full I can't explain
Seeking faith and speaking words
I never thought I'd say
** 반복
They don't always happen when you ask
And it's easy to give in to your fear
But when you're blinded by your pain
Can't see your way safe through the rain
Thought of a still resilient voice
Says love is very near
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You will when you believe
Just believe
Gotta believe
You will when you believe
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creep - radio head
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When you were here before, Couldn't look you in the eye,
You're just like an angel, Your skin makes me cry,
You float like a feather, In a beautiful world.
And I wish I was special, You're so fucking special,
But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo.
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here.
I don't care if it hurts, I want to have control,
I want a perfect body, I want a perfect soul,
I want you to notice, When I'm not around,
You're so fucking special, I wish I was special.
But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo.
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here.
She's running out again,
She's running out...
She's run run run runing out...
Whatever makes you happy, Whatever you want,
You're so fucking special,
I wish I was special...
But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo.
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here.
I don't belong here.
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creep n.시시한 녀석
weirdo n.별난놈
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Top 10 sports stories of 2008
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The JoongAng Daily’s sports section hops on the bandwagon with the top 10 sports stories of the year 2008, plus its choices for athlete, coach and team of the year. 1.Korea enjoys its best Olympics ever, winning 13 gold medals and finishing seventh In Olympic years, picking sports news items becomes much easier. And with Korea exceeding expectations to win 13 gold medals in Beijing, this was a particularly easy choice. Male judoka Choi Min-ho won the nation’s first gold on the first day of competition, and the rest was history. Female archers picked up their seventh straight Olympic gold in the team competition. Korea sent four athletes to compete in taekwondo, the maximum number for each nation, and they brought home four gold medals. Pistol shooter Jin Jong-oh fought off demons from the 2004 Athens Olympics and won the elusive gold. But the truly historic medal was... 2.Park Tae-hwan wins Korea’s first swimming gold medal and adds a silver The 19-year-old swimmer made history by winning the men’s 400-meter freestyle race, becoming the first Korean to win an Olympic swimming medal of any color. He also grabbed silver in the 200-meter freestyle, behind none other than Michael Phelps, who ended up with a record eight gold medals in Beijing. The gold medal transformed Park from a swimming star into a national icon. A tantalizing prospect: Park will only be 23 by the 2012 London Olympics and could go up against Phelps once again. 3.Korean baseball team wins the Olympic gold medal This was a memorable year for Korean baseball, but not always for the right reasons thanks to some off-field controversies. But the definitive highlight of the year for the sport was the improbable gold medal performance by the national team. Korea won all nine games it played, and in the dramatic final against powerhouse Cuba, Korea clinched the gold on a game-ending double play after Cuba had loaded the bases. 4.Figure Skater Kim Yu-na enjoys another banner year: World Championship bronze, two Grand Prix titles and silver at Grand Prix Final Among individual Korean athletes, only Kim can match or surpass Park in popularity polls. Kim has more than backed up her celebrity with her on-ice performance this year. She opened the year with her second straight world championship bronze in March and cruised to two Grand Prix titles in fall to advance to the Grand Prix Final in December in Korea. Kim settled for second, but she’s still first in the hearts of her many devoted fans.
Shin won everywhere she played in 2008 - Korea, Japan, Britain and the United States. She is the first non-LPGA Tour member to win three LPGA events in a season, is the youngest champion of the British Women’s Open, and her LPGA earnings would have ranked her in third place. That’s on top of the seven victories she claimed on the Korea LPGA Tour. Shin plans to play the U.S. tour full time in 2009. Think the KLPGA golfers are rejoicing? 6.SK Wyverns repeat as KBO champions For the second straight season, the Wyverns finished first in the regular season and defeated the Doosan Bears in the Korean Series. Under Manager Kim Sung-keun, who is also known as “Baseball God,” the Wyverns have been the most efficient ball club in the league. The key cog in this baseball machine is Kim Kwang-hyun, the 20-year-old lefty who won the MVP after leading the league in wins and strikeouts. 7.Suwon Bluewings win the K-League championship and League Cup, becoming only the fourth team to pull off the double.
8.Jang Mi-ran sets world records to win the Olympic weightlifting gold Without Jang’s main rival Mu Shuangshuang of China - each nation could only send a limited number of lifters - the question was by how much Jang would win gold in the women’s +75-kilogram division. And Jang dusted her competition, lifting 140 kilograms in snatch and 186 kilograms in clean and jerk for 326 total, all world records. The silver medal winner, Olha Korobka of Ukraine, had only 277 kilograms in total. 9.Kim Joo-sung helps the Dongbu Promy to the Korean Basketball League title and wins MVP honors in the regular season, all-star game and postseason Kim guided the Promy to their third KBL championship this decade and he’s been an integral part in each one. The Promy beat the Samsung Thunders in five games in the final; Kim poured in 25.6 points per game, more than 11 points higher than his season average. Kim was the unanimous choice for playoff MVP. 10.Moon Dae-sung becomes the first Asian voted to the International Olympic Committee’s Athletes’ Commission
Athlete of the Year: Park Tae-hwan, swimming With all due respect to other fine athletes, no other single athlete had an accomplishment as significant as Park this year. Before he won the 400-meter freestyle gold medal, no Korean swimmer had even won a medal at the Olympics. He also won silver in the 200-meter free, and was so at ease with himself afterward that he joked he was disappointed not to hear the national anthem after getting silver. And the best part about his career is this: at 19, Park likely hasn’t hit his prime yet and will continue to improve.
Coach of the Year: Cha Bum-kun, football Cha’s Suwon Bluewings could have fielded a second team with injured players. When he ran out of regulars, Cha summoned bench warmers like Bae Ki-jong, Hong Soon-hak and Choi Sung-hwan and rode these unsung heroes to the League Cup and the K-League championship. A legend in his playing days, Cha didn’t previously warm up to players who couldn’t live up to his lofty expectations. But he mellowed this year and became more of a players’ coach. And he couldn’t have asked for better results. Honorable mentions: Kim Kyung-moon, Korean baseball team; Kim Sung-keun, SK Wyverns Team of the Year: National baseball team, Olympic gold medal winners As sports feats go, Korea’s winning the Beijing Olympics baseball gold medal was considered about as likely as Lindsay Lohan winning an Oscar. Korea defied all odds: it defeated regional rival Japan twice (the latter win in the semifinal), and overcame Cuba 3-2 in the thrilling gold medal match. It was certainly vindication for Korea, which didn’t even make it out of the Asian qualification for the 2004 Athens Olympics. |
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