Name: Jane Liu (49712038)
Reaction Article#6
Date: 06/12/2009

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Recently, there seems to be more and more people who suffer from dementia or Alzheimer's disease. So, more and more scientists try to find some ways to solve the problem. They are trying to find ways to help people keep themselves from the disease, and to cure it.
I have watched or read some reports or movies about dementia, and after I finished them, I was so surprised and felt so sad about it. I just cannot imagine how come a healthy will turn out to be so forgetful, and what I will become if I diagnose such disease. It must be horrible and will be very troublesome to everyone around me. It will just be a nearly nightmare!
In case people will suffer the pain of dementia when being old, they have to do some activities to curb the happen of the disease, such as reading, keeping in touch with friends, exercise, playing some more complex games, and all in all, just make their brains keep moving. Although scientists have not found effective way to cure thoroughly dementia, we have learned some useful tips to slow down the degeneration of our brains, so what we can do now is to follow the tips as far as we can.
Like the people mentioned in the article, we have to urge some older people to join the kind of club. To them, taking part in the activities of the club is not only can make them have happy times, but also keep them away from the occurrences of dementia.(268 words)

Name: Jane Liu (49712038)
Reaction Article#5
Date: 05/29/2009

My Reactions:
I was so surprised when I finished reading this article. Decriminalizing uses of drugs？ It sounds so ridiculous to me, because we are taught not to use drugs ever from being children to adults. I always think the government should enforce the laws more efficiently, and also it should teach people the right concept of drug using. However, the government of Portugal decriminalizes the use of drug. I totally don’t understand why the law can be agreed by the government. The responsibility of the government should prohibit it, instead of urging it. Although the statistics show there seems to be a good result of the enforcement of the law, I just cannot believe how this can happen.
Maybe some viewpoints of the article are right, because they say the different opinions of Europe union and the U.S are owing to differences between cultures. Mostly, Taiwan people prefer the concepts of the U.S to those of Europe union. Maybe that is why we are so surprised and hard to accept when we know the news.
In Taiwan, we have severe laws and punishments to drug users, and to those who use drugs, mostly we will despise them. It is ashamed when one is caught using drugs. For example, in Taiwan once the entertainers are caught using drugs, it means that their careers are over.
Maybe the enforcement of the law can be very successful in Portugal, but it may not be so good when it is used in Taiwan. (260 words)

Name: Jane Liu (49712038)
Reaction Article#4
Date: 05/08/2009

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Although I never use Facebook, many friends of me usually use it to connect each other. I think the most popular website, which is almost like Facebook, among Taiwan people is “Wretch”. I also have my own wretch account to make my own blog. I think the blog is a good media for people to know others’ recent lives or get in touch with them.

Before I had my own blog, I always went to some people’s blogs to get some information of their lives. I also clicked the friend list of their blogs to link to other people’s blogs. In doing so, I could link many friends who I had not seen them for a long time. I thought the feeling was so good. It was just like you were still in touch, and you could know everything they met. Furthermore, if I want to get in touch with them, all I have to do was just to leave a message to them. Then they would know who I was and gave me some response. I thought this way of keeping in touch with people was cozy.

Now, I have my own blog. I also get some benefits from the system. I will put some articles about my daily life or something I encounter, happy or sad alike. Then, I found that there will be some friends leave messages to me. They are the friends who I almost lose in touch with. They leave the messages to encourage or console me. I feel so touched. So, I will also go to their blogs to give them some response. Then, with the help of blog, I again build some good relationships with my old friends. It is very good. The feeling is just like we are always together.(308 words)