Journal 15: Summarize and paraphrase practice

Author, Edvard Pettersson. ( 2011, April 29). Andriod phone users sue google over alleged location teacking. Retrieved April 29, 2011, from http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-04-29/android-phone-users-sue-google-over-alleged-location-tracking.html

By collecting of data on smart phones, consumers and lawmakers are scrutinizing Google and Apple Inc. With their agreements of  listening to the privacy of consumer on mobile devices, these two componies will show proof at a May 10 Senate.

" we service consumers not only information and data collection but also usage of position" on Androids, Gaither have said something about lawmakers' concern about data collection in an e-mail on April 27. " Every position information which need to be sent back to Google position servers is nameless and can not be traced."

Journal 15 Analyzing an argument

Author, Robert J. Samuelson (1996, April 8). Why men need family values. Newsweek, 43.

The thesis of this article is single parenthood hurts more than women and children. It also makes men poorer and less happy. The claim that the author uses is value. The argument is appealing to trust and values(ethos). The premises are that the author mentioned David Popenoe who is a sociologist in Rutgers University, and the author use Popenoe's argues to convince readers and get readers trust. The author uses his own experiment to prove that fatherhood is a powerful antidote to self-centeredness. In my opinion, the logic of this argument is sound, and there are no fallacies, because the author uses his own life experiments to prove his opinions which is more convincing.

Journal 14

De Kleine, R. , Keoleian, G. , & Kelly, J. (2011). Optimal replacement of residential air conditioning equipment to minimize energy, greenhouse gas emissions, and consumer cost in the us. Energy Policy, .

An Optimal air conditioning equipment is going to instead of the classic air conditioning equipment, and this new tecnology ahs three main benifits: to minimize energy, greenhouse gas emissions, and consumer cost in the us. This example proves that optimal design which is also called experimental design is so important because of its benefits of saving energy, money, and time. In addition, the experimental design is needed not only in industry and engineering but also in our daily life.

Journal 13: The topic of my reseach paper

I have a course called "introduction of optimal design" in this semester, and I"m considering why the optimum design is so important and neccessary in engineering technology.  Therefore, I searched information about " optimal design" on wikipedia, and I found optimal design is a class of experimental design, and the design of experiments is very important and neccessary in engineering technology. Finally, I made a decision on my research question- Why is the design of experiments important in engineering technology?

Journal 12: Spring Break

Spring break is over. During this spring break, I just stayed at home and had a great rest. I did not want to anywhere outside, because I have just finished two Mid-term exam which was brothing me almost 3weeks before spring break. I was really tired, and only wanted to take a great use of this whole week to relax. Actually, a good rest can make me feel more energetic, and make full preperation for the study after spring break.

I hope everyone had a wonderful spring break which is not only full of fun but also have enough sleep!
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Journal 11: What if animals can speak to us?

When I saw this topic, the first thing came to my mind was the earthquakes happened all over the world in recent years. The reason why earthquakes came to my mind immediately is that there is a well-known saying which is animals can  predict earthquake.

There are many reports show that animals appear unusual behaviors before earthquake, for example, Catfish moving violently, chickens stop laying eggs, and bees leaving their hive in a panic and so on. These phenomenons prove that animal can feel the unusual situations before earthquake and react.

Therefore, if animal can talk, people can be well prepared before earthquake. If so, there will not be so many people died in earthquake, and families could not be seperated by death. Although we cannot avoid natural disaster, we can minimize the loss by predicting disaster.

Friends

Friends play a really important role in our life, and everyone needs friends no matter who you are. Homwever, what kind of friends we need is a really controversial problem nowadays. Some people think the friend who is congenial with ourselves is the most suitable friend. However, others think a friend should be complementary with us. Actually, in my life cycle, I have two kinds of friends, one is those who are similar with me, and another is who are quite different from me.

The friends who are similar with me are controversial with me. We have similar interests, habits, life style, and even similar opnion to most things. We usually get togethor harmoniously, because we have same thoughts on almost everything. Actually, this reasult also makes us feel bored some times. Can you imagine the feeling of no any differences with all people around you? Therefore, I also make friends with those who are different from me.

Conversely, with the friends who are different from, I feel quite defferent from with the friends who are similar with me. Although we also argue with each other, we can actually learn many things from each other at the same time. We always exchange our opinions and argue with each other. Moreover, we can learn how to get on well with people who dislike you in this way.

Finally, for me, "birds of a feather flock together" is an unnecessary and sufficient condition in the aspect of making friends. Different life expirences, interests, and opposite opnion on issues can also make benefits to our friendship. There is no gap between people if you open your heart to accept differences.