The movie “Men Women& Children” released this month is about  the effect of the internet on relationships. According to the interview with actor Jennifer Garner, we know that she herself likes to hold the phone all the time as many people always do.

Nowadays, it is undeniable that internet does revolutionise the way we live. It facilitates the way we contact our beloved one. It also makes it easier for us to get new friends. We are typing when we have lunch with our parents or have a conversation with others. We know what our friends are doing at this moment through their posts. It seems the distance between people is decreasing while we keep our eyes glued on the screens of our mobile phone.

However, the truth is, we are steadily isolated from the real world. We feel lonelier and lonelier. Our friends and parents around us also share the same feelings as we focus more on our internet social network rather than the real ones. In this case, figuring out an internet policy in a family cannot be more important.  Starting it from a family and letting the children know that the real ones around them should be cherished. only under the parents’ guidance can  the new generations critically think about how to appropriately use social networking websites and softwares.

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10 questions for Jennifer Garner -TIME October 20, 2014 (hard copy of the magazine)

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In this September,  one of the most influential politically democratic  protest happened in Hong Kong since 1989’s Tiananmen Square Occupation. A large group of  protesters(the majority is the university students) gathered in the main financial district and outside government buildings, protesting against the the new voting policy implemented by mainland government. What triggered the anger  among HK democratic people in the policy  is that HK citizens cannot nominate their own chief executive. With time past, the parade has caused disruption. Therefore, the police were out trying to disperse the crowd with pepper smoke and tear-gas shell aimed at maintaining order of the city. This made some of the protesters more angry. However, the current chief executive – CY Leung still hidden dealing this problem when he was hit with financial scandal in this period. The truth is, the student activitists  are not only calling for the democracy of HK but also the resignation of CY Leung.

At this event, most of protesters treated the police as the representative of government as they executed the task commanded by the government. People threw out irresponsible comments on the internet,  criticising what the police did to the public. It is extremely unfair for those policemen who are also HK citizens, pursuing the wellness of HK society. Besides, this protest might not win in the end as many of them expected(most of them have never expected to win though), but it did make some noise which might promote the democracy for their next generation.

Meanwhile, the chief executive CY Leung should undoubtedly been investigated and resigned if what he had done was all truth(bribery and official misconduct). It is also the commitment of HK government to respect the protesters’ view about voting for the first-ranking official as the government should work for the well-off of the majority of citizens. They should have the democratically right to nominate and vote.

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http://time.com/3483405/hong-kong-chief-executive-protests-democracy-leung-chun-ying-ugl-dtz/

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-29563788

Under the effort made by Tsilhqot’in leaders, a new tribal park – Dasiqox Tribal Park was created in Sept. 10, 2014. The establishment of  this reserve develop the process of protecting aboriginal people’s right, which means a lot to B.C.  government and  Tsilhqot’in own government.

As a large mining company seeking opportunities to do business, Taseko previously invested in the fish lake right besides the boundary of the tribal park area recognized by the courts. However, due to the disagreements of native for Taseko to earn profits through  damaging their living environment, Taseko was in dilemma to his gold-copper project.

From where I stand, it is important that Taseko try to hire native employees which may improve the local families’ living standard, making them earn benefit from their project as the decision from First Nation Government would depend  on how this project would influence their long-term development.  Also essential is that  Taseko makes its projects more environmentally-friendly and respect the Tsilhqot’in government because it is an external factor which has  significant impact

on their business . For instance, mining projects should be under First Nation Government’s supervision. Sharing a appropriate proportion of their profit earned in this project with First Nation Government as funding for rebuilding the environment. I firmly believe that Taseko would be successfully run its project though doing what is mentioned above.

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Pynn, Larry.  Tsilhqot’in set to declare site of New Prosperity mine a tribal park.  Vancouver Sun.  September 11, 2014.  Newspaper Article.

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/metro/Unilateral+park+declared+Tsilhqot+includes+Prosperity+mine/10192766/story.html