Thursday, February 24, 2011

Film- Age of Innocence

        That is a good movie to see
       I cannot forget when the music plays, the beautiful flower is full of the whole screen, this flower is in full bloom and very brilliant as if all the beautiful things are come out at this time. I think that is the age of innocence. That is the life I pursued. It is an excellent movie I have even seen.
       The flowers represent all the flashy things, although they are beautiful, it has to fade someday, as if the good thing is not constant. The characters’ clothes are very amazing and shinning. They are in the top social status. So when I saw people in those clothes, I know their social status. But I can learn something behind this grace and decent life quickly, that is, people are hypocritical and affected. The theme in this movie is not light or happy but very heavy. I cannot see the sunny day in this film but I can see the cloudy day, just like people are under the limit of society. All the people are surrounded by the atmosphere of pressure.
        When the Ellen told Newland:” if you love me, you have nothing at all”, their love is not permitted in the society, Newland has wife, his wife, May, she is the kind woman, and she know her husband loves other woman.  She did not say anything until she died. People are restricted by the moral and ethic issue. When they want to go out of New York, Ellen said that:” no matter where we go, our love cannot be allowed to develop”.  Those conversations tell us people under this society, their love is limited, and their passion is limited. They must obey the rule of society, although they do not say it.
         Ellen loves Newland, and she can gain insight into Newland. Ellen likes freedom although she is under this society which is not allowed people to pursue their life. But she runs out of Europe to look for her life. She never covers her love to Newland but still keep her dignity in the society. Her clothes are dark red. She is filling with passion to Newland but her love cannot be accepted by the society.
         When it comes to Newland, I cannot know how he loves his wife. I am sure he loves Ellen. At this moment, he does not give up his wife and still treat her as his wife. Even he and Ellen plan to run out of the country, when he knows his wife get pregnancy, he stays with his wife. He often wear suit in the film,  suit give people a feeling that the person is very formal and square, but suit also present us that there is no way to reach the goal- staying with lover forever.
          It is a good movie to see. It has amazing dress and wonderful scene that we cannot forget. I never have seen the movie like this. It can help us to get a better understanding about life and love.

Friday, February 18, 2011

Rise of Education lifts Arab Youths’ Expectations

          Youth unemployment is one of the serious reasons that cause the unrest in Middle East. This is the time when more people get higher education than before, but the number of unemployed people is still increasing. This phenomenon causes a revolution in this area.
          One of the youth, Jihad Abdulah Al Ammar, 27, said that he wants to get a job that he is interested in. He also has a real plan that he wants to build a company which help consumer make better decision. However, the government gives little help or support to the young entrepreneurs.
         The government would like to send talents to go abroad, but when they come back. They find that nothing has changed. There is still no job waiting for them. More students thought this is not good for them.
         They were in a dilemma where they want to create new jobs by themselves without any support by government and they want to get a job from the country with little chance, although they are well- educated.
         The top economist for the GCC, the Gulf Cooperation Council, Abdel Aziz Aluwaisheg, said that it makes perfect sense for private business. Imported labor is routinely paid less, from one-third to one-half of the wages that Saudi university graduates expect and demand.
         Because they are cheap labor and well-educated, most businesses would hire these foreign workers. The problem in Saudi Arabia in not that you are not creating enough jobs, but they happen to go to foreigners. That is a big challenge. It is a national challenge.

Friday, February 11, 2011

Egyptian celebrate in Cairo

          The president of Egypt Mubarak and his family has been moved out of the capital in 11th Feb. He has resigned the president and military has taken over the power from him. The vice president of Egypt said that the president decided to resign during the tough time of the country. The president gave the supreme committee of military power to take charge of internal affairs. Some witness said that more than two helicopter has taken off from the president palace.  Egyptian celebrated this news at anywhere. In Cairo, so many people get together to hug each other to present their happiness.
         The military claimed that they will support Mubarak policy about regime that should be in peaceful transition. They also ensured that they will carry out all the promises Mubarak made. They guaranteed that people can vote president according to the just principle after the emergency time. And judicial agency will decide who can win this election. But they asked protestor to come back work and make sure all of them have an ordinary life as usual.  
          Mubarak addressed that the constitution will give part power to the vice president. He required some parts of constitution on president election must be modified. He said:” I will not leave Egypt but die in Egypt”.
          European Union diplomatic representative claimed:” Egyptian’s need and wish must be met; they will give help to them when they needed. UN Secretary Ban Ki-Moon said that president election in Egypt must be carry out in the principle of transparency that includes free, trustful and just election.
          It has been 18days since 25th Jan. The president palace and Television station has been surrounded by tanks and protection net in order to prevent protestors to rush in it.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

In Arab Conflicts, The Young Are The Restless

In Arab Conflicts, The Young Are The Restless



          The uprising in Egypt has not been shut down, Arab youth were rebelling. They gave out their dissatisfication about their current situation, especially for the young people. They want jobs, but the unempolyment rate has been rising in recent years. Some young people who college-educated and ambitious and want to accomplish something with their lives. "But the jobs aren't out there, so we have to be taxi drivers." as they say so.


          Their complaints are sometimes greater than their elders. One effect of the recent downturn has been a spike in youth unemployment that is much greater than for the workforce as a whole. because of the economic shrink, they do not have chance to catch jobs. Besides, the youth is the most important part of society. Unempolyment is the global problem. And this problem is particularly acute in Arab countries, where unemployment rates remain among the world's highest — and there are lots of young people.


          Authority of job creation department said that country that has many young population can enjoy " youth advantage", by by investing in education and putting their young people to work. They are abundant human capital. But most of the countries now experiencing a youth bulge – places like sub-Saharan Africa, parts of Latin America and Pakistan and Afghanistan – are not creating enough jobs to keep up with population growth. That is the conflict between the rate of population and number of job. Those countries which enjoy the "youth advantage" now under siege have invested heavily in the education of their young people, but have not provided them with enough to do after graduation. But some young people want to get a job when they are graduation. The society push them into school to continue their degree. So, there is still a problem that has not solved by the government.

         Now, government fear that what steps they will move in and what consequence they may get. They would not like to make this conflict maximize. Like Geneive Abdo, an analyst with the National Security Network and the Century Foundation says, "It's almost become a cliche, that there's a youth bulge in the Arab world," "We never realized what the effect of that would be, until now."




Unemployed men gather on a street corner waiting for pick-up work in Kabul, Afghanistan, in Jan. 2010. Afghanistan is still plagued by  chronic unemployment and neglected public services.



Tunisian students living in Morocco protest the regime of their country's then-president, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, on  Jan. 13.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Egypt clash-Storm has reached maximize scale

      
        It has been two weeks since Egypt erupting occured. The Egypt has drawn many attention from the world. People in Egypt came to the street and fight for their rights. People bent their knees to beg the president to leave the office. They were yelling that:" You have been President for a long time. Your son should take over your pisition. It is time to leave."

        Two or three days later, the government can not control this situateion, they want to launch military to help. However, the military expense is very expensive per day. Eventually, they launched military in this day, this clash resulted in 1 dead, 611 injured. That is too bad for the people to live in Egypt. This clash has reached the maximize scale.


        The clash has affected tourism in the Egypt. Many people fear to go to Egypt. So the economy has been affected. The country is in the dilemma where people do not know where to go and government do not know how to control this situation.