Communication- Connect the Whole World

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Through the 4-month study of communication in ALES 204, Communication Theory and Practice, I learn a lot about communication such as twitter, facebook, flickr, Wikipedia. They all have great influence to my life and my academic study. Before taking this course, I only use facebook, msn to know more information from my friends, but I do not know those techniques of communication can be used to communicate scientific research. After taking this course, I can effectively use those techniques in my work and study.

All techniques what I know from class have advantages and disadvantages. I have never used Twitter before the course. Twitteris very useful and convenient for briefly communicating information. I can use my cell phone to update the Twitter, read the updated information which I am interested in wherever I am. Twitter can also bring other people to be more connected in one twitter, which means we can @ other people who relate to this twitter, so these people can pay attention to this tweet, and get involved to it. However, there are very limited characters in one twitter, so sometimes I cannot express what I want to say completely in one tweet. For example, in ALES class, the professor asks me tweet about my thought of Audioboo, but I have many thoughts about it, so I only can write several tweets for one ideas.   

Compare to   Clara T.'s Wikipedia blog post. I find that we have very similar thoughts about Wkipedia. Wikipedia is very helpful for me because it contain various information.  Wikipedia is not always accurate, but it can remind people the direction of research because people cannot think up what do they need to research about one topic.  What I learn from class is that I also can get involved to Wikipedia.  She talks about the disadvantage which I do not mention in my Wikipedia blog post is that the coding system of Wikipedia is very complicated. There are many symbols we need to use when we edit stubs. It is hard to use method to edit the words like underline, add links. These methods are easy for reader to the Wikipedia articles, but are hard for editors to use them. Wikipedia should improve the coding system.

ALES course is not only useful for our academic research, but also teach effective techniques relate to work.  Checking email is daily work I have to do. Writing professional email gives me useful suggestion of writing cover letter, so it can avoid non-proper use of words and formats. Interview is the scared part of looking for a job. The class introduce Audioboo to the class, which gives me a good chance to experience a practice interview. All the students uploan the interview to Audioboo, so they can learn more from others, and improve their interviews. However, as Audioboo is public accessible, everyone can uploan their interview, so it is hard to find a good sample of interview. I have to spend a lot of time to listen many interviews, and judge which one is a good sample.  

Compare to other courses, ALES course is very practical in our daily work and study.  Social media build connection among people, and connect the whole world together. Social media will be the mainstream in the future.

I really enjoy reading other student's blog posts, and comment on Clara T , Susan , Vldezl , shan-wilson , anneleedaniel

Science of Chinese Food (free blog post)

Since nutrition becomes more and more important thing that people concern, and Chinese food is the food that I consume daily, so this article is focusing on nutrition of Chinese food. Generally, Chinese people are thinner than western people because they have completely different dietary patterns. Chinese diet is rice-based diet, and meat only occupies small portion of a meal.

Green tea is an essential drink in a meal. Chinese people cannot eat without drinking tea. Green tea is from the leaves which are withered after being picked. This process strongly stops the oxidizing the green tea leave, so reduce producing free radical in the leaves(Chattopadhyay, C., et al, 2012). Green tea contains caffeine, but is much less than coffee. Small amount of caffeine can reduce liver disease and asthma syndrome. (Unachukwa, U. et al,2010) Catechins is another nutrient contained in green tea, which is a kind of antioxidant polyphenols. (Unachukwa, U. et al, 2010) Catechins can stimulate immune system, and lower the rate of heart disease and some kinds of cancer.(Unachukwa, U. et al, 2010)

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Another important food is soybean. Soybeans and its products are relatively cheap in China, and contain abundant high quality protein. Soybean milk is a very common drink in the morning as a substituent of cow milk, and people regard it as poor people’s cow milk.  In cafeterias of some schools and companies, soybean milk is daily provided. Soybean curd is another common soy product on dinner table. Soybean curd is made of soybean milk and coagulant, like calcium sulfate, so soybean curd is high in calcium. Soybean does not contain cholesterol, and it can reduce LDL cholesterol which is “bad cholesterol” (Rohr, U. et al, 2010). Vitamin B1, B2, B6, E, iron, folic acid and dietary fiber are rich in soybeans as a result as reducing some cancers. One special component is isoflavones which can replace estrogen in women’s body to prevent some cancers. It can also increase estrogen activity. (Rohr, U. et al, 2010)

Chinese food is a healthy and delicious cuisine. Everyone may like it. Science of food is an endless topic, Jenna P.   also has other research about food science.

Benefit of soy milk. (2012). Health Pravit Care. Retrieved from
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Soybean curd. (2010). Quinn's baking diary. Retrieved from
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