Inspired to save?   I hope so.   But maybe you’re wondering where the money will come from.   I put my head together 

with Jeff Yeager, author of The Ultimate Cheapskate’s Road Map to True Riches, to suggest five places to start. 

Limit trips to the supermarket.  Every time you walk through those automatic doors, you’re bombarded with 

opportunities for an impulsive buy, and you may walk out with at least one or two things not on your list.   Try to make one big 

trip a week.   Savings:If you make four trips a week and spend $10 extra each time, cut three to save $120 a month. 

Coupons aren’t just for groceries anymore.  You can find coupons for movies, restaurants, andeven clothing stores.  

Savings:If your family dines out twice a month at $75 a meal, you’ll save $180 a year with ten-percent-off coupons. 

Audit your bills.  Call your wireless provider once a year to make sure you’re on the best plan.   Do the same with your

cable, internet, and long-distance providers.   Bundling all three usually nets a discount.   Savings:Several hundred dollars a 

year. 

Use public transportation or carpool.  You’ll save on petrol, maintenance and even parking.   Savings:If you 

commute 25 kilometers round-trip each day, save about $100 a month by alternating driving each week with a friend. 

Consolidate your plugs.  Between five and fifteen percent of the power used by electronics is consumed when they’re 

turned off.   Plug your TV, DVD player, cable box, and home entertainment system into a power strip or surge protector, then 

unplug it at night and when you’re not home.   Savings:If your electric bill runs $120 a month, you’ll save up to $216 a year. 

Genocide occurs when one group of people want to exterminate another group of people because their race, religion, culture, or political views differ from their own. The extermination of the Tutsis by the Hutus in the East-African country of Rwanda in 1994 is just one recent horrific example of genocide, where almost a million people were killed in a three-month period. It is widely-believed that the origin of the genocide came from the fact that Hutu-president Habyarimana’s plane was shot down by the Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front, but the actual derivation of the Hutu-Tutsi conflict is based on centuries of racial hatred. The Tutsis had ruled over Rwanda since the fifteenth century, but the Hutus had always comprised 80-85% of the population. The Hutus were generally considered peasants and were quite impoverished compared to the Tutsis. As the Tutsis continued to centralize their power and authority, they distributed land to individuals they favored—usually other Tutsis—instead of allowing it to be passed from Hutu generation to generation as had been done for centuries. This caused immense resentment amongst the Hutu, as they were forced by Tutsis to labor on their own land in exchange for the right to inhabit it. A social revolution in 1959 secured a Hutu in the presidency, though the Tutsis who had fled the country were forming resistance groups and demanding to be part of the governing body. The Hutus and Tutsis could not see eye to eye. It was agreed amongst many of the Hutus that the only way Rwanda could ever become a stable country would be if the Hutus drove out or killed all of the Tutsi people. The organization of the killings happened swiftly, as governmental forces sent radio broadcasts to Hutu citizens, urging them to slay their Tutsi neighbors. The Hutus succeeded in wiping out 75% of the Tutsi race, and thought it is unfortunate that all those lives were lost, this genocide is testament to what happens when one race represses another.

   Until now, the use of pig organs in humans has been held back in large part by fears about retroviruses that are found in pigs and could prove fatal to humans, if they made their way into the body, and could then cause an epidemic as they spread from human to human. Porcine endogenous retroviruses, known as Pervs, are a permanent part of the gene and so appeared to be impossible to remove. But the researchers have now successfully removed those Pervs from the pig genome, using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technique that allowed them to produce Perv-free, living pigs. That, __________, removes one of the biggest barriers to organ transplantation from pigs to man.

   “This represents a significant step forward towards the possibility of making xenotransplantation a reality,” said Darren Griffin, a professor of genetics at the University of Kent. “The chance of transmitting PERV from the pig organ to the human cells was a significant barrier and the study shows yet another application of the CRISPR-Cas9 system. By comprehensively demonstrating that PERV is the problem that we suspected that it may be, then providing a solution, the authors present a very elegant study. However, there are so many variables including ethical issues to resolve before xenotransplantation can take place.”

   Those ethical worries are significant, and include a consideration of the harm and benefit brought to the person receiving the heart. Though scientists have eliminated the biggest barrier to safety in putting a pig’s heart into a human, there remain risks–and those risks would have to be balanced by ethical committees. It would also be difficult to ensure that people could give proper consent to the procedure, which could be used in the most dire of circumstances.

   But those objections may fade if it becomes clear that the transplants will be useful. When human organ transplantation was beginning, in the 1960s and 1970s, many opposed the idea – but those objections were put aside when it became clear how effectively transplants could keep people alive.

        For people in Taiwan, sometimes it’s difficult to imagine what a life without enough food would be like. However, as a matter of fact, a great number of people around the world are suffering from hunger. According to a new report just released by the United Nations, almost one in eight people worldwide doesn’t have enough food. The report mentions that around 842 million people, about 12 percent of the world population, suffer from very serious hunger. Though the figure seems dismal, in fact it has gone down from 17 percent in 1992. The U. N. states that lots of countries still fail to find effective ways to feed their people, and Africa is the region with the highest number of undernourished people. To be more precise, in about 19 African nations, more than a quarter of the population goes hungry. Moreover, about 98 percent of the world’s starving people live in developing countries. 

        The term “undernourishment” is defined by the World Food Programme (WFP) as “not having enough food for an active and healthy life” and an inability to “meet dietary energy requirement.” The WFP even claimed that currently hunger is the biggest risk to people’s health around the world. It’s a more severe problem than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined.One of the main reasons why so many people are hungry is war, which is evidenced by the fact that the developing countries having experienced war in the past 20 years have much greater difficulty feeding their people. What’s worse, many scientists are worried that the situation may deteriorate due to climate change. In other words, hotter climate in more countries will result in less harvest, which will give rise to more hunger in turn.

For most of us, summer is a season to enjoy outdoor activities. But for people who live in tropical regions,

 summer can bring huge storms capable of damaging buildings with wind and floods. This is because hurricanes

 occur when the water temperatures in the ocean rise above normal levels. What may start out as a minor 

storm can quickly be whipped up in to a devastating hurricane after gathering strength from warm water. A hurricane is an enormous circular vortex of clouds and wind. In order to develop, a hurricane requires water temperatures of at least twenty-six degrees Celsius. When a tropical storm occurs, the energy of the 

warm water and the moisture in the air can turn the storm into a hurricane. The location and size of hurricanes are observed by meteorologists using satellite equipment and radar. The media get the information and are able to warn the public about when and where the hurricane will strike. Hurricanes are given names by meteorologists to help people identify them. Although hurricanes are easily located by using sophisticated equipment, they are difficult to be judged because of their unpredictable movement and speed. Most hurricanes last for about ten days. When they cross onto land, they frictional drag from the ground causes their winds to slow and weaken. The most dangerous hurricanes, therefore, are the ones that move along a coastline and inflict damage on land while keeping their energy source of warm water. Every year the south-eastern coast of the United States becomes exposed to hurricanes that form thousands of kilometers away in the Atlantic Ocean. Hurricanes are most likely to occur in August and September because at this time the water temperature is high due to several months’ direct sunlight and humidity. In September 1999, a tropical storm gathered strength in the Atlantic. It was named Hurricane Floyd after four days of growth. American meteorologists used satellite equipment to track Hurricane Floyd and issued severe weather warnings for the states of Georgia and South Carolina. As Hurricane Floyd approached the coast, more than two million people were forced to evacuate the coast under government instructions. Fortunately, only a small number of people were killed by the hurricane and once it crossed the coast, its strength died down. Another area prone to hurricanes is the Bay of Bengal, between India and Bangladesh. In November 1970,

 the worst damage in modern times occurred when approximately three hundred thousand people died in 

Bangladesh as a result of the tidal waves and flooding caused by a slow-moving hurricane. East Asia is also

 frequently affected by hurricanes. Countries such as Vietnam, the Philippines and China are threatened every year by an average of five hurricanes that occur between August and October. In recent years, Hurricane

 Nicole traveled along the coastline of China and caused flooding which broke the banks of the Yangtze River. As a result, two million Chinese people were left homeless and the flooding was the worst seen in this region for fifty years.

 Damage will always occur if a hurricane passes over land. People exposed to a hurricane must therefore take the following precautions. All objects outside the house must be securely fastened so they won’t be blown away. Shutters must be placed over house windows to prevent them being smashed. People must remain inside during a hurricane as flying debris and lightning can be deadly. It is also important to have candles and flashlights handy in case of electricity failure.

 Every year about fifty hurricanes occur around the world. All we can do is to try to restrict the damage by making sure people are well prepared in regions where hurricanes most often occur. Experts, however, are predicting that in the future we will experience more hurricanes per year than we currently do. Because of the greenhouse effect and global warming, the warmer water temperatures are expected. With warmer water on our planet, hurricanes will occur more often and with greater force than they do today.

      Undoubtedly, technology will have a massive impact on the way we learn, the way we live and the way we work. Some believe they will even eradicate the need to learn it at all—like Joshua Cooper Ramo, author of The Seventh Sense, who makes a case that more data means less need for human intervention. With advancements like real-time translation apps, the claim would render language learning nearly obsolete.

       The counter view is that with massive acceleration in technology, there is still a place for human-centric skills. Some insist that the human and cultural elements of language are irreplaceable. I personally believe that cultural subtleties, connotations, and idiomatic usage simply cannot be fully conveyed without real human interaction. After all, language is fundamentally not based on the memorization of vocabulary items or grammar systems, but rather on the comprehension of the rich, authentic social context, and the corresponding ability to produce the spoken language for personally meaningful interactions.

     I believe that the best way to learn a language still remains going to that country and being fully immersed, but VR provides access to a simulated environment for those who do not have the privilege of travel. Thus, a blended learning model, driven by customized content created by expert speakers and supplemented by tech, is a viable solution. That is why we use a mixed model； other companies like 2U, Middlebury Interactive and goFluent also offer a mixture of face-to-face and online learning in order to create a more effective learning experience.