1.Is it ok for students take to streets in
protests against social issues?
2.Media Monopoly. What do you think?
3.Media Monopoly, Good or Bad?
4.Do you think social media influence
society?
Groups protest media monopoly
The China Post news staff and CNA--Several media reform groups and their supporters took to the streets in Taipei yesterday (Sept. 1 is otherwise known Journalists' Day), protesting against media monopolization.
The march was jointly initiated by the Association of Taiwan Journalists, Campaign for Media Reform and Anti-Media Monster Youth Alliance. Their members and supporters marched along a 3.9-kilometer route, from Mengjia Boulevard in Wanhua District to the National Communications Commission (NCC) on Renai Road.
The protesters handed a petition to the NCC, calling for the nation's highest media regulator to bar a bid by the China-friendly Want Want China Times Group to purchase the island's largest cable system, and to more closely supervise the group.
A news content division chief at the NCC accepted the petition and said that the commission will surely respond to the calls from the civic groups.
The protestors also demanded an apology from the Want Want China Times Group over what they described as its unprofessional news reporting.
On July 25, the China Times accused Academia Sinica research fellow and media expert Huang Kuo-chang of paying students to stage a protest against Want Want's plan to acquire the cable TV services owned by China Network Systems.
Although China Times later published a formal apology to Huang, it did not address the issue of false information or show any remorse over the matter, said Chen Hsiao-yi, president of the Association of Taiwan Journalists.
The media group crosses the line by attacking people who do not support its positions, said Lin Li-yun, convener of the Campaign for Media Reform.
Democratic Progressive Party Chairman Su Chen-chang urged the NCC to revoke its approval of Want Want's acquisition plan.
Nearly 2,000 media workers and students took to the streets in Taipei yesterday, rallying under the banner “You are big, but I am not scared.” Handing a letter of protest to the China Times' management, Chen Hsiao-yi, a protest leader and president of the Association of Taiwan Journalists, said the increasing concentration of media ownership by the Want Want Group is a threat to Taiwan's democracy.
“Today we see where Taiwanese people's anger comes from. Want Want knows nothing about self-criticism,” Chen said.
In its defense and in light of Saturday's scheduled protest, Want Want China Times published a full-page advertisement in the China Times the same day asking “Who is big? Who is scared?”
“Our news reporting has always been professional and can be scrutinized. We welcome all criticism,” the ad said.
Groups protest media monopoly
The protesters later marched for 4 kilometers in scorching temperatures to Renai Road, where the NCC is located.
A second wave of demonstrations were staged outside the building, with demonstrators waving placards with slogans such as“Press freedom,” “We need more truth,” and “Don't feed me poisonous news” to demand media reform by the NCC, Taiwan's media and broadcasting regulator.
Chang Chin-hwa, another protest leader and a professor at National Taiwan University's Graduate Institute of Journalism, urged the NCC to establish stricter laws against monopolization of the media.
“We, as responsible citizens, will keep an eye on how press freedom is protected by our government,” she said, submitting a petition to the NCC.
Hsieh Jung-hsien, a 27-year-old protestor, said she was proud to take part in the march.
“The public needs to make its voice heard in this kind of healthy social movement,” she said.
The NCC later issued a press release that said it respects all kinds of voices, but it also stressed that the media merger deal would not be reviewed again.
If Want Want China Times Group adheres to the conditions in the deal, the acquisition permit will be issued, it said.
Among the conditions are ones that stipulate that the group should cut its ties with news provider CTiTv and that China Television should change its operating plan to become a non-news channel, in order to prevent a news monopoly from being formed.
4.What do you think of Starbucks Marketing
Strategy?
5.Why do you think customer service at
starbucks coffee?
6.Is coffee good or bad for us?
Starbucks History (A Past Worth Remembering)
When considering successful franchises it seems appropriate to look at Starbucks history. Not just a neighborhood coffee shop, Starbucks Coffee Company has become synomous with quality products and service. Whether you are Generation X or part of Generation Y, the working class and the technologically advanced youth has embraced what Starbucks has to offer - even if they have to stand a half an hour in line to get it.
But once you are sipping your venti decaf, non-fat, sugar-free vanilla latte with no foam, do you ever wonder how it all started? Do you know of Starbucks history, and why people of all ages were willing to pay nearly $6.00 for something that is seemingly worth a lot less? Starbucks Marketing Strategy implements many of the high ideals within the Starbucks mission statement . These motivating factors are largely responsible for this franchise's success.
Like successful franchises (i.e. MacDonalds), Starbucks started with a vison that was followed through to the end. And, just as in other highly success ventures, the leaders that held the Starbuck's vision, have not rested on its laurels. Starbucks Coffee Company is still expanding in interesting and groundbreaking ways even today.
The environmentally conscious Starbucks Corporate Social Responsibilty statement speaks to a new breed of businesses that care about their carbon footprint. With the influence of this forward-thinking company, and its consistently innovative approach to each viral marketing campaign - others companies should start taking notes.
It All Started with a Passion for Fresh Coffee
Starbucks history owes its beginnings to three friends, Jerry, Zev Siegel, and Gordon Bowker. Inspired by a friend, Alfred Peet, who owned Peet’s Coffee and Tea, they wanted to open a store, sell premium coffee beans and specialty equipment in Seattle’s Pike Place Market. In 1976, they opened their very first store at 2000 Western Avenue, bought green coffee beans from Peet’s, and started their coffee roasting business.
In 1980, Starbucks was now well-known as the largest coffee roaster in Washington, with six retail outlets. Zev Siegel also decided that it was time for him to move on, and his two partners bought him out.
After ten years of Starbucks history (1981), a man named Howard Schultz, who was a sales representative for one of Starbucks’ suppliers, Hammerplast, became fascinated with the coffee roasting company, and the amount of plastic brewing thermoses that they were ordering. In 1982, Jerry Baldwin hired him as head of management.
The Roots of a Splendid Idea
A few years later, Howard Schultz attended an international housewares show in Milan, Italy. It was in this time during Starbucks history that the concept of what the company is today would be born. Schultz had discovered the passionate coffee culture in Italy, and as he sipped his first cup of caffe latte in Verona, Italy, he reveled at how customers would drink coffee for hours, socialize, study or read, and enjoy the trendy coffee house surroundings. He wanted to bring the same concept to the U.S. and he believed in its potential to bring Starbucks to the next level.
The Beginning of Starbucks Today
Unfortunately, Baldwin didn’t share the same enthusiasm, but he did allow the opening of a small espresso bar in one of their stores. In 1985, with belief that his idea would become successful, Schultz went out on his own, and opened a coffee shop with his idea. He named the shop, “Il Giornale”, and started selling espresso drinks. Schultz was right. In a few years, his idea became an amazing success.
The year 1987 was another milestone in Starbucks history because it was the year that Schultz, along with local investors, raised enough capital to buy Starbucks from Jerry Baldwin and Gordon Bowker for 3.7 million. Schultz re-established Starbucks by combining the operations of Starbucks and Il Giornale, resulting in the Starbucks Corporation today.
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My car broke down.
Sherry: Why didn't
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Billy: I don't
even want to talk about it.My car broke
down.
Sherry: What
happened?
Billy: The engine
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Sherry: Wow.Have you thought about getting a new
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Billy: Yeah, I've
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Sherry: Maybe you
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A few stolen moments is all that we share偷來的片刻，是我倆共享的時光
You've got your family and they need you there
你已有了妻室，他們需要你
Though I try to resist being last on your list
儘管我努力避免成為你名單上的最後一個
But no other man's gonna do
但我沒有別的男人
So I'm saving all my love for you
所以，我把全部的愛都留給你
It's not very easy
那並不容易
Living all alone
孤獨的生活著
My friends try and tell me
朋友都試著勸我
Find a man of my own
找個屬於我的男人
But each time I try
但我一再嘗試
I just break down and cry
只換得傷心和淚水
Cause I'd rather be home feeling blue
我寧可鬱悶的待在家裡
So I'm saving all my love for you
把全部的愛都留給你
You used to tell me
你曾告訴我
We'd run away together
我倆將雙宿雙飛
Love give you the right to be free
愛給了你自由的權利
You said be patient
你說：耐心一點
Just wait a little longer
只要再等一會
But that's just an old fantasy
但那不過是個古老的幻夢
I gotta get ready
我得準備好
Just a few minutes more
再過幾分鐘
Gonna get that old feeling
那熟悉的感覺
When you walk through that door
將隨著你一起走進門來
Cause tonight is the night for feeling all right
因為就是今夜，一切將稱心如意
We'll be making love the whole night through
我倆將徹夜享受魚水之歡
So I'm saving all my love
我要保留所有的愛
Yes I'm saving all my love
沒錯，我要保留所有的愛
Yes I'm saving all my love for you
我把全部的愛都留給你
No other woman is gonna love you more
沒有任何女人比我更愛你
Cause tonight is the night
因為就在今晚
That I'm feeling all right
我感覺一切順心如意
We'll be making love the whole night through
我倆將徹夜享受魚水之歡
So I'm saving all my love
我把全部的愛都留起來
Yes So I'm saving all my love
我把全部的愛都留起來
Yes So I'm saving all my love for you, for you
我把全部的愛都留給你
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