Thursday, February 25, 2010

Real ID - Great Idea or Bad Idea?

Real ID Act of 2005 is calculated to fight terrorism, identity theft, and other problems by strengthening the integrity of state-issued ID cards. The law requires on states to put into operation a set of minimum national standards in more than a few areas:. Information and security safeguards that will be built into each license. Proof of who you are, date of birth, SSN, lawful citizenship status, and primary residence address. Verification of the source papers provided by each of us.
The directive requires a person wanting to penetrate a Federal building, fly on an jet or open a credit account to show the government recognized Real ID or a passport. It would also put every ID holder in a central database. Sounds good, but the truth is that the Real ID decrements on our privacy and invites hackers to steal personal info without making the population protected from terrorists or deterring illegal immigration.

Unhappily, Real ID is a failure waiting to materialize. It is really Big Brother time!. The initial estimated expense was $15 billion, it's been "condensed" to about four billion (yes that's BILLIONS) by giving your state government greater flexibility in issuing driver's licenses to older citizens.

The REAL ID Act of 2005 is a U.S. federal law that imposes selected principles for the state driver's licenses, to be acknowledged by the Big Brothers in the Federal government for "official purposes".

The Angel In My House

My sister was watching me sympathetically as I burst into tears for what annoyed me. Holding my hand firmly in hers, she sat by my side without uttering a word.

Willingly or not, I had been her sister for 13 years since I was 7 years old. Due to her arrival, I then childishly thought that I was thrown into a world of darkness, anger, frustration and self-pity. Once a lovely girl, I felt condemned by this fate to becoming a desolated burden ---- all the adults around complimented the newly-born, charming creature while neglecting my presence.

A cloud of jealousy hung over my once peaceful heart. I muddled through each day by sharing all I had previously had enjoyed alone. And all I had to cling to was to hit her and shout at her on our parents’ back.

My sister was so scared of me that each time when she was left alone with me, I could notice her trembling----and that pleased me even for years. But, I also knew that she respected me from the bottom of her heart----though I never admitted that until that day when I participated the College Entrance Examination. My parents as well as my sister all came to bolster morale for me outside the school gate. I was thoroughly prepared. I passed the line that separated the examinees and the supporters, and walked on nearly 100 meters, I suddenly heard my sister’s voice:

“Your pen-box! Sister, you forget your pen-box!”

Turning back, I saw my sister’s little body rushing past the security guards all the way towards me.

When she run up to me, what she heard was my sneer: “Pen-box are not allowed. I’ve picked out the pens.”

Then she answered breathlessly: “Oh!” daring not to look into my eyes.

Seeing my sister walk out with a disappointing back, I suddenly realized that she was always waiting for an opportunity to do something for me.

Later, when I went to university in Beijing, I tasted the ache of loneliness. Furthermore, two shocks in quick succession allowed me to learn that my sister’s really means a great deal to me.

The first thing was that, as Mother told me, after my leaving, my sister insisted on not moving any of my things. She even put my towel besides hers. She said, whenever she entered the bathroom, that would remind her of my smiles, my jokes, my being a patient listener.

Then came the second shock: I could not remember when I gave her a smile, when I ever told her jokes. As for “a patient listener”, all that came to my mind was that my sister kept telling some trivial incidents in her school day, but I put none of them into my heart, only minding my own business. Yet as long as I felt sad, it was my sister who would sit by my side, watching over me.

This summer, my father rented a house by the Nanli Lake and took us all there for several weeks. This time, it was me who was expected to catch the opportunity to push our relationship further, and to let her know how I really felt.

The first morning, we went fishing. We stared silently at the tips of our rods, at the dragonflies that came and went. I lowered the tip of mine into water, tentatively, dislodging the dragonfly. I looked at my sister, who was silently imitating me, and yet there was even no dragonfly on her rod! Then I intentionally let her hold my rod, her eyes watching. For a while, I could experience her state of mind---she was pleasantly surprised by my behavior showing acceptance.

Being wild with joy, she finally caught two Yuenan fish, hauling them in briskly and put them in the net skillfully.

Then I had to accept that, as the time went by, my sister had grown up much more independent, being able to manage many things all by herself. But still she followed me step by step, imitated whatever I did, convinced everyone of her classmates that I was the best sister in the world. I knew that she tried her best to let me know that: she loved me.

Now I once again complained in her arms, asking for her comfort. Thinking of the past 13 years with a sister, tears of happiness poured down my cheeks. For I had always felt my sister’s presence, in both heart and life. I was lucky, so lucky, for my parents had given me a gift more precious than doting on me; a gift that helps me know what love is and how to treasure it. She is the angel in my house.

hi anine

hi anine,you have good start in the morning,i think you also have a good day ,am i right ? hope you have a good weekend !
hi jeff ,i also like spicy food ,i have been to chengdu twice,the weather was too hot if i was out the hotel ,i could'nt stop to wipe the sweat ! i wonder how do you work in the dog days ?
hi victoria ,nice to see you reply !yes i have a freedom work ,i can speak english with the foreign people ,but my writing is too bad !i need improve my writing .i'm not a guide ,not work in abroad,now i'm in my traveling .Yunnan have many scenic spot ,each landscope is deffrent.you have a verry happy family ! your husband and you really like travel. you have traveled many places ,you be a good mommy and good wife ! how lucky your husband !enjoy your trip and have fun !

Major Description and Courses:

Our university period learn of the important and professional category have:Automatic control principle, numeral imitate electric circuit, calculator control the system, electromagnetism component, liquid press system and component, signal and system, electric power electronics technique, and I all have very deep comprehension to them.

Worked as an assistant engineer in the Beijing Shougang iron and steel group. My department takes charge the main power and drive equipments, for example, motor, PLC, frequency transformer and transformer equipment.Shougang iron and steel group Hebei province Jingtang project. I took a part in the construction of several new plants. These new plants are running normally. My job is debugging the product line.

Responsible for project coordinator

- Maintain access list of tools such as eRoom, DOORs, Clear Quest, etc.
- Maintain project communication matrix, incl. internal team list & external contact info.
- Co-ordination and planning of project meetings.
- Sample Management including record, distribute, tracking, recycle and warehousing.
- Time Sheet controller.
- Customer reception and logistic management.

Achievement : Excellent ability of organization and coordination. Support a project team of more than 100 person.

- Responsible for marketing research
- Collect handset’s brand information and summary the report to analysis the handset features and handset marketing trend.
- Collect the latest news of domestic and overseas handset market and issue the bi-weekly news brief.
- Provide overseas handset market analysis report .

Achievement : Provide the handsets’ marketing report and news brief to the top management.

- Responsible for planning officer
- New employee logistic planning (check in and check out support, i.e. telephone, computer, net port etc…)
- Travel planning & travel-expenses& visa arrangement
- Procurement of office supplies
- Co-ordination and planning of meetings
- Training Coordination
- Layout of slides and presentations
- Administrative tasks (Stationary etc…)
- Organize team activities.
- Improve office environment (message board decoration)
- Department cost control.
- A member of Emergency Response Team(ERT).