Saturday, February 28, 2009

USA HILARY DUFF











Brain Center Benefit

Actress Hilary Duff arrives at a benefit for the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 28 February 2009 EPA/ISAAC BREKKEN

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SK텔레콤 정만원 사장 "한계 돌파"







(서울=연합뉴스) 강영두 기자 = KT-KTF 합병 추진으로 통신환경이 급변하는 가운데 SK텔레콤 정만원 사장이 '축적'과 '돌파'라는 새로운 화두를 던져 눈길을 끌고 있다.

정 사장은 지난달 27일 SK텔레콤 미래경영연구원에서 열린 '신입사원과의 대화'에서 "업무 몰입도와 두뇌 활용(Brain Engagement)을 극대화하고, 목표를 향한 열정과 문제 해결을 위한 끊임없는 노력으로 자기 역량을 축적해야 한다"고 말했다.

그러면서 정 사장은 "역량의 축적이 개인과 조직을 함께 성장시킬 수 있는 윈윈(win-win) 전략"이라고 밝혔다.

정 사장은 특히 "기존의 조직 목표를 달성하는데 모든 힘을 쏟을 것이 아니라, 더 높은 목표에 도전하고 한계를 돌파해야 성장을 유지해 나갈 수 있다"고 강조했다.

1월초 신년사에서 "비관 속에 낙관이 있고, 위기 속에 기회가 있다"며 정체기에 들어선 통신시장의 돌파구 마련에 강한 의욕을 드러낸 정 사장이 축적과 돌파라는 새로운 화두로 구성원들 독려에 나선 것이다.

그는 "국내 통신시장의 성장 정체를 극복하고 새로운 동력을 찾기 위해서는 무엇보다도 현재 조직이 가진 모든 역량을 모아야 하며, 앞에 놓인 장애물을 돌파해야 한다"며 "회사의 중장기 발전을 위해 차분한 준비와 학습이 필요하다"고 역설했다.

정 사장은 특히 베트남전 당시 8년간 포로수용소에 수감됐다 풀려난 스톡데일의 일화를 인용, "목표는 최고를 지향하되, 계획은 최악을 가정하라(Hope for the Best, Plan for the Worst)"고 말했다.

전쟁영웅으로 1992년 美대선 부통령 후보로 출마하기도 했던 스톡데일은 석방 이후 인터뷰에서 "나는 석방될 것이라는 믿음을 한번도 버린 적이 없다. 또한 막연히 날짜를 정하고 풀려날 것이라는 헛된 기대를 하지 않았기 때문에 8년을 견딜 수 있었다"면서 "그러나 막연한 희망을 품은 낙관주의자와 희망을 잃은 비관주의자는 수용소 생활을 견디지 못했다"고 밝혔다.

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Guideline Set for Criminalizing Drivers







By Park Si-soo

Staff Reporter

The Supreme Prosecutors' Office announced Friday a set of guidelines to handle car accidents and resultant ``serious injuries'' in a bid to remove confusion involving a court's ruling holding comprehensively insured drivers criminally liable for accidents and any resultant injuries.

The announcement came one day after the Constitutional Court ruled that insured drivers were criminally liable for accidents, which threw police, insurance firms and drivers into confusion. It defined ``serious injury'' as something that threatened life, crippled an individual with no chance of recovery, or caused incurable permanent diseases.

``Drivers inflicting such injuries are basically to be indicted,'' the office said. ``But we will cautiously approach the issue for the moment as there are still no concrete guidelines carrying binding legal force.'' It plans to have discussions with those in the legal, medical, and insurance circles to further clarify the guidelines.

However, experts remain doubtful about the effectiveness of the measures.

The Thursday ruling said a clause enacted in 1981, which exempted drivers with comprehensive car insurance policies from criminal charges even if they caused an accident that ``seriously injured'' people, was unconstitutional.

With the decision, a driver involved in an accident that ``seriously injures'' people is to be indicted regardless of the driver's subscription to an insurance policy that inclusively covers all costs involving accidents. Violators can face up to five years in prison or a 20 million won ($13,000) fine.

However, the unexpected ruling, which will change a decades old practice, is stirring a dispute that is unlikely to subside soon. The definition of ``serious injury'' is vague among other things, insurance executives complained.

Separate from the prosecution's move, the Ministry of Justice is seeking to draw up a replacement to the traffic law clause that became void Thursday through the high-profile ruling.

Current criminal law defines ``serious injuries'' as something that threatens one's life or cripples an individual with no chance of recovery. But experts claim it's so vague that it's necessary to make another clear and detailed definition. A criminal law textbook provides more detailed definition, limiting it to cases where a victim permanently loses a body part or function or suffers incurable brain damage. But they also said it couldn't be seen as a clear legal guideline.

The Ministry of Justice is also trying to come up with follow-up measures as early as possible.

``The most important thing is to come up with clearer and more detailed guidelines,'' the ministry said. ``We will look into all relevant court rulings.''

Police are also at a loss. So far, they have used a self-developed guideline in which a victim hospitalized for more than three weeks was considered seriously injured.

``Car accident invites a variety of aftereffects. Sometimes, they take place longtime after, meaning it may be extremely difficult to set a clear definition on what a `serious injury' is,'' a police officer said.

Mixed reaction

The ruling has drawn mixed reactions from lawyers and the insurance industry. In the ruling, the court said this is a warning against drivers who have paid little attention to safe driving because of the protection provided by their insurance policies.

The legal circle showed positive reaction.

``Even if a victim lapses into coma in the aftermath of an accident, drivers with insurance polices could avoid criminal charges,'' said Han Moon-cheul, a lawyer specializing in car accidents. ``If a driver is responsible for incurable damage, he or she should be held criminally liable.''

The main purpose of enacting the clause in 1981 was to get more drivers to subscribe to insurance policies, resulting in reducing the number of convicted drivers. ``It was much easier for victims to be compensated and we could also handle such cases much faster than those uncovered,'' a prosecutor said. ``But it was gradually turned into a legal shield for careless drivers.''

The insurance industry raised concern over possible side effects. It is concerned that some victims may seek to extend their period of hospitalization as a bargaining chip in compensation deals.

``Those with insufficient funds, mostly in the low-income bracket, will be vulnerable to such swindlers disguised as victims,'' a manager from an insurance firm said.

They also express concern over the emergence of people, who intentionally throw themselves in front of a moving vehicle for financial purposes.

``Unlike the past, cargo truck drivers, substitute drivers, cabbies and all others relying on driving for their income will be hit hardest,'' said the manager.






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Study Less, Live More







By Rick Ruffin

Studying is killing the people of South Korea. It is killing their joie de vivre and stifling any sense of humor the people may possess. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Studying is like a huge cloak that looms over the land, darkening everything. It is all a young Korean has to look forward to.

Everyday, I see the same tired faces schlepping their books to class. I see the same bodies hunched over their books in the libraries, sleeping. It is saddening, to say the least.

When I first came to South Korea, I couldn't understand why Koreans considered sleeping a hobby. But now I understand.

For people whose lives have been robbed of free time by a culture that worships sitting in the classroom, sleeping is the only form of pleasure that exists.

Where is the sense of humor in Korea? It's gone. Perhaps it never existed. People have their heads so entrenched in their books they fail to see the irony in everyday life.

Koreans study so much, they have forgotten who they are, why they are here, and what there is to life. This is what one of my students told me.

You cannot think when you spend 12 hours a day in school, or at the workplace, with teachers, supervisors, whoever, constantly telling you what to do. Your body starts to go limp, and your mind goes numb.

When I was a student at the University of Texas, long, long ago, my freshman English rhetoric teacher noticed the blank look on my face. She invited me to her office. ``Look," she said. ``If you don't like studying, don't go to school. It will (screw) your head up.''

That was the best advice anyone ever gave me.

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child deemed the Korea environment ``unhealthy for proper child development'' because the children here spend their entire childhoods inside a classroom.

And 24/7 studying not only removes any spark one may have for living, but it is incredibly inefficient. Students are in class only physically. Their minds are elsewhere, probably dreaming of some fantasyland where books do not exist.

These are not simply my thoughts, but the thoughts of hundreds of contributors to The Korea Times and other daily newspapers throughout South Korea.

Take the recent Thoughts of The Times contribution, ``Hagwon Culture in Korea.'' The writer argues that learning would be increased by fewer, not more, hours spent in the classroom.

Kim Jeom-ok goes on to cite the horrible culture of ``parallel education,'' that saps 20.4 trillion hard-earned won out of people's hands each year. Excessive studying makes up one-tenth of the economy, she writes.

Parallel education means standing in front of a class and rattling on to zombie students who stopped paying attention long ago.

Parallel education means paying teachers with few credentials, no training and almost no experience to pontificate on something as if he/she were an expert in that field.

In his recent article, J. Edwin Sunder ― in a piece published in this very newspaper ― asked the question: ``Is Teaching Not a Profession in Korea?'' The answer is unequivocally ``No.''

There are too many hacks, teaching to legions of brain-dead zombies, who are fooled into thinking that they are spending their money wisely.

What would happen if people stopped studying excessively and paying exorbitant fees for the rights to sit yet another exam?

Life would go on. That's what.

Sure, there would be some short-term economic problems as the ``parallel education'' house of cards suddenly collapsed. But once the economy realigned, Koreans would realize that they have more time to think and to enjoy life.

And gross domestic product (GDP) might actually go up. And who knows, maybe some innovation might actually take place?

But then again, perhaps Koreans don't want change. Perhaps they enjoy studying and taking tests until they die, as evidenced by Kim Rahn's Korea Times article on Feb. 5. It's about a 68-year-old woman who has been trying to get a driver's license since 2005.

She's been paying 6,000 won every day for the right to take a test, which she inevitably fails. She hasn't missed a day yet ― 771 times so far ― since the article was published.

And, if we free all those children from the constraints of studying all the time, who knows what might happen? Graffiti, juvenile delinquency, vandalism, gangs ― the horror!

Well, perhaps not all countries can, or should be, the same. Variety is the spice of life.

The writer, a graduate of University of Texas, Austin, now writes from Gangneung, Gangwon Province. The author has lived on four continents and speaks five languages. He brings experience and a broad understanding of the world to the classroom. He can be reached at rick_ruffin@yahoo.com






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Friday, February 27, 2009

Venus View











The planet Venus appears immediately to the right of a thin crescent moon as seen just after sunset Friday, Feb. 27, 2009, from Tucson, Ariz. The apparent proximity, while not a rare occurrence, made for an especially dramatic view because Venus is at its brightest as seen from the Earth--20 times brighter than the brightest star in the sky. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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[DBR]차일피일病? 스스로 마감날짜 정해서 고쳐라







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■ 현대인의 장애 ‘미루는 버릇’

《이 기사는 동아비즈니스리뷰(DBR) 28호의 ‘정재승의 Money in the Brain’을 요약 정리한 것입니다. 최근 세계경제포럼(다보스포럼)의 2009년 차세대 리더로 선정된 정재승 KAIST 교수는 인간의 뇌에 대한 최신 연구 성과 및 경제적 의미를 DBR에 연재하고 있습니다. <편집자 주>》

미국인들은 저축을 하지 않는다고 공공연히 말한다. 대부분 은행에서 대출을 받아 큰 집을 사고, 신용카드로 온갖 가전제품을 사들인 뒤 평생 그 빚을 갚으며 살아간다. 1970년대 10%를 넘었던 미국 저축률은 1994년 5%대, 2006년 들어 ―1%대로 급락했다.

최근 미국의 경기침체에는 신용카드 사용의 증가와 자기절제력을 잃은 소비문화가 한몫했다. 평범한 미국 가정이 보유한 신용카드는 평균 6개로, 2005년 미국인이 받은 신용카드 개설 안내 편지는 60억 통에 이른다. 평균 가계 부채도 9000달러(약 1300만 원)를 넘는다.

미국인들도 매년 저축하겠다고 다짐했겠지만 각종 구매 유혹을 이기지 못하고 저축할 돈을 썼을 것이다. 그것도 모자라 신용카드로 미리 앞당겨 계산했을 것이다. 온갖 신상품과 세일, 쇼윈도의 유혹을 의연히 뿌리칠 사람이 얼마나 되겠는가.

○ 현대인의 사회적 장애 ‘미루는 버릇’

자기절제가 필요한 부분은 저축만이 아니다. 사람들은 매년 1월이 되면 담배를 끊겠다고 다짐하지만 한 달을 넘기지 못한다. 규칙적인 운동을 하겠다고 결심하지만 3일을 넘기기가 어렵다. 책상에는 중요한 일이 잔뜩 쌓여 ‘골동품’이 되어 간다.

이처럼 중요한 일을 번번이 미루며 뭉그적거리는 행동을 심리학자들은 ‘미루는 버릇’이라고 부른다. 최근 자기절제가 부족한 현대인에게 미루는 버릇이 심각한 사회적 장애를 초래하고 있다.

사이언티픽아메리칸마인드 2008년 12월호에 따르면 대부분의 사람은 한두 번 이상 중요한 일을 질질 끌어본 경험이 있다. 일상적으로 매사를 지연해 낭패를 보거나 사회 활동에 문제를 일으킨 사람은 15∼20%에 이른다.

캐나다 윈저대 퓨시아 시로이스 심리학 교수의 설문 조사에 따르면 40%의 사람들이 미루는 버릇으로 재정적 손실을 봤으며, 건강 상태도 좋지 않았다. 이들은 제때 일을 처리하는 사람보다 더 많은 스트레스를 받으며 사소한 감기에도 취약했다.

왜 눈앞의 만족을 위해 장기적으로 유익한 행동을 미루는 것일까. 중요한 일이기 때문에 잘 처리해야 한다는 중압감이 생기고, 이로 인해 마음이 편치 못해 일 자체를 회피하기 때문이다. 순발력 있게 의사결정을 하지 못하고 우유부단하게 처리하다 때를 놓치기도 한다.

미루는 버릇은 마감 증후군으로도 설명할 수 있다. 사람들은 마감에 임박해 시간에 쫓기며 일할 때 효율적으로 시간을 쓰고 창의적인 아이디어를 내기도 한다. 하지만 이것이 장기적 습관으로 굳어지면 제때 일을 처리하지 않고 자꾸 일을 미루게 된다.

○ 현실적인 목표 세워 외부에 알려야 자기절제 가능

미루는 버릇을 없애기 위해서는 어떻게 해야 할까. 미국의 듀크대 경영대학원의 댄 애리얼리 교수는 저서 ‘Predictably Irrational(번역서 ‘상식 밖의 경제학’)’에서 흥미로운 실험을 보여준다.

그는 학생들에게 리포트 제출을 요구하며 ①교수가 정한 마감 시간에 내도록 할 때 ②학기 중 아무 때나 내도록 할 때 ③제출 기한을 스스로 정해 내도록 할 때 가운데 어느 사례가 가장 좋은 성적을 거두는지 알아보았다.

흥미롭게도 ○1의 사례에서 학생들의 성적이 가장 좋았다. 마감을 넘겨 감점당하는 학생도 적었고 리포트의 질도 우수했다. 반면 ②의 경우 학생들의 성적이 가장 낮았다. 학생들은 자신에게 미루는 버릇이 있다는 점을 알았지만 20∼30%는 자기절제를 하지 못한 채 리포트를 내지 못했다. 외부의 강제성이 없는 상황에서 개인이 자율적으로 미루는 버릇을 고치기 위해서는 스스로 마감 날짜와 벌칙 등을 정해 자신의 행동을 통제하면 절제된 삶을 살 수 있다.

미루는 습관을 오랫동안 연구해온 캐나다 캘거리대의 피어스 스틸 심리학 교수는 다음의 처방전을 내놓았다. 가족이나 직장 상사에게 자신의 계획을 말하고 정해진 시간 내에 일을 처리하겠다고 약속한다.

이때 계획은 반드시 실현 가능하고 현실적이어야 한다. 또 시간을 세분화해서 계획을 세워야 한다. 목표를 달성했을 때 스스로 보상하고 약속을 어겼을 때 벌칙을 만들면 시간을 효율적으로 쓸 수 있다.

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일본은 세계 환경 문제에서 리더십을 발휘하기 위해 꾸준히 노력해 왔다.

1997년 교토의정서가 채택되기 이전부터 자발적으로 이산화탄소 감축을 추진했고, 포스트 교토체제(2013년 이후 온실가스 감축을 위한 국제적 대응체제) 논의 과정에서도 주도권을 장악하려는 행보가 이어지고 있다.

2007년 5월 아베 총리가 제안한 포스트 교토체제 구축을 위한 3원칙, 2008년 1월 후쿠다 총리가 다보스포럼에서 발표한 '쿨 어스(Cool Earth)' 구상, 그리고 2008년 6월 후쿠다 총리가 발표한 '저(低) 탄소사회 일본을 향하여'라는 이른바 '후쿠다 비전' 등이 그것이다.

일본이 글로벌 환경 논의에서 이니셔티브를 쥐려고 하는 이유는 명확하다. 일본의 발언권을 높여 자국에 유리한 방향으로 국제 환경 질서를 구축하려는 동시에, 일본 경제 성장에 가져다 줄 큰 잠재력을 기대하고 있기 때문이다.

인구 감소 속도와 고령화 추세로 볼 때 이대로 갈 경우 일본 경제는 머지않아 마이너스 성장 시대로 진입할 수밖에 없다. 그러나 국제 환경 규제가 강화되면 환경 관련 기술 및 제품에 대한 수요가 늘어날 것이고, 그렇게 될 경우 일본은 그 최대 수혜자가 될 것으로 판단하고 있는 것이다.

일본이 그렇게 판단하는 데는 충분한 이유가 있다. 세계 최고 수준의 환경·에너지 기술을 확보하고 있기 때문이다. 일본의 에너지소비효율(GDP 대비 에너지 소비량 기준)은 미국의 2배, 독일의 1.5배, 한국의 3.4배에 달한다. 업종별로 일본 산업계의 에너지 소비효율은 구미(歐美)보다 10~40% 높다. 일본이 온실가스 감축 목표를 업종별로 차등 적용하자는 소위 '섹터별 어프로치'를 들고 나올 수 있었던 배경이 바로 여기에 있다.

또한 도요타의 프리우스를 필두로 저(低) 연비 자동차가 구미시장에서 급성장하고 있고, 태양광발전에서도 샤프, 산요전기 등 일본 업체가 세계시장의 4할을 차지하고 있다. 원자력발전소는 도시바 등 일본의 대형 3사가 세계시장의 핵심을 담당하고 있다. 이 때문에 후발국에 대한 환경 규제가 강화될 경우 일본의 에너지 절약과 환경 관련제품·부품 산업에서 반사이익은 엄청날 것이다.

일본은 탄소 배출량 감축을 위한 각종 사회적·제도적 시스템도 착실하게 갖추어나가고 있다. 산업계에서는 2005년부터 자율참가 방식의 탄소배출권 거래를 시작한 데 이어 작년 10월부터는 공식적인 탄소배출권 거래제도의 시험 운영에 들어갔다.

또한 올 4월부터는 식품, 의류 등의 최종 소비재에 제품별로 CO₂ 배출량을 표시하는, 소위 '탄소 족적(Carbon Footprint) 제도'가 도입될 예정이다. 자동차, 에너지업체는 2015년 연료전지자동차의 일반 보급을 위한 단계적 추진 전략을 수립해 놓았다.

환경 강국을 위한 정부의 지원도 강화되고 있다. 태양광 발전 도입량을 2020년에 현재의 10배, 2030년에는 40배로 끌어올린다는 목표하에, 태양광 발전 시스템의 대량 도입을 촉진하기 위한 연구 개발과 인프라도 강화하고 있다. 지난 23일에는 주택용 태양전지에 대한 대대적인 지원책을 발표했다.

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‘에덴의 동쪽’ 조민기-박해진, 3월 아프리카 봉사활동 떠난











 MBC ‘에덴의 동쪽’의 조민기와 박해진이 3월 아프리카로 함께 봉사활동을 떠난다.

 두 사람의 아프리카행은 조민기가 2년 전부터 봉사활동을 시작한 가운데 박해진이 동참하면서 이뤄지게 됐다.

 조민기는 2007년 4월 자신의 홈페이지를 통해 ‘With Us, With Earth’를 줄여 ‘더불어’라는 명칭으로 봉사활동을 시작했다. 후원계좌를 만들어 물이 부족한 아프리카에 마르지 않은 샘물을 만들어 주는 봉사를 지속해오고 있다. 지난해 1월 우간다에 첫 우물을 팠고, 이번에는 코트디부아르와 브루키나파소 등 서부 아프리카에 두개의 우물을 팔 예정이다.

 조민기는 1년 가까이 호흡을 맞춘 박해진을 “내 신인시절을 돌이킬 수 있어서 더 애착이 갔고, 배우로 거듭난 그의 노력을 존경하고 있다”고 밝혔다.

 두 사람은 ‘에덴의 동쪽’에서 뒤바뀐 운명으로 인해 부자지간에서 원수 사이로 팽팽한 연기대결을 펼치고 있다. 이번 아프리카 봉사활동으로 통해 드라마에서 이루지 못한 부자의 인연을 이어가게 됐다.

 한편 조민기는 이번 봉사활동을 위해 1000만원이 조금 넘는 후원금을 얻었다. 홈페이지를 통해 “팬들의 정성과 사랑에 눈물이 핑 돌았고, 여러분들 덕분에 세상 곳곳에 사랑이라는 세포들은 보이지 않을 만큼 작더라도 분명히 세상을 움직이는 큰 힘으로서 존재한다는 믿음을 새삼 깨닫게 된다”고 고마움을 전했다.

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Thursday, February 26, 2009

India Tibetan New Year











An exiled Tibetan climbs on a pole to put up multi-colored prayer flags called Lungta, or Wind Horse, in Dharmsala, India, on the third day of the Tibetan New Year, Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. Believed by Tibetans to spread prayers, these colored flags represent the five elements, earth, water, fire, wind and sky. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

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조민기 박해진, '따뜻한' 약속지키고자 아프리카로











'에덴의 동쪽' 촬영 마치고 메마른 땅에 우물 만들어 주고자 나서

[노컷뉴스 방송연예팀 이지현 기자] MBC 특별기획드라마 '에덴의 동쪽'에서 선 굵은 연기로 호평받고 있는 탤런트 조민기와 박해진이 약속을 지키고자 아프리카로 떠난다.

조민기는 매년 아프리카 어린이들을 위한 봉사활동을 진행해 왔고, 올해도 어김없이 이 발걸음을 계속 이어가고자 오는 3월 9일 서아프리카 '코트디부아르' 행 비행기에 몸을 싣는다.

조민기의 활동에 영향을 받은 '에덴의 동쪽' 연기자들은 제작발표회 당시 드라마를 마치면 함께 아프리카 봉사활동을 다녀오기로 했고, 그 약속을 잊지 않은 박해진이 조민기와 동행에 나서게 된 것이다.

이에 대해 조민기는 "박해진이란 후배는 내 신인 시절을 돌이킬 수 있어서 더 애착이 갔고 이젠 배우 박해진으로 거듭난 그의 노력을 존경하고 있다"며 "더구나, 이번 아프리카행에 일 년을 함께 고생했던 후배 배우가 함께 나서준다니 나로서는 더 없는 큰 힘이다. 박해진이라는 또 한 명의 메신저가 생길 수 있다는 기대감이 크다"라고 기뻐했다.

이들은 코트디부아르와 브루키나 파소에서 두 번째와, 세 번째 우물을 만들고 17일 돌아올 예정이다.

한편 조민기는 2007년부터 'With Us, With Earth'를 줄인 '더불어'란 이름으로 물이 부족한 아프리카에 마르지 않는 샘물을 만들어 주기 위한 봉사를 지속해오고 있다.

자신의 홈페이지(http://www.minkis.com)를 통해 팬들과 조금씩 모은 기금으로 봉사 활동을 시작한 조민기는 2008년 1월에는 우간다에 '더블어' 첫 우물을 만들어 준 바 있다.

팬들의 나눔으로 이뤄진 두 번째 기적에 대해 조민기는 "팬들의 정성과 사랑에 눈물이 핑 돌았다"며 "여러분이 자랑스럽고, 여러분들 덕분에 세상 곳곳에 사랑이라는 세포들은 보이지 않을 만큼 작더라도 분명히 세상을 움직이는 큰 힘으로서 존재한다는 믿음을 새삼 깨닫게 된다"고 고마움을 전했다.

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조민기ㆍ박해진, 아프리카로 봉사활동 떠나











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MBC 특별기획 드라마 ‘에덴의 동쪽’ 에서 뒤바뀐 운명으로 인해 부자지간에서 원수지간으로 팽팽한 연기대결을 펼치고 있는 조민기와 박해진이 아프리카로 봉사활동을 떠난다.

27일 조민기의 소속사인 멘토엔터테인먼트 측은 “조민기와 박해진이 다음날 9일 아프리카로 봉사활동을 떠난다.”고 밝혔다.

조민기는 2007년 4월 자신의 홈페이지를 통해 “With Us, With Earth”를 줄여 ‘더불어’란 명칭으로 봉사활동을 시작했다. 그는 ‘더불어’의 후원계좌를 만들어 여전히 물이 부족한 땅 아프리카에 마르지 않는 샘물을 만들어 주기 위한 봉사를 지속해오고 있다.

그의 후원은 2006년 12월 우간다 봉사활동에서 물이 부족해 4시간 이상 걸어서 오염된 표면수를 길러 다니는 어린이들을 보고 매년 우물 하나씩 10년 동안 만들어주면 10개의 맑은 우물이 그들의 건강을 지켜줄 것이라는 생각에서였다. 우물 하나를 파는 비용은 우리 돈으로 약 600만원정도가 소요된다.

조민기는 작년 1월 우간다에 첫 우물을 파고 이번엔 두번째와 세번째 우물을 파기 위해 서부 아프리카로 출국한다. 이번 우물은 아프리카에서도 가장 열악한 ‘코트디부아르’와 ‘브루키나 파소’에 만들어질 예정이다.

조민기는 자신의 홈페이지를 통해 “이번에 모인 금액이 천만 원이 조금 넘는다.”며 “생각지 못한 큰 금액과 팬들의 정성과 사랑에 눈물이 핑 돌았고, 여러분들이 자랑스럽다. 그 모인 마음으로 우리가 한곳으로 무언가 행동할 수 있다는 것에 큰 감사의 말씀을 드린다.”고 감격의 메시지를 전했다.

이어 “박해진이란 후배는 내 신인 시절을 상기시켜 더 애착이 갔다. 일년을 함께 고생한 후배 배우가 함께 아프리카로 가준다니 더 없이 큰 힘”이라고 박해진과 함께하는 기쁨을 밝혔다.

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‘에덴의 동쪽’ 조민기-박해진, 아프리카 봉사활동 떠난다











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탤런트 조민기와 박해진이 아프리카로 동반 봉사활동을 떠난다.

MBC TV '에덴의 동쪽'(극본 나연숙, 연출 김진만)에서 애증의 부자(父子)로 출연 중인 두 사람은 3월 9일부터 10일간 아프리카 코트디부아르와 브루키나파소 등지에서 우물 파기 봉사 활동을 펼친다. 극 중 부자 인연을 국경을 넘은 선행으로 이어간다.

조민기와 박해진의 동반 봉사 활동은 '에덴의 동쪽' 촬영 과정에서 형성된 공감에서 비롯됐다. 박해진은 2007년부터 꾸준히 봉사 활동을 펼쳐온 조민기를 보며 감명을 받아 함께하기로 했다.

조민기는 2007년부터 자신의 홈페이지를 통해 'With Us, With Earth' 캠페인을 진행했고 2008년 1월 우간다에서 첫째 우물파기 활동을 펼쳤다. 이번엔 코트디부아르와 브루키나파소 2개국에서도 우물을 선물한다. 조민기는 'With Us, With Earth' 캠페인을 통해 팬들이 모금한 성금과 자신이 기탁한 돈을 합해 1000만원 정도의 우물파기 기금을 마련했다.

조민기는 "아프리카는 물이 부족해 오염된 물을 얻기 위해서도 4시간씩 걸어야 한다. 10년 간 매년 하나씩 우물을 만들어 아프리카 아이들이 건강하게 물을 마실 수 있도록 하고 싶었다"며 "이번엔 박해진이 동행해 2개의 우물을 팔 수 있게 됐다"고 말했다.

조민기와 박해진은 '에덴의 동쪽' 중반부까지 다정한 아버지와 아들로 등장했지만 출생의 비밀이 밝혀진 이후엔 서로를 극도로 증오하는 모습을 보여주고 있다.

이동현 기자 [kulkuri7@joongang.co.kr]

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신혜성 “3집 들으면 사랑하고 싶어져요”

박정아, 아프리카 난민 위한 봉사 활동 떠나

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'즐거움을 더했다' 일간스포츠 온라인 게임 서비스 오픈!

중앙 엔터테인먼트&스포츠(JES)

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조민기-박해진의 아름다운 동행 아프리카 3월 봉사 활동











MBC 특별기획 드라마 “에덴의 동쪽” (극본 나연숙•연출 김진만)에서 뒤바뀐 운명으로 인해 부자지간에서 원수지간으로 팽팽한 연기대결을 펼치고 있는 조민기와 박해진이 3월 9일 함께 아프리카로 봉사활동을 떠난다.

조민기는 2007년 4월 자신의 홈페이지를 통해 “With Us, With Earth”를 줄여 ‘더불어’란 명칭으로 봉사활동을 시작했다. ‘더불어’의 후원계좌를 만들어 여전히 물이 부족한 땅 아프리카에 마르지 않는 샘물을 만들어 주기 위한 봉사를 지속해오고 있다. 2006년 12월 우간다 봉사활동에서 물이 부족해 4시간 이상 걸어서 오염된 표면수를 길러 다니는 어린이들을 보고 매년 우물 하나씩 10년 동안 만들어주면 10개의 맑은 우물이 그들의 건강을 지켜줄 것이라는 생각에서 시작한 후원이었다. 우물 하나를 파는 비용은 우리 돈으로 약 600만원정도가 소요된다고 한다. 작년 1월 우간다에 첫 우물을 파고 이번엔 두번째와 세번째 우물을 파기 위해 서부 아프리카로 출국한다. 이번 우물은 아프리카에서도 가장 열악한 ‘코트디부아르’와 ‘브루키나 파소’에 만들어질 예정이다. 이 지역들은 다른 곳보다도 나눔의 손길이 덜 미치는 곳이라고 한다.

두 번째와 세 번째 우물을 위해 모인 금액은 천만원이 조금 넘는다. 조민기는 생각지 못한 큰 금액에 ‘팬들의 정성과 사랑에 눈물이 핑 돌았고, 여러분들이 자랑스럽고, 여러분들 덕분에 세상 곳곳에 사랑이라는 세포들은 보이지 않을 만큼 작더라도 분명히 세상을 움직이는 큰 힘으로서 존재한다는 믿음을 새삼 깨닫게 됩니다. 우리의 마음들이 함께 한데 모일 수 있음에 감사 드리고, 그 모인 마음으로 우리가 한 곳으로 무언가 행동할 수 있다는 것에 큰 감사의 말씀을 드린다’며 자신의 홈페이지를 통해 감격의 메시지를 전했다. 조민기는 항상 팬들에게 입금 금액을 회계 감사 보고 하는 것도 잊지 않는다.

조민기는 “박해진이란 후배는 내 신인 시절을 돌이킬 수 있어서 더 애착이 갔었고, 이젠 배우 박해진으로 거듭난 그의 노력을 존경하고 있습니다. 더구나, 이번 아프리카행에 일 년을 함께 고생했던 후배 배우가 함께 나서준다니 저로서는 더 없는 큰 힘이고, 박해진이라는 또 한 명의 메신저가 생길 수 있다는 기대감이 큽니다”라며 배우 박해진과 함께하는 기쁨을 밝혔다.

한편 ‘에덴의 동쪽’에서 카리스마 넘치는 연기로 시청자들의 호평을 받고 있는 배우 조민기는 이번 백상예술대상에서 TV부문 작품상 시상자로 참석할 예정이다.

[매일경제 스타투데이 조은영 기자 helloey@mk.co.kr]

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조민기-박해진, 3월 9일 아프리카 동반 봉사 활동











[마이데일리 = 양지원 기자] MBC 월화극 '에덴의 동쪽'에서 부자지간에서 원수지간으로 연기를 펼치고 있는 배우 조민기와 박해진이 내달 9일 아프리카로 봉사활동을 떠난다.

조민기는 지난 2007년 4월 자신의 홈페이지를 통해 'With Us, With Earth'를 줄인 '더불어'란 명칭으로 봉사활동을 시작했다. '더불어'의 후원계좌를 만들어 물이 부족한 땅 아프리카에 샘물을 만들어 주기 위한 봉사를 지속해오고 있다.

지난해 1월 우간다에 첫 우물을 파고 두번째 우물을 파기 위해 서부 아프리카로 출국하는 조민기는 "이번 우물은 아프리카에서도 가장 열악한 '코트디부아르'와 '브루키나 파소'에 만들어질 예정"이라며 "이 지역들은 다른 곳보다도 나눔의 손길이 덜 미치는 곳"이라고 덧붙였다.

조민기의 팬들은 두번째와 세번째 우물을 위해 천만원의 금액을 모아 전달했고 이에 조민기는 "팬들의 정성과 사랑에 눈물이 핑 돌았고, 여러분들이 자랑스럽고, 여러분들 덕분에 세상 곳곳에 사랑이라는 세포들은 보이지 않을 만큼 작더라도 분명히 세상을 움직이는 큰 힘으로서 존재한다는 믿음을 새삼 깨닫게 된다. 우리의 마음들이 함께 한데 모일 수 있음에 감사 드리고, 그 모인 마음으로 우리가 한 곳으로 무언가 행동할 수 있다는 것에 큰 감사의 말씀을 드린다"며 홈페이지를 통해 고마움을 표시했다.

조민기는 또 "박해진이란 후배는 내 신인 시절을 돌이킬 수 있어서 더 애착이 갔었고, 이젠 배우 박해진으로 거듭난 그의 노력을 존경하고 있다. 더구나 이번 아프리카행에 일 년을 함께 고생했던 후배 배우가 함께 나서준다니 저로서는 더 없는 큰 힘이고, 박해진이라는 또 한 명의 메신저가 생길 수 있다는 기대감이 크다"며 후배 박해진과 봉사를 함께하는 기쁨을 밝혔다.

한편 조민기는 27일 열리는 백상예술대상에서 TV부문 작품상 시상자로 참석할 예정이다.

[함께 아프리카로 봉사활동을 떠나는 배우 조민기(왼쪽), 박해진. 사진 = 멘토 엔터테인먼트, 마이데일리DB]

(양지원 기자 jiwon@mydaily.co.kr)

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조민기-박해진, 아프리카 봉사 활동 동행











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배우 조민기(44)와 박해진(26)이 드라마에서 이루지 못한 부자 인연 봉사활동으로 보여준다.

MBC 창사47주년 특별기획 '에덴의 동쪽'(극본 나연숙, 연출 김진만 최병길)에서 뒤바뀐 운명으로 인해 부자지간에서 원수지간으로 팽팽한 연기대결을 펼치고 있는 두 사람은 오는 3월 9일 함께 아프리카로 봉사활동을 떠난다.

조민기는 지난 2007년 4월 자신의 홈페이지를 통해 'With Us, With Earth'를 줄여 '더불어'란 명칭으로 봉사활동을 시작했다.

'더불어'의 후원계좌를 만들어 여전히 물이 부족한 땅 아프리카에 마르지 않는 샘물을 만들어 주기 위한 봉사를 지속해오고 있다.

지난 2006년 12월 우간다 봉사활동에서 물이 부족해 4시간 이상 걸어서 오염된 표면수를 길러 다니는 어린이들을 보고 매년 우물 하나씩 10년 동안 만들어주면 10개의 맑은 우물이 그들의 건강을 지켜줄 것이라는 생각에서 시작한 후원이었다.

지난해 1월 우간다에 첫 우물을 파고 이번엔 두번째와 세번째 우물을 파기 위해 서부 아프리카로 출국한다. 이번 우물은 아프리카에서도 가장 열악한 코트디부아르와 브루키나 파소에 만들어질 예정이다. 이 지역들은 다른 곳보다도 나눔의 손길이 덜 미치는 곳이라고 한다.

우물 하나를 파는데 우리 돈으로 약 600만원의 비용이 들며 이번 일을 위해 모인 금액은 천만원이 조금 넘는 것으로 전해졌다.

항상 팬들에게 입금 금액을 회계 감사 보고하는 것을 잊지 않는 조민기는 자신의 홈페이지를 통해 감사의 메시지를 전했다.

조민기는 "박해진이란 후배는 내 신인 시절을 돌이킬 수 있어서 더 애착이 갔고, 이젠 배우 박해진으로 거듭난 그의 노력을 존경하고 있다"며 "더구나 이번 아프리카행에 일 년을 함께 고생했던 후배 배우가 함께 나서준다니 저로서는 더 없는 큰 힘이다. 박해진이라는 또 한 명의 메신저가 생겨 기대감이 크다"며 박해진과의 동행에 기쁨을 표현했다.

드라마 '에덴의 동쪽'에서 카리스마 넘치는 연기로 시청자들의 호평을 받고 있는 조민기는 오늘(27) 열리는 백상예술대상 시상식에 TV부문 작품상 시상자로 참석할 예정이다.

/김명은기자 drama@joynews24.com, 사진 조이뉴스24 포토DB

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[OSEN=강희수 기자] MBC 특별기획 드라마 ‘에덴의 동쪽’(나연숙 극본, 김진만 연출)에서 뒤바뀐 운명으로 인해 부자지간에서 원수지간으로 변한 조민기와 박해진이 현실에선 아름다운 동반자가 된다. 오는 3월 9일 함께 아프리카 봉사활동을 떠나기로 뜻을 모았다.

조민기는 2007년 4월 자신의 홈페이지를 통해 봉사활동을 천명했다. ‘With Us, With Earth’를 줄여 ‘더불어’란 이름으로 단체를 만들고 ‘더불어’의 후원계좌를 통해 물이 부족한 땅 아프리카에 마르지 않는 샘물을 제공하는 봉사를 지속해오고 있다.

2006년 12월 우간다 봉사활동에서 물이 부족해 4시간 이상 걸어서 오염된 표면수를 길어오는 어린이들을 보고 매년 우물 하나씩 10년 동안 만들어주면 10개의 맑은 우물이 그들의 건강을 지켜줄 것이라는 생각에서 시작한 후원이었다. 우물 하나를 파는 비용은 우리 돈으로 약 600만 원 정도. 작년 1월 우간다에 첫 우물을 파고 이번엔 두 번째와 세 번째 우물을 파기 위해 서부 아프리카로 출국한다. 이번 우물은 아프리카에서도 가장 열악한 ‘코트디부아르’와 ‘브루키나 파소’에 만들어질 예정이다. 이 지역들은 다른 곳보다도 나눔의 손길이 덜 미치는 곳이라고 한다.

두 번째와 세 번째 우물을 위해 모인 금액은 1000만 원이 조금 넘는다. 조민기는 생각지 못한 큰 금액에 “팬들의 정성과 사랑에 눈물이 핑 돌았고, 여러분들이 자랑스럽고, 여러분들 덕분에 세상 곳곳에 사랑이라는 세포들은 보이지 않을 만큼 작더라도 분명히 세상을 움직이는 큰 힘으로서 존재한다는 믿음을 새삼 깨닫게 됩니다. 우리의 마음들이 함께 한데 모일 수 있음에 감사 드리고, 그 모인 마음으로 우리가 한 곳으로 무언가 행동할 수 있다는 것에 큰 감사의 말씀을 드린다”며 자신의 홈페이지에 감격 메시지를 전했다. 조민기는 입금 금액에 대한 회계 감사 보고를 팬들에게 하고 있다.

이어 조민기는 “박해진이란 후배는 내 신인 시절을 돌이킬 수 있어서 더 애착이 갔었고, 이젠 배우 박해진으로 거듭난 그의 노력을 존경하고 있습니다. 더구나, 이번 아프리카행에 1년을 함께 고생했던 후배 배우가 함께 나서준다니 저로서는 더 없는 큰 힘이고, 박해진이라는 또 한 명의 메신저가 생길 수 있다는 기대감이 큽니다”라며 배우 박해진과 함께하는 기쁨도 밝혔다.

‘에덴의 동쪽’에서 카리스마 넘치는 연기로 시청자들의 호평을 받고 있는 배우 조민기는 2009년 백상예술대상에서 TV부문 작품상 시상자로 참석할 예정이다.

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조민기-박해진, 우물 건립 위해 아프리카 봉사











[아시아경제신문 강승훈 기자] 조민기와 박해진이 아프리카로 봉사활동을 떠난다.

두 사람은 오는 3월 9일 서부 아프리카 지역인 코트디부아르, 브루키나 파소에 우물을 건립해주기 위해 출국하는 것.

조민기는 지난 2007년 4월 자신의 홈페이지를 통해 'With Us, With Earth'를 줄여 '더불어'라는 명칭으로 봉사활동을 해오고 있다. '더불어'의 후원계좌를 만들어, 여전히 물이 부족한 아프리카에 우물을 만들어주고 있는 것이다.

이 같은 생각은 지난 2006년 12월 우간다에 봉사활동을 하고 난 후에 더욱 분명해졌다. 물이 부족해 4시간 이상 걸어서 오염된 표면수를 길러 다니는 어린이들을 보고 매년 우물 하나씩 10년 동안 만들어주면 10개의 맑은 우물이 그들의 건강을 지켜줄 것이라는 생각한 것이다.

우물 하나를 파는 비용은 우리 돈으로 약 600만원. '더불어'를 통해 모금한 성금이 천만원이 조금 넘는다.

조민기는 "생각지 못한 큰 금액에 팬들의 정성과 사랑에 눈물이 핑 돌았고, 여러분들이 자랑스럽고, 여러분들 덕분에 세상 곳곳에 사랑이라는 세포들은 보이지 않을 만큼 작더라도 분명히 세상을 움직이는 큰 힘으로서 존재한다는 믿음을 새삼 깨닫게 됩니다. 우리의 마음들이 함께 한데 모일 수 있음에 감사 드리고, 그 모인 마음으로 우리가 한 곳으로 무언가 행동할 수 있다는 것에 큰 감사의 말씀을 드린다"며 감사의 메시지를 전했다.

이어 그는 "박해진이란 후배는 내 신인 시절을 돌이킬 수 있어서 더 애착이 갔었고, 이젠 배우 박해진으로 거듭난 그의 노력을 존경하고 있습니다. 더구나, 이번 아프리카행에 1년을 함께 고생했던 후배 배우가 함께 나서준다니 저로서는 더 없는 큰 힘이고, 박해진이라는 또 한 명의 메신저가 생길 수 있다는 기대감이 큽니다."라며 기대감을 드러냈다.

'에덴의 동쪽'에서 카리스마 넘치는 연기로 시청자들의 호평을 받고 있는 배우 조민기는 이번 백상예술대상에서 TV부문 작품상 시상자로 참석할 예정이다.

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가천의과대 조장희 박사팀 세계서 가장 선명한 뇌지도 완성







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《국내 연구진이 세계에서 가장 선명한 ‘뇌지도’를 완성했다. 한국인의 뇌지도가 완성된 것도 이번이 처음이다. 가천의과대 뇌과학연구소 조장희(사진) 박사팀은 “0.3mm 정도의 미세혈관까지 볼 수 있는 새로운 뇌지도를 완성했다”고 26일 밝혔다. 이 작업에는 서울대, 아주대, 삼성의료원 연구진이 함께 참여했다. 세계적 의학출판사인 ‘스프링거’는 최근 조 박사팀과 독점 계약해 이 뇌지도를 책으로 제작하고 있다. 550장 분량의 이 책은 올 하반기에 세계에서 동시 발간될 예정이다.》

기존 MRI보다 3배이상 선명

0.3㎜ 미세혈관도 손금보듯

○ 지구 자기장 35만 배 MRI로 뇌를 찍다

뇌지도는 뇌 사진 위에 피질, 혈관 등 각 부분의 위치를 정밀하게 표시한 그림이다. 낯선 곳을 찾아갈 때 지도를 참고하듯 뇌수술을 하거나 뇌질환 연구를 할 때 길라잡이가 된다.

문제는 지금까지 알려진 뇌지도의 해상도가 낮아 뇌 구석구석을 제대로 볼 수 없었다는 것. 가령 뇌 깊숙한 곳에 전극을 삽입한 뒤 전기자극을 줘 기능을 알아보려 해도 기존 뇌지도로는 전극을 어디에 꽂아야 할지 정확히 찾을 수 없었다.

가천의과대 뇌과학연구소 김영보 교수는 “새로운 뇌지도는 기존 지도에 비해 해상도가 최소 3배 이상 높아졌다”고 말했다.

뇌지도의 해상도를 확 끌어올린 일등공신은 7T(테슬라) 자기공명영상(MRI)장치다. 7T MRI는 지구 자기장의 35만 배쯤 되는 강력한 자기장을 발생시켜 뇌 사진을 찍는다. 일반적으로 사용되는 MRI는 이보다 약한 1.5T짜리다.

김 교수는 “1.5T MRI로는 눈에 띄지 않던 미세혈관이 7T MRI에서는 뚜렷이 나타난다”고 말했다. 우주망원경의 해상도를 높일수록 보이지 않던 별이 관찰되는 것과 같은 원리다. 뇌과학연구소가 자체 개발한 ‘헤드 안테나’도 한몫했다.

헤드 안테나는 둥근 헬멧 모양의 투명한 플라스틱에 수십 개의 코일이 붙어 있다. 뇌 사진을 찍을 때 환자가 헤드 안테나를 쓰면 코일이 MRI와 교신하면서 영상을 더욱 선명하게 만든다.

○ 살아 있는 사람 찍으니 미세혈관이 생생

‘스프링거’ 같은 유명 출판사가 조 박사팀의 뇌지도에 눈독을 들인 이유는 해상도 때문만이 아니다. 연구팀의 뇌지도가 살아 있는 사람의 뇌를 기반으로 제작됐다는 것도 출판사를 놀라게 했다.

현재 의학 교과서에 있는 뇌지도는 대부분 죽은 사람의 뇌를 찍은 사진이다. 간혹 살아 있는 뇌 사진을 찍더라도 해상도가 낮아 죽은 사람의 뇌를 잘라서 본 것만 못했다.

김 교수는 “죽은 뇌에서는 뇌기능에 직접 관여하는 미세혈관을 관찰할 수 없다”고 말했다. 살아 있을 때는 있었던 부위가 죽은 뒤에는 사라지는 경우도 있다. 연구팀은 자유롭게 뇌를 찍을 수 있다는 생각에 죽은 사람의 뇌를 MRI로 촬영했다가 낭패를 보기도 했다.

서울대 의대 지제근 명예교수는 “한평생 봐온 뇌에서 지금껏 발견하지 못한 새로운 부위를 새 뇌지도로 벌써 두세 군데 찾았다”며 “이 부위의 기능이 뭔지 당장 연구할 생각”이라고 말했다.

특히 지금까지 MRI를 찍을 때 뇌 단면을 자르는 각도가 제각각이었는데, 이번에 연구팀은 표준으로 삼을 수 있는 새로운 기준을 마련해 제시했다. 연구팀의 뇌 지도책(New Brain Atlas)에 ‘새로운’이라는 형용사가 붙은 이유도 이 때문이다.

○ “파킨슨 병 등 뇌질환 진단 새 장 열 것”

조 박사팀의 뇌지도가 완성되는 데는 꼬박 1년 반이 걸렸다. 한 연구원은 “뇌지도가 꿈에까지 나타나 괴롭힌다”고 투덜댈 정도로 연구팀의 고생은 이만저만이 아니었다.

지 교수는 장당 평균 48개나 되는 뇌 부위를 360장에 걸쳐 일일이 영어로 이름을 붙였다. 그리고 처음부터 끝까지 6번 이상 철자가 틀리진 않았는지 검토했다. 그는 “전 세계 연구자가 볼 책이라 더욱 책임감을 느꼈다”고 말했다.

아주대 의대 정민석 교수는 죽은 사람의 뇌지도를 만들기 위해 영하 70도에서 꽁꽁 얼린 뇌를 0.1mm 두께로 잘라 사진을 찍었다. 뇌의 평균 길이가 20cm 정도이니 2000번 자르고 찍기를 반복한 셈이다. 이 뇌지도는 살아 있는 사람의 뇌지도와 비교할 수 있게 새 지도책에 나란히 실렸다.

김 교수는 “알츠하이머나 파킨슨병처럼 퇴행성 뇌질환을 진단하고 치료하는 데 새 뇌지도가 큰 역할을 할 것”이라고 기대했다. 또 그는 “살아 있는 한국인의 뇌를 대상으로 만들었기 때문에 처음으로 한국인 뇌의 표준지도를 제시했다는 점도 의의가 있다”고 말했다.

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[KoreaToday] No Logo for South Korea?





Simon Anholt


By Simon Anholt

People tell me that all this hysteria about ``nation branding'' is my fault. Back in 1998, I wrote a paper called Nation Brands of the Twenty-First Century, which was the first to describe how countries need to look after their public images just as much as companies do.

Since then, the idea of nation branding has become so common that almost every week one reads of yet another country launching a branding program to improve its image around the world.

President Lee Myung-bak, as we all know, has identified the task of improving South Korea's rather weak performance in my survey, the Anholt-GfK Roper Nation Brands Index (NBI), as a particularly important challenge for the country's future success and prosperity.

It's true that Korea currently ranks 33rd out of the 50 countries in the Nation Brands Index, but it would be a mistake to develop a strategy on the basis of a simple headline result taken from Internet newsfeeds.

Korea needs to benchmark its international image properly, and this means a close and rigorous analysis of the NBI results with respect to Korea's competitors, its specific overseas audiences, and in individual areas such as culture, tourism, products, education, sport, people, governance or the environment, all of which has yet to take place.

Still, nobody seriously disputes the fact that countries depend on their images, and nobody any longer question my original observation that good governance must include an element of brand management.

But if you look again at that paper I wrote in 1998, you will see that I never spoke about ``nation branding.'' The phrase I used was ``nation brand.'' This is an important distinction. I wrote about how critical a country's brand image can be, but I didn't claim that you could brand a country in the same way you can brand a mobile phone, bank or a corporation like Samsung or Hyundai.

Products and services which are offered for sale to consumers and the companies that make them can certainly be promoted using slogans, logos, advertising and PR campaigns because the products are available for purchase; it is because consumers might be interested in buying them, and marketing helps bring the two together.

Countries, on the other hand, are not for sale, and ``consumers'' in other countries are not usually very interested in them. The reason why Korea has a weak international image (at least outside its own region) is not because it has spent too little on promoting itself but because people simply aren't interested in Korea. And there is, currently, no absolutely compelling reason why they should be. No advertising campaign on Earth can change this simple fact.

Most people in most countries aren't even very interested in their own country, let alone the 200 or so other countries around the world. They are interested in their own lives, their own families and their own neighborhood.

Perhaps they sometimes think about America or China or Iraq or some other country that's regularly in the news. Perhaps they occasionally give a thought to their neighboring countries, another country where friends or relatives live, or another country they would like to visit one day as tourists or migrant workers or students.

But the idea that large numbers of people in Europe, the Americas, South Asia or anywhere else would spend time thinking about South Korea is, at least at the moment, a vain and idle fantasy, and spending taxpayers' money trying to force them to do so is utterly unjustifiable.

Korea could spend 100 billion won on promoting its image, or even a trillion won, and it still wouldn't make itself relevant to the daily lives of most people in Canada or Brazil or India or France.

The cutest logo in the world, the snappiest slogan in history, the most glamorous advertising campaign ever created, simply won't make people admire something that has no relevance or particular appeal to them.

You might as well burn the money. Korea is not a product, and it's not for sale, so spending money on promoting something that isn't for sale, especially in today's tough economic climate, is the height of lunacy.

In all the years I have been working and studying this field, I have never seen one single properly documented case study to prove that it is possible to enhance the international reputation of a country through marketing communications.

There have been plenty of successful tourism campaigns, but that's another matter. With tourism, you're selling a product, and effective marketing undoubtedly helps to sell it more effectively. Korea is already doing this, and must continue to do so.

No, whenever a country's overall image improves, it's because of what the country does, not what the country says. Ireland's foreign investment miracle, South Africa's political miracle, Australia's and New Zealand's tourism miracle, Japan's and Germany's export miracle after the Second World War and Spain's democratic and economic miracle after Franco come to mind. When a nation brand improves, it's always about governance, society, culture, policy, economics, and, more than anything else, timing.

Euh Yoon-dae is absolutely right when he says that Korea's contribution to the international community affects its image.

One of the reasons people don't pay attention to Korea is they don't see it participating in global conversations on the environment, energy, poverty, the financial crisis, disease eradication, or cultural and religious disputes. It's marginal, almost invisible, and not a ``player'' in international affairs.

Korea is perceived as a country which, like most other countries, is the passive recipient of global influences, not an active driver of them; it just isn't one of the handful of ``countries that count.''

So Euh's team should not ask ``What can we say to make Korea famous?'' but ``What can we do to make Korea relevant?'' Instead of asking how they can charm or coerce people into admiring Korea, they should ask themselves why people in other countries should even think about Korea in the first place.

And if there honestly isn't a good reason why they should, and if a good reason can't be created, then the ``nation branding'' project should simply be dropped, and Korea should accept that its destiny, at least for now, is not to be famous or admired outside its own region, just quietly effective. And maybe would be fine, too.

With every government I advise around the world, I always encourage them to start by asking one tough question: What is your country for?

I ask the same question to Korea's leaders. What is Korea for? What is its role in the world? What is its contribution to humanity and its role in the community of nations? Why should people care about Korea, now or in the future? If Korea disappeared off the face of the earth one day, would anybody notice? Would anybody mind? And if so, who would mind, and why?

This has nothing to do with advertising, nothing to do with public relations, nothing to do with design or branding. It has everything to do with good governance and good leadership.

This is not a task that can be delegated to communications agencies: nothing less than a functioning coalition between government, industry and civil society can be trusted to look after Korea's most valuable asset, its international reputation.

Korea is not Samsung, nor is it a fizzy drink or a running shoe. It is a nation, and nations need to earn their reputations, slowly and patiently, through their policies, their investments, their innovations, their people, their culture, their companies, their tourism, and their contribution to humanity.

So please, Mr President Lee, no logos, no slogans and no campaigns. It's time for deeds, not words and pictures.

Who Is Simon Anholt?

Simon Anholt is the leading authority on managing and measuring national identity and reputation, and the creator of the field of nation brand and place brand.

He is a member of the U.K. Foreign Office's Public Diplomacy Board and has advised the governments of some 30 countries, from Chile to Botswana, Korea to Jamaica, and Bhutan to the Faroe Islands.

He is the founding editor of the quarterly journal Place Branding and Public Diplomacy, and author of Another One Bites The Grass, Brand New Justice, Brand America and Competitive Identity ― The New Brand Management for Nations, Cities and Regions.

He publishes two major annual surveys, the Anholt-GfK Roper Nation Brands Index and State Brands Index. For further information, please see www.simonanholt.com.






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Full Text of Obama’s Speech







Madame Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, and the first lady of the United States:

I've come here tonight not only to address the distinguished men and women in this great chamber, but to speak frankly and directly to the men and women who sent us here.

I know that for many Americans watching right now, the state of our economy is a concern that rises above all others. And rightly so. If you haven't been personally affected by this recession, you probably know someone who has - a friend; a neighbor; a member of your family. You don't need to hear another list of statistics to know that our economy is in crisis, because you live it every day. It's the worry you wake up with and the source of sleepless nights. It's the job you thought you'd retire from but now have lost; the business you built your dreams upon that's now hanging by a thread; the college acceptance letter your child had to put back in the envelope. The impact of this recession is real, and it is everywhere.

But while our economy may be weakened and our confidence shaken; though we are living through difficult and uncertain times, tonight I want every American to know this:

We will rebuild, we will recover, and the United States of America will emerge stronger than before.

The weight of this crisis will not determine the destiny of this nation. The answers to our problems don't lie beyond our reach. They exist in our laboratories and universities; in our fields and our factories; in the imaginations of our entrepreneurs and the pride of the hardest-working people on Earth. Those qualities that have made America the greatest force of progress and prosperity in human history we still possess in ample measure. What is required now is for this country to pull together, confront boldly the challenges we face, and take responsibility for our future once more.

Now, if we're honest with ourselves, we'll admit that for too long, we have not always met these responsibilities - as a government or as a people. I say this not to lay blame or look backwards, but because it is only by understanding how we arrived at this moment that we'll be able to lift ourselves out of this predicament.

The fact is, our economy did not fall into decline overnight. Nor did all of our problems begin when the housing market collapsed or the stock market sank. We have known for decades that our survival depends on finding new sources of energy. Yet we import more oil today than ever before. The cost of health care eats up more and more of our savings each year, yet we keep delaying reform. Our children will compete for jobs in a global economy that too many of our schools do not prepare them for. And though all these challenges went unsolved, we still managed to spend more money and pile up more debt, both as individuals and through our government, than ever before.

In other words, we have lived through an era where too often, short-term gains were prized over long-term prosperity; where we failed to look beyond the next payment, the next quarter, or the next election. A surplus became an excuse to transfer wealth to the wealthy instead of an opportunity to invest in our future.

Regulations were gutted for the sake of a quick profit at the expense of a healthy market. People bought homes they knew they couldn't afford from banks and lenders who pushed those bad loans anyway. And all the while, critical debates and difficult decisions were put off for some other time on some other day.

Well that day of reckoning has arrived, and the time to take charge of our future is here.

Now is the time to act boldly and wisely - to not only revive this economy, but to build a new foundation for lasting prosperity. Now is the time to jumpstart job creation, re-start lending, and invest in areas like energy, health care, and education that will grow our economy, even as we make hard choices to bring our deficit down. That is what my economic agenda is designed to do, and that's what I'd like to talk to you about tonight.

It's an agenda that begins with jobs.

As soon as I took office, I asked this Congress to send me a recovery plan by President's Day that would put people back to work and put money in their pockets. Not because I believe in bigger government - I don't. Not because I'm not mindful of the massive debt we've inherited - I am. I called for action because the failure to do so would have cost more jobs and caused more hardships. In fact, a failure to act would have worsened our long-term deficit by assuring weak economic growth for years. That's why I pushed for quick action. And tonight, I am grateful that this Congress delivered, and pleased to say that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is now law.

Over the next two years, this plan will save or create 3.5 million jobs. More than 90% of these jobs will be in the private sector - jobs rebuilding our roads and bridges; constructing wind turbines and solar panels; laying broadband and expanding mass transit.

Because of this plan, there are teachers who can now keep their jobs and educate our kids. Health care professionals can continue caring for our sick. There are 57 police officers who are still on the streets of Minneapolis tonight because this plan prevented the layoffs their department was about to make.

Because of this plan, 95% of the working households in America will receive a tax cut - a tax cut that you will see in your paychecks beginning on April 1st.

Because of this plan, families who are struggling to pay tuition costs will receive a $2,500 tax credit for all four years of college. And Americans who have lost their jobs in this recession will be able to receive extended unemployment benefits and continued health care coverage to help them weather this storm.

I know there are some in this chamber and watching at home who are skeptical of whether this plan will work. I understand that skepticism. Here in Washington, we've all seen how quickly good intentions can turn into broken promises and wasteful spending. And with a plan of this scale comes enormous responsibility to get it right.

That is why I have asked Vice President Biden to lead a tough, unprecedented oversight effort - because nobody messes with Joe. I have told each member of my Cabinet as well as mayors and governors across the country that they will be held accountable by me and the American people for every dollar they spend. I have appointed a proven and aggressive Inspector General to ferret out any and all cases of waste and fraud. And we have created a new website called recovery.gov so that every American can find out how and where their money is being spent.

So the recovery plan we passed is the first step in getting our economy back on track. But it is just the first step. Because even if we manage this plan flawlessly, there will be no real recovery unless we clean up the credit crisis that has severely weakened our financial system.

I want to speak plainly and candidly about this issue tonight, because every American should know that it directly affects you and your family's well-being. You should also know that the money you've deposited in banks across the country is safe; your insurance is secure; and you can rely on the continued operation of our financial system. That is not the source of concern.

The concern is that if we do not re-start lending in this country, our recovery will be choked off before it even begins.

You see, the flow of credit is the lifeblood of our economy. The ability to get a loan is how you finance the purchase of everything from a home to a car to a college education; how stores stock their shelves, farms buy equipment, and businesses make payroll.

But credit has stopped flowing the way it should. Too many bad loans from the housing crisis have made their way onto the books of too many banks. With so much debt and so little confidence, these banks are now fearful of lending out any more money to households, to businesses, or to each other. When there is no lending, families can't afford to buy homes or cars. So businesses are forced to make layoffs. Our economy suffers even more, and credit dries up even further.

That is why this administration is moving swiftly and aggressively to break this destructive cycle, restore confidence, and re-start lending.

We will do so in several ways. First, we are creating a new lending fund that represents the largest effort ever to help provide auto loans, college loans, and small business loans to the consumers and entrepreneurs who keep this economy running.

Second, we have launched a housing plan that will help responsible families facing the threat of foreclosure lower their monthly payments and re-finance their mortgages. It's a plan that won't help speculators or that neighbor down the street who bought a house he could never hope to afford, but it will help millions of Americans who are struggling with declining home values - Americans who will now be able to take advantage of the lower interest rates that this plan has already helped bring about. In fact, the average family who re-finances today can save nearly $2000 per year on their mortgage.

Third, we will act with the full force of the federal government to ensure that the major banks that Americans depend on have enough confidence and enough money to lend even in more difficult times. And when we learn that a major bank has serious problems, we will hold accountable those responsible, force the necessary adjustments, provide the support to clean up their balance sheets, and assure the continuity of a strong, viable institution that can serve our people and our economy.

I understand that on any given day, Wall Street may be more comforted by an approach that gives banks bailouts with no strings attached, and that holds nobody accountable for their reckless decisions. But such an approach won't solve the problem. And our goal is to quicken the day when we re-start lending to the American people and American business and end this crisis once and for all.

I intend to hold these banks fully accountable for the assistance they receive, and this time, they will have to clearly demonstrate how taxpayer dollars result in more lending for the American taxpayer. This time, CEOs won't be able to use taxpayer money to pad their paychecks or buy fancy drapes or disappear on a private jet. Those days are over.

Still, this plan will require significant resources from the federal government - and yes, probably more than we've already set aside. But while the cost of action will be great, I can assure you that the cost of inaction will be far greater, for it could result in an economy that sputters along for not months or years, but perhaps a decade. That would be worse for our deficit, worse for business, worse for you, and worse for the next generation. And I refuse to let that happen.

I understand that when the last administration asked this Congress to provide assistance for struggling banks, Democrats and Republicans alike were infuriated by the mismanagement and results that followed. So were the American taxpayers. So was I.

So I know how unpopular it is to be seen as helping banks right now, especially when everyone is suffering in part from their bad decisions. I promise you - I get it.

But I also know that in a time of crisis, we cannot afford to govern out of anger, or yield to the politics of the moment. My job - our job - is to solve the problem. Our job is to govern with a sense of responsibility. I will not spend a single penny for the purpose of rewarding a single Wall Street executive, but I will do whatever it takes to help the small business that can't pay its workers or the family that has saved and still can't get a mortgage.

That's what this is about. It's not about helping banks - it's about helping people. Because when credit is available again, that young family can finally buy a new home. And then some company will hire workers to build it. And then those workers will have money to spend, and if they can get a loan too, maybe they'll finally buy that car, or open their own business. Investors will return to the market, and American families will see their retirement secured once more. Slowly, but surely, confidence will return, and our economy will recover.

So I ask this Congress to join me in doing whatever proves necessary. Because we cannot consign our nation to an open-ended recession. And to ensure that a crisis of this magnitude never happens again, I ask Congress to move quickly on legislation that will finally reform our outdated regulatory system. It is time to put in place tough, new common-sense rules of the road so that our financial market rewards drive and innovation, and punishes short-cuts and abuse.

The recovery plan and the financial stability plan are the immediate steps we're taking to revive our economy in the short-term. But the only way to fully restore America's economic strength is to make the long-term investments that will lead to new jobs, new industries, and a renewed ability to compete with the rest of the world. The only way this century will be another American century is if we confront at last the price of our dependence on oil and the high cost of health care; the schools that aren't preparing our children and the mountain of debt they stand to inherit. That is our responsibility.

In the next few days, I will submit a budget to Congress. So often, we have come to view these documents as simply numbers on a page or laundry lists of programs. I see this document differently. I see it as a vision for America - as a blueprint for our future.

My budget does not attempt to solve every problem or address every issue. It reflects the stark reality of what we've inherited - a trillion dollar deficit, a financial crisis, and a costly recession.

Given these realities, everyone in this chamber - Democrats and Republicans - will have to sacrifice some worthy priorities for which there are no dollars. And that includes me.

But that does not mean we can afford to ignore our long-term challenges. I reject the view that says our problems will simply take care of themselves; that says government has no role in laying the foundation for our common prosperity.

For history tells a different story. History reminds us that at every moment of economic upheaval and transformation, this nation has responded with bold action and big ideas. In the midst of civil war, we laid railroad tracks from one coast to another that spurred commerce and industry. From the turmoil of the Industrial Revolution came a system of public high schools that prepared our citizens for a new age. In the wake of war and depression, the GI Bill sent a generation to college and created the largest middle-class in history. And a twilight struggle for freedom led to a nation of highways, an American on the moon, and an explosion of technology that still shapes our world.

In each case, government didn't supplant private enterprise; it catalyzed private enterprise. It created the conditions for thousands of entrepreneurs and new businesses to adapt and to thrive.

We are a nation that has seen promise amid peril, and claimed opportunity from ordeal. Now we must be that nation again. That is why, even as it cuts back on the programs we don't need, the budget I submit will invest in the three areas that are absolutely critical to our economic future: energy, health care, and education.

It begins with energy.

We know the country that harnesses the power of clean, renewable energy will lead the 21st century. And yet, it is China that has launched the largest effort in history to make their economy energy efficient. We invented solar technology, but we've fallen behind countries like Germany and Japan in producing it. New plug-in hybrids roll off our assembly lines, but they will run on batteries made in Korea.

Well I do not accept a future where the jobs and industries of tomorrow take root beyond our borders - and I know you don't either. It is time for America to lead again.

Thanks to our recovery plan, we will double this nation's supply of renewable energy in the next three years. We have also made the largest investment in basic research funding in American history - an investment that will spur not only new discoveries in energy, but breakthroughs in medicine, science, and technology.

We will soon lay down thousands of miles of power lines that can carry new energy to cities and towns across this country. And we will put Americans to work making our homes and buildings more efficient so that we can save billions of dollars on our energy bills.

But to truly transform our economy, protect our security, and save our planet from the ravages of climate change, we need to ultimately make clean, renewable energy the profitable kind of energy. So I ask this Congress to send me legislation that places a market-based cap on carbon pollution and drives the production of more renewable energy in America. And to support that innovation, we will invest fifteen billion dollars a year to develop technologies like wind power and solar power; advanced biofuels, clean coal, and more fuel-efficient cars and trucks built right here in America.

As for our auto industry, everyone recognizes that years of bad decision-making and a global recession have pushed our automakers to the brink. We should not, and will not, protect them from their own bad practices. But we are committed to the goal of a re-tooled, re-imagined auto industry that can compete and win. Millions of jobs depend on it. Scores of communities depend on it. And I believe the nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from it.

None of this will come without cost, nor will it be easy. But this is America. We don't do what's easy. We do what is necessary to move this country forward.

For that same reason, we must also address the crushing cost of health care.

This is a cost that now causes a bankruptcy in America every thirty seconds. By the end of the year, it could cause 1.5 million Americans to lose their homes. In the last eight years, premiums have grown four times faster than wages. And in each of these years, one million more Americans have lost their health insurance. It is one of the major reasons why small businesses close their doors and corporations ship jobs overseas. And it's one of the largest and fastest-growing parts of our budget.

Given these facts, we can no longer afford to put health care reform on hold.

Already, we have done more to advance the cause of health care reform in the last thirty days than we have in the last decade. When it was days old, this Congress passed a law to provide and protect health insurance for eleven million American children whose parents work full-time. Our recovery plan will invest in electronic health records and new technology that will reduce errors, bring down costs, ensure privacy, and save lives. It will launch a new effort to conquer a disease that has touched the life of nearly every American by seeking a cure for cancer in our time. And it makes the largest investment ever in preventive care, because that is one of the best ways to keep our people healthy and our costs under control.

This budget builds on these reforms. It includes an historic commitment to comprehensive health care reform - a down payment on the principle that we must have quality, affordable health care for every American. It's a commitment that's paid for in part by efficiencies in our system that are long overdue. And it's a step we must take if we hope to bring down our deficit in the years to come.

Now, there will be many different opinions and ideas about how to achieve reform, and that is why I'm bringing together businesses and workers, doctors and health care providers, Democrats and Republicans to begin work on this issue next week.

I suffer no illusions that this will be an easy process. It will be hard. But I also know that nearly a century after Teddy Roosevelt first called for reform, the cost of our health care has weighed down our economy and the conscience of our nation long enough. So let there be no doubt: health care reform cannot wait, it must not wait, and it will not wait another year.

The third challenge we must address is the urgent need to expand the promise of education in America.

In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity - it is a pre-requisite.

Right now, three-quarters of the fastest-growing occupations require more than a high school diploma. And yet, just over half of our citizens have that level of education. We have one of the highest high school dropout rates of any industrialized nation. And half of the students who begin college never finish.

This is a prescription for economic decline, because we know the countries that out-teach us today will out-compete us tomorrow. That is why it will be the goal of this administration to ensure that every child has access to a complete and competitive education - from the day they are born to the day they begin a career.

Already, we have made an historic investment in education through the economic recovery plan. We have dramatically expanded early childhood education and will continue to improve its quality, because we know that the most formative learning comes in those first years of life. We have made college affordable for nearly seven million more students. And we have provided the resources necessary to prevent painful cuts and teacher layoffs that would set back our children's progress.

But we know that our schools don't just need more resources. They need more reform. That is why this budget creates new incentives for teacher performance; pathways for advancement, and rewards for success. We'll invest in innovative programs that are already helping schools meet high standards and close achievement gaps. And we will expand our commitment to charter schools.

It is our responsibility as lawmakers and educators to make this system work. But it is the responsibility of every citizen to participate in it. And so tonight, I ask every American to commit to at least one year or more of higher education or career training. This can be community college or a four-year school; vocational training or an apprenticeship. But whatever the training may be, every American will need to get more than a high school diploma. And dropping out of high school is no longer an option. It's not just quitting on yourself, it's quitting on your country - and this country needs and values the talents of every American. That is why we will provide the support necessary for you to complete college and meet a new goal: by 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.

I know that the price of tuition is higher than ever, which is why if you are willing to volunteer in your neighborhood or give back to your community or serve your country, we will make sure that you can afford a higher education. And to encourage a renewed spirit of national service for this and future generations, I ask this Congress to send me the bipartisan legislation that bears the name of Senator Orrin Hatch as well as an American who has never stopped asking what he can do for his country - Senator Edward Kennedy.

These education policies will open the doors of opportunity for our children. But it is up to us to ensure they walk through them. In the end, there is no program or policy that can substitute for a mother or father who will attend those parent/teacher conferences, or help with homework after dinner, or turn off the TV, put away the video games, and read to their child. I speak to you not just as a President, but as a father when I say that responsibility for our children's education must begin at home.

There is, of course, another responsibility we have to our children. And that is the responsibility to ensure that we do not pass on to them a debt they cannot pay. With the deficit we inherited, the cost of the crisis we face, and the long-term challenges we must meet, it has never been more important to ensure that as our economy recovers, we do what it takes to bring this deficit down.

I'm proud that we passed the recovery plan free of earmarks, and I want to pass a budget next year that ensures that each dollar we spend reflects only our most important national priorities.

Yesterday, I held a fiscal summit where I pledged to cut the deficit in half by the end of my first term in office. My administration has also begun to go line by line through the federal budget in order to eliminate wasteful and ineffective programs. As you can imagine, this is a process that will take some time. But we're starting with the biggest lines. We have already identified two trillion dollars in savings over the next decade.

In this budget, we will end education programs that don't work and end direct payments to large agribusinesses that don't need them. We'll eliminate the no-bid contracts that have wasted billions in Iraq, and reform our defense budget so that we're not paying for Cold War-era weapons systems we don't use. We will root out the waste, fraud, and abuse in our Medicare program that doesn't make our seniors any healthier, and we will restore a sense of fairness and balance to our tax code by finally ending the tax breaks for corporations that ship our jobs overseas.

In order to save our children from a future of debt, we will also end the tax breaks for the wealthiest 2% of Americans. But let me perfectly clear, because I know you'll hear the same old claims that rolling back these tax breaks means a massive tax increase on the American people: if your family earns less than $250,000 a year, you will not see your taxes increased a single dime. I repeat: not one single dime. In fact, the recovery plan provides a tax cut - that's right, a tax cut - for 95% of working families. And these checks are on the way.

To preserve our long-term fiscal health, we must also address the growing costs in Medicare and Social Security. Comprehensive health care reform is the best way to strengthen Medicare for years to come. And we must also begin a conversation on how to do the same for Social Security, while creating tax-free universal savings accounts for all Americans.

Finally, because we're also suffering from a deficit of trust, I am committed to restoring a sense of honesty and accountability to our budget. That is why this budget looks ahead ten years and accounts for spending that was left out under the old rules - and for the first time, that includes the full cost of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. For seven years, we have been a nation at war. No longer will we hide its price.

We are now carefully reviewing our policies in both wars, and I will soon announce a way forward in Iraq that leaves Iraq to its people and responsibly ends this war.

And with our friends and allies, we will forge a new and comprehensive strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan to defeat al Qaeda and combat extremism. Because I will not allow terrorists to plot against the American people from safe havens half a world away.

As we meet here tonight, our men and women in uniform stand watch abroad and more are readying to deploy. To each and every one of them, and to the families who bear the quiet burden of their absence, Americans are united in sending one message: we honor your service, we are inspired by your sacrifice, and you have our unyielding support. To relieve the strain on our forces, my budget increases the number of our soldiers and Marines. And to keep our sacred trust with those who serve, we will raise their pay, and give our veterans the expanded health care and benefits that they have earned.

To overcome extremism, we must also be vigilant in upholding the values our troops defend - because there is no force in the world more powerful than the example of America. That is why I have ordered the closing of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, and will seek swift and certain justice for captured terrorists - because living our values doesn't make us weaker, it makes us safer and it makes us stronger. And that is why I can stand here tonight and say without exception or equivocation that the United States of America does not torture.

In words and deeds, we are showing the world that a new era of engagement has begun. For we know that America cannot meet the threats of this century alone, but the world cannot meet them without America. We cannot shun the negotiating table, nor ignore the foes or forces that could do us harm. We are instead called to move forward with the sense of confidence and candor that serious times demand.

To seek progress toward a secure and lasting peace between Israel and her neighbors, we have appointed an envoy to sustain our effort. To meet the challenges of the 21st century - from terrorism to nuclear proliferation; from pandemic disease to cyber threats to crushing poverty - we will strengthen old alliances, forge new ones, and use all elements of our national power.

And to respond to an economic crisis that is global in scope, we are working with the nations of the G-20 to restore confidence in our financial system, avoid the possibility of escalating protectionism, and spur demand for American goods in markets across the globe. For the world depends on us to have a strong economy, just as our economy depends on the strength of the world's.

As we stand at this crossroads of history, the eyes of all people in all nations are once again upon us - watching to see what we do with this moment; waiting for us to lead.

Those of us gathered here tonight have been called to govern in extraordinary times. It is a tremendous burden, but also a great privilege - one that has been entrusted to few generations of Americans. For in our hands lies the ability to shape our world for good or for ill.

I know that it is easy to lose sight of this truth - to become cynical and doubtful; consumed with the petty and the trivial.

But in my life, I have also learned that hope is found in unlikely places; that inspiration often comes not from those with the most power or celebrity, but from the dreams and aspirations of Americans who are anything but ordinary.

I think about Leonard Abess, the bank president from Miami who reportedly cashed out of his company, took a $60 million bonus, and gave it out to all 399 people who worked for him, plus another 72 who used to work for him. He didn't tell anyone, but when the local newspaper found out, he simply said, "I knew some of these people since I was 7 years old. I didn't feel right getting the money myself."

I think about Greensburg, Kansas, a town that was completely destroyed by a tornado, but is being rebuilt by its residents as a global example of how clean energy can power an entire community - how it can bring jobs and businesses to a place where piles of bricks and rubble once lay. "The tragedy was terrible," said one of the men who helped them rebuild. "But the folks here know that it also provided an incredible opportunity."

And I think about Ty'Sheoma Bethea, the young girl from that school I visited in Dillon, South Carolina - a place where the ceilings leak, the paint peels off the walls, and they have to stop teaching six times a day because the train barrels by their classroom. She has been told that her school is hopeless, but the other day after class she went to the public library and typed up a letter to the people sitting in this room. She even asked her principal for the money to buy a stamp. The letter asks us for help, and says, "We are just students trying to become lawyers, doctors, congressmen like yourself and one day president, so we can make a change to not just the state of South Carolina but also the world. We are not quitters."

We are not quitters.

These words and these stories tell us something about the spirit of the people who sent us here. They tell us that even in the most trying times, amid the most difficult circumstances, there is a generosity, a resilience, a decency, and a determination that perseveres; a willingness to take responsibility for our future and for posterity.

Their resolve must be our inspiration. Their concerns must be our cause. And we must show them and all our people that we are equal to the task before us.

I know that we haven't agreed on every issue thus far, and there are surely times in the future when we will part ways. But I also know that every American who is sitting here tonight loves this country and wants it to succeed. That must be the starting point for every debate we have in the coming months, and where we return after those debates are done. That is the foundation on which the American people expect us to build common ground.

And if we do - if we come together and lift this nation from the depths of this crisis; if we put our people back to work and restart the engine of our prosperity; if we confront without fear the challenges of our time and summon that enduring spirit of an America that does not quit, then someday years from now our children can tell their children that this was the time when we performed, in the words that are carved into this very chamber, "something worthy to be remembered."

Thank you, God Bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America.






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Scientists Claim Brain Tumor Drug Possible







By Kim Tong-hyung

Staff Reporter

South Korean scientists claim to have developed a gene therapy they say could bring innovations in the treatment of brain cancers.

In a study published by peer-review journal, PLoS One, a research team led by Kyungwon University's Seol Dai-wu say they have uncovered a treatment method that pinpoints and attacks tumor cells, and leaves normal cells undamaged.

The therapy ― a result of combining the tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) protein with the adenovirus ― suppressed the growth of tumors in injected mice with no toxic side effects, Seol said.

Researchers from Korea's Dong-A Pharmaceutical and the University of Pittsburgh also participated in the recent study.

``We have completed the pre-clinical tests jointly with Dong-A Pharmaceutical, and we have applied for approval for clinical trials with the Pharmaceuticals Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA),'' Seol said, who expected the trials to begin sometime during the second half of the year.

``Considering that there hasn't been a significantly effective drug to treat brain cancers thus far, we believe that our new gene therapy has enormous commercial potential,'' he said.

TRAIL is a protein, whose functions are associated with the process of cell death. Although TRAIL garners rapt attention from scientists for its potent and cancer-selective killing ability, the concerns over delivery and toxicity have been limiting the progress in therapy development.

Seol's team developed a secretable trimeric TRAIL (stTRAIL) and inserted it into an adenovirus vector, thus creating what they called an adenovirus delivering stTRAIL (Ad-stTRAIL).

When injecting Ad-stTRAIL into mice with established human-like tumors, the growth of tumors was suppressed in the animals without any side effects, Seol said.

The scientists also said that the combination of Ad-stTRAIL and BCNU, a conventional therapy for brain tumors, was also more successful in suppressing the tumor cells.






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Meaningful Resonance







By Kim Ji-soo

Culture Editor

``Bibbidi-Bobbidi Boo,'' is the incorrigible sentence uttered by top stars Jang Dong-gun and Rain at the end of a commercial for a local carrier.

At first I thought I had misheard, but after several more viewings of the same commercial, the words just stuck in my ear. It doesn't mean anything, but the words or rather sounds, evocatively ring through my brain from time to time. No wonder; it's a famous song from Disney film ``Cinderella'' used by the company.

Last year, the all girls' group Wonder Girls put out such songs, like "I'm So Hot" and "Nobody Nobody But You." These numbers largely comprise of simple refrains of "I'm So Hot'' and ``Nobody, Nobody But You.'' They were wild hits, with a unique addictiveness of their own. There is another, more recent one: ``Gee,'' by another girls group, Girls' Generation.

As you might have expected, there is a lot of ``Gee'' in the song, making it simple and fun to sing along. The ``Gee'' takes after the Gee in English, for exclamation purposes.

It's not only K-pop. Superstar Beyonce has a similar song titled ``Single Ladies.'' A nice song, but towards the end, it's filled with mind-numbing, and once again, addictive lyrics…``Single Ladies.''

Songs usually provide a lift to our weary hearts, and songs with these repetitive refrains add an extra lift. In the past week, another phrase took the nation by surprise. ``Thank you and love each other.'' They are none other than the last words of Korea's first Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, who passed away last Monday at the age of 86.

The simple words of a great spiritual leader rang through our brains, minds and hearts for the past week. Touched by the words and the memories of the late Cardinal, hundreds of thousands of Koreans lined up to pay respect as he lay in state at Myeongdong Cathedral.

The cathedral was where he unwittingly became part of history when he denounced the dictatorship of former President Park Chung-hee in the 1970s, changed the course of the pro-democracy fight when he said in 1987 that the police must first step over him, then the priests and then the nuns before they took away the protesting students who had sought refuge at the cathedral at the height of democracy rallies.

His name, his last words, as well as the words spoken through his life, were like an incantation of hope descending on the gloomy skies over the Korean Peninsula. He was a brutally honest person, who admitted in his 2000 memoir that he constantly wanted to flee from priesthood when he was young; that he sometimes gently touches to feel out the "thicker'' of envelopes that the people donate for mass (this was said in a meeting with church officials in 2005); and who likened himself to an ``idiot.'' His honesty went straight to the heart of many suffering from the latest economic turmoil. We have yet to find another leader who would come forth and speak as honestly as the late Cardinal did. His courage is well recorded in the tumultuous political history of Korean democracy.

We Koreans living in a much more democratic country than several decades ago take some things for granted. But looking back to those politically turbulent 1970s and 1980s, it must have been no easy job to speak out as he did.

I remember that I spent many days of my freshmen year in 1987 and junior year in 1989 debating whether just to take part in the student boycott of classes to call for democracy, when other friends went out to the streets and joined the demonstrations in Myeongdong.

Thus, to speak out nationally was an action on a whole different level. So, it's natural that people took time out to pay respects to an icon of honesty and courage, and hopefully that the strange pull of his departing words ``Thank you and love each other'' may resonate ― at least longer than those songs ― in the days to come.






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