liiiiiiiiink
This article was very interesting. It claims that soda fountains, particularly self-serve ones, could be harboring fecal bacteria, which can cause gastrointestinal diseases. Scientists did a study in a Virginia town, with 48% of the total beverages tested having coliform bacteria in them, but only 20% of that actually exceeded the limit. They think the bacteria gets in the tubing when so many people touch the dispenser daily. Workers may clean the nozzle and exterior frequently, but very seldomly does the tubing get a clean sweep.
This article falls into the category of magnitude. Millions of people eat at fast food restaurants every day, and many of those people order soft drinks. This bacteria issue could become a huge problem if an illness becomes widespread. This really could relate to anyone, with the large amount of people that drink fountain pop. It could potentially affect millions of people. So far, the bacteria hasn't caused any known sickness, but its very possible.
I'm surprised this hasn't become an issue until just now. Fast food restaurants have been especially popular in the last 15 years, and I'm sure bacteria has been existent in our soft drinks the whole time. Obviously it hasn't been a big issue, or we would have heard about it before. That, or people are just becoming more and more unsanitary, causing more bacteria to harbor in the tubing of the soda fountains. Either way, as of right now I don't see this as a big issue, although it could become one.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Monday, January 4, 2010
article summary jan. 4
article link
In the past, anyone traveling or looking to move to the United States who was HIV positive needed a special waiver to gain permission. But after 22 years, the ban will finally be lifted with thanks to President Obama. This article speaks about how many people disagreed with the ban and are pleased that it is finally being lifted. They discuss how it seemed extremely unfair to provide unfair treatment dealing with travel just because of a medical condition.
This article definitely covers health issues in the United States, but also worldwide. Allowing a wider range of individuals into our country could cause a big controversy. This article truly could reach out towards anyone in the US or in another country wishing to travel here. It's such an important article because it literally could affect anyone worldwide.
I think that overall, this is a good thing for our country. By lifting this ban, it can represent to people that we are trying to be less prejudiced. It can also show that we are giving hope to these individuals. So many people move to the USA to start a new life and make things better for themselves, and to allow more people into the country, I think, is a great change.
In the past, anyone traveling or looking to move to the United States who was HIV positive needed a special waiver to gain permission. But after 22 years, the ban will finally be lifted with thanks to President Obama. This article speaks about how many people disagreed with the ban and are pleased that it is finally being lifted. They discuss how it seemed extremely unfair to provide unfair treatment dealing with travel just because of a medical condition.
This article definitely covers health issues in the United States, but also worldwide. Allowing a wider range of individuals into our country could cause a big controversy. This article truly could reach out towards anyone in the US or in another country wishing to travel here. It's such an important article because it literally could affect anyone worldwide.
I think that overall, this is a good thing for our country. By lifting this ban, it can represent to people that we are trying to be less prejudiced. It can also show that we are giving hope to these individuals. So many people move to the USA to start a new life and make things better for themselves, and to allow more people into the country, I think, is a great change.
Monday, December 14, 2009
diversity article summary
article
This article, published in Time Magazine 2 years ago, is an overview of the different methods school boards and administrators have used with the goal of creating more diverse schools (high school) . It starts by discussing the most recent try, with two school districts trying to get the O.K. to choose which school a student would attend based on their race, which was of course shot down. Other approaches in the past have been basing admission on socio-economic status (low-income, free/reduced lunch need, etc.), trying to advertise certain schools to certain types of students and families, letting parents choose, etc. Some of these methods have had good results, but no single way completely keeps a diverse environment in existence.
This article covers diversity in an educational aspect. The administrators WANT greater diversity in classrooms because they say students learn better in more diverse areas. The author is pretty non-biased; the article is probably also a subtle way to get parents to maybe make a better choice on where they send their kids to school. If many people read this article, I really think it would have some affect on parents and their choice of schools. I also think that if more intelligent high school students read this, they may understand a better meaning of why their classrooms are set up the way they are. This is important because it really addresses a big problem. This isn't as much of an issues in smaller cities as I'm sure it would be in a heavily populated area.
I think it's very important that students learn in a diverse problem, but it is EXTREMELY hard to decide if and how they should be divided. It would be unfair to say that they should be dispersed by race, but I have a feeling it would work. But, of course, this would be extremely bad, because students have the choice to go to the school of their choice, if they qualify. Overall, I just think this is a good article that opens some eyes to this issue that they maybe hadn't considered before.
This article, published in Time Magazine 2 years ago, is an overview of the different methods school boards and administrators have used with the goal of creating more diverse schools (high school) . It starts by discussing the most recent try, with two school districts trying to get the O.K. to choose which school a student would attend based on their race, which was of course shot down. Other approaches in the past have been basing admission on socio-economic status (low-income, free/reduced lunch need, etc.), trying to advertise certain schools to certain types of students and families, letting parents choose, etc. Some of these methods have had good results, but no single way completely keeps a diverse environment in existence.
This article covers diversity in an educational aspect. The administrators WANT greater diversity in classrooms because they say students learn better in more diverse areas. The author is pretty non-biased; the article is probably also a subtle way to get parents to maybe make a better choice on where they send their kids to school. If many people read this article, I really think it would have some affect on parents and their choice of schools. I also think that if more intelligent high school students read this, they may understand a better meaning of why their classrooms are set up the way they are. This is important because it really addresses a big problem. This isn't as much of an issues in smaller cities as I'm sure it would be in a heavily populated area.
I think it's very important that students learn in a diverse problem, but it is EXTREMELY hard to decide if and how they should be divided. It would be unfair to say that they should be dispersed by race, but I have a feeling it would work. But, of course, this would be extremely bad, because students have the choice to go to the school of their choice, if they qualify. Overall, I just think this is a good article that opens some eyes to this issue that they maybe hadn't considered before.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
song analysis
lyrics HERE
song: GUANTANAMO
artist: wookiefoot
genre: reggae
Nobody knows how it goes in guantanamo
Terror level orange fear fall like dominoes
Leap but not looking let's jump geranamo
Nobody knows what goes in guantanamo
Machiaveli Machiaveli then i found a quite compelling
Story that the Prince is telling now becoming foul smelling
Justified and over selling listen to your own gut feeling
Conscious screaming now it's yelling
Good's not dealt from dirty dealing
Machiaveli Machiaveli you can call us yellow belly
But from Bali to New Dehli people see what your revealing
See them rising from their kneeling
waking up from their unfeeling
Machiaveli's been dispelled by
trading vengence in for healing
Nobody knows how it goes in guantanamo
Terror level orange fear fall like dominoes
Leap but not looking let's jump geranamo
Nobody knows what goes in guantanamo
Ration the lies so international spies
can rise above the law
while we all close our eyes
Cold war, cold sores, hide behind the closed door
commit the crime that we all know that we would bomb them for
RELEASED WITHIN THE LAST 3 YEARS
The artist is talking about how Guantanamo is looked past by many people because they don't know the severity of what happens there. The treatment and laws that have been changed, they say, are bad and really, we're doing something that if any country did it, we'd be extremely upset with them. This song was written probably in 2006 or 2007, so it was right during the war that's still going on today, before President Obama was elected. You can tell that they are against the whole ordeal through certain words or phrases, which I have italicized above.
RESEARCH
link one
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Guantanamo Bay is a prison on the island of Cuba, meant for detaining prisoners of war who are believed to have involvement with terrorist acts. They are allegedly being treated unfairly- intense ways of getting the prisoners to talk, pepper spray, poor conditions, etc. Also, they are being held there for an extended amount of time without any hopes of a fair trial or interrogation. They are basically being held without any basic rights, which any other prisoner in America would have.
Even before reading through these articles, I knew that this subject was a very controversial one. My mom talks about it a lot (she's actually the one who introduced me to this band!) , and tells me about whats been happening at this "prison."This SHOULD have an effect on every American, but many don't know whats happening. I'd like to think that everyone is opposed, in general, to this ordeal, but obviously people agree that it's just to hold prisoners without any rights. It is pretty intense, though, because these prisoners are being treated extremely unfairly. Imagine if another country was holding American soldiers as prisoners; we'd probably go over there and start a war just for that.
The good thing is, since this song was written, President Obama has been elected and almost immediately after, created something that will order the prison to close within a year, and to start treating the prisoners more fairly.
This song is written by a band who may never be heard by a large public, but I don't think that's why they wrote it. They play for whoever will listen to them, and for those people, it makes a difference. The lyrics are very intense and they make a lot of sense; they are speaking for all those people who agree, but don't know how to express their feelings about such a controversial topic. It also could very easily have opened many people's eyes to this controversy, as if they didn't know before listening; I knew nothing about this until I heard the song, so it mus tbe effective.
song: GUANTANAMO
artist: wookiefoot
genre: reggae
Nobody knows how it goes in guantanamo
Terror level orange fear fall like dominoes
Leap but not looking let's jump geranamo
Nobody knows what goes in guantanamo
Machiaveli Machiaveli then i found a quite compelling
Story that the Prince is telling now becoming foul smelling
Justified and over selling listen to your own gut feeling
Conscious screaming now it's yelling
Good's not dealt from dirty dealing
Machiaveli Machiaveli you can call us yellow belly
But from Bali to New Dehli people see what your revealing
See them rising from their kneeling
waking up from their unfeeling
Machiaveli's been dispelled by
trading vengence in for healing
Nobody knows how it goes in guantanamo
Terror level orange fear fall like dominoes
Leap but not looking let's jump geranamo
Nobody knows what goes in guantanamo
Ration the lies so international spies
can rise above the law
while we all close our eyes
Cold war, cold sores, hide behind the closed door
commit the crime that we all know that we would bomb them for
RELEASED WITHIN THE LAST 3 YEARS
The artist is talking about how Guantanamo is looked past by many people because they don't know the severity of what happens there. The treatment and laws that have been changed, they say, are bad and really, we're doing something that if any country did it, we'd be extremely upset with them. This song was written probably in 2006 or 2007, so it was right during the war that's still going on today, before President Obama was elected. You can tell that they are against the whole ordeal through certain words or phrases, which I have italicized above.
RESEARCH
link one
line two
Guantanamo Bay is a prison on the island of Cuba, meant for detaining prisoners of war who are believed to have involvement with terrorist acts. They are allegedly being treated unfairly- intense ways of getting the prisoners to talk, pepper spray, poor conditions, etc. Also, they are being held there for an extended amount of time without any hopes of a fair trial or interrogation. They are basically being held without any basic rights, which any other prisoner in America would have.
Even before reading through these articles, I knew that this subject was a very controversial one. My mom talks about it a lot (she's actually the one who introduced me to this band!) , and tells me about whats been happening at this "prison."This SHOULD have an effect on every American, but many don't know whats happening. I'd like to think that everyone is opposed, in general, to this ordeal, but obviously people agree that it's just to hold prisoners without any rights. It is pretty intense, though, because these prisoners are being treated extremely unfairly. Imagine if another country was holding American soldiers as prisoners; we'd probably go over there and start a war just for that.
The good thing is, since this song was written, President Obama has been elected and almost immediately after, created something that will order the prison to close within a year, and to start treating the prisoners more fairly.
This song is written by a band who may never be heard by a large public, but I don't think that's why they wrote it. They play for whoever will listen to them, and for those people, it makes a difference. The lyrics are very intense and they make a lot of sense; they are speaking for all those people who agree, but don't know how to express their feelings about such a controversial topic. It also could very easily have opened many people's eyes to this controversy, as if they didn't know before listening; I knew nothing about this until I heard the song, so it mus tbe effective.
Monday, November 30, 2009
diversity!
ARTICLE LINK
This article discusses the diversity that is being exposed in new nighttime talk show programs. Specifically, it covers three new shows, hosted by Wanda Sykes, Mo'Nique, and George Lopez. In the past, all talk show hosts have been white males: Johnny Carson, David Letterman, and so on. Very recently, they have been women, or homosexual, or of a race other than white. Along with these three new hosts, it brings up Chelsea Handler and her Show, "Chelsea Lately," which is very witty and provocative, yet brings in great reviews.
The subject of this article is very relevant to many people in the United States. So many Americans watch television, so when diversity is introduced in areas where it hasn't been previously, it opens the eyes of the people watching. Since I watch "Chelsea Lately" almost nightly, I can agree that she does bring up some very risky topics, but makes a joke of them.
I totally agree with the article. It's great that finally, talk show hosts are becoming more diverse, whether they realize it or not. More than ever, I've seen shows with hosts that are gay or lesbian, a woman, or of another race not Caucasian. This is a small step for Americans and television, but a step nonetheless. Although it SUCKS that everyone is so glued to the television, at least there is some diversity being shown to these people.
This article discusses the diversity that is being exposed in new nighttime talk show programs. Specifically, it covers three new shows, hosted by Wanda Sykes, Mo'Nique, and George Lopez. In the past, all talk show hosts have been white males: Johnny Carson, David Letterman, and so on. Very recently, they have been women, or homosexual, or of a race other than white. Along with these three new hosts, it brings up Chelsea Handler and her Show, "Chelsea Lately," which is very witty and provocative, yet brings in great reviews.
The subject of this article is very relevant to many people in the United States. So many Americans watch television, so when diversity is introduced in areas where it hasn't been previously, it opens the eyes of the people watching. Since I watch "Chelsea Lately" almost nightly, I can agree that she does bring up some very risky topics, but makes a joke of them.
I totally agree with the article. It's great that finally, talk show hosts are becoming more diverse, whether they realize it or not. More than ever, I've seen shows with hosts that are gay or lesbian, a woman, or of another race not Caucasian. This is a small step for Americans and television, but a step nonetheless. Although it SUCKS that everyone is so glued to the television, at least there is some diversity being shown to these people.
Monday, November 16, 2009
mr. henriksen!!
so my powerschool says I didn't do the 4th reading blog.. but I'm pretty sure I did :)
could you double check?
could you double check?
Monday, November 9, 2009
fort hood shooting
1. What are your thoughts, feelings, etc, as you read these articles?
I almost wish he wasn't in such critical condition so he could at least give his reasoning; since he can't speak for himself, everyone else is going to start forming opinions, probably about his race and religion... this will only make racism and prejudice worse.
I almost wish he wasn't in such critical condition so he could at least give his reasoning; since he can't speak for himself, everyone else is going to start forming opinions, probably about his race and religion... this will only make racism and prejudice worse.
2. What role do you think terrorism played in this massacre, if any? Why? Do you think that there was an terrorist organization behind the shooting?
Honestly, I don't know a lot about this story, but maybe that's to my advantage. I don't think it was an act of terrorism. Just because he believes in the same religion as some others who have performed acts of terrorism, doesn't make him a terrorist. I think he had some mental issues, probably relating to his extensive experience with PTSD patients.
3. What role did racism or religious persecution play in this incident? Why?
A HUGE one. SO many people who see this on television, or who are probably reading about this in one of their classes are assuming that he did this due to his race or religion, but no one will really ever know except him, ESPECIALLY if he stays paralyzed.
3. What role did racism or religious persecution play in this incident? Why?
A HUGE one. SO many people who see this on television, or who are probably reading about this in one of their classes are assuming that he did this due to his race or religion, but no one will really ever know except him, ESPECIALLY if he stays paralyzed.
4. Do you think a lot of Muslim Americans have the same feelings as this man? Why or why not?
Its very possible. I know that if I were a Muslim American, and people criticized me for something I didn't do, I would be extremely angry, but I would try not to generalize every non-Muslim as someone who hated my religion, because it is only specific people.
Its very possible. I know that if I were a Muslim American, and people criticized me for something I didn't do, I would be extremely angry, but I would try not to generalize every non-Muslim as someone who hated my religion, because it is only specific people.
5. What do you think the military could have done to prevent this from happening? Why do you believe this? Were there signs that this man had the potential to do something like this? What were they?
If there were signs such as him being Muslim, him not wanting to be deployed, his blogs, etc, then they should have intervened and given him some psychiatric help, maybe given him a break from his position. I don't really see any signs, I'm strongly against certain things but I would never consider killing people.6. Talk about the leadership of Kimberly Munley (the woman who stopped the shooter). What did she do? How would you have reacted in the same situation?
Munley went right into the situation, even though she had the choice to just wait for backup and then enter the situation. She definitely saved many people from getting shot by stopping the shooter before he could move on. I probably would have waited for backup, since I'm lame :/
7. What does this incident say about race relations in America? Specifically with Arab-Americans and Muslims? Is there a reason that Muslims and people from the Arab world feel a certain way about America?
There is definitely a reason why certain other countries have strong feelings against America. We started a war in a country that had nothing to do with what was going on; I'd hate us too.
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