Blog # 15 Project

Cacao e pepe is classic Roman pasta. It is a very simple and popular dish in NYC.

Ingredients:

200g Spaghetti

 2 or 3 cup Pecorino Romano cheese 

Pasta Water

Fresh black pepper (freshly ground)

Blog 12: Revising CAT-W # 2.

In “The Dangers of Reality Tv” Timothy Sexton explains that reality Tv has many negative consequence for young adians and it is not develop people minds. Author also mentions that Tv companies make money for them but it does not help others people. However, it gives wrong ideas that education is not necessary and without it people can achieve their dreams. Timoth Sexton is right when he says that reality Tv shows give us dangerous massages about education.

When we talk about reality Tv shows than we think big stage, a lot of wealthy people and chance to win money that would be change their lives. Timothy said that “These reality shows send the most dangerous massage that education is completely unnecessary to fulfill the American dream”. If I think that Tv shows change my life without any education then I would say that it is only possible in the dream, not in reality. Reality shows only focus about beauty, nice image, obviously money which represents the luxury. They do not think about viewers but they do care about business because it is profitable for them when people watch their shows. For example, everywhere has reality tv shows such as who can eat food more than others, dancing with star, drinking coffee with star, hunting guest at night, American idol, man vs. wild, Jersey Shore, the real housewives and so on. Most of time they not even thinking that it funny to watch and does not make any sense to the viewers. End this paragraph I want to emphasize that these tv shows are harmful for our educational system.

Reality Tv show has bad impact in our minds. When we see these shows it reminds us that we are living in world that everything is simple and luxury. In this way we pollute our mind and we cannot think beside this. For example, American’s next top models or the voice those are searching for talent who has good voice, beauty. Winner gets money and wealthier lifestyle. When young people see this opportunity he / she may think it is very easy way to get rich without education. This kind of result students get inspires and pollutes their minds.

In conclusion, people should think about reality tv shows and they should choose shows that help them to think about the reality that people faced in their life every day. I wish Tv companies make educational shows that help student. Also they can do good things like ignore the fake luxury and try to do more real things that change to prople.        

Blog 13: "XXXL: Why Are We So Fat?"

    In “Why Are We Fat”, Elizabeth Kolbert mentions that four books such as Fattening of America, The End of Overeating, Fat Land and Mindless Eating. It states that American people over weighted because of their food habits and it is cheaper than past decade. The article tells about how food industries produce oily, sugary, chemical product that are responsible for consumer health but one thing I want to point out that food industries reduce their product  prices because of customer demand and manufacture more unhealthy products.

     

The article state that “Between 1983 and 2005, the real cost of fats and oils declined by sixteen per cent”. It is clear to us that are food industry play significant role in American lifestyle. They manufacture their products cheaper way and lower the price because people do not have to spend more money instead of this they can get good deal. In my experience I can tell how I’m confused when I go to the supermarket or departmental store like CVS. Few days ago, when I go to the CVS to pick up my precipitin that time front of the door there a big singe that say sale 4 for 11 dollars (original price is per pack5.99) there is different kind of soft drink such as coca- cola , sprite, Pepsi, etc. That moment I was thinking that it is good price to get more soft drinks and I brought 4 pack of soft drink pack. I do not need that many but I buy it because of price. For this reason, food industries reduce their product price to sell more.

Finkelstein said that “For most people, an ice cold Coca-Cola used to be a treat reserved for special occasions,” but what is the reality today instead of water people drink sweetened beverages. It is only matter of price. They love to drink sweeten soda. If people buy more beverage then manufacture produce more products and lower their price.

  

 But I strongly disagree with t Wansink , he said that ‘Give them a lot they eat a lot”  that sound unrealistic and he does not have  a good judgment. Everything has a limit if we talk about eating then I would say people eat because they fill hungry but if they are not hungry they cannot eat. When I had a days off I always going out with friends and obviously after hangout we set down in restaurant and order food. Every time we waste a lot of food because when we fill up our stomach, we are done eating.

   In conclusion, I want to emphasize that people should ignore the product that contains chemical and unhealthy ingredients. We have to think before buy any products.      

Writing Blog 10: Manufactured Demand

Today’s world we are living in illusion. We are just following without even thinking. If I talked about water which is most important element in our planet but some people are making us fool to sell tap water to us. It is obvious reality that we buy water for drinking every day.  Some people say that “Bottled water tastes better than tap water” I would say it is dumb idea. Personally when I drink bottle water then I do not fill any differences between tap water and bottle water.

 According to the article “In test after test people cannot tell the differences” . It is a obvious that people cannot tell because when tap water is going to inside of the bottle it is only exchange name but inside the bottle water the same as tap water. There is much bottle water around us. For instance, Nestle pure water, deer pure water, Poland Spring water, dasani water, Aquafina water. These are all tap water. For example, one of my friend, he very often drinking bottle water even though when he stayed at home. Week after week he spends big amount money to buy bottle water. Few months later when he lost his job he faced financial problem because of this reason he decided to drink tap water. Then he realizes that how he wastes his hardworking money to buy bottle water. Without even thinking people make mistake but when they know their mistake they chose the right one.

This is only myth that bottle water better than tap water. It all about fancy bottle, brand name, picture from moumtain. It is very interesting that corporate manipulated people to give some ridicules advices like 100% recyclable, made with 30% less plastic , easy to carry  or is flexible so it is easier to recyclable. These are the policy to sell their products. So tap water is 500 times cheaper than bottle water. People should boycott the bottle water.     

Part I: summaries of the films

In the 1950s corporations take over small family frames for profit to product a long quality of food. Because of the profit they pack the animals in small place. Therefore, animals get sick and injected with antibiotics. Those animals are polluted the air but scary consequence is unhealthy condition lead dangerous dieses like mad cow. Some of them cause cancer.

In “Matrix” we are shown a factory farm that mother cow and children are separated. They feed Milk replacer which contains cow blood and these cows are given artificial growth. We visit a slaughter house factory where cows are processed about 5,000 cows meet a day and those are ready for fast food store.  

Blog 11: "Happy Meals"

In “Happy Meals” Michael pollan gives several suggestions about healthy food and maintain specific rules that helps to people stay well. My personal opinion that pollan”S advices seems little bit stick but it is reality that we are facing every moment in our lives.  These suggestions are very realistic that we cannot ignore because today everywhere foods are made in chemical which is very unsafe for human body. So, there are no reasons that Pollans advice is ignorable. Pollans first advice is very sophisticated but it is true as a bright. There is a reason; companies are manufacture their products in different name some of them are related to beloved character which is inspiring for young people because it is sociological issue those young children think that they would be stronger, smarter, faster is they buy those products. I remember when I was a child there is a product called ‘Horlicks’ In adds who ever drink this he or she faster like a superman, smart like a Einstein and a lot of things they mention in these product. It would be possible in dream but not in real world. When I brought food for my family I always try to buy real food that test like real.

Pollans address that ignore Unfamiliar and unpronounceable food product that is absolutely truth. These are manmade chemical which is dangerous for health.  That would be easy way to maintain our food product and avoid harmful products. I think pollan’s ideas has significant role in our lives if people follow his suggestions. For example, the American food system has policies that they reduce their product price but do not improve their quality. So we should buy quality food and stay healthy which is doable for us. If you live in New York City there is heard to find place for gardening so you cannot plant anything that you like.

Pollan,s several suggestions do not complicate. It is easily maintainable for anyone. Firstly, author advice that ignore supermarket and buy product for framer market which is fresh and also organic. Secondly, avoid any food product that harmful for health. Thirdly, eat fresh food even though it expensive.     

Blog 9, Part II: Responding to a Factory Farming Issue

                                                    Food Safety

          In “Food Safety” stats that many Americans get sick from eating unsafe food. For this reason, thousands of people suffer for illness. Few large companies producing food in more unsafe way like ground beef, eggs, turkey and hundreds of product contains deadly bacteria such as Salmonella, Campylobacter, Listeria or E.coli . One thing is most important in this article which is powerful large companies want more profit because of this their product are dangerous and contain deadly virus and bacteria.

           To imagine that “Each year, around 50 million Americans get sick eating unsafe food, resulting is more than 100,000 hospitalize and 3,000 death” and this is enough prove that we are living under the death. For example, a typical artificial strawberry milk shake which is available in every food store that contains 125 kinds of ingredients all of them are manmade chemicals. If someone drinking strawberry everyday for sure he/she will get sick that could be dangerous for health. Large companies fool us and we buy chemical soda without thinking. However we should ignore those foods which are contains chemical and stay healthy.                       Companies producing more unhealthy food because of profit and they want to product large quanties of food.  Because of their profit they raise animals in poor condition and give hormone growth antibiotic that causes by bacteria, viruses. Food companies supply this product all over place such as fast food, grocery and departmental store. There is one of six chances that people affect with viruses and bactaria and suffer from illness. According to the article “Food safety breakdowns involving peanut butter, spinach, ground beef, ground turkey have resulted in hundreds of product recalls, thousands of illnesses” these are reality for today food companies do not stop their dangerous manufacture and expanding their food production. So what we are given for our next generation? Dangerous and deadly various add foods. This is our main concern that we should produce and manufacture foods that ios good for our health.      
        All things considered, we suffer. We are victims of large companies that manufacture dangerous food for us. We cannot suffer if we avoid dangerous foods. Also government should take action for the corporate food producers and breakup their system.        

Summary from the New York Times

According to the New Times article by Mary M. Chapman, the verdicts brought to a close a trial in which discharge laid out a complex case against Mr. Kilpatrick and his co-defendants including his father , Bernard and they had used the mayor’s office to enrich themselves for years. The ex-mayor’s friend and his co-defendants were found guilty of 9 of 11 counts including racketeering. The jury found Mr. Kilpatrick guilty of 24 of the 30 charges and his father, who found guilty of filing a false tax return. As verdicts were read Mr. Killpatrick was by turns, sudden loss of courage and shaking his head at his lowyer. Prosecutors also said he illegally used nonprofit funds and state grants for personal expenses.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/us/kwame-kilpatrick-ex-mayor-of-detroit-convicted-in-corruption-case.html

Midterm Reflection

It is very difficult to choose one topic from blog. However, when I read The “Allegory of the Cave” by plato. This story written 360B.C.E but in present world we face these situation. Now people reliable to technology and their engaging are so close that they do not understand how bad impact is waiting for them. For example, spend time with unnecessary TV shows, sitting front of computer doing pointless things and stick with old belief. In these way people spend their valuable time do nothing important. Now I’m thinking that how many hours I spent to watch TV or socializing and chatting on the internet. I fill like I’m in cave doing one thing again and again. I really proud myself that I learn something in this class and I can use it in my daily life.      

There are a lots of things that I remember especially the way we think of our life. For instance, ‘Truman show’, ‘The Allegory of the Cave’, Food system of America, those are couple of things that represent our life.  What we eat, the way we live and think. Using Blog for education it is trouble-free and give student clear direction what to do, what we need for exam feedback by professor and also we can verify our progress. In this way, students are step-up and give extra effort. These only happen when students know their tasks.  I’m proud of this class.

My plan for next five week is find enough time for study and review all important things that I learned. Especially main idea, thesis, summary, find out concrete example. I hope all things go well.

People Want to Know

 People want to know because of curiosity. Ancient time When people hunting animals with rock that time they want to know what the efficient way to hunt the animals. Then they use sharp rock with stick. It is eiser then throwing rock. They always find the way. Before, they eat raw meet without cooking but after they invented fire, they learn how to cook. We can see people want to learn when they do not have technology or education. Without any knowledge those people slowly improve their lives because they want to know. If we talk about the modern world, people always do something to learn. According to the comic ‘The Shadow of Life’ three people spend their most of life watching people’s shadow in the cave and they think that there is nothing besides they can do. A person when told them that is not real life but only shadow. According to them ‘We’re looking at life’. for them that is their purpose of life. When they come out to the cave and realize that their entire life wasted in to the cave and their minds was surrounding by darkness. If I compare with present world than we will find a lot of people that they are face their circumstances and do not stick with old beliefs.

The world we live in now it is surrounding by illusion. In ‘Matrix’ when Morpheus offers red and blue pill for Neo. Morpheus explains to Neo “You take the blue pill, the story ends; you wake up in your bad and believe whatever you want to believe. You take red pill, you stay in wonderland…. Remember, all I’m offering is the truth, nothing more”. Red pill indicates that the truth and blue pill for same beliefs but Neo choose red pill because he wants to know the truth. Although he lives a comfortable life and he does not have any obstacle but he choose hard one which is learn the truth. Beside all of that we can say truth is always painful those people who are stick with old beliefs and afraid of something new.

Blog 5: Truman and Me

In ’The Truman show’ Jim Carrry shows us a main character named Truman who lived in an artificial life which is created by human. It is actually live TV show but Truman does not know about it. However, Truman does not except this kind of life and decided to live his place.  The producer of this reality show, his name is cristofer tells him to live his created ‘perfect world’ and stay ‘happily ever after’. Cristofer wants Truman to live his world because there is no lie, no unexpected things. Every day when he woke up in his place, he does every day by saying, “In case I don’t see you... good afternoon, good evening, and good night”.  Although, wherever he goes everyone recognize him as a star but it is a painful for him. For this reason he tries to leave this place. We all know this place does not have any human created violence but he is unhappy for his life. Even though he has everything job, wife, car, and house. It showed us he has a successful life. When cristofer told him to stay in that place forever and live his rest of his life as a happy person. He neglect his proposal because he do not want to be a star and he want to get out that cave, meet another world that he does not know about it.

 If someone tell me which I like better to live ‘cristofer world’ or ‘real world’ than I will not chose cristofer life because there are so many reason for that human like to adventure, try to do something than others and they go above and beyond. A person cannot control others. Basically they do certain time like childhood, and teenager but when they think they are adult nobody can stop them. They do different think, find out what they want and what is good for them. I cannot  live this place because there is nothing to do, you control by someone and someone tell what to do or what you want to do that is not life. It is consider as a puppet.  Personally I do the same thing what Truman does. It is a human nature. They want to learn new things, explore the world and met others people. I think that is call freedom. People want to enjoy their lives by themselves. 

Blog 3: Response to "I Know the Truth, so Don't Bother Me with Facts."

In “I Know the Truth, So Don’t Bother Me with Facts” Jeffrey Kluger states that people deny the truth when it conflicts with their beliefs. R.kelly and erik Nisbet assistant professor at Ohio State University study with people and they find out two major conflicts that people easily manipulate by facts and some of them provide confusing thoughts. However, people are stick with their believes even though they are wrong. R.Kelly Garrett is right when he argues that when people know their beliefs is wrong that time they want to stick with their believe more because of their ego, scared about new things, want to stay with their culture.

People love to stick with their ego because it is simple reason that they do not want to believe the new things. For example, many people in America they believe that immigrant are bad influence for this country because they  

Blog-2 Revision of "Hype."

In ‘Hype’ Kalle Lasn States that advertisements are harmful and have bad influence in people’s mental lives. She mentions advertisements are very common in corporate America and every company has their own logo. Ads are everywhere. People can see ads when they fill their gas, there is an ads on the nozzle not only that but also when people drive in countryside they see the giant billboard near to the rood. I know Kalle Lasn is right when she states we cannot hide from ads. Where we go we will find ads everywhere because ads give us lots valuable information and essay to find what I need, it helps me to keep forward in my daily basis life.

When I search Google or other internet browser, there is good chance to see a lot of ads. Manny of them help me to find what I am looking for or what I need. For instance, there is thousand of educational information that I am watching in ads and able to compare between other things like some of college tuition are very expensive than others. In this way I able to find which colleges have affordable tuition fees.

Television play significant role in ads industry for that reason people can see new product during the show and they will find what they need. When people are watching T.V. they receive information about a lot of new things and also they learn what new items are available in the market, which product is better than others.

Ads are everywhere. When I’m in train, bus, car, I seen ads. It gives us update because in our busy society, people always busy with their jobs, study and try to do new thing for human beings so there is no time to see ads but they will see ads during the travel, sitting on the car or train. Constantly they see ads and know what is new. For example, when multimillion company release their products, they try to deliver ads everywhere like iphone. When new iphone release in the market I remember that every person I know in my family or my friend circle, they per-Oder that product before it release. I want point out again those ads helps us to give new information, people easily find their products and it keeps us update.

I hope that people understand what I point out in my essay and realize the reality and expect my explanation those who are against my opinion. One thing is certain ‘There is nowhere to run’ this is the reality in our society.              

In “I Know the Truth, So Don’t Bother Me with Facts” Jeffrey Kluger states that people deny the truth when it conflicts with their beliefs. R.kelly and erik Nisbet assistant professor at Ohio State University study with people and they find out two major conflicts that people easily manipulate by facts and some of them provide confusing thoughts. However, people are stick with their believe even though they are wrong. R.Kelly Garrett is right when he argues that people know their beliefs is wrong then they want to stick with their believe more because of their ego, scared about new things, want to stay with their traditions.