Monday, March 29, 2010
sources blog
When in search for sources for my English papers, or pretty much all other papers that require research or additional information, I start off with a broad Google of the topic I am writing about. When sifting through all the BS websites I try to find websites that not only provide me with the information I need but come from someone who knows what they are talking about, say maybe a PhD or something. If I cannot find one that is trustworthy in that massive pile of sources, I go to that website that we learned about in the library, Academic Search Complete (EBSCO). From there you get another list of different articles which you can fiddle around with different filters like subject and type of source, and stuff. Once I find a source that fits the criteria needed for my paper I then have to figure a way to tie it into my paper to agree with my thesis. Strengthening my thesis is the most important part so you cannot choose information out of the articles that does not support your thesis. One way to make sure that you are getting the right information is making sure that you have read through the whole article and know understand what it means. I usually have to read through a couple times because I am a bad reader so it takes more for me to understand what the author is trying to say. Once I figure out what I want to put into my paper from the article I just have to find some words to put on the outsides of the idea to make a smooth transition from my writing into the articles writing, and also of course I need to cite where I got the source from. That is the way I choose and cite my sources.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Borlaug and Kellogg's article blog
Norman Borlaug Article
To start off this article was obviously not written for the average Joe, it is more pointed towards the more educated sector of our country. Maybe not just for highly educated scientists but for people who have somewhat of an understanding of the biogenetic system. There are a lot of big words that I didn’t know and had to look up in this article. One thing that was surprising to me is how big of an increase of trans-genetic crops planted from 1996 to 1999, it went from 1.7 million to 39.9 million in 3 years. That is a huge increase. Norman Borlaug does a good job at presenting the nay sayer argument in his article. He talks about how he is disappointed with all the extremists who want to ban gmo’s, Borlaug asks how we will feed the expected 8.4 billion within the next 25 years. These extremists have caused some good however, they helped the passing of clean air and pollution laws. I agree with what Borlaug states about our increasing population, and if we ban gmo’s then we would have world famine everywhere. One thing I learned in biology is about the carrying capacity of animals in habitats. Eventually there will not be enough food to feed everyone and we will cap out and stay there. This is what probably will eventually happen when gmo’s can’t produce enough food for our exponentially growing population.
Kellogg’s article
I read the article about Kellogg burning its logo onto individual corn flakes. The article tells you about Kellogg’s plans to make this change to their corn flakes. Apparently some people are accusing Kellogg’s of making cereal for other companies just because they look so much alike. As a result of many other companies trying to make their cereal similar to Kellogg’s brands this laser impression will help prove the authenticity. The article also gives some stats about Kellogg’s cereal. 128 billion bowls of corn flakes are eaten around the world per year, also the biggest corn flake factory is making cereal 24 hours per day 365 days per year.
I think that the use of laser’s to burn individual logos on each corn flake is an inefficient use of resources. If Kellogg’s has enough time and money to do that then why don’t they spend more money towards charities to make the world a better place or research for current world problems, because their brand name isn’t doing anything to help our current global situation. I really wouldn’t take the time to read the logos while I’m busy eating the cereal.
To start off this article was obviously not written for the average Joe, it is more pointed towards the more educated sector of our country. Maybe not just for highly educated scientists but for people who have somewhat of an understanding of the biogenetic system. There are a lot of big words that I didn’t know and had to look up in this article. One thing that was surprising to me is how big of an increase of trans-genetic crops planted from 1996 to 1999, it went from 1.7 million to 39.9 million in 3 years. That is a huge increase. Norman Borlaug does a good job at presenting the nay sayer argument in his article. He talks about how he is disappointed with all the extremists who want to ban gmo’s, Borlaug asks how we will feed the expected 8.4 billion within the next 25 years. These extremists have caused some good however, they helped the passing of clean air and pollution laws. I agree with what Borlaug states about our increasing population, and if we ban gmo’s then we would have world famine everywhere. One thing I learned in biology is about the carrying capacity of animals in habitats. Eventually there will not be enough food to feed everyone and we will cap out and stay there. This is what probably will eventually happen when gmo’s can’t produce enough food for our exponentially growing population.
Kellogg’s article
I read the article about Kellogg burning its logo onto individual corn flakes. The article tells you about Kellogg’s plans to make this change to their corn flakes. Apparently some people are accusing Kellogg’s of making cereal for other companies just because they look so much alike. As a result of many other companies trying to make their cereal similar to Kellogg’s brands this laser impression will help prove the authenticity. The article also gives some stats about Kellogg’s cereal. 128 billion bowls of corn flakes are eaten around the world per year, also the biggest corn flake factory is making cereal 24 hours per day 365 days per year.
I think that the use of laser’s to burn individual logos on each corn flake is an inefficient use of resources. If Kellogg’s has enough time and money to do that then why don’t they spend more money towards charities to make the world a better place or research for current world problems, because their brand name isn’t doing anything to help our current global situation. I really wouldn’t take the time to read the logos while I’m busy eating the cereal.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Blog chap 15,18,19,20
Chapter 15 in the Omnivore’s Dilemma is the beginning of Pollan’s hunter/gatherer food chain. This section consists of him making a meal completely off food he got from the wild. Pollan talks about how nowadays our hunting/gathering food chain is based less on survival and more on fun. Most people who go out and hunt don’t rely on getting that meat on their plate later that night.
Chapter 18 and 19 describe how Pollan actually goes about gathering his food. 18 is based on the hunting and 19 on gathering fungi. Pollan’s writing is really different in chapter 18, he was talking about hunting and then in the next paragraph he talked about how he is embarrassed about writing that. Pollan ends up shooting a wild pig with his friend Angelo. Angelo is a very helpful resource for Pollan because he teaches Pollan a lot about hunting and gathering. Pollan spends chapter 19 describing his adventures while hunting for mushrooms.
Chapter 20 is titled “The Perfect Meal”, which could be argued. This is only Pollan’s opinion because many people could argue that there are more perfect meals out there which include more nutritional value and vitimins. I think that it is impressive that Pollan was able to pull all this together with the veggies, fungi, and the wild pig. It would be a big achievement for someone to live completely off this food chain because it took Pollan months of preparation just for 1 meal. And to be able to do this 3 times a day every day would be impressive in my opinion.
Chapter 18 and 19 describe how Pollan actually goes about gathering his food. 18 is based on the hunting and 19 on gathering fungi. Pollan’s writing is really different in chapter 18, he was talking about hunting and then in the next paragraph he talked about how he is embarrassed about writing that. Pollan ends up shooting a wild pig with his friend Angelo. Angelo is a very helpful resource for Pollan because he teaches Pollan a lot about hunting and gathering. Pollan spends chapter 19 describing his adventures while hunting for mushrooms.
Chapter 20 is titled “The Perfect Meal”, which could be argued. This is only Pollan’s opinion because many people could argue that there are more perfect meals out there which include more nutritional value and vitimins. I think that it is impressive that Pollan was able to pull all this together with the veggies, fungi, and the wild pig. It would be a big achievement for someone to live completely off this food chain because it took Pollan months of preparation just for 1 meal. And to be able to do this 3 times a day every day would be impressive in my opinion.
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