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Saturday, February 20, 2010

2 China Schools Said to Be Tied to Online Attacks

A New York Times article was stated that A series of online attacks on Google and dozens of other American corporations have been traced to computers at two educational institutions in China. Two of these Colleges that were traced down to the online attacks were Shanghai Jiaotong University and Lanxiang Vocational School. Google’s decision to step forward and challenge China over the intrusions has created a highly sensitive issue for the United States government. I think that China is doing a wrong thing by using Internet take hack into U.S governments files and programs. China declined Google in their country because there was too much information and knowledge about things the citizens shouldn't know but now they are hacking into our internet to get information.
This is absurd and states true facts about China. Even though this article might be written by a bias, it is still true. Shockingly, I am disappointing in my family's country even though I was born and raised in The United States.

Controversial Diabetes Drug Harms Heart, U.S. Concludes

This article was in the New York Times. The article is about US citizens taking diabetes medicine and the effects of this movement. Hundreds of people in the United States take a diabetes pill called Avandia, a controversial medicine that causes heart failure and heart attacks itself.
Thinking back to our main topic about food, and the movie documentary "Food Inc". I think that the government should have shut down the meat industries instead of marketing these pills. The reports, obtained by The New York Times, say that if every diabetic now taking Avandia were instead given a similar pill named Actos, about 500 heart attacks and 300 cases of heart failure would be averted every month because Avandia can hurt the heart. So it really isn't the governments fault but if the government wants to shut down these pills because of the causes they should be able to shut down meat industries that causes those heart diseases. This article was not opinionated one , it was all stated clear facts about the drug causes. All though, I think that the author is trying to persuade the readers not to take those pills but also inform everyone about the drug harms.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Reflection on Food Inc.

A couple weeks ago, our class watched a documentary on food industries. The documentary was called "Food, Inc". I was disgusted and terrified at the same time after viewing the documentary. Food that we eat daily is being genetically made. Do you know where your food actually comes from or how it's even made?
Food inc. the documentary had many examples of hazardous fast food and how industries take over and control what we eat. For example, Tyson Chicken is unhealthy, and the workers are treated horribly. They are forced to do what Tyson chicken tells them to do because of there debt they owe. Most Tyson Chicken farmers refused to let the interviewers in the coop. There was this one farmer who couldn't take it anymore. Even if she got sued she told the story about chemicals making chickens grow faster than their body could handle. It was also very sickening to see the coop where the animals live in, they were all squished up and all dirtied walking on there own fesses.
After viewing several interviews from different companies, i have to say the statistics were actually shockingly true. We have no control over what we eat. Americans hav4e a time where they eventually crave for the fast food and they need to have it. The government give subsides to the meat industries so the prices of the fast food would be affordable.
Fast food restaurants is one of the things that provide the meat for the consumers, but the meat is unhealthy and might even have echoli. In many cases people ate thhe echoli and the effects of the bacteria was fatal. The corn that was fed to the cows gave them more bacteria then they already had but the corn would help the cows grow faster. These industries are not taking care of animals or respecting them. The industries do not care about diseases that the meat produces . Industries like these will do anything for more money even if they are making the meat more unsafe.
Fast food meat can kill you from bacteria but one of the biggest murderers in The United States is fast food itself. These industries sell their meat for cheap and the fast food restaurants will buy more. This happens when Americans eat alot of fast food because it is so cheap. Eating more fast food will enforce theses industries even more which is a ad thing because enforcing them to make meat in a faster pace makes the meat even more healthy. But that is not the worst part f it, the worst part of is being diagnosed with diabetes. Eating lots of fast food that are oily and that have lots of calories can lead the diabetes and blood clogs. Majorities of citizens living in America eat fast food on daily or weekly basis. Eating all these fast food is harming your health and helping to industries more. I am surprised when I learned this because i never thought about it.
This video shows eyes deeper then they can really see. Since the government is not caring about our health of safety hazards we should be picky eaters and not eat these fast foods. I know that is a hypocritical statement because at the end of the day i still end up eating the meat, fast food and chicken that is being produced by mass production just like in the movie " Food Inc." But that is the statement that should happen, and we can run the industries out of business and we can probably most likely live longer. At the end of the day almost all Americans crave for the fastfood and chicken that is unhealthy. Its more then a want its our need.