Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Blog Post #6

Meatrix

    The cow came to the family farm and found the pig named Leo in the farm. Leo was taught the fact of farms by taking the red pills from the cow. This move shows meatrix which means a lie of the factory.

    These movies that pigs in the factory are being animal abuse such as packed into small and dark spaces. Pigs don't even expose to the sun in the space where can't move enough. Therefore, it is going to the reasons that pigs have stresses and disease, chickens are cut their bill by the factory machine related to a human's contagious. There is also environment problems which are air pollution and groundwater contamination because of industrial wast. The factory destroy even their communities environment and many small family farms were extinguished since the factory became agricultural industry.
    In the past few years people are getting interested in organic food. People noticed to it is much better to human health and environment.

    Through these movies, we learned the fact of the factory farms was unbelievable fact. The agricultural industry made their profit instead of they treat animals abuse. Now, people as consumers should figure out the fact of farms.

    I didn't know the conditions of factory was so bad to animals. Animals are treated like that they never have happy life. People in the factory treat animals abuse, there would be many problems such as stresses or contaminations to animals. After I saw these movies, I felt so sorry to the animals and small family farms that I had never known about them.
    Why are there so many factory farms, because they spent a lot of money to control small farms, they finally were extinguished by the factory farms. From these stories, I have to research more about farms. I really want to support the family farms. Firstly that we can do is to know about ingredients are safe or not.
   Those are serious problems because food is the most important to us and our family's health.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

I always go Whole Food. I use their stuff many! Food, Shampoo, Conditioner, Dish Wash, Candles.. So I have to check what should I get, before I go there.

http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/

I love SEPHORA♡ You can check their new arrivals and products!!

http://blog.sephora.com/

☆Fashion Blog☆
This is the one I check the blog almost every day!! This Japanese fashionable girl is always cool and cute!

http://yuuka-forget-me-not.blogspot.com/


One of my favorite classmates blog is this:http://mybluberrynights.blogspot.com/ Her blog is always easy to understand and I like those pictures she chose.

You can find photographs in this blog show extreme makeovers of fast food items purchased at popular fast food restaurants.

http://www.fancyfastfood.com/

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Blog Post #4 Green Week

Smart Grid

We had taught about revitalizing the waterways and waterfronts.
The lecture from Con Edison team said that they have many ways to save money and helps protect the environment. For example, Smart Grid- catch all term, improved monitoring, Architectural changes(3G),Better Algorithms, Pistributed Generation. They also have "Green Friday" the electric system and early electric system. Electric demand and power plant efficiency. Mid 1990 - on set of deregulation; 1G - 2G - 3G. Migration to Smart Grid; SCADA(Supervisory Control and Data Acgusition)

I think Smart Grid is the most convenient system for making power included save energy, money. It is helpful our environment.








Urban Chicken Farming

Urban Chicken farming is keeping chickens in an urban or suburban setting.

In NYC, there are around 30 communities are farming eggs.
The one of local effort is that disturb neighbors because they are annoyed and loud. On the other hands,  the benefits of Urban Chicken Farming are the eggs are made by high quality protein and no chemicals.






I think people should focus on local farming to save the money and be healthier. We can raise chickens own  backyard coops even though. 




Monday, April 4, 2011

Blog #3 bad working conditions for workers at fast food companies

In this article, tells about McDonald's will hold hiring day April 19th to fill 50.000 jobs. According to the article, the company hire people related to their business will be opened 24hours at many of their restaurants. They expect 3or4 hires per restaurant. During last few years, because of weak economy as we know, the huge company in the world decided to hire people in their ability. On the other hands, they are fast food restaurant have bad conditions for workers that people call it "Mc Jobs" The company explained about for that, they hire people as a manager who has no experience at their restaurant. Otherwise people can not be at the position easily.

 http://usat.me/?45741348



In another article, mentioned about jobs for middle class. In Ohio, people who are middle class are living in minimum wages.
Ralph Taylor is public workers as a janitor and a sewer manager. They are living in basic life with trailer house and she doesn't have food stamp. She works at Wendy's is not college educated. Her hourly wages jumped to $9 when she started working at Callipygous Development Center. But she cried when she saw the news told about state senAte passed the labor bill this month. She worries that their their job protection away from seniority.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/us/16ohio.html?_r=1

From these articles, it is very considerable for people who has no choice to work in fast food restaurant. I try to keep this matter in my mind and figure out to get an idea what I can do.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Symbol Of America Culture

Here's what I think symbol of America. Mickey Mouse! He's so ~ cute! Children love Mickey Mouse. This character was made by Walt Disney who was most successful and famous American. Now, Mickey Mouse is known all over the world.





In these illustrations are very unique. Very colorful and what I was always thought when I see it, the picture has movement even it's just image. I can imagine Mickey Mouse can move right away. 





On TV, When I see "Disney" sign, I'm excited and I stop to look for any other channels.




Walt Disney had made many more characters which are loved by people.

Today, many family visit to Disney World on their vacation. There are many attractions and real Mickey and other character.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/walt_Disney






http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/


 
I think disney are good for an education. Disney movies educate mind to child. For example,  "Pinocchio". In this story tells about lying. The boy was a puppet doll. In the morining, he got joy like a human. He wishes to be a real human but if he did something bad or lie, his nose get longer.. He has taught to be a honest. 

There are many stories Walt Disney made, and I want inherit these movies  in future when I have my child. 

Sunday, March 20, 2011

#1 My Language Learner Identity.

I had learned English as an education curriculums since When I was junior high school student to high school student in my country.
I had learned English many years but I still have some difficulty in English. This is one of reasons that students learned English by note-taking in those schools. Otherwise, they didn't practice speaking. Although I learned vocabularies and grammars, I'd never used English after graduated high school.

I hadn't learned any other languages except Japanese and English but now I'm interested in French. I want to visit there one day and want to understand what people talk. I like their culture and cuisine. They keeping many old and beautiful buildings so the sight is like in a fairy. And their fashion is modern and elegant as they have pride in fashion. French cuisines are always made in delicate so I can taste it deeply. Like these, many reasons make me want to learned French!

I have no idea in French yet, but English that I learned many years which I still have problem. I think it is easier to read news or articles than novels in English. I always don't know too many words when I read a novels and I feel tired and bored soon... So, I prefer to use to read on the internet or papers in Japanese.
Facebook or other social networks is ok in English for me. There are just a few words to read and write. I can patient for that.

When I want to tell my feeling exactly and deeply, I really need to use Japanese writing. I can't show my feeling well in English as when I use Japanese.

I think writing academic things have some rules to make them. Procedures it's like introduction body conclusion or do not forget an main idea and so on. As master its rules, it not going to be too difficult. But it's hard to master that. I prefer to write academic things in Japanese but I feel writing is easier than reading in English.

Japanese as my first language have words to show respects which I like use them. I use those words when I talk to person who I respect. I really feel comfortable with the words because I can show my respect to the person.