Monday, March 29, 2010
Blog #8 3/29/2010
Before coming to Washington State University, the sources that I would most often use were online sources, books from the library and text books. I would usually always use online sources because they were the easiest way to find a lot of information on a specific topic, however, now I realized that these sources weren’t probably always reliable. Library books I used rarely because I hated searching for books but the information was definitely more reliable. Now that I am attending Washington State University I was introduced to the WSU library web page and how to find millions of sources from this web page without ever having to go to the library. For my English 101 Papers that I need good research information for I will use the EBSCO research web page which helps me find good sources and fast. I will simple type the subject of the information I need into the search bar and plenty of useful sources appear. To make sure that they apply directly to my paper I open up each link to the source and read the preview of the paper, if it sounds applicable I then open the paper or article and read the entire thing, searching for information that I would like to include in my paper. Another source I use for my English 101 papers is required readings for the course such as “Omnivores Dilemma” written by Michael Pollan. These readings are required for a reason and therefore should be a good source for my papers. Contrary to my research habits in high school, I rarely use online sources now. I am usually able to find way better sources through EBSCO. I could further improve my methods for finding sources by narrowing down my search topic or searching more words at one time when using EBSCO. Doing this will give me better results that are more focused on the specific information I am looking for rather than a very broad topic.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Blog #7 3/9/10
Rich, Tracey R. "Kashrut: Jewish Dietary Laws." 1995-2007. Judasim 101. 9 March 2010 .
This would be a good source for my paper 3 if I write about the Jewish food community. It list all of the dietary laws which includes:
Certain animals may not be eaten at all. This restriction includes the flesh, organs, eggs and milk of the forbidden animals.
Of the animals that may be eaten, the birds and mammals must be killed in accordance with Jewish law.
All blood must be drained from meat and poultry or broiled out of it before it is eaten.
It also goes into extensive details about all of the rules.
This source talks about the symbols on a package to recognize if a food is Kosher or not. The website goes into detail about why all of these laws are observed. A useful quote I would use in my paper relating to health issues would be, “Many modern Jews think that the laws of kashrut are simply primitive health regulations that have become obsolete with modern methods of food preparation. There is no question that some of the dietary laws have some beneficial health effects.”
This would be a good source since off the top of my head I wouldn't know any of these facts, so they would be important to include in my paper to inform the reader of what being Kosher really means.
In response to Norman Borlaug's article
I think that the advancement of biotechnology is very vital for our world since there are tons around the world dying every day, and if not dying, millions are starving. The ability to grow more of, faster, and cheaper really defines what our world has become as of late. The world's population has been growing exponentially and there is going to be a time when we exhaust all of the resources. But thanks to technology we are able to significantly push back this time and provide for billions of humans that we would not have been able to otherwise. The thing that is truly frightening though is growing all of these genetically modified crops is a huge risk. Every single crop is the same and while they have been genetically modified to resist pests or other limitations that have been faced in the past, they have the ability to fail 100%. If a pest becomes immune to the resistance then, goodbye EVERYTHING. 100% of the crop would be lost and the world would be in a WORLD of shit. So although I do support biotechnology I believe that if it is going to last it needs to advance even more to successful support the world to the end of time.
This would be a good source for my paper 3 if I write about the Jewish food community. It list all of the dietary laws which includes:
Certain animals may not be eaten at all. This restriction includes the flesh, organs, eggs and milk of the forbidden animals.
Of the animals that may be eaten, the birds and mammals must be killed in accordance with Jewish law.
All blood must be drained from meat and poultry or broiled out of it before it is eaten.
It also goes into extensive details about all of the rules.
This source talks about the symbols on a package to recognize if a food is Kosher or not. The website goes into detail about why all of these laws are observed. A useful quote I would use in my paper relating to health issues would be, “Many modern Jews think that the laws of kashrut are simply primitive health regulations that have become obsolete with modern methods of food preparation. There is no question that some of the dietary laws have some beneficial health effects.”
This would be a good source since off the top of my head I wouldn't know any of these facts, so they would be important to include in my paper to inform the reader of what being Kosher really means.
In response to Norman Borlaug's article
I think that the advancement of biotechnology is very vital for our world since there are tons around the world dying every day, and if not dying, millions are starving. The ability to grow more of, faster, and cheaper really defines what our world has become as of late. The world's population has been growing exponentially and there is going to be a time when we exhaust all of the resources. But thanks to technology we are able to significantly push back this time and provide for billions of humans that we would not have been able to otherwise. The thing that is truly frightening though is growing all of these genetically modified crops is a huge risk. Every single crop is the same and while they have been genetically modified to resist pests or other limitations that have been faced in the past, they have the ability to fail 100%. If a pest becomes immune to the resistance then, goodbye EVERYTHING. 100% of the crop would be lost and the world would be in a WORLD of shit. So although I do support biotechnology I believe that if it is going to last it needs to advance even more to successful support the world to the end of time.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Blog #6 3/1/10
In the last section of reading, Pollan challenges himself to make a meal that has been grown, hunted and foraged. He talks about the evolution of the human body and how it is all connected to the Earth, from our jaw structure and teeth to enzymes in our stomachs. Something that the human race lacks that other animals do not is the natural instinct to know what we can and can’t eat. Humans have discovered through trial and error what is edible and nutritious. I wonder, do we lack this instinct simply because we do or is it because unlike most other animals, our bodies and brains are extremely complex and require many sources of nutrition to survive. I’m thinking the later. But I do wonder if humans could lead a healthier life with a small diet that includes only the necessities like other animals. The thought of developing a disease such as diabetes or developing cancer is frightening to me, and there is no doubt that the increasing numbers of deaths and diagnoses is from the diets/habits/environments that we live in. If there was a simple yet proven diet guide to living a cancer/disease free life I would follow it in a heartbeat, I do not like the thought that I could be slowly killing myself and not living my life to the fullest.
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