Factory Farming

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpbtBgLfl90  Quite Interesting!

Issue: Factory Farming (Chicken)

Significances:

Worldwide, factory farming is now taking place, many factories are selectively breeding chicken to grow faster than their limits in order to face their ‘priorities’ towards fast food life. Withing fast food life there must be fast growth/development. Many chickens die daily, and disease can be spread very easily (bird flu for example) this will make more people ill quicker, and many chickens suffer before their slaughtering day. It breaks the daily normal life of a growing chicken.



Analysis:
We can discuss the processes in which these animals go through in order to be bread, and how they suffer, comparing them to ‘organically’ grown chicken. This video seems reliable as it shows what happens in factory farms. Maybe the more brutal scenes don’t happen everywhere and they were selected for this video so it can strike out, but most of the facts seem true. It is very useful.



Quote: “They are forced to grow into their slaughtering day, within a 40 day limit”

Citation: CIWFFOOTAGE, Pets & Animals, May 29, 2007

Poverty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RPIgQ01N04&feature=related

Issue: Globally millions of people suffer through poverty and this means lacking money. Their daily lives are in danger; they fight for whatever they can in order to get a little bit of food or money to survive. One of these countries is India.

Significances:

A huge sector of the world suffers through poverty. In almost every country we see people begging for money to eat and raise their children. Unemployment in many countries can lead to this and possibly into a break of the economy. It plays a huge role globally because many people suffer. Many events, and ‘fun’-raisers are done to help these people, there are organization which gather up clothes, money and food to keep these people alive.

Analysis:
This video clip is quite useful. It is a little biased as it doesn’t show the positive side of India. But all around people face poverty and these images show what some of these people go through and it is a bad feeling to see such things and struggles. We can discuss poverty and how it can be fought or helped, and in what ways.



Quote: Fight against Poverty

Citation: showstopper23, News & Politics, June 23, 2007

Sex Trafficking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvuyV--mtMA (extract of the documentary “The Real Sex Traffic”)

Issue: In Ukraine many women are tricked and forced into prostitution. This short clip shows 2 women that went through sex trafficking and how they were hurt and need to recover.

Significances:

Sex trafficking is a huge business worldwide. It is almost greater than drug smuggling as a business. Lots of young women are tricked or forced into being sex slaves and are taken away from their countries by Pimps who drug them and force them to use their bodies to satisfy men. Everywhere in the world women’s lives are destroyed from this as it will stay in them forever, many women struggle and die from AIDS or other sicknesses, and need mental treatment for what they experience, it is a huge worldwide issue.



Analysis:
This source seems to be very reliable because it is part of a real documentary, shows scenes and interviews of the sex trafficked women. We can discuss this as an issue and see how many women are forced into prostitution from different world sectors. This article is very useful because you can gain a good image of the current situation of women that go through this.



Quote: “Katia had no idea what I planned for her in Turkey”

Citation: Abg, “The Real Sex Traffic, News & Politics,” November 17, 2008

Starvation in Africa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOkoms1v0NI

Issue: The people in Kenya (Turkana), in Africa many people are affected by severe famine and starvation problems, not being able to find food to eat and having no help whatsoever for the past two months.

Significances:

1) Around the world it is estimated that 1 billion people are going hungry. Worldwide people die every day, every minute because of starvation. People like this do not deserve a life like this. There will be a lack of population in countries like Africa, and people hate the way they have to survive as every day of their life is a struggle.
2) Some surrounding countries put in a lot of effort to send money, clothes and food to these countries to keep these people alive.


Analysis:
I chose starvation because as we studied child labour/cheap labour and how these people barely survive, whereas these people in Africa struggle to find food to survive. This source seems reliable and I don’t think it’s biased because Africa has been well known for its starvation issues for many years. This video seems very useful, giving opinions of different people in that country. Maybe the fact that they haven’t received any food for 2 months is a little biased because they would all be dead if that was true.



Quote: “I don’t know why god is still keeping me alive, I’m suffering due to hunger.”

Citation: Al Jazeera, “News & Politics,” Kenya/Africa, July 21, 2009.

Child Labour (2)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruh0O_mj1v0

Issue: A document based on 3 African children that work in mines. They spend 12 hours to gain less than $1.00 per day. Shows child labour and difficult life situations.

Significances:

1) You see children aged less than 10 years old working in toxic water, in mines for 12 hours per day instead of going to school and having an education. 1 in 7 children worldwide are forced into child labour so it means that it’s everywhere. It is all around the world that children’s lives are ruined and are not how they should be. If child labour increases then the globe will be seen going through a downfall in economy as well as happy lifestyle.
2) In Africa probably a lot of people suffer famines, as said in the video that 3 children working for 12 hours, 6 days a week don’t make up for 1 meal with their money put together.


Analysis:
1) We can discuss and analyze how these children are actually treated. It could be biased as it says ‘they get payed no money but are given a handful of food during their work processes because they do get payed, just very little.
2) I see this video as being quite useful because it clearly shows what these people have to face. It relates to our topic, it is just another country around the globe where child labor is seen.


Quote: “Some are even 5 or 6, and they earn less than $1.00 a day”

Citation: “Arnor, BBC- News & Politics- Child Labour, Africa, June 12, 2006”

Child Labour

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTIfY9SmJdA


Issue: This issue, of child labour is situated in Bangladesh. It is a ‘’documentary’’ on an 11 year old girl, and how much she gets as a salary, how she is treated by the owners of her manufacturing job, and how she feels about herself.

Significances:

1) All over the world we see child labour, hundreds of thousands of people are affected by child labour as well as cheap labour. This economically ‘tries’ to raise money in the country but is a devastating result to the people and their lives. Many countries phase child labour all over Asia, Africa, South America, even Europe.
2) Something should be done to make lives of these people happier and better. Starting from 4-5 years old, children do not get an education because they are mistreated and put to work.


Analysis:
1) We can analyze what the little girl says. We can’t say that it’s 100% reliable because it is being answered by an 11 year old. She could’ve easily lied about anything. And it is cheaply interviewed you can see it lacks quality. But on the other hand we can discuss the amount of money she gets payed weekly which is most probably true because child labour all over the world is like that!
2) This article is one of many that give a similar justification to child labour. We can discuss how children like this feel, to be beaten just because they do something wrong, how their limitations to life are and how they survive.


Quote: “I have never bought a tooth brush in my life”


Citation: Nclnet, “National Labor Committee interview,” Bangladesh, November 9th, 2006

Week 4 Items

1) Mobile Phone. Nokia. Made in Hungary
2) Battery. Alkaline. Made in China
3) Laser Computer Mouse. Logitech. Made in China
4) Guitar. Fender. Made in USA
5) Guitar Pedal. BOSS. Made in Taiwan
6) Instrument Tuner. KORG. Made in China
7) Gaming Console. Nintendo Wii. Made in China
8) Mini Gaming Gadget. Nintendo DS. Made in China
9) External Hard Drive. Seagate. Made in China
10) Cotton Jacket. Victuar. Made in India.

Week 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn72vcd2ESo

Issue: North Korea keeps up with their nuclear program. The USA wants to take military action to destroy this but they don’t, knowing that North Korea could destroy the South in a couple of hours if any action took place against them. As well as that, it has been heard that the North wants to supply Iran & Syria with nuclear weapons (terrorists included). 90% of what goes into Korea comes through China (ex. Food & fuel) so China should toughen up on Korea.

Significances:

1) If North Korea gives nuclear weapons to terrorists there could be a possible occurrence of a war because the nuclear weapons will be used. South Korea will be affected if any US military takes action towards the North.

2) The Koreans have an impact on the US, and Iran/Syria. Everyone fears the Koreans because they are such an isolated communist country. Threats have been made but Korea can’t take action because many countries can be destroyed.

Analysis:

1) This article is useful as well as appropriate because actually you can discuss whether it is biased or not. I don’t think that any country is serious enough to launch nuclear weapons between each other because that can cause a huge issue.

2) It is reliable in the sense that Korea does want to sell Iran or Syria nuclear weapons. And we can discuss what may happen if this is done; major threats will be seen all the time so nothing takes place.

Quote: “The leaders and the army are well fed; they’re the only ones who are taken care of. They don’t seem to give a damn about the rest of the people are so beaten down that they become compliant.”

Citation: Leslie Gelb, “World Focus Online,” United States of America, May 29, 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XucvEafx8Tw&feature=fvsr

(Hiroshima - Nagasaki Atomic bombing 1945 Aug)

Issue: This video has to do with the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, when America's president Harry S. Truman ordered to drop the bombs in those 2 cities. America had been at war in WW2 against the Japanese Empire. The bombs were dropped on the 6th & 9th of August 1945. The bombs killed as many as 140,000 people in Hiroshima and 80,000 in Nagasaki by the end of 1945.

Significances:

1) The nuclear bombings killed millions of people . Many sicknesses arose after this event because of the high levels of radiation. Many people started dying from leukemia, getting cancer, and dying from serious body infections. This lead to the end of the Pacific war and WW2 as well as the bannings of nuclear weapons being used.

2) Nowadays in these cities, throughout various generations, still women are known to give birth to 'deformed' children, for example- kids are born with 3 hands or legs, deformations in the face, or even conjoined children who have a higher risk of dying after operations. This is happening still after so many years because there is still a certain level of radiation within the city, which causes these 'side effects'.

Analysis:

1) We can analyze why or what caused America to let out the bombs, and what destruction was caused after the explosions. (the whole city was wrecked). I think this video is in many ways not bias because it shows exactly what happened in August 1945

2) We can also look at what impact this gave the modern world; banning nuclear weapons, America fighting with North Korea because they want to obtain nuclear weapons but they don't look at what they did to these 2 cities in the past. How America can be bias compared to what they say to the rest of the world and their arguments.

Quote: No quotes found, this is a musical-video.

Citation: Youtube/ BBC.co.uk

Global Warming Issue

Issue: Global Warming, is a worldwide issue to do with the world’s increase in temperature.

Significances:

1) The whole world is or will eventually be affected by Global Warming. Since there is a rise in temperature, an increase of carbon dioxide in the air, the melting of the ice caps, as well as the increase of the greenhouse gases.

2) If sea levels start to rise, there will be more deserts, extreme weather conditions will start happening, more animals will become extinct and strange agricultural problems will occur.

Analysis:

1) We can go through how human activity affects the world, for example- too many factories, too many vehicles, etc make the increase of carbon dioxide.

2) It may be biased, it might be just a worldwide change, but it seems reliable because of clues and proven facts about human activity so the article seems useful.

Quote: “Without the greenhouse effect, the planet would never have warmed enough to allow life to form. But as ever larger amounts of carbon dioxide have been released along with the development of industrial economies, the atmosphere has grown warmer at an accelerating rate: Since 1970, temperatures have gone up at nearly three times the average for the 20th century.”

Citation: In MLA format? Science-Topics-Global Warming-Saturday, September 5^th 2009, New York Times.