Happy Anniversary

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-kurlansky/bp-oil-spill-anniversary_b_851304.html

This blog post from the Huffington Post was written on the one year anniversary of the BP oil spill by Mark Kurlansky. The author compares the BP oil spill to the nuclear disaster in Fukushima. He discusses how quickly the general public forgets about one disaster and moves on to the next. He exemplifies this point with the idea that the nuclear power plant was spewing radiation into the atmosphere long before it the contaminated fluids were dumped into the ocean. He goes on to discuss that even though the oil spill appears to be cleaned up on the surface, it is still uncertain what long term effects that disaster will have on the ocean. Kurlansky then blames companies such as the ones responsible for building nuclear power plants and offshore drilling for the damages they are causing. They are taking these risks without having a realistic plan to respond to these accidents/disasters. He then turns his focus on people’s greed of energy. He states that, “people would rather energy wantonly than assure their own safety and the preservation of the planet.” With this being said, do you think the author is suggesting these changes need to start with the general population changing their way of life or by creating legislation that will restrict the risks that energy companies can take, thus adversely affecting the way people live their lives?

MLA Worksheet

Gilson, Etienne. The Arts of the Beautiful. [Normal, IL]: Dalkey Archive, 2000. Print.

Hood, John Y.B. The Essential Aquinas: Writings on Philosophy, Religion, and Society. Ed. John Y. B. Hood. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2002. Print.

Guillory, John. Pleasure and Change: The Aesthetics of Canon. Ed. Frank Kermode and Robert Alter. Oxford, UK: Oxford UP, 2004. Print.

Eberstadt, Fernanda. "The Unexpected Fanatisist." The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. 26 Aug. 2007. Web. 11 May 2009. .

Brian, Evenson. “Review of Contemporary Fiction.” McGreen and Stella Schlessinger: Volume number: 21 Issue number: 1. Spring 2001.

Work Cited

Alter, Robert, and Kemode, Frank. Pleasure and Change: The Aesthetics of Canon. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2004. Print.

Evenson, Brian. "All the Names." Review of Contemporary Fiction 21.1 (2001): 192-93. Web.

Gilson, Etienne. The Arts of the Beautiful. City of Normal: Dalkey Archive Press, 2000. Print.

Hood, John Y. B. The Essential Aquinas: Writings on Philosophy. City of Westport, State of Connecticut, United States of America: Praegar, 2002. Print.

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In Class Exercise

Gilson, Etienne. The Arts of the Beautiful. Normal, Illinois: Dalkey Archive Press, 2000. Print.

Hood, John Y.B. The Essential Aquinas: Writings on Philosophy, Religion, and Society. Ed. John Y.B. Hood. Westport, Connecticut: Preagar Publishers, 2002, Print.

Evenson, Brian. “Review: All the Names.” Review of Contemporary Fiction 21.1 (2001): 192-193. Web. Date of access.

Works Cited
Eberstadt, Fernanda. "The Unexpected Fantasist." New York Times. 26 Aug. 2007. Web. 11 May 2011. .
Evenson, Brian. "Review: All the Names." Ed. John McGreen and Stella Schlessinger. Review of Contemporary Fiction 21.1 (2001): 192-93. Web.
Gilson, Etienne. The Arts of the Beautiful. Normal: Dalkey Archive, 2000. Print.
Guillory, John. "It Must Be Abstract." Pleasure and Change: The Aesthetics of Canon. Ed. Frank Kermode and Robert Alter. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford UP, 2004. 65-75. Print.
Hood, John Y.B. "The Life of Thomas Aquinas." The Essential Aquinas: Writings on Philosophy, Religion and Society. Ed. John Y.B. Hood. West Point: Praegar, 2002. 1-34. Print.

Japan Nuclear Emergency: How Much Radiation is Safe?

sorry for posting for the wrong article this Monday, here's the new blog.
http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2011/03/13/japan-nuclear-emergency-how-much-radiation-is-safe/.
In the blog, one main idea that the author wants to discuss is the question " what level of radiation is safe for the people in Japan to go back home?". One issue which is the long term effect of radiation has appear through out the article.According to the author's example , do you think it's safe for people in Japan to move back? Should they take the risk of radiation poisoning? And please feel free to share you thought.

NY Times: Libyan Rebels Take Risks With Makeshift Arms

This weeks blog from the NY Times will cover the continued violence in Libya. Rebel forces of Libya's leader Qaddafi continue to fight for their freedom as they push towards the oil cities of Sirte and Tripoli. Along the way the rebel forces have been rigging up an arsenal of weapons to use against the Qaddafi forces. The rebels have few to no lethal weapons while the Qaddafi forces have all the weapons of a structured military. These rigged rocket-pods have begun to be a big hit for the rebels. They are lethal but are quite dangerous to the rebels themselves, but also the surrounding civilians. Already one has been killed by a mis-fired rocket. What should be done to arm the rebels with the weapons they need to attack in a lethal but safer manner? Should the US or NATO forces provide them with used artillery or weapons from their arsenals? Is that too much of a risk if they could potentially get in wrong hands? Please provide your comments and or questions regarding this sensitive matter. Here is the link to the blog: http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/rebels-get-rockets-but-using-them-proves-tricky/