Food For Thought

CAT day

I decided to leave work early and arrived on campus at 4:45 pm I wanted have some extra time to relax and to get something to eat. I decide to have a spicy chicken and rice comb for lunch I didn’t want an empty stomach to keep me from passing this test. After I got my lunch I went to the E building and found a quiet spot in class room to gather my thoughts I look up at the clock in the class room it was 5:00 pm “cool, I have a good 30 minutes before ShowTime”. I though. I went through my check list to make sure I had everything. Pens: check pencil: check dictionary: check ok I’m ready. It the waiting that is killing me it like went you where a kid and you couldn’t wait for Christmas morning it is like moments this that time decide to move slower than normal.

The Age of Google {cat 4.5}

Collecting data is part of human history, long before the age of the internet the only ways to gain information was either to read it or hear it. Although these tools have not change the method of how we get the data has. Now in today’s world have access to more information than ever before thanks to the internet. You can find out about anything from how to deep fry a turkey to what year was the first car was built all that knowledge is simply a few keystroke away But now that we have easy access to all this knowledge the question that many people are asking is does that make us smarter or does make lazy. In the article “is Google making us stupid?” author Nicholas Carr explores that question.


In the article that author states that the age of the internet has spoiled us; now that we have access to all this information we have lazy in knowledge seeking. Carr say that intelligent is not judged on how fast you gain knowledge but how well you understand it. Carr state that these entire search engines prove more this distractions than information with all the ads on their web site and with all these distraction you are able hold to the knowledge you find.

I believe that mister Carr has point; I always believe that knowledge should be earned through hard work. It like they always say it not the destination it the journey that matters. I think it that journey to information that let you keep allow me to explain. In High school one of classes I always struggle in was biology. In the beginning of the class I couldn’t understand any of terms it the book. During the in class lectures I couldn’t keep up with the other students in the class and on the first test I took score any 35 out of 100 let just say my mother was to happy with that score. Now normal I pick up on most things pretty quickly but with this class I was slow. My teacher offer to give me some help after school; I spend hours with her going over terms, doing extra credit work and more. Slowly my grades when up from a F to a respectable C+. The point I am trying to make is that because that hard work a lot of the knowledge I receive from her I still remember to this day.

Carr also state that search engine prove more distractions then answers and with those distractions you unable to retain the knowledge you gain. This statement is true because of the way the net works. All search engines are free web sites the way they genrate capital to maintain themselves is by posting Ads on their sites.

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      How much time you do you spend online a day? It is a question that you dont find dont find to many people asking now. Between desktop,laptop,game system and smart phonewe as a soceity spend more that half our time sending recvieing information. so the real questions should be what kind of information are you reciving and what kind of  information are sending out? For many years the techers and parents have been against using the internet as a tool for learning.The arugment has always been that the net is not a reiable place to find information.However they're is a new generation of teachers that want to use  the internetnet as a tool for learning and connect with thier students. one of these  individual is Dr. larrry Rosen in his article "rewired" discuss how teachers can utilize the internet as an educational tool in the process.Just like Dr.rosen i believe that techology should be use as part of the educational process.I think anything that can help both teachers and students in the learning process is a good thing.
       In the article the author state that world we live today is far more connect than ever before thanks to the internet and he believe that teachers should use it like any other educational tool. He also state that parents shouldnt let today technology raise their kids instead they so help thier kids to find a balance between the two worlds.One that techology can be use in education is in research information.
       Now i know that they are alot of things online that are not true but the internet is a good soruce of as information well. for example it a few months ago i was helping a friend of my with a paper. she had to find out information on two wars in the 20th century and compare them. Her and i spend four nights online looking for information.we found alot of articles from several online database. This process saved us a lot of  time and legwork.
   Another way that techology be use in the education process is get work assignments for class. the one thing i love about most of my classes now is that most of the materals from in class lesson can be found on blackboard. Blackboard has help me out alot of times in the past; one example i can give happend during the summer. At the time i was taking an intro to language class; in a 12 week semeter this class is diffcult so imagine taking it in the 6 week semeter. One of things that made the class easier was that our professor all the notes and homework on blackboard. so just in case you miss class you wouldn't be left behind.
     Education is a weapon against world of ignorant. in order to obtain it we must use all the tools at our disposal.the world is full of knowledge both good and bad it job of the teacher to show the student knowledge. if that means spending time in front of a computer srceen then so be it.

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Cat 4.3 Fat City

“I’m loving it!”, “We do chicken Right.” “Have it your way” what do these Three phrases have in common? Well they are the slogan for some of the world top Fast food Chains. The moment you hear the words “I’m loving it.” You think of McDonald and start thinking about a big Mac and fries. It is slogan likes these that make the fast industry a multibillion dollar juggernaut, but while these companies are making their profit lines fatter the food that they serve is just making us fat. This over consumption of fast food is turning us into a nation of overweight slob who will have shorter lifespan, poor physical health and a lot less money in our pockets.


In the article “let them eat fat” by Greg Critser the author disuses how the food companies are criticize by nutritionists and dietitians a like for the food that they serve but nation health problem is not their fault alone. In fact it is the public {specify the poor} that are asking for increase in cheap meals done quickly. Now while having a meal that only cost five dollars sound great to your wallet the long term cost is a bit too high. The long term cost from eating all these cheap meals is to your health. In our nation today we are dealing with more health problems than ever; from heart disease to diabetes the country physical health is being destroy by it over consumption of this kind of food. Oh and that money that you saved by eating that McDonald’s burger will end up go to your health insurance company to pay for your bypass surgery.

A perfect example of how a fast food diet can destroy your body is the movie “Super-size me.” In the documentary the filmmaker put himself on a diet of nothing but McDonalds’ for 30 days. During the course over the movie we see his body breakdown form consuming fast food. He experiences a number of health issues from this experiment. Now that was just 30 days now just imagine diet of this kind of food over 30 years. It is not a pleasant thought.

So what can we to stop this breakdown in our nation health? Well the easiest answer is to eat health but in today busy world that not is. Now I'm not tell you which to all soy diet. what i am trying to say is

blog 3.4

            In first short film the “meatrix” the character “Moophues” explain to the young pig Leo what the meatrix really is.  The meatrix is rise of cooperate farming during the mid 20th century and destruction of the small family farm. The film show  the viewer how animals are pack away in small, unsanitary cubbies

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the net CAW3

                The science of data communication has been around for a long time. In the beginning we use tools like the telegraph and telex machines to exchange information via different forms code. The tools we use now Computers and smart phones; weather responding to an email or updating your facebook account we all transmit data least once a day. Our society is more connected than is has ever been but it has come with a price and the price is privacy. In a world of internet information can be found with ease. So the question is how you can protect yourself in world of the internet?

                In the article “The net is the world” the author discusses how a lack of internet privacy can turn to real life tragedy. The Article talks about the incident that happened at Rutgers University a few weeks ago in where to college students were arrested on invasion of privacy charges after they where link the suicide of one their classmate. The death was blame on a webcam prank go wrong; in the video the young man Tyler clement was seen in the video with another man. The video was quickly broadcast on his roommate twitter account. A few nights later clement sent out a farewell on his facebook page and jumped off a bridge. If convicted clement roommate Dharun Ravi and his friend molly wei will go to prison. This Incident show how information transmit online can be harmful and that there must be a

Artifact 1: Video games

Welcome to the video game nation; one of the modern day artifacts that repersent artificial world that we live is the video game industry. Between the Xbox, the playstation3, the Wii and other electronic devices video games are not just for kids anymore.In 2009 the video industry  made over five billion dollars making it one of the top forms of entertainment. Gone are the days of 8-bit graphics and simple text story now game full inactive movies with compelling stories and complex characters that will keep you plugged-in for hours,the average gamers is 30 years old and 40% of gamers are women. Video games have always be the perfect way to escape troubles of reality, allow you to have a different identity in some games you can have a compelt like the adult version of “let’s pretend”. The more inactive these games are the more we want to play. Now we they are games where you whole body can be the control. As developers continue push the lines of technology and reality we are will continue to be plugged-in.

The Truman show

            It his world we are just living in it, this phase is one of the best way to describe the movie “ The Truman show” starring Jim Carey. In the movie Carey’s character is unknowingly the star of his own TV show. During the course of the movie series of events happen causing him to question his reality. The movie share similar characteristic to the story “The allegory of the cave” in that the character views of reality is being control. In the movie Truman is cut off from the outside world and perception of reality is being control by his surrogate Father the TV director Christof played by Ed Harris. Eventually Truman conquers fears and breaks free of his paper and plastic world and enter the real world. I own a copy of  the movie and have watching the movie five times and I see new things everything time I see it; but there is always  one questions that always that both me about the ending.  

1.3 essay Knowledge

Knowledge is power and it can take many different forms. Knowledge can be use as commodity and be exchange for the knowledge of others. Knowledge can also use as a weapon against lies, deception and ignorance but knowledge can also be use to manipulate the minds others. In the end knowledge is power but it depend on how you use it that is how it value is determine. In the allegory of the cave a story from the Republic by Plato, Socrates tells a story to Glaucon. The show how knowledge can take different forms. In the story a group of men are held imprison a cave, their arms, legs and head are bond by chains and have no knowledge of the outside world. Their only source of entertainment is the shadows on the wall in front of them. One day of the prisoner is set free and find that there an outside world Amazed by what he find he feel that he must share it with the others. However when her return to his comrades and tell let what he saw they believe that he is has gone mad. This story was a way for Socrates describes the process of learning. In the beginning of any process of learning we all are chained down by something it could be stubborn pride, fear or ignorance But once we become free we are amazed what we have learned and we can do if just put are mind to it.    

To Jersey and back again

Well my “call to Adventure” actually happened on Thursday evening while I was in class. My friend had left me a message asking for my help to move a dresser that he brought on craigslist from Brooklyn to his in Jersey City on Sunday at 11:00am. Now normally on Sunday I watching football on TV but I figure that if we started early enough we would be done with the move in time to see the 4:15 game so I agree to help him out. Sunday morning I woke up round 9am to catch the pre game show, get some breakfast and prepare myself for the task at hand.  At 10 am I call my friend to see if he was on his way to my place so we could get started but  when call him I didn’t get a respond. I figure that he was on the path train and he could get single underground; an hour later I call him still no respond.  Normally   he is person that is on point when come to time so for him to be late is unusual, not a good start.

                At 12:30 my phone rings it my friend and sounded like he was half dead. The first words out of my mouth where “you didn’t leave your house

essay 1{The four horseman of the apocalypse War, famine,pestilence server crash

                On August 5 2003 the city of New York The city that never sleeps stop cold. On that day a blackout affect most of the tri-state area; the blackout left most of us without power for 24hours. Basically that meant No TV, No Lights no computers and No cell phone {well unless you had a version phone} but for the most of that day the people of New York where cut off from the outside world.  On that day I was heading out to union square. Half way to the subway station I just realized that I had forgotten my headphone.  So I rush back to my apartment to retrieve them when I got inside I turn on the lights; they flick on for moment and then turn off. At first I thought that light bulb in my room had blown out and I had replaced the bulb.  However when I replace the bulb it still wouldn’t turn on; I thought that fuse had blown in the building. So when outside to look to the superintended to find out what was going on; when I got back outside I saw that the traffic lights were out too. A person came out of the building and told me that he heard on the radio that whole city was blackout.