About the Annotated Bibliography.

Writing the annotated bibliography was somewhat time consuming. First, you must find information about your proposal to use as sources. On some subjects, there are thousands of sources to use and on some there are hardly any sources or are difficult to find. After finding a possible source, you must read it to see if it is relevant to your proposal. Then once that is done, you have to find out about the author and/or about where you found them. If you plan on using the source you must cite the source or find another source. Once that has been done you just summarize the main points of the article and evaluate the source.

Annotated Bibliography

My proposal for this paper is change how fast food is made to decrease health issues related to fast food. In my annotated bibliography there are different types of sources such as films, newspapers and a few other types of sources. For each of the sources that I include I didn’t cite them in the was that you would find them in a work cited page I just cited them as I came upon them during my search. There are some sources that are not included in the annotated bibliography. Searching for sources about fast food wasn’t very difficult because thousands of article would pop up upon searching for them. There is also a bad side to being thousands of articles on fast food because it would take a long time to read them all. If one can’t look at them all how can one determine what is important and what is not. Also which sources are necessary for my paper and which one will decrease the credibility of my paper. There is also evaluating the article based on the criteria which we stated in class as what to evaluate a source upon. Most of the sources listed fall within the same two or three categories for the paper but, they do include some exert that can expand the article and increase how many categories that one article can be included in.

Super Size Me. Dir. Morgan Spurlock. Perf. Morgan Spurlock. Cinetic Media, 2004. Film.

After watching the new one day about two girls filing a lawsuit against McDonalds, Morgan Spurlock decides that he will take on a challenge of eating nothing but McDonalds food for 30 days for every course and monitor its effects on his health . He has some doctor and nutritionist to monitor his changes in his health for the length of the challenge. If he is asked to super size any meal he orders he must super size it. Through the 30 day period he find himself under a some heath concerns.

This is a great documentary of the effects that fast food has on our health. However, he does go to the extreme. There probably is a very low percentage of people who eat fast food for every meal. Using doctors and nutritionist to monitor his health was great because it shows that his health changes were being monitor from beginning to end. Morgan Spurlock was rejected from film school five times at USC graduated with a film degree from NYU. Also, did stand up for a while.

Escoba, James D., Rebecca Hughes, Belinda G. Zuniga, Brisa Sánchez, Nelda Garcia, and Lynda D. Lisabeth. "Number of fast-food restaurants in neighborhood associated with stroke risk." Adam Health Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia. National Library of Medicine, 19 Feb. 2009. Web. 22 Oct. 2009. .

The article is about how researchers are trying to determine if how many fast food restaurants are in neighborhood somehow contribute to the risk of stroke. A high percentage of strokes resulted due to a blocked artery in the brain or arteries feeding blood to the brain. The article talks about implementing stroke reduction programs in areas with high numbers of fast food restaurants.

The American Heart Association is trying to reduce coronary heart disease, stroke and the risk of stroke by 25% by 2010,as well as reduce the increase of obesity and diabetes. The article is very informative but, since research hasn’t shown any direct connection between stroke risk and number of fast food restaurants, there very little credibility to the article. The article is assuming that the researchers may find a connection between the two and creates possible ways of preventing an increase in stroke.

Rock, Bee. "Hydrogenated oil." Helium. The Helium Marketplace. Web. 28 Oct. 2009.

The author starts out by stating that the U.S. has become the fattest country in the world. Companies have been feeding the people poison, hydrogenated oil, in order to expand shelf life of their products and save money. Europe and Canada have banned the use of hydrogenated oil and New York is also following their banned. The use of these oil by companies has increased heart disease, stroke and diabetes. An non hydrogenated product can cost a dollar or less more than a hydrogenated product.

The author includes great facts about hydrogenated oil such as health risk associated with using hydrogenated oil and a scientific analysis of what it does after entering the body. The website were the article is published is sort of like wikipedia. Experts on the topic which they are writing about publish to the website but, the website also includes people who wish to share to their concerns or “knowledge” about the topic.

Croft, Marguerite. "Facts about Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil." EHow. EHow. Web. 28 Oct. 2009..

Hydrogenated oil turn liquid fat at room temperature to solid fat at room temperature. It can cause cancer and cardiovascular disease. Companies utilize it in their products because it is cheaper than other fats. Countries all over the world have begun banning or regulating the use of hydrogenated oil. some companies have even begun to reduce the amount of hydrogenated oil used in their products.

Marguerite Croft has been trained in biomedical anthropology. Croft specialties include nutrition, dietetics, and women's and children's health issues. She graduated from Clarion West Writer's Workshop in 2008. The article isn’t very long yet has relevant information to my paper. However, there isn’t much detail on the evidence given and she appears to only include her self as a reference.

Sondag, Samantha. "State ban on serving trans fat first in U.S." San Francisco Chronicle 26 July 2008, sec. A: A-1. Print.

The article starts out by stating that California has become the first state to banned trans fat, artery clogging oils and shortening, in restaurants and food facilities. Those who refuse to follow will faced an fine imposed by an inspector. Baker will given an extension because it is difficult to make pastries with out shortening and laden oils. Other cities have started to make laws towards banning trans fat. Restaurants are only allowed to use natural oil. Studies have shown that foods that are trans fat free have a better taste than does containing hydrogenated oil. The article also includes many quotes from people who may be effected, appose or support her statements.

The author includes many sources to support her claims. There are statement from people in the government to the governor to business owners. I was unable to find information about the author. Her background, knowledge and credentials are unknown. There are a few good statements that I may use as evidence.

Project Tiburon. "New York City and Philadelphia ban trans fats." Ban Trans Fats. STEPHEN L. JOSEPH, Apr. 2003. Web. 28 Oct. 2009. .

Throughout the article the author states statements that those opposing the ban may state. Many companies who sell hydrogenated oil also sell trans fat free oils. Natural oil may have just as good of a flavor or better. Even though trans fat free oil may cost a bit more it, today’s trans fat free oils can last longer than hydrated oil. The article also states that there is fat free shortening but, is high in saturated fat.

The article is great for supporting my side. The article is some what bias towards banning hydrogenated. However, it does consider the opposing side’s view towards issue. Project Tiburon is a non profit organization who’s goal is to eliminate hydrogenated oil from all food products. The article appears to have been published mostly to persuade other into supporting them.

Lueck, Thomas J., and Kim Severson. "Big Brother in the Kitchen? New Yorkers Balk." The New York Times 28 Sept. 2006. The New York Times. The New York Times, 28 Sept. 2006. Web. 28 Oct. 2009. .

The authors state that a restaurant owner has changed to trans fat free oils and that the food taste the same and other restaurants are also included to have the same outcome after the switch. There is a chance that a company may file a lawsuit against banning hydrogenated oils. The ban will limit to half a gram of artificial fats per serving. The author state a quote of Sanford Levine, a deli owner, “They shouldn’t tell a businessman how to run a business,”. About half of New York’s restaurants have stopped serving trans fats in unhealthy quantities. They also state that a customers has a choice to pick and choose what he or will eat, however restaurants aren’t obligated to label their food.

This article is great for a rebuttal. It takes the opposing sides consideration and turns it around to support banning hydrogenated oils from food. Kim Severson has been with the New York Times since 2004 and, she has also won awards for featured writing while working at the San Francisco Chronicle. For the San Francisco Chronicle she was a food writer and an editor and for the Anchorage Daily News, in Alaska, she was a food critic. I was unable to find information pertaining to Thomas J Lueck’s background.

National Institutes of Health. "Eating at Fast-food Restaurants More than Twice Per Week is Associated with More Weight Gain and Insulin Resistance in Otherwise Healthy Young Adults." NIH News. U.S. Department of Health and Human, 30 Dec. 2004. Web. 04 Nov. 2009. may sway information in their favor because doing so will effect the outcome of the study and may caus.

The article is about a study was done to see the effects of fast food over a span of 15 years, the study began in 1995 and ended in 2001. They found out that “those who ate at fast-food restaurants more than twice each week compared to less than once a week had gained an extra ten pounds and had a two-fold greater increase in insulin resistance…” According to the study, men ate more often at fast food restaurants than woman. The article includes statements from Mark Pereira, lead author, who has Ph.D and is an assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Minnesota. A meal at a fast food restaurant may have enough calories to reach or surpass a person total calorie intake for a day.

The NIH’s mission is to acquire knowledge about the behavior and nature of living systems to extend healthy lives and reduce the burden of illness and disability by using the knowledge gained. With a set goal like their there is a very little chance that they e problem latter on when they try to apply it. Even tough the study began so long ago, those involved in the study were assessed on their diet for the 15 year period of study.

National Cancer Institute. "Heterocyclic Amines in Cooked Meats." National Cancer Institute., 15 Sept. 2004. Web. 4 Nov. 2009. <>

The article is about how cooking certain meat at high temperature can create chemicals that are not originally found in the meat. researchers have found 17 HCA, heterocyclic amines, may cause the risk of cancer. Research has found a link between methods of cooking meat and specific types of cancers that people may develop. Studies have also showed that the increased risk of developing colorectal, pancreatic, and breast cancer is related people eating high amounts of well-done, fried, or barbequed meats. Research has shown that microwaving meats before cooking them can reduce the amount of HCAs by as much as 90%. There is no known measure of how many HCA a person can consume before there is a increased risked of cancer developing.

The NCI was established the under the National Cancer Institute Act of 1937. It is the governments primary agency for cancer research and training. They coordinate the National Cancer Program that conducts and supports research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs. It is funded by the government. The article utilizes a couple of sources as a reference as assisting in the creation of this article.

Cornforth, Tracee. "How Eating Fast Food Affects the Health of Teens and Young Adults." About.com. About.com, 19 July 2009. Web. 04 Nov. 2009.

Tracee Cornforth begins the article by stating “Eating frequent fast food meals causes teens and young adults to gain more weight and face an increased risk of developing insulin resistance”. After 15 years, those who ate at fast food restaurants more than twice a week as opposed to those who ate once a week had gained ten more pounds and their insulin resistance was twice as high.

Cornforth has written about issues about woman’s health since 1997 and she is also a freelance writer. Her work has appeared in the Pharmaceutical Representative magazine, the National Women's Health Information website and other websites as well. Most of her knowledge was gained through her personal experience. Her only experience relative to my paper is her experience with obesity. The article is the same as the one done by NIH. There is no need to cite the same article twice so, I probably wont cite it as a source.

citations

The citation challenge that we did in class really helpful for remembering how to cite sources. It’s been a while since I had to cite a source on a research paper or any other paper that required a work cited page. Though I don’t remember it that well, there is a website that may or may not help. Its http://easybib.com/ and it lets you cite all your sources for free. The only bad thing is that only MLA style is free. It puts them in alphabetical order. All that is required is that you have all the information from your source. Then you select the type of source that you are using, website, book, ect., and that you fill in the blanks.

Second Post

For our second assignment we have pick a topic to evaluate. Picking a topic was difficult at first because there are many topics to evaluate. However, I wanted to choose something that I thought was important topic to be evaluated. I choose to evaluate Sheriff Joe Arpio on his recent immigration sweeps and his position as a sheriff. After picking my topic, I needed to set some values of what I thought would be a good sheriff. Next, I had to do some research on the computer. I took a while, but after finding the right words to use as my search all the information I needed to be able to evaluate my topic.

first assignment

Writing our first assignment was a little hard at first. First, I had to pick a newspaper, magazine or any publication that has a letter to the editor section. I don’t do much of reading on my free time, so I just picked a random newspaper, “The View”, and looked if it had a dear editor section. It did and so I read about what the people who were writing to “The View” about. On that day, all the people were talking about the new health care reform. The next day, I went back and bought another issue. All those who wrote to the “The View” had again written about the new health care. The next, I picked another issue and the topic was the same. I had figured out what I was going to write about but still didn’t know it was going to be written. On the following class day, the teacher talked about how we were going to write it. I was still a little unsure, but as more and more students began to talk about what they had picked and the teacher would gave example of possible way to write the letter. Now I new how to write the letter and what to write the letter about, so I just followed the guidelines that the newspaper had stated in order for ones letter to be included in the dear editor section. I had some idea of what I was going to include in the letter and had some examples to help out in case I needed help. Before long I had written my dear editor letter.

Sonia Nozario

1. Sonia Nazario said that a parent, mother usually she said, cross the

borders in order to support and feed their children. However, they spend

years away from their children, and their children resent them or feel

abandoned because their mothers’ said she would be back in a few years

and those have arrived and past. Many of the children take the dangerous

journey to America to locate their mother. Many end up with severed

limbs cause by the train wheels. Some do not survive the voyage and now

their mother doesn’t know where they are.


2. There are many negative effects experience from migrating to the

United States from Central America and Mexico. One of the effects starts

at the beginning of the journey. In many cases migrants have lose a limb

from trying to board the train while they are in motion.. Then they are

attacked while on top of the train. A positive effect of migrating to the

United States from Central America and Mexico is that mothers can buy

food, clothes and be able to send their children to school.

3. As Nazario said during her speech, if the government changed their

international policies. For example, as Nazario stated they could help by

creating jobs in other countries. If they had jobs in their home countries

they wouldn’t have need to come across the border to support their

family. Another is find a middle ground between the government and the

residents of the country to help each other and to avoid a confrontation

between the people and the government officials

Brian Fagan

1. According to Brian Fagan, there is evidence of in the trees. So people who study trees can compare today’s tree ring with those of the Medieval Warming. If the tree rings of today’s trees resemble the same pattern of the Medieval Warming trees, then dendrologist can alert high powered official and they can prepare a plan for the long warming. That way it isn’t as horrible as it was then to people and can help other countries so they don’t go through the same events.

2.Fagan talk about a town that was built by a river. The town’s population was more than the town could handle; however, they still managed to prosper and grow. Then the Medieval warming arrived and the large population became problem. Then one day the town was empty, all the citizens were nowhere to be seen and the town was deserted.
3. “The Silent Elephant in the Room” could mean something so big, like an elephant, but is so quiet that no one hears it coming. Just as global warming is a huge change yet people didn’t see it coming.