I believe that this authors purpose is to tell the world about the widely spreading kidney disease in Nicaragua. In the past ten years almost 60,000 people, mostly male sugarcane workers, have been killed by Chronic Kidney Disease. This tragedy has allowed this area to gain the nickname "the island of widows", not a very delightful name.
The author states many examples of people who have died from this horrific disease, he also talks about how the family has suffered due to the loss of their family members and loved ones. He also talks about how more than 20 million people in the United States have been diagnosed with this disease. The outbreak of this "mystery" disease is spreading rapidly across South America and on up to the United States. This has killed over 60,000 people and South American and have been diagnosed in 20 thousand Americans. This has worried many people in South America, it makes them worry about going out and working in the sugarcane fields and that's something they have to do to maintain a steady income for their family's.
This disease is going to keep spreading rapidly from country to country unless there is something that we can do about it. But until then, people working in the sugarcane fields will have to face this deadly disease in order to keep a decent livelihood for them and their family's.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Current Connection 1
The rhino slaughter in South Africa is on a gradual incline. Last year poachers killed 448 Rhinos all year as of just septemeber of this year, the poachers have killed 455 rhinos and that number is still growing. I believe that the authors purpose of this article is to expose this issue to the public and let them know how serious this problem really is.
This problem started out in 2007 when just 13 rhinos were killed due to poaching. In 2008 this number jumped to 83 and now in 2012 that number has risen to 455. With the price of ivory being so high, not only are hunters the only ones participating, veterinarians andhelicopter pilots are also killing these rhinos. Scientist believe that although the number of rhinos being born exceeds the number of rhinos being killed, they believe that they may go into decline and start needing controvational support. I believe that the author wants to give out information to the public regarding this event. If the number of rhinos keeps declining and try start needing conservational support, I believe that this will be very bad on the rhinos part. Although we give them support they could still suffer great losses due to this poaching problem.
The price of ivory is increasing daily; I believe that even with the growing help of humanist and wildlife management the number will continue to decrease unless we as a nation and with the help of other nations help out a stop to this.
This problem started out in 2007 when just 13 rhinos were killed due to poaching. In 2008 this number jumped to 83 and now in 2012 that number has risen to 455. With the price of ivory being so high, not only are hunters the only ones participating, veterinarians andhelicopter pilots are also killing these rhinos. Scientist believe that although the number of rhinos being born exceeds the number of rhinos being killed, they believe that they may go into decline and start needing controvational support. I believe that the author wants to give out information to the public regarding this event. If the number of rhinos keeps declining and try start needing conservational support, I believe that this will be very bad on the rhinos part. Although we give them support they could still suffer great losses due to this poaching problem.
The price of ivory is increasing daily; I believe that even with the growing help of humanist and wildlife management the number will continue to decrease unless we as a nation and with the help of other nations help out a stop to this.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Book Review - Calico Joe
Calico Joe is a very interesting book that catches the eye of many sports fan and John Grisham book lovers. Calico Joe was an upcoming baseball phenon, that had broken a numerous amount of records within months of his debut. But when stepping into the box agianst Warren Tracey, the Mets known head hunter, he probably never thought it would be the last time he ever did so.
There could be many themes to this book, but the one that really stood out to me was that you should never take things for granted because the moment you do it could be taken away within the blink of an eye. This impacted Joe because when he became the biggest mlb player in the league, it was all taken away from him due from one "well" placed fastball. This affected me while reading this book, it made me really think about how I take playing baseball for granted. I could take one fastball to the head, or throw one breaking ball too many and tear my ucl and never be able to throw a ball again. This really makes the reader think about all the things they take for granted. When John Grisham talked about Calico Joe in this book it showed him as being very humble. One thing mentioned in the book was when they were talking about his hitting streak and Joe /replied" they will get me out sooner or later." If he was arrogant he would have talked about how much longer the streak was going to last, but he didn't. The setting in this book was very easy to figure out. It went between Calico Rock Arkansas, Chicago and New York. Most of the book was placed on a baseball field.This setting affected the conflict because it is where Joe got hit in the head. This was the main conflict in the story. It really related to me, being a highschool baseball player I was really able to connect with this book. It made it very easy to read and kept me very attatched to this book, I didnt want to put it down.
I would recommend this book to anyone who loved sports. It was very easy to follow and if you are a baseball player it really made you connect with Joe. It would be great for any athelete to send the message of playing each game or each play like it was your last.
There could be many themes to this book, but the one that really stood out to me was that you should never take things for granted because the moment you do it could be taken away within the blink of an eye. This impacted Joe because when he became the biggest mlb player in the league, it was all taken away from him due from one "well" placed fastball. This affected me while reading this book, it made me really think about how I take playing baseball for granted. I could take one fastball to the head, or throw one breaking ball too many and tear my ucl and never be able to throw a ball again. This really makes the reader think about all the things they take for granted. When John Grisham talked about Calico Joe in this book it showed him as being very humble. One thing mentioned in the book was when they were talking about his hitting streak and Joe /replied" they will get me out sooner or later." If he was arrogant he would have talked about how much longer the streak was going to last, but he didn't. The setting in this book was very easy to figure out. It went between Calico Rock Arkansas, Chicago and New York. Most of the book was placed on a baseball field.This setting affected the conflict because it is where Joe got hit in the head. This was the main conflict in the story. It really related to me, being a highschool baseball player I was really able to connect with this book. It made it very easy to read and kept me very attatched to this book, I didnt want to put it down.
I would recommend this book to anyone who loved sports. It was very easy to follow and if you are a baseball player it really made you connect with Joe. It would be great for any athelete to send the message of playing each game or each play like it was your last.
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