Write Blog 4 in class: compose an email message to a college student who is interested in visiting either Fukushima or Chernobyl, advising them whether or not they should go, use sources you’ve found to back up your argument

To: Anonymous College Friend

From: Ja’Quan S. Brown

Subject: Should You go to Fukushima or Chernobyl?

Before you make your decision to go to Fukushima or Chernobyl, please note that these places have specific laws and regulations. Fukushima is an interesting place to visit, you have to stay cautious of where to go and where to step. The reason being is because the surface of Fukushima and Chernobyl has radioactive after effects, and can only be ventured with special gear. Like a face mask and special suits made to keep toxic air out. I added a link at the bottom of this email to inform you of how radioactive Chernobyl is. So, I really don’t think Fukushima or Chernobyl is a good idea to visit, however Tokyo, Japan is a place that i would recommend to visit.

Love, Quan!

Myers, Joe. “Is Chernobyl Still Dangerous?” World Economic Forum, 16 Apr. 2016, http://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/04/is-chernobyl-still-dangerous/.

HW: Find out what happened in Fukushima, Japan in 2011; list three sources that you believe are credible  and list them as Blog 3  / begin thinking about your topic for the exploration paper

http://www.politicsofdisaster.com was the first website that I visited. It included information about the disaster and even included different links and sources. It directed me to http://www.cnn.com, which is a well – known news industry in The United States. So instantly I knew that this site was trustworthy if it’s well known around the country.

I used the iceberg effect by searching up my topic and picking the first website that I thought would teach me enough about my topic. From there I decided to look at the bottom of the webpage and see if it recommended any other websites to check out.

The first website that informed me of the Fukushima, Japan incident was http://www.politicsofdisaster.com. This site featured many different facts about what, when, why, and how the Fukushima disaster took place. I would label this a trustworthy site because it even gives gratitude toward the sources used to establish it’s astounding facts.

The second website I would reccomend is http://www.cnn.com. Although this site isn’t based on how the Fukushima disaster established, it most likely will inform you about the condition that Fukushima was in after the accident. I believe this site is trustworthy because is a worldwide international news network that physically investigates the issue. They also give you their contact information.

The final website that I would recommend is http://www.nirs.org. This website mainly showed me a pdf of how the government reacted to the Fukushima incident and how they were able to fund Fukushima, Japan after they lost over a million buildings and homes.

HW: Answer the research question above about zombies. Find five (5) different websites that you believe are reputable/trustworthy sources of information. Then describe how you located these five sources. All of this–the links and the description of how you found your research–will be Blog 2. 

Where did zombies originate from? Are zombies real? What do we do if we encounter a zombie? All of these questions will be answered with my research. Firstly, the idea of a flesh eating, undead human comes from a play back in 1968 called “White Zombie.” In the play, a voodoo practicing antagonist transformed a young woman into a zombie, but that doesn’t really answer the question “Where did the idea of zombies come from?” An anthropology site stated “the  word zombies derives from a Kongo word meaning ‘spirit of the dead ones'(ahmadmad). I don’t really trust this site because another site had a similar idea. The idea of zombies walking among us is a false claim, however zombie characteristics are among the human culture such as cannibalism. Another website called “Quoro” also agrees that zombies originated from a place called Haiti.  However that site isn’t really trustworthy because its spammed with different subjects and advertisements that dealt with the complete opposite of its main idea. It even talked about a plant that causes memory loss, which is highly irrelevant. The last site I visited was http://www.answers.com, this website provided a well organized format and answered all of the questions I’ve had with excellent precision.

HW: set up your WordPress blog (use firstnamelastinitial1020 as your user name on the URL and on WordPress) and write Blog 1. Blog 1 directions: describe a time that you lost electrical power, water, or heat / air conditioning somewhere, at home or perhaps elsewhere. How did you handle the situation, and what tools were helpful during that time? (150 words)

A few years ago the water to my home was shut off for approximately 2 days. We felt that buying water bottles over and over again would be a waste of money, so instead I decided to do something unique. I took some ice cubes and melted them in a microwave so I could produce drinkable water. I did this for a couple of days and it worked perfectly. Every time I melted some ice, I would put in a freezer to make it cold. Eventually the water came back on and I never returned to that strategy ever again The water wasn’t bad at all, I just got tired of watching it melt.

Thanks for joining me!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton