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Iwo Jima & Fallujah

The United States attack Fallujah on month following the 2003 invasion of Iraq. It was led by United States Marine Corps against Iraqi insurgency in the city of Fallujah.
The battle of Iwo Jima was a battle in which the United States fought for and captured Iwo Jima from Japan. The picture, that raising of the U.S. flag on top of mountain by five Marines and one Navy corpsman, become iconic image of the battle.
Fallujah and Iwo Jima both are Marine battle and it had heavy casualties.
The Fallujah video is describe enemy of soldiers, high-tech weapon and America forces step in to reclaim the city for Iraqi people. It said that along with the marines, the army is placed in crucial role in the invasion.
Korea is related with Fallujah. Fallujah was outbreak after Iraq war and Korean troops were sending to Iraq. At that time Kim Sun-ill, who was a translator and Christian missionary was kidnapped. Iraq demands cancel its plans to send 3000 more troops to Iraq and withdraw military and engineers already there. However Korea refused to meet their demands and Kim Sun-ill was beheaded. So through this case, people make organization and have demonstrate about send troops. Public opinion has been sharply divided over the troop dispatch but government was kept fighting.
I think making peaceful world by eradicating the war completely and immediately is hard but it shouldn’t make the human loss involved in a war through only for national interest and political economic. The war only can mark by severe human right violations and caused widespread destruction and humanitarian crisis.

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall.

Hurricane Katrina was set to become one of the most powerful storms to strike the United States, with winds of 257 kilometers per hour (160 miles per hour) and stronger gusts. The air pressure, another indicator of hurricane strength, at the center of this Category 5 storm measured 902 millibars, the fourth lowest air pressure on record for an Atlantic storm. The lower the air pressure, the more powerful the storm.

Communication project# 12

1.The earth is 6378 km in radius, and light would travel seven times around the earth in one second if it could travel in a circle like this.
2. The moon is about one-quarter the diameter of the earth, and is 1.25 light-seconds away—corresponding to about 30 earth diameters.
3.The sun is 109 times the diameter of the earth, and about 8 light-minutes away

Olympus Mons: 27 km
Mount Everest: 8,849 m

Olympus Mons is three times as tall as Mount Everest

Katrina: 175 mph (280 km/h)

The red spot on Jupiter: about 25,000 ~ 40,000kilometers

Red spot is three times bigger than earth.

Valles Marineris: 4,000 kilometres (2,500 miles)
Grand Canyon: 446 km(277 miles)

Valles Marineris is about nine times as long as Grand Canyon.

VV Cephei is an eclipsing binary star system located in the constellation Cepheus, approximately 2,400 light years from Earth.

Earth: 12,742 km
Sun: 1,393.000 km (865,570.0707 miles)
VV Cephei: 1600-1900 R

2000 times bigger than our Sun.

Case study# 11

Prepare the remote operated video enhanced receiver (ROVER) to receive a video signal from the MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle in Fallon.

Actually I don’t have much knowledge about military issues but I think remotely operated video enhanced receiver (ROVER) is good for provides sensor data on the ground.
As our technology is getting developing and now completely change every years, and even knowledge of existing, knowing what and who is our enemy is a big deal.
As the power of drone armies are increase, it has to open up more targets with more vulnerability to hacking. However, at the same time, I think that it has possibility that evoke moral issue.

Case study # 3

The rate that media exposure is different depending on the each situation. Also media press stories depending on bias. Some crime not really allowed pressing through media. Media try to keep the story quiet. I think there is no love crime and media should cover all stories equally.
Even though hate is one of the human emotions, like love, hate can evoke jealousy or anger.
Usually crimes are committed for reasons of ethnic or gender hatred rather than reasons of love. If the world is full of love, there will be more peace and becoming safe place.
Here are the stories about crime.

1. Rodney king and Reginald Denny
On March 3, 1991, video tape captured Rodney King, an African-American, being repeatedly beaten by a group of LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department) officers. More than a year later, on April 29, 1992, all four officers (three white and one Hispanic) were acquitted when the jury could not reach a verdict. The result sparked outrage about racism across the country, especially in South Central Los Angeles and South East Los Angeles where a largely African-American mob took to the streets shouting "Black justice!" and "No justice, no peace!" in what became known as the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Reginald Denny, a white construction truck driver was beaten nearly to death by a group of black assailants who came to be known as the L.A. Four(The L.A. Four was a nickname given to the first four men charged with the attack on Denny). The attack was captured by a Los Angeles News Service helicopter piloted by Bob Tur and shot by Marika Tur. The video was broadcast live on US national television.

2. Channon Christian
Channon Christian and Chris Newsom were kidnapped. While Channon was forced to watch, her boyfriend was raped prison style and then his penis was cut off.
She was beaten and raped in many ways and gang separated her dead body to five trash bags and threw it away.

3. Abeer Hamza
A 14 years old girl, Abeer Hamza, was gang-raped and murdered after her family was murdered. Five United States Army soldiers of te 502nd Infantry Regiment were charged with the crimes.

4. James Byrd
The three men beat Byrd behind a convenience store, dumped their victim’s mutilated remains in the town’s black cemetery. Byrd’s murder was strongly condemned by Jesse Jackson and the Martin Luther king Center as an act of vicious racism and focused national attention on the prevalence of white supremacist prison gangs.

Absolutist and Golden Rule

Absolutist
The decision not to run a photograph in a newspaper of a mother grieving over a child who has been injured or killed by a drunk driver would be an example of the absolutist ethical principle.


The golden rule
the ethics of reciprocity. Treat others as you would like to be treated (or, as as George Bernard Shaw implied in 1903, the Golden Rule can be oppressive. He said: "Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.") In this model, the photographer treats people as s/he would expect to be treated in return. The Golden Rule has a reference in all the world's religions and can be seen as the root of all core values. In an ideal world, if everyone applied the golden rule to the way they conducted their lives there would be no conflict, war or atrocity to photograph.

Vietnam war photo

Eddie Adams was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American photographer noted for portraits of celebrities and politicians and as a photojournalist having covered 13 wars.

"General Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing a Viet Cong prisoner in Saigon," won a 1969 Pulitzer Prize for its photographer Eddie Adams.

Dust bowl

The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American and Canadian prairie lands from 1930 to 1936
The phenomenon was caused by severe drought coupled with decades of extensive farming without crop rotation, fallow fields, cover crops or other techniques to prevent erosion.

A farmer and his sons walk through a dust storm in Cimarron country Oklahoma, United States during the Dust bowl period
For eight years dust blew on the southern plains. It came in a yellowish-brown haze from the South and in rolling walls of black from the North. The simplest acts of life-breathing, eating a meal, taking a walk -were no longer simple. Children wore dust masks to and from school, women hung wet sheets over windows in a futile attempt to stop the dirt, farmers watched helplessly as their crops blew away.

Poor agricultural practices and years of sustained drought caused the Dust Bowl. Plains grasslands had been deeply plowed and planted to wheat. During the years when there was adequate rainfall, the land produced bountiful crops. But as the droughts of the early 1930s deepened, the farmers kept plowing and planting and nothing would grow. The ground cover that held the soil in place was gone. The Plains winds whipped across the fields raising billowing clouds of dust to the skies. The skies could darken for days, and even the most well sealed homes could have a thick layer of dust on furniture. In some places the dust would drift like snow, covering farmsteads.

The war of the world

It happened the day before Halloween, on Oct. 30, 1938, when millions of Americans tuned in to a popular radio program that featured plays directed by, and often starring, Orson Welles. The performance that evening was an adaptation of the science fiction novel The War of the Worlds, about a Martian invasion of the earth. But in adapting the book for a radio play, Welles made an important change: under his direction the play was written and performed so it would sound like news broadcast about an invasion from Mars, a technique that, presumably, was intended to heighten the dramatic effect.

As the play unfolded, dance music was interrupted a number of times by fake news bulletins reporting that a "huge flaming object" had dropped on a farm near Grovers Mill, New Jersey. As members of the audience sat on the edge of their collective seat, actors playing news announcers, officials and other roles one would expect to hear in a news report, described the landing of an invasion force from Mars and the destruction of the United States. The broadcast also contained a number of explanations that it was all a radio play, but if members of the audience missed a brief explanation at the beginning, the next one didn't arrive until 40 minutes into the program.

As it listened to this simulation of a news broadcast, created with voice acting and sound effects, a portion of the audience concluded that it was hearing an actual news account of an invasion from Mars. People packed the roads, hid in cellars, loaded guns, even wrapped their heads in wet towels as protection from Martian poison gas, in an attempt to defend themselves against aliens, oblivious to the fact that they were acting out the role of the panic-stricken public that actually belonged in a radio play. People were stuck in a kind of virtual world in which fiction was confused for fact.

People in these days are accustomed to often unbelievable nonsense on television so if the radio war of the world is air now, it is not enough to believe. However, if I put myself in the shoes of listeners who turned in 1939 to The Mercury Theater on the Air's performance of The War of the Worlds, it might be one of the big issues.
I imagine that I am sitting in living room and listening radio.
I start to get uncomfortable when listening; "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the most terrifying thing I have ever witnessed...Someone's crawling out of the hollow top...The whole field's caught fire...It's coming this way. About twenty yards to my right—".
I don’t know whether I running out to the street or cry because I convinced that it’s the end of the world. Because

Case study#2 Pastor John Macarthur

John MacArthur is fifth-generation pastor, a bestselling author and a popular conference speaker. He is also the president of Grace to You and the featured teacher of the "Grace to You" radio program which airs more than 800 times daily on stations around the world.

"When God abandons a nation"

When abortion, sexual sin, vulgar entertainment, corruption, and anti-Christian hostility come to dominate a nation, you have to wonder when God's judgment will start.John MacArthur points out that God sometimes judges a nation by abandoning it to its sins, letting sin run its deadly course. Sin isn't merely something He punishes-sometimes it is the punishment. So what does it look like when God abandons a nation? Is that where we are today? What hope do Christians have in making a difference in the world if God, Himself, has given up on it?In John MacArthur's bold new message, "When God Abandons a Nation," you'll find biblical insights into the state of the nation today. You'll be comforted by the fact that even when everything around you seems to be hopelessly spiraling out of control, God is in perfect control. Even in the midst of judgment, He knows, loves, and protects His children.

Jang Ja-yeon was an actress who had been starring in the KBS television drama series Boys Over Flowers. She was being forced to sleep with chaebol business men. She had been suffering from depression, and a police investigation concluded that her death was a suicide.

Jang Ja-yeon was found hanged to death at her home. Jang had complained to her sister about the "overwhelming stress" she was under, saying that she "wants to die". A police investigation concluded that her death was a suicide, and found no evidence of foul play. An alleged suicide note left by Jang describes how she was beaten and forced to entertain and have sex with several program directors, CEOs and media executives, causing considerable debate about relations in the entertainment industry, as well as a police probe into her management agency.

When I heard the news that she committed suicide, I was very shocked.
I am also one of the big fans of the drama Boys over flowers and I cannot believe that.
What audiences can see through television is only celebrities’ pretty smile face with beautiful clothes. However, in behind, the situation what we couldn’t see is an immoral society. The judge said there are no evidences that she was being forced to sleep with business men so, the court declare not guilty. At the ceremony of awarding prizes, which is held the year-end, what people remember was not her poor death but beautiful actress who got prizes. The media still spotlighting famous celebrities.

Amina Lawal

Amina Lawal, a Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning for allegedly committing adultery.
She is from a village called Kurami, in Katsina state. Her father, a farmer, died when she was young, and she grew up with her mother and stepfather. She has no formal education but went to Koranic School. She got married when she was thirteen or fourteen years old. She has three kids with her husband and was divorced. Her oldest child is twelve years old.



This is a picture of Nigerian Amina Lawal and her two-year-old baby Wasila at the Sharia court of appeal to hear the verdict of her appeal against the death sentence for adultery. She sits whilst lawyers stand behind her as the judge enters the courtroom in the Northern Nigerian town of Katsina.

As Lawal said that 'I ve left everything to God. I do not feel anything right now. I know God's judgment is the best and will prevail', she believe in God and have faith.

Petitions circled the world in her defense and the first petition was signed by 1.3 million people. The second by more thatn 5 million.

Case study#1: Carrie Prejean vs John Edwards

John Edwards is an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina. He was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2004, and was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 and 2008.

Here is the issues about John Edwards.



John Edwards has a love child. The alleged mistress who was first reported was pregnant and went into hiding, and later gave birth. And this is a photo of Edwards and baby, from the National Enquirer.



At first he was deny the issue but finally he abandoned his long denial that he had fathered a child during an affair with a campaign aide and admitted that he is the father of the almost 2-year-old girl. This is the most striking element of the story.


However media remains this one of the biggest scandals as non-coverage and it was left in the dark about the John Edwards scandal.


Carrie prejean is an American model, and former Miss California USA 2009, and Miss USA 2009 first runner-up. She received nationwide attention over her answer to a question about same-sex marriage during the 2009 Miss USA pageant.
Prejean was asked by pageant judge Perez Hilton whether she believed every U.S. state should legalize same-sex marriage. Here is her responded that find from Google.

“ Well I think it's great that Americans are able to choose one way or the other. We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage. And, you know what, in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman, no offense to anybody out there. But that’s how I was raised and I believe that it should be between a man and a woman.”
The media attention intensified after Hilton posted a video on his website, where he insulted Carrie prejean and said he believed her answer was the worst in pageant history.


My opinion:
In regards to John Edwards’s scandal, the mainstream media has apparently shown reluctance to report the story despite the widespread coverage of the scandal by tabloids - National Enquirer and on blogosphere. The reason why the John Edwards’s scandal was kept out of press for nine months was that he was a Democratic candidate which the Democratic Party is the major political party in the United States. For that specific reason, he receives political favoritism and biasness from the vast majority of American mainstream media such as the newspapers, radio and TV news organizations as the media is in pay of the government. Therefore, there is a conspiracy of silence by the mainstream media in fear of destroying the political future of John Edwards.
On the other hand, Carrie Prejean’s scandal was spread like wildfire and receives explosive number of reports across all media channels. Unlike John Edwards, Carrie Prejean is seen as a soft easy target by the media which it is not afraid of and one who has no one to backup for. The media therefore uses her to create and sell news.
From this issue, I felt that even though the media may have own agenda, it should maintain its righteousness. It should not put in personal views into the news coverage; moreover personal relationship should not override the decision to publish the news. It must be in a fair stand to judge everyone regardless of their status or interrelationship.

5 sources.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Prejean
http://www.rightpundits.com/?p=1006
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2378214/carrie_prejean_sex_tape_video_carrie.html?cat=7
http://bumpshack.com/2009/04/20/miss-california-usa-carrie-prejean-controversy-photos-video/

Photos of Afghanistan

Better living through steroids.

Most athletes desire their win and medal at competition. By taking performance-enhanced, they enhance their ability. However, using the performance-enhance is not only cheating but also bad for health. So, as a one of the sport fans, I hope that athletes would have done well without performance-enhanced.

Dave Hunt on Cosmos and Creator

In the old day, traveling cosmos and sending radio message to near galaxy was just fancy story.
However, now it becomes practicable work. Thanks to the scientist and development technology, people can experience vast universe indirectly. It takes a lot of effect and time but, at the same time, it had trial and error. I expected that it will be gradually grow not just remain as a dream.