CR Ex: 2.2 (Metasearches)

Cavanaugh-O'Keefe, John. "Population Control Today." 2000. Eugenics Watch. The Roots of Racism and Abortion, Chapter 15. 25 March 2009. http://www.eugenicswatch.com/roots/%20index.html
-- This page is great because it goes in depth about the current Chinese population policy and how the Chinese people have suffered through it-the human aspect. It gives an idea about what it would be like if the world was overrun by population control policies. 1984-ish, really.

Howard, Robert. "A History Timeline of Population Control." 26 March 2009. http://www.whale.to/b/howard.html
--This article has an outline of historical dates when somehow the population of either a certain race or just people in general was compromised. There is little information on this article's publishing or date, so I hesitated to put it in the WB. But it is very relevant info so I decided to go ahead...

Ehrlich, Paul; Ehrlich, Anne Howland. "The Most Overpopulated Nation." NPG 1991. NPG Forum Series 2002. 26 March 2009. http://www.npg.org/forum_series/ehrlich.htm
-- This article covers how richer countries are more of a nuisance than poor countries--which it is often thought of reversely. It states, basically, that consumption is the key to overpopulation issues.

Green, Roedy. "Over Population." Canadian Mind Products, 1996. CMP Enviroment, Population. 26 March 2009. http://mindprod.com/environment/population.html
-- This site is great because it includes quotes, stats, written information and opinions, and graphs--all related overpopulation and populationn growth all over the world. Perfect!

"U.S. POPClock Projection." U.S. Census Bureau. U.S. Bureau of the Census, 27 March 2009. 28 March 2009. http://www.census.gov/population/www/popclockus.html
--This site is quite amazing to me actually. Daily, it is updated with exactly how many people are in the U.S.--right now it's... 306,108,019. It also gives "a birth, death, migration, ect every sec" deal, which is good. It has links to other census stuff, like pop growth of every year since 1920-something.

Mark Carter. "Overpopulation: The Unpopular Issue the U.S. Government Won't Address." Associated Content, 23 Ocober 2007. AC, Opinoin/Editorial. 28 March 2009. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/423816/overpopulation_the_unpopular_issue.html?cat=9
-- This is an opinion piece, but I thought it was relevant... This guy would like to see a policy similar to China's, but not as harsh. Instead of rewarding ppl for having many children don't give them anything--like gov't support/money. This is more about how much leniency ppl have in having as many children as they like.

Watson, Paul Joseph. "Government Report: Bio Weapons Could Be Used To Combat Overpopulation." Prison Planet, 9 April 2007. 28 March 2009.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/april2007/090407bioweapons.htm
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Gilles, Milo. "Overpopulation: A Solution." Associated Content, 6 November 2008. 28 March 2009. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1165017/overpopulation_a_solution.html?cat=9
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Books

Call #: TD 345 .S55 1998
Author: Paul Simon
Title: Tapped Out: The Coming World Crisis in Water and What We Can Do About It
Place of Publication: Welcome Rain Publishers
Date of Publication: 1998
Summary: It may have nothing to do with the government, but water conservation is a big topic when it comes to overpopulation. If there are too many of us there can’t be enough water for us all when the population reaches 8 billion or so.

Call #: 363.91 ZEA (Marion/Salem)
Author: John Zeaman
Title: Overpopulation
Place of Publication: Franklin Watts
Date of Publication: 2002
Summary: This book covers very relevant issues such as overcrowding, how we got to the state we are in and where we’re going, and how we won’t be able to sustain the bare necessities of life if overpopulation continues. It also has further information about organizations, articles, and websites dedicated to the topic of overpopulation.

Call #: 338.9 EHR (Carbondale)
Author: Professor Paul R. Ehrlich, Anne H Ehrlich
Title: One with Nineveh: politics, consumption, and the human future
Place of Publication: Island Press
Date of Publication: 05/2004
Summary: This is more of a personal opinion kind of thing, but it’s all relevant to me. These two authors explore how overpopulation, over consumption and political and economic inequality are shaping today’s politics and our future as humans.

Call #: 304.62 STE (Freeburg)
Author: Philip Steele
Title: Population Growth
Place of Publication: Franklin Watts
Date of Publication: 2003
Summary: This author examines how Earth is ever changing and that humans are all apart of that. He investigates the long and short term effects that we have on the planet and what can be done to ensure and more sustainable future.

Call #: HD9000.5.B724 1994 (John A. Logan)
Author: Lester Russell Brown, Hal Kane
Title: Full house: Reassessing the Earth's Population Carrying Capacity
Place of Publication: W.W. Norton & Co.
Date of Publication: 1994
Summary: These authors explore the link between how food supply and population growth are closely related. They explore long-term population policies and argue that effective one’s are needed immediately in order to sustain food supply.

Call #: 303 TAK (Sparta)
Author: James E. Harf, Mark Owen Lombardi
Title: Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Global Issues
Place of Publication: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin
Date of Publication: 2006
Summary: When reading the summary on the Internet, this book seems to address and tries to answer many of the questions not related to government, but it seem packed with useful info. It is also by a well know publisher which makes it more accurate in my mind.

News Articles

Author: Robert Engelman
Title: Zero Growth; A population activist argues that birth control is the solution to the Earth's woes.
Title of Periodical: The Washington Post
Vol. or Issue # and Date: June 22, 2008
Pages Covered by the Article: 968 words
Info and questions: intelligence bureau

Author: Alan MacKenzie
Title: Population Dangers
Title of Periodical: The Herald (Glasgow)
Vol. or Issue # and Date: December 11, 2007
Pages Covered by the Article: 283 words
Info and questions:

Author: Martin Samuel
Title: Five kids, Ken? Shouldn't there be a green tax on that?
Title of Periodical: The Times (London)
Vol. or Issue # and Date: April 11, 2008
Pages Covered by the Article: Pg19, 1058 words
Info and questions: This article gives a bunch of stats about different parts of the world and there consumption and how the government is ignoring the issue.

Author: Jeff Jacoby
Title: The Coming Population Bust
Title of Periodical: The Boston Globe
Vol. or Issue # and Date: Third Edition June 18, 2008
Pages Covered by the Article: PgA15 752 words
Info and questions: This article examines whether population growth is a good thing or a bad thing. It’s stance is that fewer people equals fewer mouths to feed, but also it means that fewer people equals fewer minds to solve human problems.

Author: Ellen Jameson
Title: World’s Population Must Be Controlled
Title of Periodical: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Vol. or Issue # and Date: Suncoast Edition may 7, 2008
Pages Covered by the Article: Pg10A 1330 Words
Info and questions: This article says a lot about current political figures and their stance on overpopulation. Finally, something on the government. It also says some things about the CIA.

Author: Johann Hari
Title: Are there just too many people in the world?
Title of Periodical: The Independent (London)
Vol. or Issue # and Date: First Edition May 15, 2008
Pages Covered by the Article: Pg32 1188 words
Info and questions: This article is written by someone how actually is opposed to hearing about overpopulation and thinks it is an “ugly” subject. I just think that it’s really interesting that someone so opposed to the topic is actually coming around to the possibility.

Author: Cheryl Wetzstein
Title: How kids factor in world’s future
Title of Periodical: The Washington Times
Vol. or Issue # and Date: July 20, 2008
Pages Covered by the Article: PgM15 674 words
Info and questions: This is another article examining the question “Are children good for the future or not?” I think this is a very intriguing point and a good base point.


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CR-Ex:1.8 (reading for research)

"Ways of Reading to Write"

1.) The most important thing about reading for a research paper is accuracy and understanding.

2.) The Trapper's Last Shot:

This assignment was I little confusing at first and I'm not really that great at interpreting stories because I always think I sound stupid or righteous or something annoying, but I went for it and here it is...

I figure that this excerpt is meant to tell us that even the older and wiser of us can make foolish and potentially awful mistakes when they may even know better. I would like to think that a 14 year old boy would know not to jump in a lake during a drought--who knows what might be growing in there?? Anyway, I think temptation lead the oldest boy to jump in the lake for a few brief seconds of relief, and for that his life was taken. (Don't laugh at the next part!! lol) When the boy cried out "God, don't come in!" it was as though either he or God himself decided God wasn't going to intervene with the sinner's stupidity. I guess evil had a hold of him in a way and wasn't letting go. Even as the boy struggled from the lake the snakes where still attached and as he landed in the sand and died he still had a Moccasin pinned under him, biting away. which meant that when the snake kept biting, although he was dead, he was still feeling the repercussions of his actions (i.e. hell).

See, that was a little far fetched..oh well.

3.) This excerpt is focused on Erikson's developmental theory--that as we go through our life, challenges we have with crisis are how we gain a sense of who we are. It talked of how from childhood we are constantly being faced with new crises and this is how our identity is developed and is the most important goal of adolescences. It said that the commitments we make early in life are at the core of who we are and that those who do not make commitments early on are not likely to have a sense of self. Also, people may be somewhere between the two scenarios, that is, they will either follow there parents ideology or experiment with identity-related issues and resolve them.

4.) My approach did differ between the two exercises.. The first one I read then thought about for a minute, read again and then started writing whatever I felt was the "gist" of the story. I was questioning myself at first, but decided it was best just to write whatever came to me.

The second excerpt was more of a formal thing that needed me to accurately get info across to someone that hadn't read it. So for this one I found myself constantly going back to see if I chose the right word or had the right idea. This one wasn't as confusing, but it was much more strict.

Unfortunately, my reading strategies never really developed that well--I'm not the best reader. What I usually do is what I did with "Trapper's". I read something, then read it again to better understand. I'm semi-dyslexic so that doesn't help my understanding. It's not that I'm stupid, it's just not my strong suit.

My behaviors are nothing like "highlighting, underlining, marginal note taking" or anything like that. The only one I do is rereading. Like I said, my reading skills never quite developed; it's something I am always working on. But to be honest, I don't even think to do those things listed above--that's pretty sad I guess.

I think I did pretty well in taking my own advice by accurately reading and understanding the assignment. That's what you have to do when you're not as good a reader as most. I would have to ask someone else if what I wrote was understandable and accurate, but I think it was...

CR-Ex:1.7 (research proposal)

"Research Proposal"

1.) Focus Question: Does the Government have the right to introduce methods for reducing population or population control?

2.) Primary Purpose: Explore

a.) What are some other country's government polices?

b.) Could people be expected to control themselves by being asked by the gov, not forced?

c.) Will people have to be forced without cooperation?

d.) Is this even a topic for this US government's and our lifetime?

e.) How will the people react if population control techniques are installed in the near future?

f.) How does the Constitution relate to population control? Does the Constitution counteract

it in any way?

g.) Is the current administration worried about this topic at all? Is any one person (senator, cousel member, governor, etc.) concerned about this topic?

h.) Has any administration been worried about overpopulation in the past 50 years? What were their fears/concerns?

i.) What techniques are there that the government can use for population control?

j.) Do other government agencies (FBI, CIA, etc.) have a greater concern than the current administration?

k.) What about church and state conflict?

3.) Prior Beliefs: I have always believed that overpopulation was a problem, not really in the US but in the world generally. I really wonder why more goverment action hasn't been initiated in other nations. I tend to believe it is because of religion and like here in america, the "freedom" to do whatever you want in your personal life. I have been interested in this topic for some time and it seems to be a political thing--some ppl want you to believe the world is overpopulated and coming to an end and others don't think that there's any real problem. Like I said, I think it's all very political and I'd like to be able to get to the meat of it; is it or isn't it?? I'm not 100% sold on the idea, because like others have told me "there seems to be so much space" and "ppl should be allowed to do what they want with their life". These seem to be logical statements, but I'm not sure...what's why I have wanted to research this topic for so long. I just assume that other countries are overpopulated because that's what I hear. It's not because of something I saw or delved into myself. Other than that I'm pretty much starting from scratch except that I know I want my main focus to be on the governments involvement on an issue like this. Government is another thing that fascinates me, so I shouldn't be bored...

I guess the only life experiences I have had are seeing ppl here in america with 8-12 kids trailing behind them, all the while thinking "That is sooo wrong!" Or ppl that just talk of having 10 kids w/o regard to what it might do to the world around them. I know it's only a couple of kids, but each human in the US eats up so much energy that I think there needs to be some self restrain. Also, ppl that have kids they dont want... that has never made sense in my mind. All these adoption agencies with who-knows-how-many kids--it ridiculous and uncalled for to me. I'm just not like that. So if for no other reason I'm writing this paper in homage to my beliefs.

CR-Ex:1.6 (concept map)

"Concept Map"

1.) What is the relationship between overpopulation and Earth's survival?

2.) What is the relationship between overpopulation and the government's invovlement?

3.) What is the relationship between overpopulation and different genders?

4.) What is the relationship between overpopulation and other countries beside the USA?

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