Blog  #  Cafe Orientation 

Hey everyone, i am Mahanaj Sultana. In this blog i am actually talking about super orientation about introduce the new English literature major for student at Laguardia College. I got new explanation about literature where we can express our feelings,play with words, reading,creative writing.Through writing and literature  subject students' skill will develop in literary analysis,interpretation, persuasion and also writing research paper. Students can easily transfer their major in four years college.The another subject "creative writing" under the literature major will start next semester.Any major student like nursing, communication and marketing  can join this class.I think this class will really help in our future position.I love creative writing and i have already decided i will attend this class.If any student wants information about this class, you can talk with the English department or our excellent professor Dr.Rogers.My believe if we think about highest job opportunity of any major then it must be English literature such as public reader, adviser,TV reporter, counseling, fundraising, marketing, advertising, teaching and radio broadcasting etc.There were a lot fun games and i hope you will join in cafe orientation next time.

Favorite Tweet

I like to talk aboput  the tweet  of Vince Li

How sad was that Zeitoun could't even "get a piece of paper" before he' taken into the boat (Eggers 207). Things might be easier if he did.    

I think this tweet is interested because the piece of paper would be made more easy for zetioun to Tell kathy he was still alive but thats also true the police station could not give  permision to use phone.          

BLOG# 4

Lower ninth ward and how money affected people during hurricane katrina

 Hi everyone I am Mahanaj Sultana. In this I am going to discuss about how money played a complex role to make choice limited for the residents of New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward during hurricane. After Hurricane Katrina, the majority parts of New Orleans faced lots of damage, but the city's Lower Ninth Ward was hit hard. Before 29 August, 2005 few Americans had heard of the Lower Ninth Ward. After Hurricane Katrina, extensive flooding in the lower nine ward drew national attention among USA government and people. There was no word to explain the cost of this devastation.  That was known as most demolished place in New Orleans. According to the “The drive” video in you tube “Blocks after blocks miles after miles in lower nine ward the devastation never appears to end”. Among the 20,000 people most of are African Americans who lived in the Lower Ninth, and majority lived below the poverty line (Katrina & Beyond, New York public radio 2005). Those who had money they moved their houses in other places but poor residents could not move because of insufficient money as well as neither there were own transportation which was helped them to move out from that place. So they had to stay there as a part of that disaster. Few residents said, “Everyone seems to think the poor, lower income people that don’t do anything [live here],” one resident claimed. “But they’re hard-working people down here” (Juliette Landphair, Journal of American history 2007). Residents who lived they faced suffer so much. The whole city was intertwined with water surrounding it and lower nine ward faced horrible devastation because some of areas were flooded with 20 feet water which means water covering entire home. Residents needed evacuated due to rising water. As the water level dropped and properties landed as an unmerging destruction. That’s means that poor people lost everything whatever they had before hurricane. On the other hand, Zetioun who had money, he wanted to stay his home during hurricane. He wanted to save his house, took care his business and also he got a purpose of his life. He thought why he bought canoe because of “God’s will” and he could save people lives. (Zetioun 124)

         

 Still there were some people who loved their place more than their life. They did not leave their place. Corey Robinson is one of them he is resident of  New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward it never crossed his mind to “leave New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward”  not even after Hurricane Katrina. (Tim Padgett, Times Lists 2010). He continued that we all loves our place and we want to give another chance to Lower Ninth but “you don't see too many of your neighbors anymore. It hurts a lot". (Tim Padgett, Times List 2010). Already six years left but still lower nine ward looks like a “ghost town” and the grass has growth taller just like people’s houses. (Cain Burduea,  Black Voice 2011). This is proving that how money affects to making people’s decision. Those poor residents of lower nine ward faced that disaster because of lack of money. They could understand that they were standing in front of death but they could not shift their places. They were going to lose everything their houses, their properties even though their lives. But they were helpless. They were nothing to do unless facing the monster hurricane Katrina. If they had money they could survive from that and led a happy life which they deserve to do.

                                                                    Bibliography

                                                       The YouTube video "The Drive"

                            Black voice article “6 Years After Katrina Lower 9^th ward still Bleak” by

                                                                  Cain Burdeau

                                                      Journal of American history

                                                       Tim Padgett, Times List 2010

                                     Katrina & Beyond, New York public radio 2005

Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane sandy was a strong storm which took everything with her. I cannot forget what I saw in this storm. The wind was like a freezing storm; trees are fallen down and block the road. Airlines have canceled thousands of flight about 1,810, hospitals are out of electric and MTA is closed for unannounced days(foxnews). In night time, I was reading “zetioun” book on 29th October.  Suddenly i heard one voice from my neighbor house fire fire…………..I just got up from my bed and went outside with my family because we thought fire in our house also. Then we saw my neighbor’s car was burning because an electrical wire in water touched the car. The car was burning about half an hour and the power of our area has already cut off. In Breezy point, the NY city coastal community destroyed 80 to 100 homes by fire (Foxnews).  Even though from morning Monday 29^th October we could not drink water, we felt toxic materials in water. I think we should establish “Water Tank” in our houses where we can save rain water through the filtration as whole year. It’s not modern machine but at least we drink safe water in big catastrophe. I heard from Foxnews “Lower Manhattan” is also facing same problem in water. My father told me, we should leave our house. We could not stay our house without water and power. That time I felt why Zeitoun did not want to live his house and why he was so positive thinking to stay his house. From my own experience it was really unfortunate moment when anyone leaves her house specially when we do not know what will happen in next. NJ Gov. Christie said that about damages from sandy is “unprecedented” and “unthinkable”. It is really made a record of damages in NY (Foxnews). Now I am just waiting when I can go back my home from my aunt’s house.

In-Class Zeitoun

Hey everyone,I amMahanaj from Eng 101 class, i am actually talking about the character of Zetioun from  national best seller "Zetioun" book.Zetioun and kathy had both of different and unique personality in this book. If Kathy wanted to save her family from  hurricane then Zetioun wanted to fight for his family through  saving his  house. At any cost,Zetioun did not want to leave his house  at hurricane. He had spent  a lot of money for  improvements and protecting his  house what he could do.  According to Eggers,"Zetioun was optimistic" about his house.(Eggers 70). He thought always in positive way and he believed if he would stay in his house nothing would be happened.The house would be saved him. Zetioun believes the house was motivating  him to fight with the hurricane (Eggers 70). He followed his grandmother  activity because his grandma had  loved  to stay in her house during countless storm.He just concerned about the level of water which was called levees.If the  level of water would high more than limit then he would be lost in fight.At this point, as my opinion , people can stay in his or her house at hurricane who was really optimistic about his aim which was protected  his house in New Orleans.

BLOG # 4 Group 1

Russian Heat Wave and Pakistan Floods

The article of  "The Great Russian Heat Wave and Pakistani Floods" by Dr Jeff Master is actually talking about the two main causes of  Russian heat wave 2010 and Pakistani floods.Based on the discussion of article, the first reason is European heat wave of 2003 which was shifted by the jet stream. The jet stream is actually the high level river of air, between of 30,000 to 40,000 feet.Jet stream has two kinds: one is strong "subtropical" jet  that blows  across southern   Europe and another is weak "polar" jet that blows across northern Europe.The polar jet stream also acts as boundary between warm and cold air.For this reason, polar jet stream creates drier weather.As a result, 35,000-50.000 people died because of European heat wave on  2003 and also in 1936 ,the highest temperature has recorded  in 15 U.S states for north America heat wave. In  July 2010,strong polar jet stream developed warm weather over the European Russia and prevented rain bearing low pressure systems.The low pressure system reached Pakistan shifting as heavy rainfalls which was created most devastating  floods at regular weather.On the other hand, the second reason   is human caused climate change. However,human activities are changing the total regular behavior of climate models through the global  warming.

Blog#3 Review Blog#2

Hey everyone, this me Mahanaj and in this blog I am responding to an assignment in my ENG 101 class about the summary The Global Warming Reader written by Bill McKibben. Most of the Scientists have recently created awareness among us about our climate change and how it creates impact all over the world. Majority of scientists are concern about global warming but before that we have to know what is global warming. Global warming means  the rising of temperatures of the Earths atmosphere. That means we are facing a warm temperature compare to past. For example, last 2010 was the warmest year recorded. Scientists says our temperature is increasing rapidly due to many reasons. According to article “The Anthropogenic " which is written by Paul J. and Eugene F, discuss they discuss that the human population is growing rapidly and due to that we are continuously destroyed  balance ecosystem. However, the human activity has increased 1000 to 10000 fold like emissions of CO2 (Carbon di oxide), large scale nuclear war. That means large amount of carbon di oxide and nuclear gas make our environment warmer. Compare to past our current population is increase rapidly as well as uses of nuclear weapon also increase all over the world. As a result, climate may change significantly from natural behavior over the next 50,000 years. On the other hand, greenhouse effect is another important concern for us. Greenhouse gases are creating significant changes in Earths normal atmosphere. For example, ocean temperatures is rising and also sea level. Another Articles "The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change", states that "Human activities are modifying the concentration of atmospheric constituents. That absorbs or scatters radiant energy". At this critical moment we have to understand what our scientist trying to say. This is not a time to debate each other this is a time to work together towards climate change. This is our world we have to love our nature and work together to make better place for life.