Current Event #2

Headline: Report Details Initial Chaos At Stricken Nuclear Plant

MLA format:

Wald, L. Matthew. "Report Details Initial Chaos At Stricken Nuclear Plant."

The New York Times.com.11 Nov. 2011. The New York Times Company. 11 Nov. 2011.

<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/12/world/asia/report-details-initial-chaos-at-fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-plant-in-japan.html>

Summary:

This article takes place in Asia pacific, Japan, in which it talks about the Nuclear plant

industry at Fukushim that endure an earthquake that cause an explosion for this country. During

the earthquake, 40 workers ran to the Fukushim Daiichi Unit 1 Nuclear power plant in order to

stop the melting of nuclear by using a water pump. At 3:30 the worker were done but six minutes

later an explosion occurred in the building which spread radioactivity. America nuclear industry

wasinvolved in this situation by constructing a chronology that identify danger procedure and

venting issue. However, America does not lend a hand to Japan but assume that their venting

machine is the caused of radioactivity instead of phenomena. Fukushim delay venting until

government approve the venting usage which did help reduce radioactivity. Workers had no

home,slept near the power plant in which they inhale radiation, worked in the dark, had little

food and the country itself had a high radiation level.

Suggestion for improvement/solving:

What can be done to solve this issue is by providing a home for these workers so they won't

inhale radiation and to make a better procedure for workers to come in time if a nuclear is melting

without any workers getting hurt during this procedure. I also think that America Industry should

help Japan and Japan should plan what they can do during an earthquake by shutting down power

plants. I believe that the international community as well as the people affected by this situation

should be the ones who can create change by bringing this issue to the public eye so that people

can lend an hand and improve industrialization of nuclear power plant in Japan.

Current Event #1

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/30/world/middleeast/bahrain-court-hands-down-harsh-sentences-to-doctors-and-protesters.html

GOODMAN, J. DAVID. "Bahrain Court Hands Down Harsh Sentences to Doctors and Protesters - NYTimes.com." NY Times Advertisement. Web. 29 Sept. 2011.

Summary:

This article takes place in Bahrain which is located in the Middle East and occurred on Thursday of March. The people involved in this article are doctors, protesters and the Bahrain court. What is occurring in Bahrain is that a protester named Ali Yusuf Abdulwahab al-Taweel killed a police officer and is sentence to death. However; the Bahrain court also wants to arrest the doctors for healing the wounds of the protesters. The situation soon became a dilemma for the country because many people such as the human rights group believed that the Bahrain court is committing a felony towards human rights.

The significance of this event is that Bahrain court are pressing charges against doctors because they treated the wounds of the protester which led the people to criticize how the government, court and law are being cruel with their punishment against the obligation of a doctor. The country is locally being affected because there are no doctors available to treat the patients and many people are continuing to protest against the law. The people will react in a harsh or upset manner because they believe that the court are being injustice towards the protesters and the doctors.

The Enlightenment thinker I chosen is Beccaria and he would view this article as an injustice towards criminal and none criminal who don't have a say for their actions. Beccaria will not support this situation because the court of Bahrain are being cruel but he will support the human rights group for defending doctors and preventing the court from sentencing the protester to death. The main idea of Beccaria was that criminals should be treated fairly and must not be torture or sentence to death. His ideas influence the USA by giving everyone the right to a speedy trail (Amendment 6th) and establishing amendment 8 which prevent unusual punishments or excessive bail in which the Bahrain court are doing.