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DNAA was the bill that Obama signed on December 31, 2011. The DNAA bill is about that U.S government can arrest anyone whom they think are suspected as a terrorist, whether the suspected person is U.S citizen or anyone within in United State. After arrest the person the government doesn’t need to give them any of the Bill of Right. Such as the right to gain access to lawyers, family, and the court itself once they are detained within the military. Therefore, Americans can he held in a military custody and has no access to the outside world and it is legal for the governments to do that. I think DNAA has a connection with the book “Zeitoun” because after the Hurricane Katrina Zeitoun was held in the military custody for a long period of time because the government thinks that he was a terrorist. In addition, while Zeitoun was held in the prison he didn’t get any of the right as being U.S citizen. For instance, he didn’t have any access to a lawyer, couldn’t call his family, and was abuse when he was in the prison. Therefore, DNAA is just proving that it is legal for the governments to put any one in the United Sated into prison if they think that they are terrorists.      

blog for the orientation

In the orientation I have been today is mostly about professors and students are introduce the major in English. How it can help people from the most base they need? Such as that writing major can help people to improve their reading, writing, and critical thinking skills. Therefore, people can have a better position in today’s market. Furthermore, professors had given example of people who had taken the English major and had been successful. Also writing major can help people with advance planer, management, and in all different kinds of administration. During the orientation they had showed students’ power point, video, and students whom are doing the internship are in front of the class to tell their story about why they chose to change their major to English writhing. In addition, at the end of the orientation they had a game that they asked volunteers a question and if the students got the question right, the students will get a reward card from apple store, Starbucks, or Macy's. Witch I think it is very interesting.        

Blog #1

My name is Jian Li Zou and I am a student from ENG101 class that discuss climate change. the article that i was reading from the New York Times, "New York Is Lagging as Seas and Risks Rise, Critics Warn" by Mireya Navarro is mostly about New York can to in danger when the climate change. there are many side affect when the climate is change such as the see level is get higher, temperature is higher, and weather start is change. according to the article compare to other city New York is not ready for the climate change. there are too many litter things need to do for New York to do for the change of the climate. people in the New york will paid for price when the climate hits New York. thousand of New Yonkers will be homeless and the house and street will be flood. Government will need to send a very large amount of money to fix the problem.  

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after the hurricane Katrina hit lower ninth ward, the place was like a disaster. governor had said that Lower Ninth Ward will be the one of the most important to recovery. Dr Edward Blakely, as the Director of the
Office of Recovery Management, said that Lower Ninth Ward will be target for "heavy investment" because that Lower Ninth Ward have always been the place for the poor and old people.

 Green, Rebekah, Lisa K. Bates, and Andrew Smyth. "Impediments To Recovery In New Orleans' Upper And Lower Ninth Ward: One Year After Hurricane Katrina." Disasters 31.4 (2007): 311-335. Academic Search Complete. Web. 13 Nov. 2012.

Twitter

Vince Li‏@vincemin2012

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 Vince's twitter is intersting becuase i think it true that if they give some just a little of the same right as they give to others, it will be so much different. He might dont need to go tought all the things that he had been though. such as have a lawyer that can help him, be in a living condition, and people will pay more attention to him.

blogging the peer review

            Money played a complex role in how people reacted to Hurricane Katrina. For some in the Lower Ninth Ward, lack of access to cash created a situation where they couldn't go anywhere becuase they had no money to back them up and their house was the only place they have. Meanwhile, some middle-class people in NO like the Zeitouns had to face difficult choices, such as the working place, his business, and his house.. All the while people faced these difficult choices and situations, the US government, who had money, chose to only talk people to leave the but city but not helping the poor that couldn't afforded thier family to move. In light of all these examples, I feel that money  was the main reason why people didn't left during Hurricane Katrina and goverments didn't used it in the right way. In this essay, I will show how each of these groups faced a different kind of Hurricane due to the power money had in their ability to make certain kinds of decisions.
             From the book "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers, is about a middle class family's decision making during and after the Hurricane Kartina. Zeitoun is one of the main character in the book. he had made many of the decision buring the Hurricane Kartina such as he had to stay in city while the hurricane had arrived becuase he had too many work place have to take acre of and to made sure nothing will happened to his house. therefore, those are all money problems that he had to sove; if he losed the equipment in the work place or any damage was done to the house, he would need to pay a large amount of money.
             People in the Lower Ninth Ward had to faced difficult decision beacuse they have to risk their lives when they have chose between to kept their life or to save their property save. Lower Ninth Ward is one of the very poor area in New Orleans. Many of the people live in the area are old people and the poor. In addition, it is not that people dont want to leave when they knew that hurricane Kartina was coming is because that they were too old to move or due to the financial problmes. Most of the people were so people that they were dependent on their monthly paycheck. as a result, they dont have any money to support themselve when they leave the city.
            I believe the goverment didnt do a good job before the Hurricane Kartina was arrived. they didnt take care the people who had to stay in the city. therefore, people whom died from the hurricane was goverments responsibly. The rich doesn't need goverment to take care of; they can just move to other city like they are having a vacation but not the poor. The poor had to suffer from losing their home or family members when it comes to natural disaters. Money can be very improtant ket point on how people treat others. As we can see wealthier people are more likly to survival when it comes to many problems. So i think goverments should take care more the poor.

In Calss Zeitoun quotation

In the book “Zeitoun” by Dave Eggers, author is trying to tell or show us many of the personalities that Zeitoun and Kathy has. In the book Zeitoun and Kathy had made many decisions before and after the hurricane Katrina. According to Dave Eggers, “He opened the cage and let them out”(Eggers 121) I believe it is part of the personalities of Zeitoun that author wants to let us know. In the passage Zeitoun is trying to save the two dogs that is trap in the house after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. When he found out two dogs was trap in a house. He tried to climb up to tree then walked over the roof to get into the house and save the two dogs that was cage, which they seem very hungry and scared to him. It made me think that Zeitoun has a warm heart as helping others but not only people but also the animals too. So I think this is a one of the many very nice personalities that Zeitoun has.