Globalization Affects Food Source
In recent news, an E. coli (E. coli O157:H7) outbreak that has caused one death and 94 illnesses across 19 states has been traced to a bag of spinach. Supermarkets across the nation have pulled all spinach off the shelves. Natural Selection Foods is a California based company that sells Spinach under many different brand names such as Dole, Green Harvest, and Natural Selection Foods. The FDA (Food & Drug Administration) has warned citizens nationwide to not eat spinach.
This outbreak of E. coli has a lot to do with globalization. Globalization creates transportation systems capable of moving goods quickly by air, sea, and land. Therefore, the affected spinach products were being sold in stores nationwide instead of a localized area. Additionally, globalization established the communication network that links the world together. It is because of this global communications network that agencies such as the FDA are able to quickly alert citizens to the potential health risk discovered in our food supply.
FDA: E. coli linked to Natural Selection FoodsFDA looks for other possible E. coli sources
Apple releases new iPods on the world
The iPod, released on October 23, 2001, has gone through several design modifications over the years (1st-5th gen., the mini, the shuffle, the nano), and each one has sold more that the last. On Sept. 12, Apple introduced two redesigns of the flash players (iPod nano, iPod shuffle) and new features to their 5th generation iPod. They also announced movies and games for sale on the iTunes Store (and the subtle removal of “Music” from the title).
And all of this is relevant through the topic of globalization. Apple’s ubiquitous player had 77% of the world MP3 player market in 2004, and technically that number is still growing (when you factor out cell phones that can play MP3’s,
4 out of 5 players say “iPod” on their backs). Apple’s huge share could only be obtained by globalization, which in turn is caused by reselling through huge stores like Wal-Mart, their store on the Internet (available in 30 countries), and through the increasing number of Apple Stores throughout the world (as of now, 3 in Canada, 6 in Japan, and 6 in the UK). Not bad for a company started by a handful of people in a garage in Cupertino, CA.
Apple's new iPods
Marketshare percentages
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Globalization Affects Automobile Manufactures
One of the top automobile makers in the country, Ford Motor Corporation, is continuing to suffer through financial difficulty. Many workers continue to loose their jobs as manufacturing plants close. Ford is in the process of scaling back operations in an effort to help the troubled North American core. The top three automobile makers in the United States have lost significant market share to foreign competitors.
Globalization allows foreign car manufactures to sell their products in the United States. Many foreign imports are engineered for better gas mileage due to the high price of fuel. The rising cost of petroleum has plagued the country in recent months and increased sales of fuel efficient cars. American automobile manufactures have not kept pace with fuel efficiency advancements made by foreign automobile engineers. American automobile manufactures have had their eye on sales instead of focusing their engineering energy on more efficient future designs.
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Pope's Comments Condemed
I was just looking in my blog feeds and found an article that i thought would be interesting maybe even relate a little to what we have learned in chapter 1. Just earlier this week the Pope made some inappropriate comments about the islam religion whether he realized it or not when he said it. This has caused an outrage in the islamic community. Many mussilms have called for an apology from the Pope for what he said in Germany.
To me it I think he needs to make an apology even if the comments he said are really what he thinks. He also could have just simply made a mistake because everyone makes mistakes, but when a person of such rank you need to be more careful in my opinion. The pope himself has not apologized yet but his officals have apologized for him on the vatican channels.
I have found 2 articles on this subject for anyone who would like to know more or just read the articles. I would like to mabye hear from other people on how they feel about this topic.
Pope's Islam comments condemned Muslim anger over papal comments grows
