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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Calm Down With the Coffee All Ready
In my previous posts, I made points that I researched myself, but in this post I'm going to discuss what was pointed out in the comments for this blog. One point made was that there are many surprising sources of caffeine that most people aren't aware of, and we should know what they are. Another point was that caffeine has some positive side effects, not just negative ones. The last point I'll address is why college students have such a difficult time getting an adequate amount of sleep.
These are a few examples of sources of caffeine we should know about: Cocoa, (hot chocolate), most chocolates, excluding white chocolate, and a few pain reliever pills, the most common being aspirin. Caffeine is also in most weight loss/diet pills, in a large amount.
If caffeine is consumed in moderation, there are some benefits that can come from it. For example, obviously it makes the consumer more alert and awake, this is because it stimulates the central nervous and cardiovascular system, to wake up the body. It acts as a pain reliever, especially for headaches. Also caffeine is used for premature babies, because of it's ability to open up the airway.
Some reasons why college students aren't able to get enough
sleep are: Stress. We have too much on our plates to not be
stressed right now, and this leads to an inability to fall asleep at night. Also, work overload. We can't always get our work done in enough time to get a good night's sleep, sometimes it's necessary to stay up past a reasonable bed time. If this happens to you, just remember; caffeine is fine in the earlier hours of the day(before 2:00 p.m.), and at reasonable intervals (an hour or so), and in moderate amounts (4-6 cups).
Monday, October 25, 2010
Competition Among Citizens and Illegal Immigrants
Social security is a government program funded through payroll taxes by American citizens. When I hear social security, I think about the elderly and disability benefits. According to FAIR.com, under current law, an alien who worked illegally in the U.S. can only become eligible for Social Security benefits by becoming a legal U.S. resident. But officials at the State Department and Social Security Administration (SSA) are preparing a plan that would pay benefits to illegal aliens who have returned to Mexico. The bush administration wants to give benefits to illegal immigrants if they return to Mexico. This proposal is an agreement with Mexico and some Americans are furious. “Adding millions of lawbreakers to the Social Security system would be a slap in the face to our retirees”, says Dana Rohrabacher in a letter in FAIR.com. Dan Burton, Indiana’s 5th district, says, “By giving social services to illegal immigrants, we are implicitly condoning their illegal activity and undermining the efforts and commitment of immigrants who choose to respect and abide by our laws, and enter America the legal way .”
The question I want to know is: Why are we trying to give illegal immigrants so many benefits? I have discussed three topics: workforce, healthcare, and social security. All of the topics benefit illegal immigrant, but seem to be a disadvantage to American citizens in some form. Is the government on our side or theirs? Like I said in my previous blogs I do not oppose immigration because it is the reason the United States is so diverse today, but I think is time the government step up and make heavier consequences on illegal immigrants.
Can You Really Get Cancer From Eating Potato Chips?
Cancer is all around us, and no matter where we go there is a threat of getting cancer. People can try to change their odds of escaping this deadly disease, but the sad truth is that most of the things we do in our everyday life are cancer causing. According to Mayo Clinic's seven tips to reduce your risks, the only way to lessen the chances is to exercise, eat healthy, go to the doctor regularly, and stay away from high risk areas (such as power plants). Doctors are not expecting people to follow the rules all the time, they are just warning people not to live their daily life that way. The anti-cancer diet consists of all natural fruits and vegetables. People are not going to follow this diet on a everyday basis. Therefore these diets and advice from doctors are more like guidelines to staying healthy. So can you really get cancer from eating potato chips? The answer is hard to determine, but if you stay healthy there is nothing for you to worry about.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Can You Really Get Cancer From Eating Potato Chips?
Exactly, doctors are trying to scare people into taking percussions of almost everything. If we live the life that will "prevent" cancer, then would we be living a life at all? According to the article "How to Live Life to the Max with Beginners Mind," there are steps to living a full life. One of these steps is to "discard failure." This to me means not to have the fear of death or illness. Life of fear is not a life that anyone wants to live. There is a difference in being healthy and being scared of all the things that cause cancer. In a blog that gave tips on how to avoid cancer, the list of things to eat and not to eat limits your diet to just about nothing. You are right when you say "the things we are suppose to give up for prevention of cancer are not only boring, but ridiculous." Be healthy and you will live a long and healthy life and actually live it.
Robot love: Are we too dependent?
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Gay People are NOT Monsters!
Though there may be a few down sides for children with homosexual parents, I have yet to read an article about it being bad for the child. Never did I read anything that says that the child would be scarred for life if their mother or father is gay.
In fact, the idea that children do worse when raised by gay parents appears to be based on the assumption that there's something inherently wrong with homosexuality, was posted on http://www.beachpsych.com/pages/cc121.html. I cannot do anything more than to completely agree with this statement. This is what I have been trying to get at the entire time! Sure homosexuality may not be accepted by you or your religion, but it does not mean that the person who chooses to be gay is horrid in any way. They are still human. They are still sane. They should still be treated like a human being. And they should STILL be able to create a family of their own.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Women .vs. Men: Who's Better?
Feminists Are All Lesbian Man-haters That Yell About Nonsense, Right?
In my last blog, it seemed like there was a bit of confusion on what my article was concerning. So to put it simply, the goal I am purely striving to achieve is to help redefine feminism. In my humble opinion, I hope that feminism will stop being viewed as women vs. men, and instead initiate the idea of people vs. oppression. I also strongly sense that this cannot happen until the public willfully eliminates the man-hating stereotype and other gender-
based labels from their perceptions.
I find it particularly important to exemplify;
- the patriarchal position gives people with power the ability to define people in derogatory terms, and in return decide what is or isn’t offensive for the rest of us.
- opposition to all forms of misogynist behavior, sexist attitudes and negative stereotypes
- ending the perpetuation of gender expectations
- equal pay and opportunities for careers
- preventing domestic violence, sexual harassment, and sexual assault.
What Is Really More Important?
3D Rules the World!!
In my first blog, I mentioned the definition of 3D and why it is important. I also stated the meaning of three-dimensional and flat figures and the reasons why three-dimensional objects are more understanding. I discussed that 3D can be used in different ways, whether it's to entertain, outline, or to simply give you a greater view of an object.
In the second blog, I discussed the difference in 2D and 3D, the different advantages and why tw0-dimensions are no longer in use verses the reasons why three-dimensionals are.
There are varieties of ways in which 3D is used today; not only is it used for entertainment and business, but also for scientist and Mechanical Design.
Mechanical Designers benefit from 3D numerously, with the help of 3D, it's used to create automotive design, engineering drawings, architectural plans or electrical circuit diagrams.
Another advantage of 3D, is that it can help decrease the cost of projects and prevent errors in projects (as mention in previous blog). Why not bring an object to life and have a greater understanding/ view of it and correct what needs to be corrected.
To make a long story short, 3D is the new era and it's making a humongous impact on the people of today.
Girls with no clothes on!
Babies Having Babies
When your world changes
I was 15. I had the most loving boyfriend or so I thought. I had no idea I was pregnant until I was about 4 months along, I didn’t know what it was to be pregnant. Hell I was just finding out what love was. Well, I and my boyfriend had already been together 1 year and 6 months. We had been dating 10 months before we messed around. He was my everything; I was in love, indeed. Well, he moved in with me and my mom and my family. We were making a family of our own. Well when I was about 7 months pregnant we started fighting all the time and at times things got abusive towards me. I was so in love with him but it was like there were two sides of him. I tried to stick it out for her. Oh yea it was a girl!!! Well, I was about 8 ½ months pregnant when I started getting false contractions all the time like a week strait it was nothing but pain and I mean a lot of it! The baby started getting really big and the doctor was nervous and thought I wouldn’t be able to deliver, I’m little. So he induced me 2 days before my due date on October 23, 2009. I had a beautiful baby girl I named Lauren Rayn Robinson. Well she had jaundice which means her liver wasn’t fully working and we stayed in the hospital 8 days after I had her. Well, a little thing called postpartum depression started kicking in and I was crying all the time. I figured she got jaundice from something wrong I did during my pregnancy, not saying I did a whole lot of things wrong, I’m only human. Well my abusive relationship with my boyfriend continued after we brought Lauren home. When she was about 1 ½ months old I kicked her dad out of the house and started raising her without him. But there’s more to the story, see before I had her everyone told me I would experience unconditional love but I never imagined how right they all were. But as to who all it applied to was a different story, It was Lauren and her daddy. I tried everything to try to get over her dad but the more I tried the more I loved him. I knew even if I was going to put myself in danger for these “unconditional” feelings for her dad. She would not be in any danger because Lauren didn’t go around him much and when she did my mother was present. But, I would go around him in my time off from being a full time mother and student in high school. Here I am 17 and next Saturday my daughter will be 1. She is getting so big so fast. I am still with her dad but things are changing slowly but surely.
Tonja Renee
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To be a polygamist is to be a probable cause? (3rd)
Animal Cruelty: Abuse
Should the drinking age be lowered to eighteen?
Save ANWR
While I still stand against destroying the environment for oil purposes, I understand that oil is necessary for our planet to survive. Though there are many alternative ways being created to fuel cars, the process is taking a long time, and many people aren’t taking advantage of the alternatives.
While continuing my research relating to saving ANWR, I came across a blog written by Sheryl Canter, who shares the same viewpoints as I. What she also opened my eyes to was the fact that ANWR’s total amount of oil would be nothing compared to the 21 billion gallons of oil that Americans burn daily!
Another problem with drilling is the fact that oil use is considered one of the leading causes of global warming. Supporters of drilling in ANWR obviously do not understand the harsh ecological consequences, or are too selfish to care. Overall, ANWR, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, should be saved considering the fact that it is a “Wildlife Refuge!”
Underage Drinking: Is It As Harmless As Everyone Thinks?
Laws in America seem to be guidelines for what we as citizens can and cannot do. One law that is certainly abused is the national drinking age. The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 requested that every state raise their minimum drinking and purchasing of alcohol to the age of twenty-one. But it does not specifically state that anyone underage cannot drink alcohol.
Many high school and college students do consume alcohol at an astounding rate. According to an article by the Centers for Disease Control, 11% of consumed alcohol is drunk by teens between the ages of twelve and twenty. Approximately 90% of this alcohol consumed is through binge drinking. MedicineNet.com defines binge drinking as “the dangerous practice of consuming large quantities of alcoholic beverages in a single session,” with a side note saying, “Binge drinking carries a serious risk of harm, including alcohol poisoning."
Out of all the teens that drink underage, 19% reported that they were binge drinking at one time or another. There are many risks to binge drinking. Some of the serious risks are a greater risk of committing homicide or suicide, injuries, memory loss later in life, abusing other drugs, life-long effects that could change brain development, or death by alcohol poisoning. Many underage drinkers think that they are invincible, and nothing bad can happen to them. Alcohol poisoning is a serious risk to these drinkers. One article published by the Campaign Safe and Sober, states that the Remove Intoxicated Drivers’ research estimates that about 4,000 deaths each year are contributed by alcohol poisoning. Alcohol poisoning can cause the victim to choke on their own vomit, their breathing may become irregular or even stop, their heart beat may become irregular or stop, hypothermia that can lead to cardiac arrest, or hypoglycemia that leads to seizures. Even if the victim of alcohol poisoning lives, they could suffer from irreversible brain damage.
Many people are aware of alcohol poisoning, but many don't know the warning signs. CollegeDrinking Prevention.com says that you should call 911 for help if the victim cannot be awoken, is having difficulty breathing, having seizures, vomiting, or is a pale, blue color. Alcohol prevents the nerves from functioning properly. A large amount could stop body functions completely. A person's blood alcohol content (BAC) can still rise after passing out. Alcohol that is still in the stomach will continue to move through the blood, making their BAC higher. Due to this fact, the website warns readers to be aware that a sleeping or passes out person may die.
Underage drinking may seem like something small at the time of doing it, but it can turn into something much bigger. Binge drinking leads to all sorts of harmful outcomes. Alcohol poisoning is very serious and everyone should be aware that it could happen to them. Drinking is harmful and should only be done when one is of age and is done responsibly.
Many of the comments that I have received argued that no matter what the age people are going to drink, which I agree with. They wanted to know why the drinking age is what it is. People also wanted to know if lower drinking ages in other countries was affective. According to the article Lessons From the Drinking Age Experiment, the U.S. used to consider twenty-one the age of being an adult. You even had to be twenty-one to vote. In 1971, the voting age was changed to eighteen. Along with the lowering of the voting age, twenty-five states also lowered their drinking and purchasing alcohol age to eighteen. This change resulted in more car crashes, injuries, and death related caused by drivers under the influence between the ages of sixteen and twenty. This lead to the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 passed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The NHTSA predicts that 1,000 lives are saved annually by this policy. The percentage of alcohol consumed by high school seniors fell, as did the percentage of binge drinking. By 1988, all states had raised their drinking age to twenty-one.
In other countries, where the drinking age is lower than the United States, there are less intoxicated drivers and fatalities according to ChooseResponsibilty.com. The NHTSA did a study with countries similar to the U.S. and found that the U.S. has more alcohol related fatalities. The same study reports that the U.S has the highest legal blood alcohol content set at .10. (at the time of the study in 2000) Other countries in the study, such as Australia and New Zealand, have random breath tests and sobriety checkpoints. Both are mandatory.
Since the U.S. is the minority of the drinking being twenty-one, drinking by eighteen to twenty year olds in not as big of a deal in other countries as it is here in the U.S.. But binge drinking is still a concern in foreign countries. Research found by the World Health Organization found that fifteen to sixteen year olds in Europeans states have fewer dangerous, intoxication occasions than in America. In the U.S. almost half of all drinking situations resulted in intoxication, but in other European countries the ratio is lower.
The conclusion is that the U.S. has tried a lower drinking age and that didn't work. The statistics show that the deaths due to alcohol were higher when the drinking age was eighteen. A lower drinking age my work for other countries, but other countries are different than the U.S. They run countries different and the people have different customs than Americans. I'm not saying that people of age do drink responsibly, but the U.S. Supreme Court seems to think so. Statics just show that more underage drinkers tend to binge drink, but my blog is getting the risk of underage and binge drinking out in the open.