Skateboarders = Dangerous Athletes

As noted in my first post, I provided much information that proved that skateboarders are very dangerous athletes. They endure daily challenges that test their abilities as professional and street skaters. Even though there are many dangers, that didn't stop me from deciding to skate.
There were many fair, argumentative, key points made in the response to my blog. Overall, the argument was, "Would this sport be as dangerous if everyone wore the proper protective gear?". My answer? Yes, skateboarding is still a very dangerous sport. Regardless of the amount of protective gear, skaters are still able to fall in the wrong position and/or injure parts of their body that aren't covered. The reader stated that the careless injuries that I mentioned in my first blog could be avoided by having more skateboarders wear protective gear. Though, the truth is that many of us are not willing to do that. According to a retrospective study done by a district hospital in the UK, the distal radius was the most common fractured bone and most skateboarding-related injuries happened during the summer. They also found that out of 50 patients, most of them were males under the age of 15. The results explain how the protective gear takes away from the "dare devil" aspect of skateboarding.

I feel as though skateboarding is a constantly evolving extreme sport that will continuously catch others eyes. Yes, there is much practice needed to master it and to not make careless mistakes. Yes, it's fun and helps with meeting others with your same interests socially through skating. Yet, no one is to ever under estimate the power of skating. No one knows how badly some skaters are treated by police and other city officials. Just see ihateskateboarding.com! It's in the name. This guy has been harassed and has even gotten a "skateboarding ticket" for not wearing a helmet at a skate park. Well, we'll save that for another day. Just keep in mind that us skaters have a right to this sport just as any other sport. Who cares if some of us don't wear helmets? It's our own fault...whatever the result is.

Feminists Are All Lesbian Man-haters That Yell About Nonsense, Right?

While the classic jokes about female drivers and blondes and big girls and tomboys may be told in plain good fun, I feel they promote an injustice against women. I think that women should reject the stereotypes our culture tries to squeeze us into so that we can rise to our full potential. So here is where my overall rage lays. Women continue putting up with a set of jokes and stereotypes that they don’t want to laugh along with. The jokes are purely sexist, totally cliché and simply not funny. And we put up with them because if we don’t laugh along, we automatically become humorless lesbians or man-hating feminists.

"Feminism is about turning that dominance model on its head in every realm, including language. One recurring feature of feminist discussion about pejorative speech is that the person with the lesser power gets to decide what is offensive to them, and that we should be listening to their voices, not those of the dominant group. In the case of sexist language, women have the voices that count, the voices that all need to listen to. For racist speech, women of colour. For classist speech, poor women. For disablist speech, disabled women. For anti-lesbian speech, lesbian women. Fattist speech, fat women. And so on, and so on."

The fact is that discrimination is illegal and awareness is rising. This is not a country in which women are legally prohibited from voting any more, or not permitted from having certain jobs. We just use the media to show that some aspect of life shouldn’t be considered ordinary for women. We do not have endemic discrimination, we merely have localized sexist humor, a slight employment bias, and a drop bigotry now and then.

Animal Cruelty: Furs

Animal furs are well loved by people who enjoy their soft, gorgeous coat. Nothing wrong with that, right? Maybe the fact that the fur industry kills over 50 million animals a year might sway your opinion. Trapped in cages for the short time of their lives, to be killed by gassing, poisoning, electrocution, breaking of the neck, or even by shoving a red hot iron rod into their anus.

So if the act of creating these furs are so cruel, why does it continue? Perhaps most people are just oblivious. Or maybe they just don't care. And the people who slaughter these animals do not even think about their rights. Why do people find it's okay to kill animals? When an animal kills a human, everyone flips and the animal executed immediately. Yet animals are killed by humans by the millions each year.

I personally feel that animal slaughter is justified by the fact that humans feel superior to other animals, because we are "intelligent". And if animals cannot speak up for themselves, there is nothing wrong with doing away with them for our own benefit.

Animals are suffering an injustice daily due to slaughter, for such an egotistical reason. Is a fur coat that could easily be replaced with a high-quality material that is warmer than fur worth all this torture?

3D Rules the World!

In my previous blog, I explained the definitons of 3D animation and three dimension. I also stated the advantages, the benefits, and the precious time that is spent on creating three-dimensional items. We all know that 3D used for entertainment and is mostly used to attract viewers. But as I informed you in my last blog, 3d is also beneficial, as said by John Artuo, "The process of 3D modeling allows artists to learn a variety of techniques and forms to create models, animation and even visualizations. As these artists are taught varying techniques, productivity increases as each technique is best for create specific types of the models." This quote indicates that people who use the software, like artistics, generally learns numerous techniques while creating the dimension. But before there was a 3D, 2D was catching attention but as the economy and technology increases, 2D wasn't beneficial enough. That's when 3D stepped in. Don't get me wrong, 3D was invented by William Fetter, in 1976 but it has become so useful by 2006.

They ask why 3D, and why not 2D, what people fail to realize is that 3D has everything that 2D lacks. Starting with the fact that 3D means three-deminsional and 2D mean two-dimensional. Which simply means, two-deminsionals are flat and only very few deepness, features and the overall outlook of the object is pretty much bland (cartoonish). On the other hand, three-deminsional most certainly gives an improved (more realistic) picture of the object, it gives a variety of views. Hopefully your question was answered and you are now aware of the huge difference.

3D has taken some of the stress off of calculations and errors arounf the world. Little do people in the world fail to realize but without the unmanageable complications.

3D has not only, made difficult tasks manageable but has even out the time consumed on animation rather then doing it tw0-dimensional. So not only is 3D catching to the eye, better known as attractive but it is also used towards serious, life threatning tasks and education.

Babies Having Babies

Nationally, nearly one million young women under age 20 become pregnant each year. That means close to 2800 teens get pregnant each day.( Facts in Brief: Teen Sex and Pregnancy, The Alan Guttmacher Institute, New York, 1996). The standard statistics for how many babies born every minute in the U.S. is roughly at eight babies a minute. Out of every eight babies born in that minute six belong to women of the age 20 and under.

In my last article i talked about the rising increase of teen pregnancy in America and everyone who commented seem to have the same intake on the situation. Ericka Jackson stated that "I think that is so true. Either they are pregnant or trying to get pregnant."(about hollywood role models) She even listed a website that gives a list of teens role models of today who think babies are accessories. Its crazy how teen girls in hollywood, who are suppose to be role models for little girls actually get pregnant. (hint hint Jamie Lynn Spears) This just shows little girls that having kids at a young age is cool, which it isn't. Why can't we have hollywood teen role models tell little girls that its okay to go to school and get a education, or hey join some after school activities such as sports,clubs,etc. so that you can stay active, even how about read a book. The way things or going, i wouldn't be surprise if girls from ages 13-15 in the next few years have the highest pregnancy rates.

Jamie Lynn Spears Pregnant Again

http://www.popcrunch.com/jamie-lynn-spears-pregnant-again/

Pregnant In Hollywood

The website http://www.pregnanthollywood.com/

Maury:Teens Out Of Control

Homeward Bound: Journey from Afghanistan

In a previous blog post entitled Homeward Bound: Journey form Afghanistan, I discussed the decline of American support for the war in Afghanistan in relation to the collective time that the troops have been deployed. One reader, however, expressed concern as to why American’s support for the war would shift. There are a number of reasons. As stated in last weeks post, one of these reasons is the unexpectedly long time period that soldiers have been overseas. Another reason is the media’s continued outpour of controversy involved with the war efforts. The most recent of such controversy being accusations that U.S. soldiers have made sport of murdering Afghan-civilians.

The controversy first came to light after one of the five murder suspects, Adam Winfield, reported the incidents to authorities. According to Winfield, as recounted by David Griffin of CNN in the article entitled Army may have known in February about Afghan murder, the murders committed had been premeditated and were even bragged about after the fact. Griffin’s article also provides a video of Winfield’s Army interrogation in which he communicates the happenings of the murders to the interrogating officer. Since then, there has been increased media coverage on the topic and hearings to determine whether the suspects will go to trial have begun.

Jeremy Morlock is the first of the murder suspects to have had a hearing. In Hearing begins in alleged plot to murder Afghans, an article by the associated press, the proceedings of Morlock’s hearing are chronicled. The associated press puts forth more information about the case in statements that “members of the platoon mutilated Afghan corpses and even collected fingers and other body parts, and that some posed for photos with Afghan corpses.” This being said, how could Americans continue to support this war.

As Americans we trust our military to protect us from foreign threats, and build strong ties with others. We do not expect to be that foreign threat, that malicious entity that commits war crimes against innocent individuals. If war crimes like those stated previously are taking place at a time when we expect our troops to be helping Afghan civilians, then how can we continue to support the idea of soldiers remaining in Afghanistan. There is a line in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Night which reads, "Either you die the hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” Americans don’t want to be the villain of the world; therefore, support for the war in Afghanistan is waning.

Euthanasia..is it murder? Part 2

Even though I definitely see all of the points everyone made and they were really good ones I still stand by what I said about euthanasia not being a good thing. The doctors and nurses that perform the euthanasia are not God. God is the only person that chooses when someone is suppose to die and how it's suppose to happen. Also, the point that was made about the animals I can't really agree with. Animals even though are very, very dear to my heart are not the same as a human. My dog was sick for a while and the vet in our town didn't really know what was wrong with him but never really did anything about it, he kept getting worse and my daddy took him to a vet in the town next to us and they did blood work on him and found out that he had cancer and it was really bad. They put him to sleep immediately and I didn't know anything about it and didn't get to say goodbye to him. Even though that was a really sad part of my life and I miss my dog very much I just can't see that being the same thing as if that was happening to say my grandmother.

Competition Among Citizens and Illegal Immigrants

Illegal Immigration is an issue where people have opposite opinions. Some people are lenient to the issue and some strongly opposes. People that are lenient wound say illegal immigrants have not done anything to bother them, so why worry about them? Well there are issues in politics that has to be answered. Last week I talked about issues with illegal immigrants in the workforce. In an article from newsweek.com I found something interesting. There is a demographic reason for anti-immigration, according to newsweek.com. Illegal immigrants have started chasing jobs in other states than California, New York, and Texas. The population of illegal immigrants in those states has decreased, but this is not a good change in my opinion. The in-immigrants that left have populated other areas of the U.S., and this has caused competition with citizens in other areas.

Not only is illegal immigration a problem with jobs, there is a rising issues with healthcare. Illegal immigrants have brought diseases into the United States. Tuberculosis, leprosy, and typhoid are just to name a few. Tuberculosis was a disease that was under control in the U.S., but has become readily evident around the border, according to fairus.com. This is a problem that could be prevented if illegal immigrants came through examination upon becoming illegal.

Bringing diseases into the U.S. is not the only issue with health care. Should benefits be handed to illegal immigrants? The health care bill recently passed by the house of representatives has propsed providing health care for illegal immigrants. According to heritage.com, all illegal immigrant women who do not have private health insurance and who give birth inside the United States will have the full cost of childbirth paid by the U.S. taxpayers. Should U.S. citizens have to pay taxes in order to provide health care for illegal aliens? There has been steps to turn this around. Usatoday.com states, “The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston is considering denying cancer care to such immigrants.” When it comes to children that are illegal immigrants, there is no slack also. According to usatoday.com, the effort to add illegal immigration children to the State Children’s Health Insurance was blocked in the senate. Is this too far? This could be prevented if illegal immigrants become illegal, so they can purchase health insurance for adults and their children.

Facebook Takeover

As of July 2010 facebook was known to be the largest social network in the country as said in The New York Times. It was also said that it had grown to a large estate about doubling the amount of users since 2009 as well as pushing all of its competition aside. This website was sought out to be for more than just the adolescent mind frame but also for the more mature as well. Facebook beats out all countries and their attempted competing tactics. Zuckerburg has instilled his network to be in 70 different languages and about 70% of his users are located outside of the United States and with the help of 300,00 of his users using his translation application that is how these languages came upon to be used for other that come along this site. He has also complied with more than 1 million developers and entrepreneurs from 180 different countries as said again in the Facebook Press Room. Its seeming as if everyone from everywhere is getting involved in this facebook movement and if this isn't a takeover than what is?

The Middle Class Act; Has the American Dream Become A Nightmare?

Craving "bling bling" and living above their means is why some middle-class Americans are now in financial ruin and living in poverty. Instead of admiring their manicured lawns or grilling steaks in the backyard, some are living out of their cars or sleeping on the floors of friends or family members.

It is true that America's economic downturn has a major negative effect on the middle-class lifestyle as stated in my first post, but some if not most of the turmoil can be blamed on their own personal financial choices. If a person was making at least $70000 a year for the last 5 or 10 years and was laid off last month, then why are they barely able to buy food next month? Did they not save any of their money? Did they need that huge house payment or new Tahoe? Why didn't they listen to the financial experts who say to save enough money for at least 6 months worth of living expenses?

In Dr. Phil's "Living Beyond Your Means" episode, he tells a financially strapped couple that, "The hardest thing to do is to admit that what you're doing is not working and be willing to change it." That's a major part of the problem. Most of these people are not willing to admit that they can't afford this lifestyle, which for the most part was an act to begin with. They don't want to give up anything.

Getting on a budget and living within your means will help to solve many of the financial problems facing the middle-class. To some this may be easier said than done, but if you put the well-being of your family and/or marriage first, the desire to achieve this common sense approach will become much more clearer and attainable. Nobody wants to see their kids hungry or having to sleep on someone else's floor. This thought alone should make most people spend their money wisely.

Laptops: Not Good For Laps?

As I mentioned in my previous post about this informative subject, laptops have been reported to cause "toasted skin syndrome", also known as erythema ab igne or "redness by fire."

This condition can also be caused by the overuse of heating pads and other heat sources that usually aren't hot enough to cause burns. It is generally harmless but can cause permanent skin darkening. Still, in very rare occasions, it can cause damage leading to skin cancers, as said by Swiss researchers from the University Hospital of Basel. Also, Dr. Anthony J. Mancini, dermatology chief at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago, noted that chronic, prolonged skin inflammation can potentially increase chances for squamous cell skin cancer, which is more aggressive than the most common skin cancer.

In this post, I'd like to mention the effects of laptops on the male reproduction system. A medical report several years ago from researchers at the State University of New York at Stony Brook found that men who used laptops on their laps had elevated scrotum temperatures. In fact, hot laptops have been found to increase the temperature of scrotums up to 35 degrees above the normal body temperature of 98.6 degrees. If prolonged, that kind of heat can decrease sperm production, which can potentially lead to male infertility.

Also, I'd like to mention the fact that a warning is printed in the user manuals of the major laptop manufacturers. These manufacturers include Apple, Hewelett Packard (also known as hp), and Dell, and all of the companies supposedly have a warning that appears in their user manuals against the habit of placing laptops on their laps or exposed skin for extended periods of time because of the risk of burns.

The signs are obvious and, with the increase in the use of laptops recently, the potential for laptops to further increase our risk of cancer in the future is rather eminent. Also, the major manufacturers have made provisions to cover theirbacksides on this issue, therefore, I hope all of you will invest in "lap desk" for your laptop or just choose a regular desk to work on, but, if you don't, you might be paying for cancer treatment in the near future! Or, at least, you might have a permanent discoloration in your skin.

Should Gay Marriage Be Acceptable?

In my previous post, I discussed how gay marriage should be acceptable and nobody should deny that right. There have been many questions regarding that issue Some of the questions were:

1)If homosexual couples aren’t Christians is it okay for them to get married since they don’t have the same beliefs as Christians?


2) Why do we have freedom of religion if we just want everyone to conform to what we believe.


3)Yes, the constitution states that marriage is between a man and a woman , but are the people allowed to change the constitution?

To answer these questions, I'll simply state that if homosexuals are or aren't Christians, it isn't up to us individuals to judge their sexual preference. What they choose to do is simply up to them. Humans may believe that being gay and married is sinful, but the couple may not view our beliefs the same. As citizens of our nation, we do have a right to express freedom of religion. Personally, sexual preferences does not bother me. If someone was gay, I wouldnt bother them or try to comform them into what I believe- that's their religion, their freedom.



Also, as I mentioned on my prior post, yes, our people are allowed to change the constitution. Well, due to the fact that it has been changed 27 times already (only 17 recorded changes). We change, or alter the constitutin to better the eeds of the individuals in our country.


Society, has constructed what seems to be the ideal family of a man, woman, and child. It is more and more common to see same-sex couples. The child is usually from a past relationship or adoption. Not many people acknowledge the fact that the adoption rates will rise due to gay marriage, but it's a true fact.

NCAA Throws The Book, The Gavel, and The Kitchen Sink! (part 2)

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Last week, I reported on some of the severe sanctions handed down by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Well earlier this week, the NCAA released, yet another wave of sanctions which continue to shock the collegiate sports world.  Over the past summer, the NCAA investigated a party which took place in Miami, Florida.  The reason this particular party was under investigation was because of reports of player-agent contact, which is a violation of NCAA rules.  Numerous collegiate athletes were investigated; however, most of the players were from the University of North Carolina.

On Monday October 11, 2010, ESPN reported the latest sanctions announced by the NCAA.  The NCAA declared wide receiver Greg Little and star defensive end Robert Quinn “permanently ineligible.”  This basically means these players are no longer allowed to play collegiate football until further notice.  At the same time this news was released, the University of North Carolina decided to cut ties with and dismiss All-American defensive tackle Marvin Austin from the team.  Austin, who is the center of the NCAA investigation, was already suspended indefinitely.  North Carolina decided to dismiss Austin from the team after the NCAA had discovered that Austin had received anywhere between $10,000 and $13,000 of improper benefits.  The investigation also discovered that Quinn had received jewelry as well as travel accommodations to Miami totaling in over $5,000 worth of improper benefits.  Little also received jewelry and travel accommodations to place such as: the Bahamas, Washington D.C., and Miami as well.  Little’s benefits added up to almost $5,000.



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I have to agree with the punishments handed down by the NCAA on these student athletes.  However, the report by ESPN also states that the NCAA was going to look into punishing the University of North Carolina.   This is where the line needs to be drawn.  The NCAA is looking at the possibility of sanctioning the university as well as vacating some of the programs athletic wins.   The University of North Carolina did not accept these benefits for the players.  The university itself did not have contact with agents.  This was a personal action taken by the individuals involved with the agent scandal; therefore, there should only be personal punishment.  The article also states that the university is also under academic investigation.  If the university has committed academic violations then I could understand punishing the school itself.  Otherwise, there should be no punishment placed on the school.

               

What It Means To Be Free

In my last blog I was a little unclear on my main point so to clear it up a little bit, the united states should not claim that it is the “America is the freest and wealthiest nation in the world” when for 1 free is a misconception of the word regulated, and 2 America is not the wealthiest nation, we are in over 13,000,000,000,000$ of debt. I know that without laws and rules everything would be chaos. Rules and laws are the structure to the world, like beams supporting houses and buildings, without them a house would crumble and fall to the ground like society would without laws. There are many reasons why we need rules and laws, for instance if a man kills another man the best thing to do is to put him in jail to prevent him from being a danger to someone else, also to keep everything in order. What is a problem are the little rules and laws( listed in last blog) that could result in minor or very severe punishment. New laws are thought of and proposed to congress to get passed all the time and as time goes buy it almost seems like they are just proposing pointless laws. What would you consider reasonable and ridiculous laws?

IS IT OKAY TO USE DEAD PEOPLES BODY PARTS?

I understand and respect everyone's point of view on this topic. I stand strong by what I believe. Personally, I still believe that it is up to the person to decide if they want to use their body parts or not. People should be given the chance to decide what they would like to do with "their" bodies. As I said before in my first blog, selling of body parts is unethical and just not right. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. One article I read really shocked me. A young 27 year old man said he was in fact a organ donor. Stephen Banks agreed to donate every organ except for his precious "eyes". He recieved a letter stating they were happy he donated every single part of his body. Stephen knew this was a mistake, he was too scared to call and make the correction. This shows how rutheless even companies are now turning. Don't get me wrong, I feel that it is perfectly fineto donate body parts. My concern is not the donation, it is the stealing of the organs. Records are even changed to show that the people became donors. Of course this is not true. Family members also have a say so in the matter. It would be nice if the family of the dead were asked. Don't you think? My opinion will always remain the same about the situation. Bottom line, if consent was not given while the people were alive then you can not take the organs while they are dead.

Texting While Driving Ban As Good As Invisible

After reading a few blogs and even doing some research, I realized many people believe texting while driving is very dangerous, even more dangerous than drunk driving. At first, I was like how could this be? Because drivers are under the influence and their judgment is impaired. According to this article, your ability to react is slower. I think texting while driving is becoming so dangerous because states have banned it; therefore, it’s harder to text without getting caught. But like Kia Hill stated in her response to my blog, there are alternate ways around this ban. For example, she can download an application for her phone where the text message is read aloud and she doesn’t have to touch the phone, this is probably safer, but it can still be dangerous. Because of the effects of texting while driving and there are ways to still do it, the consequences should be more harsh or the ban should be re- written to fix the loop holes, and actually stop drivers from texting while driving or atleast thinking twice before they do it. This video shows the effects of texting while driving and drunk driving.

3D Rules the World!

Over the past few years, 3d animation has become very useful and popular. Everything is in 3d: tv shows, movies, commercials, games, you name it. Creating 3d animation takes plenty of time and concentration. In 2009, 3d was highly acknowledge by the movie Avatar, this movie gave 3d animation numerous of publicity, critics and viewers were raged with the satisfaction of the movie. Well, they do say everything is more desirable in 3d. I wonder is that true. Lets think back, in the elementary days, when we first learned about different shapes and sizes. We got to learn the difference between a circle and a sphere. In reality, three-dimensional objects like: a sphere is used more often, it can be rolled or tossed, on the other hand; when you see a circle it is either drawn or/ is a flat object..in other words, boring! The excitement of bringing something to life is a plus, it grabs everyone attention.
The invention of 3d animation has made numerous and varieties of tasks a lot manageable, problems that were troublesome are now uncomplicated. There are countless of advantages of 3d modeling and animation; animation captures attention, and presents accurate information. For a perfect example, learning how a car engine works has become less confusing, 3d videos etc, helps takes the difficulty off an assignment. Three-dimensional modeling and imagery allows you to visualize in great detail exactly what an object will look like before it's built. It can then be evaluated for strength, fit, mass properties and aesthetics. Being able to view an object at different angles gives the viewers a greater understanding. 3d modeling allows you to view the product before building it, that will help eliminate a malfunction or error. With all this said, 3d animation is the reason why the year 2010 is awesome. 3d animation, modeling, movies, shows etc. are not only entertaining but beneficial. Stay aware because everything will be in 3d sooner or later.

Hi, My Name is Humanity, and I'm an Oil Addict.

In my last entry I claimed that the phenomena of peak oil would cause great economic and social hardships on the entire world. Here I hope to shed light on the more specific threats we can expect to see in the coming decades. Many may argue that they are perfectly content to just ride a bicycle or that they have no need for a car where they live, and a few people even claim they would be fine without electricity and all of the work that entails. However, this is not the extent of the problem. The problem is that all of us, regardless of our attachment to modern luxury, have to eat to survive and currently the worlds agriculture is very heavily dependent on oil. In a recent article published in the The Salt Lake Tribune it was bluntly stated that,

"Inhabitants of the United States literally eat oil. Oil is necessary to make the fertilizer and pesticides used on our crops; to irrigate them; and to fuel the machinery used to plant, cultivate, and harvest them. In one study conducted in 1994, it was calculated that feeding each American each year required the equivalent of 400 gallons of oil, exclusive of the energy, mainly oil, needed for packaging, refrigeration, transportation, and cooking. The authors calculated that for every calorie of food energy delivered to the consumer, 10 calories of other energy, mostly oil, are required. The lesson is clear: Without oil we starve."

Human life will go on without many of oils products such as the transportation, electronics and machinery but a break down in the farming system leads to famine. Human population has doubled in roughly 60 years and our oil consumption has increased even more exponentially. Traditional, pre-oil agriculture simply cannot feed 7 billion people. In a report sponsored by the European Union it was determined that the greatly enhanced yields from hydrocarbon aided farming produces about 75% of the worlds grain and feeds roughly 60% of the human population. As it stands, that is almost 4 billion people. Anything but the most optimistic of view points is rather troubling when all of this is considered.

Girls With No Clothes On!

In my previous blog about "Girls With No Clothes On!", I emphasized that women who wear provocative clothing have usually been affected by bad media and that because they dress the way that they do they make themselves more targetable when it comes to men that sexually abuse women, however, there are more downfalls to this way of life. It is difficult for a women to get a job when dressing provocatively. It is not likely for a boss or for an executive to offer a professional job to a woman dressing like a stripper. Unless the woman leads a double lifestyle and dresses professional in the workplace and dresses skimpy throughout her normal life it is just not likely. Even in a situation like that if the woman is seen dressing provocatively outside of the workplace by a supervisor or someone above her position there is still a significant chance that she could end up losing her job because whether she is at work or not at work she is representing the company that she works for. Misrepresenting a company is just not tolerated. In the YouTube video, "Cleavage At Work? A New Dress Code for Professional Women", Audrey Nelson emphasizes the ludicrousness of showing cleavage at work while introducing various ways to dress nice without showing to much skin.

Apple=Success

Two of the latest products released from Apple are the Apple Wireless Keyboard and the Magic Trackpad. The wireless keyboard basically explains its self, but the Magic Trackpad is not so simple. As described by Vincent Nguyen, writer for slashgear.com, a Magic Trackpad is essentially “the trackpad from a MacBook Pro, sliced out and blown up[;] the wireless peripheral promises to bring gestures [that] Apple’s mobile users have been enjoying to their desktop compatriots.” The Magic Trackpad is a new method of controlling a computer that allows you to easily access numerous functions with simple finger maneuvers. Nguyen gives a display of the Magic Track pad and its package contents in his article “Magic Trackpad Review”. The Apple Wireless keyboard and Magic Trackpad are both powered by two AA batteries; Apple sells its own rechargeable batteries for them both, which are said to last the lifetime of the devices.

Saying that Apple products are innovative is almost an understatement, but it is more than just the products; it’s how they’re made. Apple makes it a priority to do their part in protecting the environment. In “The story behind Apple’s environmental footprint”, an article in the news section of Apple’s website, Apple states that “we know that the most important thing we can do to reduce our impact on the environment is to improve our products.” This would explain their use smaller designs and packaging. Over time Apple has been working to reduce the amount of carbon emissions its products emit and as show in the carts in “The story behind Apple’s environmental footprint” each one of Apple’s products “exceeds the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s strict ENERGY STAR guidelines for efficiency.” Another example of Apple’s dedication to the environment is their promotional savings of 10% off of the purchase of a new IPod when you bring in your old one to recycle.