Culture

One major part of the American Culture is sports. More specifically, Baseball. In the article I read it talks about Alex Rodriguez, otherwise known as the infamous "A-Rod." The article talks about how he cheated this game by taking steriods. I think this is terrible. It makes him look terrible for lying about it and doing it in the first place. It makes the New York Yankees look terrible for taking someone who would give them a bad name for something like this. It also looks terrible on the sport itself. It is people like A-Rod who give baseball a bad name. These players are looked up to by thousands and thousands of people and are setting an example. The example to lie, cheat and do drugs is not one that this culture respects at all. I love baseball. I am a huge fan, but it is people like A-Rod that make me really dislike it.

Once again it wont let me post the address. But i found it at sacbee. com

Climate Change

Many people are worried about the enviornment and what is to come. Scientist and people all are saying different things about the whole idea of Global Warming. The climate change is very worrisome. Some people think that if we don't change some of the things we are using the artic and other places will be in for trouble. Others think that were not actually going through global warming and that it is just a change in the climate. Either way though I think we should change what we are doing and using. I know that science is not even near close enough to helping the Ozone layer and all that stuff but still, if we can do whatever it takes to prevent the problem now we will be in alot better shape for the future. Change is needed in every enviornmental aspect in life right now. 

for some reason it wont let me post the web address. I found this article on Time.com

Hope

This article is about how some people believe that president Obama doesn't believe So much for hope and change. He seems more likely to look towards fear for options. It talks about how he used fear into getting us out of the war. Personally, I don't think fear was really used, then again I don't really care to much about politics but this is related to other situations in life. For example I think Hope comes from fear. People have to be hopeful when they are fearful, because if they are not then fear gets the best of them. Like right now in the economy, people have to be hopeful that it will turn around because if they fear the outcomes it will only make matters worse. It is hard though to not fear things and to see the better side, but that is what shows a persons true colors. 

http://www.volanteonline.com/opinion/column_obama_fear_instead_of_hope-1.1482874

Religion

In the article i read it talks about how senior citizens believe religion is a key to a healthy life. It talks about how many senior citizens say how they feel about the lord and that it is needed to have him involved at senior homes. Studies also show that seniors who attend church regularly live longer and healthier lives. I can see this, my great grandma lived to be 84 and she was so religious. She was very happy and healthy. Many people thought she was in her early 70s, late 60s. Even when she was diagnosed with cancer she was very happy and had a smile on her face. For people who believe in Christ they are able to see him as their savior and not be so worried about death because they know they will end up in heaven when they die.

http://www.sj-r.com/beliefs/x602817528/The-faith-body-connection-Religion-is-key-to-a-healthy-life-for-many-believers

Women in Charge?

Based New York Times study, 82% of the total job losses have been shown in men, which has lead to a rise in the percentage of families being supported by women. Times have changed. The proportion of woman working has changed much but lately it has been men getting laid off more which is causing this to happen. I find this very interesting, you would not thing that this would be happening in a time like this. Most people would think the men are doing even more now that this is happening. Its amazing how much of a role women play now. Hillary Clinton was very close in being one of the final people to run for president. Women have high roles in government. Women own business's. Women can make a much better living now, they are becoming more independent and taking a stand. It will be weird to see how far women will come in even the next 10 years. Right now in life is very critical and there are so many problems that need to be solved, and if women can solve them then they will get even more credit.

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/recession-may-bring-change-in-gender-roles-in-us/15/27/54479/on

Different Cultures

Its weird how this blog for today goes well with what I learned at Church. Well actually it kind of doesnt but it kind of does in a sense. Anywho in Church today the lesson I taught to 2nd and 3rd graders was about treating people fairly and helping those who are different then you. So I guess it kind of goes with this article. In this article I read its about people who harvest rice in Ronkh, Senegal.(sorry I don't know why this is underlining but I can't figure out how to undo it) It talks about how many west african farmers converted acreage to produce rice. They did this because food prices have risen over the last year or so. This is very different then are culture because we have land that is meant to do this. People don't deciede to grow crops on their properties nowadays. They use the land to build houses and excess things like pools and stuff. It would be very hard to live in a place like Africa where they are very poor in some places of it. The poorest place in Africa doesn't even compare to the poorest place in the US.

Struggles

Its hard to overcome stuggles, everyone goes through them in life. Every country has hardships they must fight through. Right now we are struggling with a ressicion and a very bad economy. In this article it talks about a town in Alaska where 1/3 the houses are still not connected to a sewage system. The cost for this is also very expensive which is causing many people to abandon their houses and move to anchorage. This is very difficult for many people. This puts the president in a hard spot because he has to think of ways to solve this problem. This is not helping the economy in Alaska. It is also very hard for people to deal with this problem because sewage systems are very important to have.


Barry, Dan. "Remote and Struggling but Still a Bit of America." New York Times. 5 October2008. 2 February 2009. <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/us/06land.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1>

Earthquake

This article is a natural disaster article. It is about a deadly earthquake that happened in China. People are affected by this is many ways. One way is it affects scientists is that they are now questioning on whether or not they can be predicted on when they will hit. It also affects people in China. It affects where they live and how there houses are built or if they feel the need to leave the country. It also affects people who might want to move there because they could be scared of things like this to happen again. Any natural disaster is scary and hard to determine when or where it will happen. The new biggest worries of disasters are hurrinces and water storms like that. This is related to this erthquake story because it also affects where people chose to live because they don't want to have to worry about thingsl like this happening.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/world/asia/16rumors.html?_r=1&fta=y