Sunday, April 22, 2012

Annotating a Scholarly Article 2nd draft


Dougherty, Michael Brendan. "Fight of their lives: what anti-abortion activists can expect from an Obama administration." The American Conservative 8.1 (2009): 20+. Global Issues in Context. Web. 16 Apr. 2012.

                                                                        Krystal Bettencourt

Abortion

            In this article he talks about abortions and how it was a major issue in 2008. How people should have the right to do what they want if they want it. Also talks how Barack Obama said that he would change extend to the modest legal protections pro-lifers.  Cardinal Francis Stafford said that Obama's "extremist anti-life platform ... is aggressive, disruptive and apocalyptic." He summed up the dark mood of his fellow activists: "On November 4, 2008, America suffered a cultural earthquake."

                This article is about abortion and how Obama is trying to fight over FOCA. The author has shown both sides of each story, and how the bishop doesn’t want to allow abortions in hospitals. It also shows how abortions should be someone’s person’s choice, not anybody else’s. The author also shows a statistic “in a study published with the conservative Heritage Foundation, estimated that FOCA would result in approximately 125,000 more abortions performed annually.” By professor Michael.




Post write

I feel very strong about this paper because I feel that people should have the right to do what they want. It’s their choice if they want to have a kid or not.

Monday, April 16, 2012

Annotating a Scholarly Article 1 draft


Dougherty, Michael Brendan. "Fight of their lives: what anti-abortion activists can expect from an Obama administration." The American Conservative 8.1 (2009): 20+. Global Issues in Context. Web. 16 Apr. 2012.
                                                                                                          Krystal Bettencourt

            In this article they talk about abortions and how it was a major issue in 2008. How people should have the right to do what they want if they want. Also how Barack Obama said that he would change extends to the modest legal protections pro-lifers.  Cardinal Francis Stafford said that Obama's "extremist anti-life platform ... is aggressive, disruptive and apocalyptic." He summed up the dark mood of his fellow activists: "On November 4, 2008, America suffered a cultural earthquake."

                This article is just about abortion and how Obama is trying to fight over FOCA. The author has shown both sides of each story, on how the bishop don’t want to allow abortions in there hospitals. Also shows how abortions should be someone’s person’s choice, not anybody else’s. The author also shows a statistic “in a study published with the conservative Heritage Foundation, estimated that FOCA would result in approximately 125,000 more abortions performed annually.” By professor Michael.



Post write

I feel very strong about this paper because I feel that people should have the right to do what they want. It’s their choice if they want to have a kid or not.

Sunday, April 8, 2012

proposal second draft Obesity




Obesity



Fast food restaurant are everywhere in todays society. People in today’s society rush so they hardly have time to prepare a meal. Back when our mothers were young food had to be prepared. Today my mother sometimes gets tired from work so we order out. I’m a student in college and sometimes I don’t have time to go home to eat before work, so I go to a fast food place for dinner. I’m not the only one; even the nurses at my job are always on the run.  Despite the convince, some fast food restaurants seem to be a good thing, but its killing us. Obesity is literally a growing problem in our society today.

       Every time we buy something from a fast food place or we buy something for our kids we need to think about what we are doing for our bodies and what we are setting  up for the future. There has been a dramatic increase of obesity rates. Obesity is the excess of body fat, which you get from eating fatty foods, which is mostly sold at fast food restaurants. When someone is obese or is overweight there are a lot of health complications that come along with that. “The statistics showed that more than 35% of U.S. adults (78 million people) are obese, defined as having a body mass index of 30% or greater. That is similar to the 2005-06 rates. Calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared, the BMI is not a perfect measure of fatness but is still viewed as the gold standard in assessing population-wide trends.” Being overweight you are likely to have heart disease or have a stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, gallbladder and gallstones, osteoporosis, gout, and also apnea is common for overweight people and asthma.

            Some people are naturally overweight. Some people it is genetic thing, but having fast food restaurants around them doesn’t help. Even for someone who is trying to lose weight, it is hard because all around you there are fast food places which has food you enjoy. Of course there are surgery’s that can be done to lose weight, but it is expensive and not everyone can do it. Also some people have family to take care of, and have work so they can’t afford to take time out of work.

            I think that in a community there should be less fast food restaurants. But then again there are some people who don’t care about their weight. There are a lot of things that people can do to lose weight for example gyms and zumba classes around the area and there are other programs. Some people just need someone to push them and tell that person that they can do it like give those pointers on how to accomplish their weight loss goals. Also I think that maybe they can make healthier food restaurants.

             A lot of people would benefit from this because everyone wants to have that perfect bodies, everyone wants to be healthy and live to see old age. I don’t think people would want to have all these heart problems at the age of 30, because they made bad decisions on what they are going to eat. I understand some people try to lose weight but then they give up because they don’t see results right away, but they can’t be like that because not everything happens so fast. But I think if they had a person to motivate them is would be different and they wouldn’t quit.



Post write

I feel very strong about this paper because obesity is a very big topic in today’s society.

How do you feel about obesity?

Monday, April 2, 2012

proposal first draft




Obesity



Fast food restaurant are everywhere know a days. People know a day’s rush so they hardly have time to make food, or even make lunch.  It’s not like back then when women would stay home and makes food for their families.im a student in college and sometimes I don’t have time to go home to eat before work so I go to a fast food place to get food. Or even the nurses at my job, they are always on the run so they always grab something quick to eat. Even sometimes my mom is tired from work that she doesn’t want to cook so we order out sometimes. No matter what it is we are always getting food from fast food places. So fast food restaurants today’s world seem to be a good thing, but what we don’t realize is that it’s not good for our bodies and we are just spending money. Obesity is an increasing problem in our society today.

       Every time we buy something from a fast food place or we buy something for our kids we need to think about what we are doing for our bodies and what we are setting  up for the future. There has been a dramatic increase of obesity rates. Obesity is the excess of body fat, which you get from eating fatty foods, which is mostly sold at fast food restaurants. When someone is obsessed or is overweight there are a lot of health complications that come along with that. “The statistics showed that more than 35% of U.S. adults (78 million people) are obese, defined as having a body mass index of 30% or greater. That is similar to the 2005-06 rates. Calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared, the BMI is not a perfect measure of fatness but is still viewed as the gold standard in assessing population-wide trends.” Being overweight you are likely to have heart disease or have a stroke, you are more likely to have high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, gallbladder and gallstones, osteoporosis, gout, and also apnea is common for overweight people and asthma.

            Some people are naturally overweight. Some people it is genetic thing, but having fast food restaurants around them doesn’t help. Even for someone who is trying to lose weight, it is hard because all around you there are fast food places which has food you enjoy. Of course there are surgery’s that can be done to lose weight, but it is expensive and not everyone can do it. Also some people have family to take care of, and have work so they can’t afford to take time out of work.

            I think that in a community there should be less fast food restaurants. But then again there are some people who don’t care about their weight. There are a lot of things that people can do to lose weight for example gyms and zumba classes around the area and there are other programs. Some people just need someone to push them and tell that person that they can do it like give those pointers on how to accomplish their weight loss goals. Also I think that maybe they can make healthier food restaurants.

             A lot of people would benefit from this because everyone wants to have that perfect bodies, everyone wants to be healthy and live to see old age. I don’t think people would want to have all these heart problems at the age of 30, because they made bad decisions on what they are going to eat.  Yeah people try to lose weight but then they give up because they don’t see results right away, but they can’t be like that because not everything happens so fast. But I think if they had a person to motivate them is would be different and they wouldn’t quit.



Post write

I feel very strong about this paper because obesity is a very big issue.