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Friday, February 26, 2010

Breast Cancer Screening ( Weekend Post )


Breast cancer seems to be the most common type of cancer in women with about one in every nine women getting this disease at some point in her lifetime. Even though breast cancer is known to affect mostly women it can also affect men. Breast Cancer is a disease in which cancerous cells are found in the breast tissues.These cancerous cells keep growing and then after a while can become a tumor. Breast cancer screening is a technique that has been used by people to try to stop Breast cancer from happening. In my opinion I think that people should use this technique. Breast cancer is killing a lot of the American women but not nearly as much men. In order to find out more about Breast cancer screening most people choose to go to their doctors and engage in deep conversation about Breast cancer. Here is a site that I have used to help myself further understand what exactly Breast cancer is and I think it would be able to do the same for you also. Visit this site to learn more on Breast cancer screening in particular.

Friday, February 19, 2010

(Weekend Post) Definition of Popuar Culture


Popular culture (commonly known as pop culture) is the totality of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, memes, images and other phenomena that are deemed preferred per an informal consensus within the mainstream of a given culture, specifically Western culture of the early to mid 20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the late 20th to 21st century. .(CITED FROM WIKIPEDIA)

Popular culture in my opinion can be described as the most well renowned activities and interests of society in specific regions of an area. Popular culture can be sports such as basketball, movies such as "The Terminator" and books such as "Twilight". Popular culture to others may be different considering the fact that everyone has different personalities. Popular culture is not something that has been around since the 200s or even the 1900s but since the beginning of mankind although mankind might not have realized it and/or given it the same name. if you and your friend decide to play a game such as Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, then whether you know it or not that game system is a form of popular culture. Most people do not pay attention, have never heard of the term popular culture and when they do, they automatically think its just a United States thing.

An example of Popular Culture is the TV show Everybody Hates Chris. Everybody Hates Chris is the childhood story of famous actor and comedian Chris Rock. The story takes place in Bed-Stuy during the 1980's. Chris(played by Tyler James Williams) seems to get in trouble every episode by his younger brother Drew, his younger sister Tonya, or simply by being himself. The show even though in the 1980s has many various racist situations. The title "Everybody Hates Chris"is a parody of the the " Everybody Loves Raymond". To find out more information about The show " Everybody Hates Chris" you can visit here

Friday, February 12, 2010

( Weekend Post ) Public VS. Private Schools



Private schools are very good but at the same time very expensive. Private schools are very competitive with public schools. A question that comes up in conversation very often is whether or not private school is better than public school. The answer to this question varies from person to person simply because a person could say yes or no based on which type of schools they went to. If a high school graduate that went to public school and a high school graduate that went to public school end up at the same job performing the same exact task we wouldn't be able to really tell which is better now would we? In my opinion, there is no better between public school and private school because the pith or main point of both types of schools is education. Most people care about what schools you went to and whether or not it is the best or worst type of school. In reality, titles truly don't matter to me because you can go to Harvard University and someone that went to a much smaller Institution can be way smarter and if that happens what would you be proving? No matter what school you came from, it doesn't matter on the title, or if it was public or private, it depends on the work ethic of the person. If a lazy person attends a top-tier institution to further his/her education he has to be willing to work just because he attends a magnificent school doesn't change a thing about him. The only reason he/she would get high grades after going to a top-tier educational institution is because he/she has seen what happens when you are not focused and do not car and surely they wouldn't want a repeat so they fixed their act.Here is one person's personal opinion of this topic and to see what a person has to say about her child's transition from private to public school visit this site.

Private Schools: NYC ( Weekend Post)


Affording a Private School Education for your child in New York can be a full time pursuit in itself. Fees and tuition costs seem to rise even when in reality they don’t increase. The ever increasing costs of living, especially in a large city such as New York City,can squeeze your finances in ways that sometimes make Private School education costs seem overwhelming on your budget. The real cost and the real benefit of this type of education, however, is never fully realized in the now. For parents this quickly translates into the bad news: high tuition costs and sometimes an exhausting work calendar of parent-sponsored fundraisers. According to the National Association of Independent Schools, the median tuition for their member private day schools in 2008-2009 in the United States was $17,441. Tuition for boarding schools was close to $37,017. (Of the 28,384 private schools in the United States, about 1,050 are affiliated with the NAIS. Average tuition for nonmember schools is substantially less: Day schools charge $10,841 and boarding schools $23,448.) It is the investment in your child’s education that makes such a huge difference in their lives down the road, or the path of life your child chooses. It may seem pithy, but an investment in education truly is an investment in the future. If you hold back now, it is your child’s future that pays that particular cost later on.Ways in which you can pay for private schools can be found here

Monday, February 8, 2010

How Technology has Evolved Over Time


This Timeline goes in depth to show you the mere beginning of Technology all the way to the great inventions of the New Millenium. The starting was in 1937 Atanasoff-Berry-Computer, which was a great year condiering the vast amount of actions going on during this year. The timeline shows you more from much years and the latest is 2008, which if you read you will find to be very interesting especially if you are not the technological person. The years 1990-1999 were excellent but the great is in fact 2001-2008. The recent years have the most updated technology and many kids and adults have become somewhat addicted to these new games and computer programs and what have you.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Marijuana- Informing The Public


The Marijuana originated from Central Asia from the cannabis plant. Cannabis sativa

was originally used for the fiber found in the plant’s stem called hemp, which made

rope clothes and other items. Marijuana is a green, brown, or gray mixture of

dried, shredded leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the hemp plant. Marijuana has

over 200 slang names which include pot, herb, weed, grass, boom, Mary Jane,

gangster, or chronic. Most marijuana grown in the United States since the late 1980s

is hybrids of the Cannabis Sativa and Cannabis indica which yield a much more potent

product than the marijuana of the past. Cannabis sativa is mostly found in warm

climates while Cannabis indica is found in colder climates. So the hybrid allows for

marijuana to be grown in just about any climate in the United States and other parts

of the world.

Geography and Travel


Did you know that the world is actually a very fascinating place? I know you must think it isn't all that great as I am am making it

out to be but trust me I guarantee that it is. Do you have a place that you have always wanted to go? Well, I do. I would like to go

to Europe. I say this because I have seen the United States and enjoy living in it, but i must see how life in Europe differs from life

in America. I want to see the way the streets are made, and the way the streets are made. I want to see how the agriculture looks

in Europe. I believe that it is very different from how America's agriculture is. I never got to see too much considering that I grew

up in Brooklyn, New york. The main point of why I want to go to Europe is to see how similar and how different parts of the world

are.