Get some sleep: No Snoring is safe

Get some sleep: No Snoring is safe

For my blog entry I’m writing about how no snoring is safe. Both my grandpa’s always snored so badly I remember. My grandparents even had separate bedrooms because of my grandpa’s snoring. I have learned that snoring can be a serious sign of sleep apnea and sleep apnea increases the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, diabetes and obesity. I work in a hospital and I think people don’t really realize how dangerous snoring really is. Its more than just nudging or kicking the person in bed to make them stop snoring, we all know that only last a couple of minutes till they start up again.

            Sleep apnea is a collapse of the upper airway during sleep that leads to frequent mini-awakenings of which the patient is rarely aware. It often causes a lowering of the oxygen levels. Another interesting study I found was published in SLEEP in 2008, showed that people who displayed loud snoring throughout the night during a sleep test were 10 times more likely to have carotid atherosclerosis, which means plague buildup in the carotid arteries of their neck. This is a major risk factor for stroke. So snoring is pretty serious and if you do snore you should get it checked out if could save your life.

Geese, cookies and iPods: Try buying gifts that give back

Geese, cookies and iPods: Try buying gifts that give back

For my blog post and it the season for giving I’m choosing to write about If you want to feel twice as nice about holiday gift giving, try donating to a charity. About half of American adults say they will give money to charity this holiday, an increase from 29 percent in 2009, according to a November study from  world vision, a Christian humanitarian organization. The survey was conducted by Harris Interactive, a polling company.

I think that giving back at the holidays is huge. My family and I also do donate to charities in town here. I donate my old clothing to goodwill and try to help families with kids who maybe don’t get to have Christmas like I’ve always gotten. I’m truly blessed by all the things I have and feel very lucky. So I always try to give back an anyway possible. I’ve donated a lot of my old toys and my brother’s old toys. Maybe when he gets a little older he will understand what where I’m coming from. I also believe that some of the best gifts don’t have to cost money. Even helping families with everyday tasks or anything they need is much more rewarding then just buying something.

Obama signs child nutrition bill

For this blog Entry I’m writing about President Barack Obama signing a sweeping overhaul of child nutrition standards Monday, enacting a law meant to encourage better eating habits in part by giving the federal government more authority to set standards for food sold in vending machines and elsewhere on school grounds. The $4.5 billion measure provides more money to poor areas to subsidize free meals and requires schools to abide by health guidelines drafted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

I think this is a really great idea since nutrition is really important. I remember when I was in middle and high school and there was always a ton of junk food in the lunch room. I mean they served pizza everyday as a chose. As I got older I now really think we should get the junk food out of the schools. The obesity rate is so high anyways and healthy food can be as tasty as junk food. So I defiantly agree with President Barack Obama on this one.  

China sentences woman to labor camp for Twitter post

China sentences woman to labor camp for Twitter post

This week my blog posting I choose to write about a Chinese woman who tweeted about mocking Chinese protesters who smashed Japanese products during a recent demonstration. Five days later she was arrested by the police and sentenced to a year a Chinese labor camp for her twitter post. She also supported imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo on Twitter.

I believe this is a bit extreme since Twitter is for expressing what is on your mind or what you are doing. I do think people need to be careful of what they do post on Twitter or anything on the web. There has been so much stuff on the news about people’s postings and then they get in trouble for how they feel. I think that common sense plays a big role in this also. You don’t need to post things that are against your government or anything that’s going to incriminate you in anyway.  This woman’s charge was disturbing social stability. Yes she probably shouldn’t have tweeted what she did but, china is a different government then the United States.

Should 9-year-old climb Mount Everest?

Should 9-year-old climb Mount Everest?

This week for my blog I choose to write about should a 9 year climb Mt. Everest?

I say why not, a 13-year-old from California stunned the world when he became the youngest person to summit Mount Everest. Sherpa Pemba Dorje is the kid’s father, who also holds the world record for the fastest Everest ascent 8 hours, 10 minutes. The boy and his father have been practicing for the climb by climbing Mount Ramdung, a 19,440-foot peak.

Im sure some people would disagree and say a nine year doesn’t need to be climbing Mt. Everest. Past Everest climbers have experienced motor-skill dysfunction, sleep troubles, language disassociation and other problems that may be related to depriving the brain of oxygen while climbing, experts say. Since his father is such well known climber I think the boy shouldn’t have any problems and if he’s practicing with his father he should be fine. I think it would be really neat as a young person to set new records and make history at such a young age.

More than 20 tons of pot smuggled in border tunnel

Every week when I post my weekly blog post for class I look on websites such as CNN, MSNBC or sometimes the La Crosse Tribune. Every week I always see the same thing “More than 20 tons of pot smuggled in border tunnel”.  Sometimes maybe more or less pot being smuggled and I think to myself does this really happen every week in the bordering states to Mexico?

“Officials have found 125 underground tunnels along the border built by Mexican drug cartels to elude detection since the early 1990s”, ICE officials said. The cartels will always keep building more every time we find just one. I get the whole war on drugs thing I do, but I feel maybe pot shouldn’t be our biggest drug we put all of our time and effort on. I understand that yes drugs do lead to violence. I give a lot of credit to those who work in law enforcement and border patrol they don’t have any easy job and they are trying the best they can to I’m not here to cut them down, but I feel like something isn’t working.

With the Technology we have today and the money these cartels have it’s as maybe we can’t win the war on drugs or I could be totally wrong. Legalizing Marijuana is a another topic in itself I don’t think all the states would agree on but, I think if maybe California tried it and for a couple of years and weighed the good and bad and look at the results maybe they would find something they didn’t know. I don’t make rules and I don’t make the laws I just think it’s time for a chance and to look down some different avenues.

Graphic anti-abortion ads air on Washington stations

This week for my blog post I choose to write about graphic anti-abortion being aired in Washington Dc. A disturbingly graphic political ad is airing on local stations in Washington this week -- and stations are telling viewers there's nothing they can do to prevent it. The ad, calling for an end to abortion, apparently shows bloody and dismembered fetuses, and has been airing over the past few days in the nation's capital, including during afternoon and early-evening time slots, when children are likely to be watching. Dugald McConnell and Brain Todd who work CNN reported this story.

My feelings on this are it shouldn’t be shown in the daytime children watching Sesame Street shouldn’t have to see such graphic images. I know it’s not against the law but let’s use some common sense people. I think abortion is a touchy subject which can be argued in both ways. I think No, the truth should be ignored but maybe air the commercial after 9pm. I think abortion shouldn’t be against the law it’s the mothers choice in the end which affects the rest of her life. It’s actually an issue I don’t like to discuss, since most people are so one sided about the issue.