Madden 2012 Cover Pick
The Madden video game comes out each year and every year has a player who performed outstandingly during the previous season on the cover of the game. Throughout the 2011 season there was many outstanding players. Aaron Rodgers had a phenomenal season was was voted the MVP of the Super Bowl. The Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan also had an outstanding season. He threw for 28 touchdowns, a total of 3,705 yards, and only threw a total of 9 interceptions. Even though these two players had great seasons the two players who were put up for voting was Michael Vick and Peyton Hillis. I personally believe Michael Vick should have won, but he didn’t. Vick is an amazing quarterback that really proved himself this year. Michael Vick has always been a scrambling quarterback, but this past season he became the complete quarterback. His passing game improved so much that I believe he was the biggest threat in the NFL. He could run for a gain almost every time and he could throw the perfect pass nearly everytime. Vick completed nearly 70 percent of his passes, only threw a total of 6 interceptions, threw for 21 touchdowns, a total of 3,018 yards, ran for 9 touchdowns, rushing yards totaled up to 676 yards, and he averaged 6.8 yards per carry. With those stats and the fact that I watched almost all of his games, I don’t see why he didn’t get the cover of Madden. Michael Vick was runner up to Peyton Hillis. Hillis won with 66 percent of all votes. Hillis is an amazing athlete and at the beginning of this season nobody would have guessed he would be as good as he was. It was kind of a shocker that Hillis performed the way he did. Proving people wrong is nothing new to Hillis. After being traded to Cleveland as part of a bigger deal for QB Brady Quinn, the little-known back barged his way on to the roster and ran for an impressive 1,177 yards and 11 touchdowns in a breakout 2010 season. Hillis also averaged 4.4 yards per carry , 7.8 yards per catch, and had a total of eight fumbles. These are amazing stats, but I just don’t see how he could be considered as a better asset than Michael Vick. They are both amazing athletes , and Peyton Hillis won the cover, but I completely disagree with 66 percent of the people who voted for him over Michael Vick.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6438406
Friday, April 29, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
Gender Role in media
Gender Roles in the Media
Everything in the world these days seems to have been influenced by gender roles. You are always seeing things on television or in the newspaper that suggests that the creator is trying to reach out to a specific audience. There are television shows that favor the male gender; such as ‘The Man Show’, ‘Man vs. Wild’, and ‘Two and a Half Men’. These shows appeal to the stereotypical interest of men. They show masculinity at its finest. It’s either a show about babes and beer, or maybe more along the lines of outdoorsman. Then there are the television shows that attempt to appeal to the more feminine side. These shows include; ‘Sex and the City’, ‘Say Yes to the Dress’, and ‘Project Run’. These try to trace along the same line that the “male” shows do, just in favor of women instead. They show a softer and more emotional side. Whichever style of show you may be watching they both have the same implication, attempting to appeal to a specific gender audience.
Speaking for myself, I find it hard to sit and enjoy a television show that appeals to feminine styles. And in no way am I sexist, but I just don’t find interest in those types of shows. That’s how almost all men are. They just want to see hot babes, beer drinking, or things getting blown up. Just take a minute with me right now and let me break down these “man” shows. Okay, first on the platter we have ‘The Man Show’. Just by its simple name one can tell who the targeted audience is. This show preys on the instincts of all men. It shows half-naked women flaunting their bodies and showing off their assets. But not only are there women constantly paraded around the show, during random breaks the camera cuts to scenes of women in bikinis jumping up and down on a trampoline. I mean what man isn’t going to find interest in that. Now in addition to the multiple women, the hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Corrola have a fun time exploring the other interests of men. They show off cars and promote beer drinking. But what they may be known best for is their way of showing male dominance. Many of their more memorable skits all deal with the idea of “men over women”, an idea that they seem to strongly promote. Putting down women and using them as sexual favors is just one of the ways the shows appeal to men. And just like in ‘The Man Show’, the show ‘Two and a Half Men’ uses those exact tactics. The producers of the show have set up a scenario in which Alan, played by Jon Cryer, is the younger brother of a jingle writer names Charlie, played by Charlie Sheen. Alan has a son who lives with him in his brother’s beach-front house. Now while they all may live together, the two brothers could not be more opposite. Alan is an uptight chiropractor while Charlie is the ladies’ man who seems to have a different girl every day of the week. The show really spotlights on the bachelor life that Charlie leads. The producers always introduce new female interests and occasionally revolve the episode around his “party boy” behavior.
Everything in the world these days seems to have been influenced by gender roles. You are always seeing things on television or in the newspaper that suggests that the creator is trying to reach out to a specific audience. There are television shows that favor the male gender; such as ‘The Man Show’, ‘Man vs. Wild’, and ‘Two and a Half Men’. These shows appeal to the stereotypical interest of men. They show masculinity at its finest. It’s either a show about babes and beer, or maybe more along the lines of outdoorsman. Then there are the television shows that attempt to appeal to the more feminine side. These shows include; ‘Sex and the City’, ‘Say Yes to the Dress’, and ‘Project Run’. These try to trace along the same line that the “male” shows do, just in favor of women instead. They show a softer and more emotional side. Whichever style of show you may be watching they both have the same implication, attempting to appeal to a specific gender audience.
Speaking for myself, I find it hard to sit and enjoy a television show that appeals to feminine styles. And in no way am I sexist, but I just don’t find interest in those types of shows. That’s how almost all men are. They just want to see hot babes, beer drinking, or things getting blown up. Just take a minute with me right now and let me break down these “man” shows. Okay, first on the platter we have ‘The Man Show’. Just by its simple name one can tell who the targeted audience is. This show preys on the instincts of all men. It shows half-naked women flaunting their bodies and showing off their assets. But not only are there women constantly paraded around the show, during random breaks the camera cuts to scenes of women in bikinis jumping up and down on a trampoline. I mean what man isn’t going to find interest in that. Now in addition to the multiple women, the hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Corrola have a fun time exploring the other interests of men. They show off cars and promote beer drinking. But what they may be known best for is their way of showing male dominance. Many of their more memorable skits all deal with the idea of “men over women”, an idea that they seem to strongly promote. Putting down women and using them as sexual favors is just one of the ways the shows appeal to men. And just like in ‘The Man Show’, the show ‘Two and a Half Men’ uses those exact tactics. The producers of the show have set up a scenario in which Alan, played by Jon Cryer, is the younger brother of a jingle writer names Charlie, played by Charlie Sheen. Alan has a son who lives with him in his brother’s beach-front house. Now while they all may live together, the two brothers could not be more opposite. Alan is an uptight chiropractor while Charlie is the ladies’ man who seems to have a different girl every day of the week. The show really spotlights on the bachelor life that Charlie leads. The producers always introduce new female interests and occasionally revolve the episode around his “party boy” behavior.
Effects of Marijuana
Effects of Marijuana
The most used drug in the world is marijuana. Did you know that on average one half of teenagers will smoke marijuana at least once before college and that one third will smoke on a regular basis? Legalization activists say that marijuana should be legal for several reasons. They believe that it will help America get out of debt and stay out of debt. I completely agree with that part of their argument, but when they go into the health issues is where I start to disagree. The activists say that marijuana has positive medical attributes. They say it helps with sleeping disorders, pain, nausea, spasticity, and relaxes the body. Although all of this may be true the side effects are not worth it. Activists even go on to say that marijuana has little to no side effects and is not addictive. They say that it doesn’t hurt your lungs; it causes no problems with your brain and doesn’t hurt your body in any other way. I completely disagree. Marijuana is a drug that has many negative effects and is addictive; it affects your lungs, throat, brain, heart and other factors of someone’s overall health.
The substance that gives you the high feeling in marijuana is tetrahydrocannabinol or THC. THC releases dopamine in your brain which then gives you the high feeling. The more dopamine released the higher you get. Releasing this dopamine over time can fry your brain and cause your brain to not release dopamine when it naturally should. Mentioned early was the fact that marijuana is not an addictive substance. False, marijuana is addictive. In 2008 marijuana was second in the polls of substance dependence. That’s right dependence, which means it’s addictive. Marijuana use accounted for 4.2 million of the 7 million people aged 12 or older classified with dependence of an illicit drug. This means that about two thirds of Americans suffering from any substance use disorder are suffering from marijuana dependence. Also, if it wasn’t addictive then why do marijuana smokers have withdrawals when they quit. That’s right if you smoke weed habitually when you quit there will be withdrawals. People have reported having problems with sleeping, not being able to eat, nausea, getting the chills, and have weird and unusual dreams. If it wasn’t addictive then these symptoms wouldn’t happen while you weren’t on the drug.
Did you know that marijuana has over three times the tar found in tobacco and over fifty percent more carcinogens? So it contains a lot more harmful chemicals, and it’s not smoked through a filter like cigarettes are. Not only is it not smoked through a filter, but marijuana smokers usually hold in the smoke for a longer time to get higher. This just leaves the tar and carcinogens in your lungs longer allowing more time for more damage. Smoking marijuana has been proven to cause daily cough and phlegm production, more frequent chest illnesses, higher risks of lung infections, and deregulated growth of epithelial cells in their lung tissue. A study of 450 individuals found that people who smoke marijuana frequently but do not smoke tobacco have more health problems and miss more days of work than marijuana nonsmokers. It doesn’t matter what marijuana activist say, marijuana can cause throat and lung problems.
http://alcoholism.about.com/od/pot/a/effects.-Lya.htm
The most used drug in the world is marijuana. Did you know that on average one half of teenagers will smoke marijuana at least once before college and that one third will smoke on a regular basis? Legalization activists say that marijuana should be legal for several reasons. They believe that it will help America get out of debt and stay out of debt. I completely agree with that part of their argument, but when they go into the health issues is where I start to disagree. The activists say that marijuana has positive medical attributes. They say it helps with sleeping disorders, pain, nausea, spasticity, and relaxes the body. Although all of this may be true the side effects are not worth it. Activists even go on to say that marijuana has little to no side effects and is not addictive. They say that it doesn’t hurt your lungs; it causes no problems with your brain and doesn’t hurt your body in any other way. I completely disagree. Marijuana is a drug that has many negative effects and is addictive; it affects your lungs, throat, brain, heart and other factors of someone’s overall health.
The substance that gives you the high feeling in marijuana is tetrahydrocannabinol or THC. THC releases dopamine in your brain which then gives you the high feeling. The more dopamine released the higher you get. Releasing this dopamine over time can fry your brain and cause your brain to not release dopamine when it naturally should. Mentioned early was the fact that marijuana is not an addictive substance. False, marijuana is addictive. In 2008 marijuana was second in the polls of substance dependence. That’s right dependence, which means it’s addictive. Marijuana use accounted for 4.2 million of the 7 million people aged 12 or older classified with dependence of an illicit drug. This means that about two thirds of Americans suffering from any substance use disorder are suffering from marijuana dependence. Also, if it wasn’t addictive then why do marijuana smokers have withdrawals when they quit. That’s right if you smoke weed habitually when you quit there will be withdrawals. People have reported having problems with sleeping, not being able to eat, nausea, getting the chills, and have weird and unusual dreams. If it wasn’t addictive then these symptoms wouldn’t happen while you weren’t on the drug.
Did you know that marijuana has over three times the tar found in tobacco and over fifty percent more carcinogens? So it contains a lot more harmful chemicals, and it’s not smoked through a filter like cigarettes are. Not only is it not smoked through a filter, but marijuana smokers usually hold in the smoke for a longer time to get higher. This just leaves the tar and carcinogens in your lungs longer allowing more time for more damage. Smoking marijuana has been proven to cause daily cough and phlegm production, more frequent chest illnesses, higher risks of lung infections, and deregulated growth of epithelial cells in their lung tissue. A study of 450 individuals found that people who smoke marijuana frequently but do not smoke tobacco have more health problems and miss more days of work than marijuana nonsmokers. It doesn’t matter what marijuana activist say, marijuana can cause throat and lung problems.
http://alcoholism.about.com/od/pot/a/effects.-Lya.htm
Friday, April 8, 2011
Waka Flaka Flame
Waka Flaka
Waka Flaka Flame is a rapper whose real name is Juaquin Malphurs. He was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York City in 1986. His family eventually settled in Riverdale, Georgia. He is the son of Debra Antney, The name "Waka" was given to him by his cousin, after the Muppets character Fozzie Bear's catch phrase, "Waka Waka". The name "Flocka Flame" was given to him by rapper Gucci Mane. Even though recently he dropped the Flame from his stage name. Malphurs has been a rapper now who is singed with 1017 Brick Squad and Warner Bros. His most famous songs are "O Let's Do It", "Hard in da Paint" and "No Hands". He has been considered a mainstream rapper for about 6 years though. The reason I’m blogging about Waka is because im getting ready to go to his concert tonight in Springfield at the Shrine Mosque. Im really excited about his concert tonight. I have never actually been to a rap concert and I think its going to a lot of fun! I bought the tickets from this concert with my two best friends months ago and have been waiting for this day for awhile. His music is very up beat and energetic. I’m really thinking that this concert is going to be crazy and im so excited!!!
http://ezinearticles.com/?Waka-Flocka-Flame-Biography&id=3494787
Waka Flaka Flame is a rapper whose real name is Juaquin Malphurs. He was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York City in 1986. His family eventually settled in Riverdale, Georgia. He is the son of Debra Antney, The name "Waka" was given to him by his cousin, after the Muppets character Fozzie Bear's catch phrase, "Waka Waka". The name "Flocka Flame" was given to him by rapper Gucci Mane. Even though recently he dropped the Flame from his stage name. Malphurs has been a rapper now who is singed with 1017 Brick Squad and Warner Bros. His most famous songs are "O Let's Do It", "Hard in da Paint" and "No Hands". He has been considered a mainstream rapper for about 6 years though. The reason I’m blogging about Waka is because im getting ready to go to his concert tonight in Springfield at the Shrine Mosque. Im really excited about his concert tonight. I have never actually been to a rap concert and I think its going to a lot of fun! I bought the tickets from this concert with my two best friends months ago and have been waiting for this day for awhile. His music is very up beat and energetic. I’m really thinking that this concert is going to be crazy and im so excited!!!
http://ezinearticles.com/?Waka-Flocka-Flame-Biography&id=3494787
Friday, April 1, 2011
global warming
Global Warming
Global warming is an increase in the earths average temperature. Global warming has slowing been increasing over the last several years and it’s a rising problem. A major cause of global warming is the green house effect. Also burning fossil fuels emits gases that are harmful for our environment. Your probably asking what can we do? Well there is many things that can be done. The goal is to bring global warming under control by lessening the release of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. In the US and Canada there is over 10,000 pounds of CO2 per person per year. This is needs to slow down. The best way to help is reduce our use of oil, coal, and gasoline and become more energy effeicent. To become more energy efficient you can switch to energy saving lights and turn up the temperature in the summer. To use less gasoline americans need fuel efficient cars and start carpooling. Actions need to take place and need to take place soon. Whether people start using solar energy, recycle, plant trees, and so on it needs to happen
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/difference.html
Global warming is an increase in the earths average temperature. Global warming has slowing been increasing over the last several years and it’s a rising problem. A major cause of global warming is the green house effect. Also burning fossil fuels emits gases that are harmful for our environment. Your probably asking what can we do? Well there is many things that can be done. The goal is to bring global warming under control by lessening the release of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. In the US and Canada there is over 10,000 pounds of CO2 per person per year. This is needs to slow down. The best way to help is reduce our use of oil, coal, and gasoline and become more energy effeicent. To become more energy efficient you can switch to energy saving lights and turn up the temperature in the summer. To use less gasoline americans need fuel efficient cars and start carpooling. Actions need to take place and need to take place soon. Whether people start using solar energy, recycle, plant trees, and so on it needs to happen
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/difference.html
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