Blog # 17

Then,
explain how this debate impacts your topic for Life: The Book. Be sure to address your topic from more than one perspective, as you have six different authors to discuss!

This affects my topic because some people do think that health care is too expensive and are not able to pay for it.what i think that for some people the health care is too expensive and for other it is not there should be a compromise of the price of health care for those who can not afford it.Finally, discuss what you believe. Aim for a thoughtful explanation of your
beliefs.In the course of this blog post, please quote at least once from each article.

Blog # 16

Then, explain how this debate impacts your topic for Life: The Book. Be sure to address your topic from more than one perspective, as you have six different authors to discuss!

This debate impacts my topic because health care does play an important role on my topic. My topic talks about arthritis and that is a big health problem the medication and the treatment does get expensive. If they dont make health care a right some people wont be able to pay for the medication and the treatment needed for athritis and will put alot of peopl in dept. Other people dont agree form this article it talks about how it shouldnt be a right that people should be able to pay and not make other people pay for you that you shpukd be able to take care of yourself. "But then doesn’t the right to health care entail the power to force someone else to pay for it?"

Finally, discuss what you believe. Aim for a thoughtful explanation of your beliefs.

What i believe is that people should be whiling to pay for their health care but at a reasonable price but if you are not able to pay for your medical expenses their should be some kind of help. if this done it might help out later on in the long run. Either way we are still pay for health care through taxex so in the end every one is contrubuting something for health care so why not just have people be whili9ng to pay a reasonable price for health care.

Blog # 15

Please choose one of the following and answer them in well-researched, thoughtful blog posts.

4. Describe the types of health care problems Americans face, and the government's role in seeking solutions.
Some issues that America faces in health care is that not a lot of people have insurgence about 47 million people do not have insurance and that number keeps on growing. the reason of the this situation is cause more and more people are making their employers pay their health bill which some people can't keep up with the payments. Also not a lot of the insurance are covering the drug expenses which people are stating to speak up about the whole cost of health care. One of the solution what the government is trying  to do to help this situation to fund existing government health plans to cover all who are eligible.

For whichever one you choose, feel free to answer in a manner that specifically addresses your topic for Life: The Book or a more general manner (remember that the general manner could still be very useful for your article, as it could provide background info). Be sure to embed links to relevant information and sources of further information.

Then, answer the following, using our past readings & related sources.

1. Using a specific example, describe what makes a compelling character in narrative nonfiction or literary journalism.
What makes a compelling character is to make the character want something that is hard to get also have some kind of conflict to the story board. also it could be could make the character relate to people. for example an article i read had a character that was in jail and his sister was trying to get him out of there but he wanted to do time.

2. Using a specific example, describe what makes an interesting plot in narrative nonfiction or literary journalism.
I would say what makes an interesting plot is to have conflict and make it relate to certain people so they can make a connection with themselves also you can write about a topic that is talked about a lot and that you can have an opinion about. for example in the article the covenant there was a conflict of how Francis Collins was made the director if the national institute of health and people did not like it because he was religious. 

3. What specific steps do authors take to write non-jargon-based scientific writing?
The steps that an author take to write non jargon scientific writing is that they would think about what they are try to say give a brief definition of a scientific word if need it and  try to not write like they would do with people that know what they are saying. for example is that in the article of Darwin's Surprise is that they used a lot of this kind language when speaking of scientific terms " HIV can evolve a million times as fast as the human immune system cells it infects,"

4. What specific steps do authors take to encourage their readers to connect with their stories?
Some specific steps that the author takes to encourage their readers to connect with their stories I would say that they would try to get a true story that has happened to someone so that people can connect and now that they are not the only one that can go through this that you are not alone.



link to good article of heal insurance http://www.aflcio.org/issues/healthcare/whatswrong/index.cfm
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003514431_healthcare08m.html

Blog # 14

what is going on in the world of Humanities that relates to your ideas for Life: The Book?

Please answer the following questions—you can do this in any format that works best for you:

1. Post the stage of life that you will write about and a relevant element of genetic technology that interests you. Feel free to work with Brandon to understand this step.

The Stage of life that i will be working is old age. the topic that i am going to be focusing is arthritis and how the medication is made to help people who have arthritis. i am interested on how the process of the medication is made and how it works.

2. Describe at least one relevant government agency that works in this area. Describe the current news related to your topic & this government agency and embed a minimum of one news story (print, tv, audio, etc.) in your description.
The FDA is part of this because it has to approve weather or not the drug is safe for people. recently this year they passed a new medication treat rheumatoid arthritis that will help people who had no to little affect to the medication they were on. It also says that it should be limited use. it also talks about the risk factors that should be considered when taking this medication.
http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm197108.htm

3. Describe at least one relevant historical, cultural, economic, geographical, or literary example or concept that relates to your ideas for your article. Include at least two relevant links to evidence and further research in your writing. Strive for detail & evidence in your connections.
Rheumatoid arthritis is a an incurable disease that can have an impact on the your family and yourself it is a serious problem you can eve lose your job cause of it. This can hurt you financially.
http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm197108.htm
http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/9937/21465/pay/

4. Please repeat all of the above steps... This time, focus on a different aspect of genetic technology and/or different humanities content.
The government is also involve with this when people try to get money for not being able to pay of their bills.
http://www.accessible.org/rheumatoid-arthritis-disabled-40-year-old-seeks-government-grant-for-housing.html
Rheumatoid arthritis can is a big problem for people not only because of the pain of the disease but the medicine also a big deal the medicine is expensive.
http://www.hopkins-arthritis.org/arthritis-info/rheumatoid-arthritis/rheum_treat.html
http://www.consumerreports.org/health/best-buy-drugs/rheumatoid_arthritis.htm

Blog # 13

1. The Big Idea—the science, the humanities & the relevant stage of life.

the main idea that i am interested in doing is to research how arthritis works and the genetic engineer that is in involved in making medicine to help people with arthritis.

The second choice that i have in mind is to talk about HPV vaccine and how cervical cancer can be pass on and how the vaccine work.

My third idea for the article is to write about how genetic engineer works to make your baby. 

2. A picture that represents the big idea

3. A quick description of the genetic science involved.

The genetic science involve in arthritis medication is that it is made through genetic engineering.

HPV is involve with genetic science how the HPV can causes cervical cancer that can be pass down.

Making your idle baby involves genetic engineering to change genes and DNA to create the baby you want.

4. A more substantial explanation of the relevant
cultural, historical, geographical, economic and/or governmental context
and history.

With the arthritis medication is more of the
economic side and government because of the medication that is made to
treat arthritis has to be made which involves money and it also has to
go by the FDA to see if the medication is safe enough to give to people.

For the HPV vaccine it has to go through the
FDA to check if it is safe enough to give to people also economic
because of how many people might want the vaccination.

Genetic baby is more of economic because many
people would like to make their idle baby also it involves the
government because at some point they would of passed a law that would
allow to this.

Blog #12

Idea #1 should be the type of environment in which you'd like to work. Do you want a big office building? Do you want lots of computers? Do you want to be outdoors? With animals? Alone? Describe your ideal workplace, and post a cool picture that shows what you imagine it to look like. My Idea of a work place to be in like in a lab in a morgue. I would like to work with a partner so we can see what we are doing and to check if we missed anything.

Idea # 2 should be the type of skills you'd like to use at work. Do you want to use computer skills? Interpersonal skills? Creative abilities? Specific academic skills? Describe the types of activities you see yourself doing and the types of skills these activities require. Post a cool picture that shows these skills and abilities in action.
what i would like to use at work is microscopes and utensils need in a lab. The specific skill you would need is knowledge on what you are looking for.

Idea #3 should be the types of things you'd like to learn at internship. Would you like to learn how the business really works? Do you want to know how to bake a gourmet cake? Do you want to find out how movies are made? Describe the big ideas that you want to learn about while you are on the job. Post a cool picture that represents at least one of these big ideas.
What i like to learn from my internship is is how much of a difference there is in forensics in the real life unlike what you see on TV. Also i would like to see if this is what i really want to do for my life.

Blog #11

This article caught my my because it was taking abut immigration in Alaska and you normally don't think of Alaska as a state that worries about immigration. What shocked me about the article was that they Alaska is more of a state that is trying to get people to go there but as I kept on reading it shocked me that even before the Arizona law passed they were talking about doing some type of law that would do similar thing that Arizona law does.

http://articles.cnn.com/2010-04-23/politics/immigration.faq_1_immigration-reform-law-institute-immigrant-advocates-illegal?_s=PM:POLITICS

This article that I read was about the Arizona law. What the reader will get out of this article is more information about what the law is and how, when, who passed the law. Also you will read about the debate that is going on with law. this article is relevant because the article is talking about their immigration law and they are also trying to adapt to the Arizona law.

Blog # 10

What was/were the root cause(s) of Michael Westerman's death?

The cause of Michael death was ignorance by driving with the confederate flag and not really know the true meaning of it. it cause trouble Freddie the murder and Michael did not know exactly what the flag meant only that black people despise the flag and white don’t. Their ignorance ended up killing someone. to Michael it was a symbol to him from his high school so he took pride of it his friend Billy shared that "i don't think he knew the history of it"so i would say the cause of his death was pure ignorance of the flag.