Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Abortion: an ongoing battle

        Abortion is that kind of topic that most people tend not to like to touch on and even try to avoid, but when restrictions are passed on it, Americans are then more willing to voice their opinion against it. This is the case in Texas, where opponents of a new law passed in 2013 concerning abortion are now blaming it to cause "unconstitutionally" burden upon mothers seeking abortion who are not able to get it because certain requirements of the law caused many abortion facilities to shut down. The two main parts that are being decided on right now are the ones requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges within 30 miles of where the abortion is performed and the one with restrictions on how doctors administer abortion-inducing drugs.

        This is a ridiculous situation in which people who don't value the human life of an unborn baby are complaining because a law caused some abortion facilities to shut down in Texas. It seems that the real issue is not that 20,000 mothers seeking abortion are predicted to not be able to have an abortion annually, the problem begins with the allowance of abortion as a whole. There should not be an argument regarding certain policies of abortion because abortion should not be permitted overall. The reason for wanting to have an abortion or performing one does not matter, a human life is a human life, and it needs to be given the value and respect it deserves.

        People who oppose abortion entirely are pro-life, and those who agree with abortion are pro-choice. Pro-choice supporters believe that abortion should be allowed because the mother has the right to decide and the government should not be able to tell her what to do with her own body. Individuals who agree with abortion also argue that it is not the act of killing a person because the fetus has not been born yet,and that is not able to feel pain within the first few weeks of pregnancy because it is still not alive. On the other hand, pro-life supporters argue that abortion is indeed the killing of an individual who even though is still in the womb, is still able to feel the horrors of an abortion. They stand strongly against it because of multiple reasons, one of their strongest arguments is that the fetus, just as every other human on earth, has an undeniable right, the right to life and mothers should not have the privilege to take it away.

        Even though the topic of abortion is still an unsettling issue among Americans and therefore, people tend to ignore the subject, it needs to be given the attention it deserves. Individuals are calling some aspects of the Texas Abortion Law unconstitutional, but what is truly unconstitutional is the horrendous act of taking a human life without concern. We, as a culture, need to raise awareness and educate the ones who remain ignorant about this issue, in the hope of accomplishing the complete illegalization of abortion nationwide.


http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/06/texas-abortion-law/4339335/

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Interview Questions: Gabriela Isler(miss universe 2013)



1. What was going through your head the moment you were crowned Miss Universe?

2. How does it feel to be Miss Universe 2013?

3. What are your plans for the future? What comes next?

4. What is the one thing you will take away from this pageant?

5. How would you describe your experience in Moscow, Russia (place where the pageant took place)?

6. What was the most difficult thing or struggle you had to go through to win the pageant and be where you are today? 

7. What was your favorite moment from the entire competition?

8. The day after you were crowned, you posed in a ruby and diamond bejeweled swimsuit worth an estimated $1 million. What was that like and what were you feeling?

9. What do you hope to accomplish in the next year as the new Miss Universe?

10. You are the 7th Miss Venezuelan, in the 62 years of the pageant, to be crowned Miss Universe; the people of Venezuela are all extremely happy with this accomplishment. What message would you like to send to all of them?

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Jason's 2nd Birthday Celebration!

                  
On his second birthday celebration, Jason eats a cherry off his birthday cake.


Birthday boy, Jason, and his father, Omar, blow out the candles together.



Two year old, Jason, takes a bite out of his cake while his dad pushes his face into the cake as part of a birthday tradition.
 

After taking a big bite out of his cake, Jason's face is covered by creamy cake icing.


Father and son enjoy the opening of the gifts, as Omar the dad, assists his son Jason in opening his very first remote controlled car.


Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Social Media Impacts the News...

        Social media has made a huge impact on the way people get their news now a days. Many people now get their news from social media such as Facebook, Tweeter, YouTube and others, rather than from a newspaper. It has become one of the top three news sources and it's rapidly increasing. Also, news are constantly being shared online through social media and updated. Due to this, people are able to find out about an event as it is happening or soon after it happened, in some cases the story gets out even before news are able to report on it. The main effect of social media on news is that people have more access to the news and they are able to stay connected to what's happening no matter where they are.

        The benefits of social media news are that they are delivered quickly and spread fast. Also, just about anyone can report the news through their personal social media accounts. Another thing is that it allows the news stories to spread to anyone anywhere who can access them, a story can travel the world and be recorded and viewed on any device. Something bad is that because anyone can report the news, this can result in amateur writers who might lie or partially tell the truth. Some big important pieces can be left out and therefore the story itself can be inaccurate. People can go as far as to make up an entire story and many might read it and believe it. The important thing is to be on the watch out for made up stories/fakes and to be sure to know that your social media news source is reliable.

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

News From All Around!



Local News!
        The Senior Games are happening in Rock Hill this week at Boyd Hill Recreation Center. They played disc golf on Tuesday and on Thursday they will have a free public health fair. I think this is great and I had never heard of the Senior Games before, but I love the idea that they can spend time with people their age and enjoy playing games at the same time.
http://www.heraldonline.com/2013/09/24/5241285/senior-games-in-rock-hill.html

Read more here: http://www.heraldonline.com/2013/09/24/5241285/senior-games-in-rock-hill.html#storylink=cpy


State News!
        Someone from Columbia, S.C., won last week's Powerball jackpot of $400 million and has chosen to be kept anonymous. The ticket was turned in on Monday and it was a very lucky win because it was only the winner's second time ever playing the game. I was very shocked when I first read the news because it's amazing that this person won on their second time playing, when many people go their entire lives playing and never win. Wow! That person is very lucky! 
http://abcnews.go.com/US/winning-400-million-powerball-ticket-claimed-south-carolina/story?id=20349066

National News!
PHOTO: Oracle Team USA             The Oracle Team USA won against the Emirates New Zealand and the big win is being referred to as "one of the greatest comebacks in sports history".  The team was very close to having to give up America's Cup but at the end, when no one thought possible, they pulled through and won. I was surprised when I read this because it's kind of like they had a miracle win, but that's awesome. It was also good to read some national news that were happy news for once.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/americas-cup-oracle-team-usas-win-great-sports/story?id=20376070


International News!
        A man in Beijing was sentenced to death for killing a baby in an argument over a parking space. He was mad because the mother was blocking the car's path with the pushchair, so he hit the mother and then grabbed the 2 year old and hurled the baby out of her pram. The little girl was in a hospital for 50 hours due to brain damage caused from being dashed to the pavement and then died. The court gave him a death sentence for this crime. I was so shocked after reading about it, that is a terrible thing that he would do that to a little baby just because of a parking space. This is crazy and things like this shouldn't happen.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/25/world/asia/china-baby-murder/index.html?hpt=wo_c2

Compare/Contrast:
        The news were all different and focused on different topics. The local and national news were most alike because they were about sports. The first three stories were happy and positive stories but the last one was a tragic one. I noticed that local news were happy for the most part but as I moved up to international news, I found it harder to find good news. All the news stories were alike because they were about things that people find interesting and want to read more about. They were different too, because the audience for each story changes as it goes from local, community based, to international, world wide based.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Guided By My Ethics...

       Ethics are defined as the moral principles that govern a person's behavior. I have a personal code of ethics by which I am guided by in my life. One of them is honesty, it is so important to me to try to live by this ethic because I was raised with it and I consider it the right thing to do. Also, because I think that telling the truth is much easier than lying and not telling the truth can hurt people and cause them to never be able to trust you. Another is be respectful, which falls along with the "do to others as you would have them do to you" rule. This is a big one because being respectful means treating others as I wish to be treated because I can't expect people to be respectful or treat me a certain way, if I am not the same with them. Being kind is also one of my ethics because being nice and kind to someone can sometimes affect his or her life in such a great way. Integrity is also very important to me because I was raised in a family with strong morals and we believe in having a strong character. All of my ethics play such a great role in my every day life because I try to live by them 100 percent of the time, they influence every decision I make.