Response to Save the Whales, Save the Poop by Camille Rogers

As I was deciding what blog I should write a response on, I wanted to find one that really picked at my brain. As I looked on almost everyones blogs, the most interesting one was our TA's blog, Camille's. Hers was tilted, "Save the Whales, Save the Poop". Now this may seem a little gross when you first read the title, but it truly is an important topic and nothing that should be missed in discussion. I love animals and the sea animals are my favorite. The interactions, and how they live really get me interested and wanting to learn more. So as I saw this title, I knew I had to read about it, and write about it. The article that was linked to her blog, helped me understand more in depth the meaning and importance of whales also.
As I read Camille's post, I cam across the topic of whale hunting. I find whale hunting cruel and that it should not be allowed.  A negative effect if someone would kill a whale is that whales give off nitrogen in the ocean, so if the killing of whales continues to increase, the nitrogen levels will decrease. If the nitrogen levels decrease, that means that there is not as much phytoplakton, which is very needed, on the surface of the oceans. The phytoplakton gives the proper nutrients for fish to live. So as more and more whales are hunted/killed, that means that more and more fish will follow, and die also because they do not have food.
I am very happy with Camille's information, and how helpful and organized she put everything. I totally agree with her blog, and now am even more interested in reading more about whales. I know can talk to people about the ocean and the importance of substances, and animals the ocean has.

"How to Speech"

        When I was deciding what I should do for my, "how to speech", I was thinking of all the things that interest me the most. My family, and hockey are my two most interesting topics in my life, and considering I could not really do a speech on my family, I decided to do one on hockey. I have been playing hockey since I have been four and it is something that has made me grow as a person. My speech was on how to put on hockey gear. I had one of my teammates dress in the gear and I explained each piece of equipment as I put the piece on her.

         Looking at my presentation, I wish I would have been more relaxed. I feel like I did not look at the audience enough, mainly because I was nervous. The information I gave was in depth and helpful on many levels. For people that do not understand the fundamentals and equipment in hockey, after listening to my presentation they will be more informed. I started with the under gear, and explained how wearing a long sleeve shirt under your gear protects your skin from reacting. Then, I started with the shin guards. The shin guards protect your shins from getting injured from a puck hitting them and hurting them. Then the socks come on, then the pants, which protect your butt and hips from getting injured if you fall on the ice. Then following is the shoulder pads, and then your elbow pads. All of these pads are mainly protecting the athletes body and making sure if they do fall that they will be protected.

I hope that after my speech people will know the importance of the hockey equipment, and that they know how to put the gear on properly.

Heart Health

Finding a blog on sports nutrition was a challenge, so I decided to search for healthy foods, the same meaning is behind both of these terms, so I thought it would work. The writer of this blog is, Kelly the kitchen  Kop. In this blog the writer Kelly talks  about the importance of health, and she mainly is focusing in on the health of ones heart. The title of the blog is, "Heart Health". The blog has been active since March 30, 2009. And Kelly creates blogs almost daily. She does blogs on many topics, and has a numerous amount of viewers. In the blog there are hyperlinks. Things that are hyperlinked are certain health terms, or websites where the reader can go to, to learn more about the topic. Pictures are used also in her blog, to really grasp the focus of the reader and help them understand.

A blog post I am doing is a post that someone did on this article by Kelly, "Heart Health". By: Mary on March 30, 2009. (http://kellythekitchenkop.com/2009/03/follow-up-with-the-heart-doc.html#comments). This blog post, explains how taking nutrition serious is important and from reading this article, it has helped Mary keep reminding herself of the importance of nutrition. The tone of this blog post is a lot different, than the tone in my paper. The only reason being is that in my paper I was not telling a personal response on the topic of nutrition, like Mary is on this blog post. The same concept is being discussed and associated with, but the tones are different because one was in a paper that was getting the facts out to people, and the other one, as in the blog post, was a way of letting people know the stories of one not eating properly. Looking at the blog, and blog post has given me the opportunity to be more educated on nutrition, and know in turn that will help me out through the rest of my life.

'Sell organs to save lives'

When it comes to the topic of a person being able to sell their organs, I am on the side of letting the human make the choice, in the sense of donating. Each of us are the ones in control of our bodies, and we make the decisions how on we should treat our bodies. By what we eat, our exercise, our sleeping patterns, and everything that affects our body. It is up to us how we want our bodies to be like. So when it comes to if we are willing to sell our organs and if we should be allowed to, I say of course. If we are healthy enough to have someone else use our organs, then why shouldn't we let them use them. We could be saving someone’s life and that is the best thing that a human can do. The circumstances that need to be taken under consideration is that if the person giving their organs up has a clean health record and is in it for the right purpose. If the person is doing it because they want to save a life, and really make a difference, then it is okay. If a person has different means behind donating their organs, then it is not okay. But if people are able to sell their organs, then that is wrong because putting a price on organs will make it not available for the less fortunate and the ones that cannot afford it.

Reading the BBC News editorial by Martin Wilkinson made me think of the similarities that him and I share. In his article he goes into discussion of saying, "People should not be stopped from selling their organs because they have a right to do what they want with their bodies when they would not be harming others". I totally agree with this because it is very true. Donating organs is only making someone better, it is not making someone worse off. No harm is being done to someone because of the decision they make. 

            

Response to Madison Packers Blog

Reading Madison's blog I saw a different view on the whole organ donation idea. I agree with her in a sense that if a person wants to donate their organs, then they should be able to, but organs should not be something that you sell. It is true if organs had a price on them, what would happen to the poor who can not afford the price of the organ, that needs the organ? It is a complex way of thinking, but in the end if organs had a price on them, then a majority of people could not afford them, and that would lead to the act of someone giving their organ is a sense of profit, not a sense of being a decent human being and helping potentially saving someones life.