2nd google 20%

For my google 20% this time around, i am going to be writing a book that is similar to Red Dawn. Possible obstacles i could face are whether or not i would be able to finish in time. Possible consultants for this are history?English Teachers, so i could ask about writing a book and info about foreign countries.

Terri Schiavo Case Study assignment

Beginning in 1998, Terri Schiavo was in coma, or a long-term unconsciousness. She stayed in that state until her death in 2005. However, this brought about one of the biggest court debates in history, a debate which spread into the media and the minds of everyone in the country. The question everyone was asking themselves and each other? should the plug be pulled on Terri Schiavo, or should she be kept alive, whether she recovers or not? Her husband claimed that she would want the plug pulled, and her parents wanted her kept alive. In the end, the plug was pulled on her, and Terri Schiavo died. However, that debate continues to rage today, and seems to leek into similar cases as well.
  
In my opinion I believe that it was not justified to pull the plug on Terri Schiavo. Although it is true that she could not due much to benefit herself or society, she was still alive. She was starting to recover a bit by bit, but she was never given the chance to fully recover because of her husband. Her husband did not allow her to take certain medications or go to physical therapy. Also her husband kept her in bad living conditions as well. He did not allow visitors or gifts unless approved by him. Also, there were also things such as therapy dogs that he would not allow to visit her either. Finally, he was just a terrible husband in general. While she was in the coma, he already had a new girlfriend (they are married now) and based on doctor observations on her body, he may have beaten her as well.

Its is not justified to have pulled the plug on Terri Schiavo, because she was still alive, and could have recovered if she was given the proper "tools" and "environment" to do so. I believe it is not right to allow someone to die if you know you can help them. That is why I believe it was not justified to allow her to die.

Question I'm answering? 2. PERSONHOOD: Is Terri Schiavo still a person? Is she the same person?

Terri Schiavo was, no is, still a person. Simply because you die, or you find your self in a situation like hers, do you lose every aspect about you? Does your personality, goals, accomplishments, and everything like that simply get "erased" from history? Does every single person alive now forget you ever existed at all. The answer is no. However, Terri Schiavo is not the same person. But she is still a person, some might say she is a new whole new person. 

Sources:
http://rense.com/general63/mmr.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terri_Schiavo_case
http://www.patientsrightscouncil.org/site/schiavo-facts/
info told to me by other students in my class after they researched the same topic during class discussion.

Reflections and Resoluions (little late but here it is)

Reflections:
2012 was a pretty good year for me. I started my first year of high school  It's been going pretty well so far. The cross country team i was on won divisional  and went all the way to competing in the state competition  Also, I SURVIVED 12/21/12!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #YOLO!!!!!!But moving on past me, the year had some great things. The 2012 Olympics came and went, with the U.S getting the most gold, and most medals over all (BOO YA GO AMERICA GUESS WE'RE NOT ALL THAT FAT)......there are of course other great things, check them out here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYopqtXMSwY

I learned a lot from 2012. I learned that high school isn't like the movies, i learned that some people do sick things, whether because of a brain disorder or not. I've seen people push themselves to the point of breaking  to be the best they can be. To be the best in the world at what they do. But I've also learned that the world can come together, whether through sports (Olympics), mourning (sandy hook), or just trying to have a little bit of fun (gangnam style)!

Resolutions? no way.....
I'm entirely against new years resolutions. Why should people need an excuse like new years to start doing something new, like stay in shape, or do well in school? People should be doing that stuff all the time. Also, i barely ever see anyone who actually keeps their resolution, some people do it for 2-3 weeks tops, before they just don't care any more.

The DNA Dilemma

Recently we have read a article from TIME magazine in our G&T class. This article was all about something pretty amazing, but maybe a little too amazing? This article talked about genetic testing,and what it can do for us. Did you know, that for $7,500, you can figure out if you or your child will have cancer, Alzheimer's disease, or anything else, years before the symptoms will become present. Imagine, being able to tell what diseases newborn baby will have, 70 years from now. Of course, that can be scary, especially if there's no cured for said disease. So the question we must ask ourselves is should we know these facts, and if yes, how much info should we know about it.

There can be many opinions on this. If I were to be given this test and a doctor found out I had a disease, but it was impossible to cure, I would want to know. If I new I could have the possibility of dying at any random time, I would live my life to the fullest. Some might argue that if there was no cure, they would not want to know.

If there was a cure, I would obviously want to know if I had the disease.

If I was a doctor, or some type of physician, I would be tell the patient anything, unless it would cause them more harm. This idea comes from the hippocratic oath that all doctors take. This basically means that you should tell the patients everything, unless telling them something would do something to them that would make things worse (mental trauma)

What do you guys think? Reply with your opinions below.......

The ethic of social media after death

Recently we have been researching what happens to a persons online identity after they are dead. Many people, including my self, do not consider what will happen to their online identity after they die. An online identity is the imprint you leave on the internet, whether a social network profile,  blog, or things like that. The major question is, what will happen to it when I'm gone?

There were many videos and article we watched, such as After you're final status update, and cyber space when you're dead. In this we learned of stories of people who had died, and what had happened to their online identity. One person i read about was Mac Tonnie, of posthuman blues. After he died, his blog was left, unchanged, so others could view it. People also made memorial pages, such as Post-Mac Blues. As you can see, an online identity lives on, and never truly dies. However, many have a problem with it. Some want laws that will decide the fate of someone online identity. Others want an identity to be untouched. There are also the people who wish the fate of an online identity is left to family.

In my opinion, the online identity should be left untouched, or for the family to decide. I do not really care what would happen to my online identity, for one major reason. I'm dead. It would not matter, nor would it affect me. All i ask for, is that people would remember me for how i was

Google 20% Project

For my 20% project, I'm going to research lacrosse some of the topics I want to address are 

• The original game of lacrosse
• Misconceptions
• how it's changed 
• Popularity
• What you do in lacrosse

I will need a computer, Internet access, a camera, possibly a library, and I plan on using my lacrosse sticks for pictures.

The only roadblock I can foresee is maybe there is not a lot of info about old lacrosse, but there will most likely been enough.

People I can ask?

Lacrosse coaches

History teachers

There is a store near my house that sells native american things. I can ask them to see if they know anything

This is my video

Chris Langan

I believe that Chris Langan is very successful. Although he was unable to go to college, and therefore not taking very seriously in the science community, he is still the smartest man in the U.S.A. Also, he has been able to make kim self happy, and succeed more than many other people. Currently, he lives on a farm with his wife, and raises animals. Although some people may say he can do more with his potential, that may not be necessary. I believe success is a matter of opinon, and if he did what he wanted to do, then he IS successful. I think that if you accomplished your goals, no matter what they are, then you are successful.
Fun Fact? Chris' IQ measures between 195 and 210, which is currently the highest in the U.S.A.