the website I used was http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/4/prwebxml117620.php
The article I found was about energy medicine. It claims that emotional energy medicine is the key to total health. According to Dr. Vida Baron, "the negative emotional energy of fear which is the source of most stress, can actually be transformed into a positive force for beauty and happiness." The belief that imaginary energy can be transformed is sort of weird. I found it interesting that an actual M.D. would believe in this sort of nonsense. Dr. Baron refers to emotional energy as the "software that runs the human brain and body." She believes that "emotional energy" has magical healing powers, which is course rediculous.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Sunday, December 2, 2007
College in the 1920's
The websites I used for this blog post were http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade20.html and http://cehd.umn.edu/History/Timeline/1920s.html
To give a brief overview of the 1920's, there were only 106,521,537 people in the united states. Approximately 2,132,000 people were unemployed, which comes out to an unemployment rate of 5.2%. Life expectancy for males was 53.6 years and for females it was 54.6 years. The average annual earnings was $1236 and a teachers salary was $970. Given this information, it is clear that there were a lot less people around, with a much lower life expectancy. So college might not have been such a high priority for people in the twenties and for most it wasn't even an option. The site I found that pertained to college life dealt specifically with the University of Minnesota. In 1921 the first Minnesota radio station formed at the University of Minnesota. In 1925 the famous Tennessee vs. John Scopes trial took place that dealt with the issue of evolution being taught in schools. This has been an extremely import case because today evolution is taught in schools and is widely accepted. In 1926 the SAT was administered to highschool students for the first time. Finally, in 1929 Minnesota law for the first time establishes teaching certification that requires professional training coursework. The college then modified its course offerings to satisfy the state law. It seems as though the twenties helped pave the road to modern day college.
To give a brief overview of the 1920's, there were only 106,521,537 people in the united states. Approximately 2,132,000 people were unemployed, which comes out to an unemployment rate of 5.2%. Life expectancy for males was 53.6 years and for females it was 54.6 years. The average annual earnings was $1236 and a teachers salary was $970. Given this information, it is clear that there were a lot less people around, with a much lower life expectancy. So college might not have been such a high priority for people in the twenties and for most it wasn't even an option. The site I found that pertained to college life dealt specifically with the University of Minnesota. In 1921 the first Minnesota radio station formed at the University of Minnesota. In 1925 the famous Tennessee vs. John Scopes trial took place that dealt with the issue of evolution being taught in schools. This has been an extremely import case because today evolution is taught in schools and is widely accepted. In 1926 the SAT was administered to highschool students for the first time. Finally, in 1929 Minnesota law for the first time establishes teaching certification that requires professional training coursework. The college then modified its course offerings to satisfy the state law. It seems as though the twenties helped pave the road to modern day college.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Faith Healing
the website I used was http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/faith.html
Faith healing is trying to cure disease by forcing divine intervention. People who practice this use certain spiritual techniques, or special prayers to try and cure disease. The article I read was written by a Medical Doctor who had done research on faith healing and interviewed faith healers, as well as people who claimed to be healed by faith healers. The ultimate conclusion is that faith healing is a scam. The Medical Doctor who wrote this paper has done 20 years of research on faith healing and has still not found one legitimate case of faith healing. Often times the healer will claim to cure some one of a disease that they don't even have. Faith healing boils down to deception and fraud. They often use people in the audience to act as if they have a certain disease and then they pretend to be cured. Just the fact that they purposely perform these "miracles" in front of an audience suggests that they are trying to gain something from doing faith healing. However, faith healing is fake and most sane people know that diseases are not cured by trying to force divine intervention. Diseases are cured by science and by medical physicians.
Faith healing is trying to cure disease by forcing divine intervention. People who practice this use certain spiritual techniques, or special prayers to try and cure disease. The article I read was written by a Medical Doctor who had done research on faith healing and interviewed faith healers, as well as people who claimed to be healed by faith healers. The ultimate conclusion is that faith healing is a scam. The Medical Doctor who wrote this paper has done 20 years of research on faith healing and has still not found one legitimate case of faith healing. Often times the healer will claim to cure some one of a disease that they don't even have. Faith healing boils down to deception and fraud. They often use people in the audience to act as if they have a certain disease and then they pretend to be cured. Just the fact that they purposely perform these "miracles" in front of an audience suggests that they are trying to gain something from doing faith healing. However, faith healing is fake and most sane people know that diseases are not cured by trying to force divine intervention. Diseases are cured by science and by medical physicians.
Plural Marriage
The Website I used was http://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/daily/history/plural_marriage/History_EOM.htm
Plural Marriage is more commonly refered to as polygamy. Polygamy is the practice of having multiple spouses at the same time. Polygamy has been a common practice since the beginning of civilization. The emperor of China, for instance, had literally hundreds of concubines. Many sultans in the middle east also had multiple wives. However, most americans associate plural marriage with the Church of the Latter-day Saints. This practice of polygamy was one reason many people discriminated against the Mormons during the middle of the 19th century. The LDS publically announced their plural marriage practice in 1852. They (Utah) were not granted statehood until 1896, and they had to accept polygamy as being illegal. In 1882 many LDS men who were involved in polygamy were sent to jail because they violated the antipolygamy law. They argued that it was their constiutional right to have plural marriage. In fact, the LDS prophet Joseph Smith gave sermons promoting the practice of polygamy. According to the Book of Mormon, "He knew the voice of God—he knew the commandment of the Almighty to him was to go forward—to set the example, and establish Celestial plural marriage. He knew that he had not only his own prejudices and pre-possessions to combat and to overcome, but those of the whole Christian world…; but God…had given the commandment." Basically, he was saying that he knew society rejected this practice, but he believed this was the will of God that a man should have multiple wives. For this reason, plural marriage was openly practiced in Utah during the mid 1800's.
Plural marriage is very relevant to today's society because of the on going gay marriage debate. Polygamy was outlawed because there was a general consensus among U.S. citizens that a marriage should be between one man and one woman. This is an argument for outlawing gay marriage. If gay marriage was legalized then marriage would not be defined as between one man and one woman. Thus, plural marriage would also have to be legalized.
Plural Marriage is more commonly refered to as polygamy. Polygamy is the practice of having multiple spouses at the same time. Polygamy has been a common practice since the beginning of civilization. The emperor of China, for instance, had literally hundreds of concubines. Many sultans in the middle east also had multiple wives. However, most americans associate plural marriage with the Church of the Latter-day Saints. This practice of polygamy was one reason many people discriminated against the Mormons during the middle of the 19th century. The LDS publically announced their plural marriage practice in 1852. They (Utah) were not granted statehood until 1896, and they had to accept polygamy as being illegal. In 1882 many LDS men who were involved in polygamy were sent to jail because they violated the antipolygamy law. They argued that it was their constiutional right to have plural marriage. In fact, the LDS prophet Joseph Smith gave sermons promoting the practice of polygamy. According to the Book of Mormon, "He knew the voice of God—he knew the commandment of the Almighty to him was to go forward—to set the example, and establish Celestial plural marriage. He knew that he had not only his own prejudices and pre-possessions to combat and to overcome, but those of the whole Christian world…; but God…had given the commandment." Basically, he was saying that he knew society rejected this practice, but he believed this was the will of God that a man should have multiple wives. For this reason, plural marriage was openly practiced in Utah during the mid 1800's.
Plural marriage is very relevant to today's society because of the on going gay marriage debate. Polygamy was outlawed because there was a general consensus among U.S. citizens that a marriage should be between one man and one woman. This is an argument for outlawing gay marriage. If gay marriage was legalized then marriage would not be defined as between one man and one woman. Thus, plural marriage would also have to be legalized.
Monday, November 12, 2007
Torture Blog
I found the majority of my information at http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/13463.html
I was assigned to report on the pro-Mukasey senators standpoint. The two most notable pro-Mukasey senators are California's Dianne Feinstein and New York's Chuck Schumer. While there are many republican pro-Mukasey senators, these two senators are democrats which makes them more controversial. This is because for the most part the republicans are in favor of electing Mukasey for attorney general, but the democrats are not. Since these two democratic senators have decided that they will vote for Mukasey, it seems as though he will be appointed the new attorney general. The reason Mukasey is so controversial in the eyes of the public is because he claimed not to know whether water boarding is torture.
Both Schumer and Feinstein offered explanations for why they supported Michael Mukasey. After having a private meeting with Mukasey, Schumer was assured Muksey would be a trustworthy attorney general. He said Mukasey agreed that if congress passed a law that prohibited water boarding the president would have to follow it. “He also pledged to enforce such a law and repeated his willingness to leave office rather than participate in a violation of law.” However, Mukasey is hypocritical in saying this because earlier he said that if national security is jepordized the president has the right to ignore certain laws. So he contradicts himself by saying that he will force the president to obey congress.
Feinstein had a different angle as to why she supports Michael Mukasey. Quite simply, her argument is that Mukasey is better than Alberto Gonzales. So basically her logic is that because Mukasey is not as bad as Alberto Gonzales, she will support him.
I was assigned to report on the pro-Mukasey senators standpoint. The two most notable pro-Mukasey senators are California's Dianne Feinstein and New York's Chuck Schumer. While there are many republican pro-Mukasey senators, these two senators are democrats which makes them more controversial. This is because for the most part the republicans are in favor of electing Mukasey for attorney general, but the democrats are not. Since these two democratic senators have decided that they will vote for Mukasey, it seems as though he will be appointed the new attorney general. The reason Mukasey is so controversial in the eyes of the public is because he claimed not to know whether water boarding is torture.
Both Schumer and Feinstein offered explanations for why they supported Michael Mukasey. After having a private meeting with Mukasey, Schumer was assured Muksey would be a trustworthy attorney general. He said Mukasey agreed that if congress passed a law that prohibited water boarding the president would have to follow it. “He also pledged to enforce such a law and repeated his willingness to leave office rather than participate in a violation of law.” However, Mukasey is hypocritical in saying this because earlier he said that if national security is jepordized the president has the right to ignore certain laws. So he contradicts himself by saying that he will force the president to obey congress.
Feinstein had a different angle as to why she supports Michael Mukasey. Quite simply, her argument is that Mukasey is better than Alberto Gonzales. So basically her logic is that because Mukasey is not as bad as Alberto Gonzales, she will support him.
The Orion Prophecy
The website I found my Article at was http://www.life-cycles-destiny.com/pg/ancient-maya-egypt-civilization.htm
The prophecy I found is called the Orion Prophecy. It was supposedly formulated by the ancient Eqyptians and the Ancient Mayans. They did not necessarily come to the exact same conclusion but they came to very similar conclusions. Both the Mayan and Egyptian prophecies are based on matheumatics and Astronomy. (which were probably not very advanced for today's standards) This article mainly deals with the ancient Eqyptian's prophecy of the Apocalypse. Basically the prophecy predicts that the world will come to an end in the year 2012. It will come to an end because the earth's magnetic field will turn over in a single moment causing massive earthquakes and tidal waves. which will end all life as we know it. Furthermore, the prophecy predicts that North America and Europe will shift to the north pole and their climate will be extremely uninhabitable. This is the jist of the prophecy.
It is important to take into account that this prophecy was merely translated from ancient Egyptian artifacts. This means the prophecy was really created by current day scholars. In the article it talks about how various pyramids, secrets labyrinths, and other monuments all have evidence that pieces together to create this prophecy. However, it is extremely unlikely that the scholars interpreted the prophecy correctly. For example, how could the ancient Egyptians have known about North America. Also, what basis do they have for their prophecy? In this article it also suggests that the ancient Mayans and the ancient Egyptians both came to the same conclusion because they are both descendants of the Atlanteans. The Atlanteans hail from Atlantis, which is burried under the South Pole. When the last apocalypse occured, the Atlanteans fled to South America and Egypt. This effectively shows that the believers in this prophecy are crazy.
The prophecy I found is called the Orion Prophecy. It was supposedly formulated by the ancient Eqyptians and the Ancient Mayans. They did not necessarily come to the exact same conclusion but they came to very similar conclusions. Both the Mayan and Egyptian prophecies are based on matheumatics and Astronomy. (which were probably not very advanced for today's standards) This article mainly deals with the ancient Eqyptian's prophecy of the Apocalypse. Basically the prophecy predicts that the world will come to an end in the year 2012. It will come to an end because the earth's magnetic field will turn over in a single moment causing massive earthquakes and tidal waves. which will end all life as we know it. Furthermore, the prophecy predicts that North America and Europe will shift to the north pole and their climate will be extremely uninhabitable. This is the jist of the prophecy.
It is important to take into account that this prophecy was merely translated from ancient Egyptian artifacts. This means the prophecy was really created by current day scholars. In the article it talks about how various pyramids, secrets labyrinths, and other monuments all have evidence that pieces together to create this prophecy. However, it is extremely unlikely that the scholars interpreted the prophecy correctly. For example, how could the ancient Egyptians have known about North America. Also, what basis do they have for their prophecy? In this article it also suggests that the ancient Mayans and the ancient Egyptians both came to the same conclusion because they are both descendants of the Atlanteans. The Atlanteans hail from Atlantis, which is burried under the South Pole. When the last apocalypse occured, the Atlanteans fled to South America and Egypt. This effectively shows that the believers in this prophecy are crazy.
Sunday, November 4, 2007
cryptozoology (the mud monster)
I found my article at http://www.webspawner.com/users/themurphysboromudmon/index.html.
My website was of a paranormal investigation report about an alleged "mud monster" in Murphysboro Illinois, which is in Southern Illinois. The report was made in February of 2000 but the actual sightings took place in the summer of 1973. The main sightings took place on June 25th 1973. It all started when a young couple had their car parked near the Big Muddy River that runs through Murphysboro. After a while they heard a strange shrieking noise. They then witnessed a huge creature walking toward their car. They described the creature as, "seven feet tall and covered with a matted, whitish hair. The "fur" was streaked liberally with mud from the river." The young couple quickly left the scene and reporting their finding to the police. Then, to make a long story short, the police came down to the river and chased the mud monster all around town. Severa other people claimed to have seen the mud monster as the police chased it into people's yards. One woman said she saw a
"muddy, white creature staring at them with glowing pink eyes". Also she said, "the creature probably weighed at least 350 pounds, stood seven feet tall, had a roundish head and long, ape-like arms." Anyways, the police ended up trcking the creature to an old abandon barn and even their German Shepard was scared to go in. They never caught the creature (or high school kid pulling a prank) that caused all this confusion.
The best part about this article is that in 1989, more than ten years after these sightings, the "mud monster" was a serious suspect in an attack that took place in a camp ground near by the river. I thought this was rediculous. Not only was the attack 16 years after these so called "sightings", but no one had any hard evidence that this "mud monster" actually existed. Also anyone who believes monsters are real are crazy. I'm not saying that the people of Murphysboro are outright liars, but I think they may be jumping to unrealistic conclusions.
My website was of a paranormal investigation report about an alleged "mud monster" in Murphysboro Illinois, which is in Southern Illinois. The report was made in February of 2000 but the actual sightings took place in the summer of 1973. The main sightings took place on June 25th 1973. It all started when a young couple had their car parked near the Big Muddy River that runs through Murphysboro. After a while they heard a strange shrieking noise. They then witnessed a huge creature walking toward their car. They described the creature as, "seven feet tall and covered with a matted, whitish hair. The "fur" was streaked liberally with mud from the river." The young couple quickly left the scene and reporting their finding to the police. Then, to make a long story short, the police came down to the river and chased the mud monster all around town. Severa other people claimed to have seen the mud monster as the police chased it into people's yards. One woman said she saw a
"muddy, white creature staring at them with glowing pink eyes". Also she said, "the creature probably weighed at least 350 pounds, stood seven feet tall, had a roundish head and long, ape-like arms." Anyways, the police ended up trcking the creature to an old abandon barn and even their German Shepard was scared to go in. They never caught the creature (or high school kid pulling a prank) that caused all this confusion.
The best part about this article is that in 1989, more than ten years after these sightings, the "mud monster" was a serious suspect in an attack that took place in a camp ground near by the river. I thought this was rediculous. Not only was the attack 16 years after these so called "sightings", but no one had any hard evidence that this "mud monster" actually existed. Also anyone who believes monsters are real are crazy. I'm not saying that the people of Murphysboro are outright liars, but I think they may be jumping to unrealistic conclusions.
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