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A woman from Florida has overcome her addiction to drugs and is now a teacher. She was addicted to opioids for many years and one day she felt the need to get better; is it always this easy?
Different treatments Getting treatment for addiction can come in many forms and is very helpful. But unfortunately, only about 13% of drug users get help/treatment for their addiction. Many people who want to get help can't because they do not have access. One of the most common ways to get treatment for Four different drug addictions is using a treatment home. This is a perfect way to get help because they take just about anyone and it's very on hands and trying to help you get better. these treatment home workers hold people accountable but still give them the benefit of the doubt and try their hardest to help them. another way to get help if you want to get better from your addiction is to seek out help from family and friends that you think are reliable sources these people could be anybody, who wants you to have a better life without drugs. these two ways that I have listed you are someone you know could use to help them overcome their addiction but some treatment centers are quite expensive and this is a problem that we have in the world and if you don't have insurance it's even harder.
Wanting to get better Even when many people struggling with drug addiction have people in their life who are willing to help them it's still hard for them to want to get better. finding the motivation to get better and stay away from your addiction when you're so addicted it's very difficult for people that are struggling. some ways you or someone you love could use to want to have the motivation to keep going and overcome your addiction. is trying to picture your life and how much better it could be if you were sober from drugs and alcohol. many drug users think that just now that their only way of life can be an addict but this is simply not the case. they can also think that no one would care if they did get better and their family wouldn't want to support them on their way to sobriety. but the families of people who have gone through addiction or are still going through it know did all they want is for their family and friends to get better so they can have a good life with them.
Next steps for you If you or someone you know is struggling with addiction help is available. If need help finding resources or need immediate help you can call 1-800-662-4357. Getting over addiction is an uphill struggle and is a lot of work but it will get easier. Moving on from addiction is a process different for every person, but still achievable.
When Antonio Chow's grades started to slip from A’s to B’s, that is when he knew he needed to fix things. “When I was very close to a C, I knew that there was something wrong,” Antonio said. He remembers all the time he spent online and how, at the end of the day, he was left with a feeling of emptiness. “I felt like I [hadn’t] done anything.”
Social media and the effects on your health Social media can make you feel things; it can make you feel anxious and depressed.
According to McLean Hospital, “ 69% of adults and 81% of teens in the U.S use social media. This puts a large amount of the population at an increased risk of feeling anxious, depressed, or ill over their social media use.” Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued a warning about social media, about how social media is a “main contributor to depression, anxiety and other problems in the nation's teenagers”.
If you are a teenager lacking strong social connections then you have a serious risk to your mental health.
If you are using social media more than 3 hours a day then it can predict you to have poor mental health and well-being.
According to the website www.mcleanhospital.org, “ the platforms are designed to be addictive and are associated with anxiety, depression, and even physical ailment”. If these sites are addictive then that means you can use social media for more than 3 hours which can cause poor mental health and well-being.
How much time you spend on social media and how it affects you If you spend lots of time on social media it can lead you to feel isolated or lonely. Talkspace states that “Ironically, given the very name of it, spending excessive time on social media can lead to isolation and loneliness.” this shows that spending lots of time on social media affects more than your mental health It affects how you feel; like making you feel isolated and loneliness. Also, it exacerbates mental health problems How you can make it so you are less likely to have these things happen to you If things like this are happening to you then you can set a timer on your phone for 1 hour and 30 minutes. This would help decrease feelings of anxiety, depression, and loneliness. You can also do screen-free activities like journaling and meditation. You can try removing apps that you use daily that are addicting. If you want to keep all your apps then you can unfollow people that might lead you to feel negative feelings. In conclusion, social media affects your mental health. It also affects you by the time you spend on social media can affect you too, like feeling lonely and isolated. There are things you can do to help like delete apps, unfollow people, have a time limit on it, and more.
There are 195 different countries in the world and one thing they all have in common is homelessness. Homelessness has been an issue for centuries; many men, women and children have experienced homelessness or are currently homeless. There are also plenty of men, women, and children who have been fortunate enough to not experience homelessness.
Homelessness has become more common over the years especially in larger cities. once a rare thing now very common homelessness as become very common in larger cities. There are so many homeless people and it is currently impossible to measure the exact amount so the amount is estimated. In 2005 the UN estimated that there were over 100,000,000 homeless people in the world. The Department of Housing and Urban Development estimated that 567,000 people became homeless in just one single night. In late 2016 1.4 million people relied on homeless shelters.
There are many reasons people can become homeless and there are a lot in America. One of the major reasons is the lack in affordable housing. One reason for this is that lots of companies won't hire people if they have mental or physical disabilities. A lot of people also become homeless if they have had a natural disaster happen in the area. Nearly ⅔ of homeless people are able to find temporary shelter whether that be from under a bridge, in a tent, an abandoned building or a homeless shelter.
Being homeless is not a life you want to live. Itś very sad to think that many men, women and children go without shelter, water, and food.
Josie Neel, mother of two toddlers, was diagnosed with cancer; Breast cancer. And after her mastectomy in 2013, she was also diagnosed with bone cancer. Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers. Around 2.3 million people were diagnosed in 2020. Breast cancer accounts for around ⅓ of female cancer diagnoses.. Technology across the past few decades has developed many different ways to treat cancer. Treatments like these include chemotherapy, radiation, and many others. There is one special type of breast cancer called HER-2, or triple negative breast cancer. The difference with HER-2 is that it is immune to hormone therapies, like chemotherapy, along with having much higher mortality rates. Therefore, it needs a different type of treatment. Another common treatment for cancers like these is immunotherapy. It strengthens your immune system so that it is able to find and fight off cancer cells better. In recent times, breast cancer, or cancer in general, has been a big focus in the medical field. One place being the Cancer Center at Upstate Medical University. In an interview there, Dr Leszek Kotula, an associate director for the Cancer Center at Upstate, said this. ““There’s a lot of work to be done on the bench before we can move to the clinic. So, it will probably take about three years for optimization. But we are very hopeful, and along the way we found other potential pathways for drug development. We chase. We’re gonna explore,” Upstate Medical aren’t the only ones putting work into the disease. Many hospitals and medical universities have put lots of time, funds, and effort into finding new ways to help. “We know that it’s not just one disease, and our growing understanding has led to many treatment options that were not around just 10 years ago.” Said Susan Kesmodel, M.D. director of Breast Surgical Oncology at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. And it’s not just hospitals or universities either. It’s organizations, too. Bordentown Township Police in New Jersey donated $1,500 to Unite for HER, an organization formed in 2009 to support breast cancer patient Sue Weldon. They sent the donation to support Karen Lubbers, a local woman who successfully beat the disease. "United I was the one in need, I had no idea how much help and support was needed and appreciated.” Said Lubbers. More and more people are stepping in to help with breast cancer. With the amount of research and resources going into it, breast cancer might not be a problem in the mere future.
Ryan Halligan took his own life at 13 years old. “I lost my son Ryan to suicide on October, 7 2003. He was one of the early victims of cyberbullying,” said his dad, John Halligan. After the incident, John shares his son's story and even helps pass anti-bullying legislation. Students get spoken about social media by him, and all the positives and negatives of it.
-Mental and Physical attacks on Individuals- Cyberbullying takes place in digital devices and can occur when a person says something negative or harmful to one another, online on social media or video games. “Rumors can spread so easily. Its like wildfire,” 9 year old Madison Blake said. “If someone says your clothes are ugly, not many people would know about it. But if someone said that on social media, then that post or video can get multiple views and even if you delete it, it doesn’t go away.” After an individual is cyberbullied it causes both mental and physical effects.; depression, anxiety, and fear on the victim. As well as not being able to focus in school, changes their mood, energy level, sleep schedule, or how much food they choose to eat. “Whether its body dysmorphia or gender norms, everybody's putting pressure on us. It’s a lot for kids”, a 12 year old girl named Michaela stated. Bark has made an announcement that more than 4.5 billion messages from 2022 showed that 71.2% of kids 12 and under, along with 83.3% of teenagers 13 and above are cyberbullied. (Bark is an montier that checks anyone messages, texts and other 30+ apps to check cyberbullying and much other problems people make online.)
-Next steps for You- Kate McPherson, a youth health advocate and mom of 4 teenagers, also agrees that social media can get too much sometimes and really affect the victim. “I really coach parents to look at what your kids are consuming. There are two buckets of screen time; digital vegetables and digital candy. The recommendation for social media, gaming, and all the fun stuff that really isn't moving their life forward, but is kind of fun.” If the cyberbully is caught (in school), they may get removed from sports and even given long suspensions. If the bullying gets too serious (goes past laws like anti-discrimination and sexual harassment), police will most likely get involved and might give major disciplines to the attacker. “All states have law requiring schools to respond to bullying. Schools may take action either as required by law, or with local or school policies to address bullying if it affects school performance”, www.stopbullying.gov declared. Luckily, you can avoid cyberbullying by following these easy steps. First, ignore the text and block them. Secondly, remind yourself and understand criticism can be a sign of pain; they are most likely dealing with stuff themselves that cause the to take it out on you. Next, your gonna wanna stay close to supporters (your friends or people who are protecting you). Lastly, understand your feelings and keep being yourself. With these steps, you can be happy and not worry about strangers attacking you whenever. After the incident, Halligan keeps working on staying close to families from the heartache he remembers. “My son Ryan was a wonderful, sweet, sensitive, empathetic boy,” he said. “It’s just an awful way to lose a child. I don’t wish this on anybody, not even my worst enemy, but it keeps happening, unfortunately.” In conclusion, cyberbullying can affect many ways on the victim; many ways such as depression, sleep schedule, fear and their appetite. Once again there are many ways to work your way around cyberbullying. Thankfully, Ryan Halligan's dad is gonna stay strong not only for himself, but for his.
To Help Addiction Quitting doing drugs isn't always easy. If you quit doing drugs it will help a lot more with your mental health. There's a lot of ways that can help you quit. Recovery is kinda hard for a few people who just can't stop. To Help with Addiction Here's a few ways to help with addiction You could go and throw away all of the drugs you have. You can put them in a bowl of water and let them disintegrate all of their juices. Go to a doctor and see if they will give you something that might help. You can focus on self awareness because you want to focus more on yourself then other people. Coloring can help with you quitting because you could get distracted for a while and just forget about it for a while.
Why they do drugs People do drugs to help them not be so mad. People also do drugs because they have flavors which makes kids or adults attracted to it because they just want them to keep going back to get more so they would have more money. They do it because it helps them calm down when they are mad. People do drugs when they are starting to feel lonely or lost a loved one that was really special to them.
Next step You should never do drugs because it messes with your mental health. Some ways to help with addiction is to put them all in a bowl of water and just let them die. You can go to a doctor and they would help you with your problems and give you something to help . Conclusion I would tell the reader to never get addicted to drugs because it messes up your mental health and gives you problems with your lungs.
Michelle D. Peacock was a 59-year-old Black cisgender woman who was simply relaxing under her gazebo on her balcony when her neighbor, Tommy Earl, attacked and killed her. His only reasoning was that she was “a male acting like a woman.”
Transphobia does not just affect the trans community, it can, and will, affect everyone.
Even cisgender people, otherwise known as people who identify with their birth gender, struggle with transphobia. Just as Peacock did, people who don’t directly follow “gender norms,” can and may be harassed as being, “not their own gender,” even if they identify as their birth gender.
Transphobia has been picking up quickly in the past few years, with more than 500 bills made against the trans and 2SLGBTQIA+ community in the United States These bills can make it illegal for trans people to get gender-affirming care, use the proper restrooms in public areas, and simply serving people in these communities.
It’s been found by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law that transgender people are four times more likely to witness violent victimization or crime.
There has been a huge surge in anti-trans violence, with more than 78% of victims being both Black, and under the age of 35. These are kids, children, that are being killed simply for being comfortable with different gender-affirming care.
Biologically, intersex people are genetically possible, and there is about a 1.7% chance for a person to be born without gender-affirming genitalia and/or hormones. These people are recognised in the LGBTQIA+ community; yet they are still commonly harassed by homophobes and transphobes.
Its been found that there were bomb and shooting threats to public places; such as hospitals, schools, and libraries that support LGBTQIA+ actions. These threats also target pride parades, festivals, and drag shows.
“A lot of people are afraid because we are seeing both the persistent nature of high levels of individual violence … alongside the weaponization of the state and state governments to target trans people," This quote is from Imara Jones, a Black trans journalist, and CEO of TransLash Media, who was recently interviewed by ABC News.
These people fear for their own lives because of the rash, disproportionate actions transphobes are taking against the transgender community.
“Both transgender and cisgender women have been experiencing ridicule, rejection, assault, and even being killed for not meeting this made-up ideal" for what defines a woman, said Leroy B. Thomas, the communications director for the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) in an interview with ABC News.
People are being attacked for their gender, whether female, transgender, or under the transgender umbrella, they are still human, and assault/violence should not be the answer for something that someone disliked.
It’s similar to arguments between religions; everyone has a different opinion. No one’s really sure who is right, if anyone is. When people from different groups disagree, there can and will be huge arguments, and people can become violent, as we have seen through history.
Us as the next generation need to make sure that a war does not start over gender perforations. Pronouns and gender should not be the cause of wars and bloodshed.
There a few different ways that you, yes you, can help support trans people, remember this is not something you have to do, it’s your choice!
Educating yourself on what the trans and LGBTQIA+ communities are Supporting drag shows and pride festivals/parades Join in on peaceful protests if possible Educate others on the situation Raise funds for organizations working to protect trans people Remember these are just recommendations, not something you must do! With all of the information summed up so far, and all of the facts aligned to show the trans peoples side, what will you do to help?
Cyberbullying Antidote According to the article “Dad who lost son to cyberbullying warns of social media use¨ Ryan Halligan was 13 when he done suicide. “I lost my son Ryan to suicide on October 7, 2003. He was one of the early victims of cyberbullying. Quoted by John Halligan(Ryans dad) “The technology has evolved to such a level that is even worse” “We are hoping for better solutions as times went on and it turned out things have actually gotten worse because of how easy it is for kids to sign up for this stuff and to have a private world from their parents” Quote by John Halligan(Ryan's father) Attorney General Kris Mayes Quoted “Theyŕe losing sleep. It's causing suicide. Its causing body dysmorphia. Its causing mental health crisis among kids”
Background of Cyberbullying Cyberbullying is online bullying. Cyberbullying is not funny, children get these emotions from cyberbullying depressed, and anxious. Cyberbullying can be dealt by the police sometimes if cyberbullying goes extreme to the limit police need to interfere.
Cyberbullying people feel ashamed or embarrassed to talk about their feelings. The types of cyberbullying are spamming and trolling. Spamming is when the user who is trying to target you by spamming harmful messages and rude comments.
“Cyberbullying is the use of technology to harass, threaten, embarrass, or target another person.” Quoted by kidshealth.org
Charlotte N.C every school year has challenges kids in this generation have been bullying more and more. One of the biggest problems are the bullying harassment forms like cyberbullying.
How to stop cyberbullying without using the internet.
Since the cyberbullying is happening on social media people may have to delete the apps that they have been targeted on. People who have been cyberbullied may have to also be offline its not a long term, but it's just for the situation not to happen again.
How you can stop cyberbullying
Try not to be posting a lot, because people are looking for someone to target. Try to help those people who need help from these situations. For the parents keep your children from spending too much time on the internet. Make sure if children are cyberbullied tell your children that they should stay offline for a little bit. If the cyberbullying is severe make sure you let the police know.
From the article Learn to Prevent Cyberbullying states that four girls repeatedly called a 13 year old with harassing messages, telling their target “to die” and the police said “other things that are too inappropriate and to memorize in the post.” this shows how children cyberbully.
In conclusion cyberbullying can make people feel threatened and make them feel insecure. “With cyberbullying, one press of a finger on an electronic device can shatter someone's reputation and what they think in their entire life it's scary.” Quoted by Justin Prentice.
African life Imagine, being 7-14 years old working about 6 hours a day to get the slightest bit of food or water. Mars a giant candy company had been supporting child labor, with an 8-year-old girl Munira who had also worked there. “Our child shouldn’t be harvesting cocoa for a big company, she should be in school, playing and socializing.”
Africa is a continent built off of poverty and famine; We find hungry people with not enough food to gain proper nutrition. Most of the babies will suffer from malnutrition because mothers can’t produce enough breast milk for their children. However when kids turn to an age where they can physically work. The parents will have to put them to work to feed the entire family. Child Labor In Ghana, CBS had found that they were using African children as young as 5 to harvest their cocoa for their chocolate. Even when they had started to get rid of child labor by 2025, it looked unlikely by the year. The fact is, it’s cheaper. Companies and countries will always look for the cheapest ways to run their business and trade. Child labor was very cheap compared to hiring educated adults who wouldn’t take the price given to the younger group. Munira, An 8 year old girl. Her parents gave her a backpack and school books with the slogan: “I am a child, I play, I go to school” to protest the child labor law. What could someone do? What can you do to Child Labor? Donations, donations are a great way to offer your affection towards the cause. Even if you donate 1 dollar it can make a big difference in the community you are trying to help. Donations don’t have to be in the form of money they could be food, clothes, water, or even medicine depending on the rules. Support the group, if you don’t want to spend money but still want to help out the best you can you could just physically be there. Helping set up and just being there would also make a big difference. Social media, media is a great way to spread the word around especially if you have a lot of followers.
A man named Eitan Brenath was a big social media influencer at an interview with Tasting Table. He stated how “he was going to use his position in the World Food Programme and his hugely successful influence to feed 350 million people in Africa.” This was also to stop child labor; if everyone could be well fed they wouldn't have to put their child to labor. He also stated a quote on how he was going to do that by saying “bring together young people to advocate for long-term solutions to food security while raising awareness about the current global hunger crisis.”
If you want to help, be like Eitan Brenath. You don’t have to have a loud voice like he does, but every voice counts.
Anecdote It all started when people that did bad things and wanted to fit in and be cool. Well people who did not drink was not cool enough so they decided to do it anyway and some ways to stop that would be to get help from hospital management. Background information For starters you may ask why and how does this affect you and your body? Well I have just the right answer for that; you see when it affects you it does not just affect your head. It can also affect your behavioral issues such as when you are fine you want to start to gamble more and do worsening stuff putting you in debt. It also can affect your life such as home issues or work issues or even just taking care of yourself. So first off work it can make you not do well in jobs, it can make you mess up and even lose your job. Next is home and family issues this can affect your relationships because 1 your hiding it from people, 2 you are giving younger siblings drugs or a substance. The dad could be like here you go and say its ok take it. BOOM! Life is ruined. Next is caring about yourself The prefrontal cortex is the home of the brains highest functions so that attention is highly focused on cues related to the target substance or activity. The substance use disorders and gambling behaviors have and increased likelihood of being accompanied by mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety or other pre existing problems. Because addiction affects the brain's executive functions centered in the cortex individuals who develop and addiction may not be aware that their behavior is causing problems for themselves and others. Over time the substance has control over the entire body and you have no control over your own body and eventually you can end up killing yourself if you do not stop. Some percentages are 1 in 10 americans below the age of 12 use alcohol. Also 50,000 people die from opioids and also over 10 million misuse opioids. Alcohol was responsible for 2.3 million deaths worldwide. Also 10,000 drunk people drive and get killed. This was from this website for how many people have died because of addictions https://www.addiction center. Also Almost 1% of 8th graders use crack Americans between 18 and 25 use cocaine more than any age group that means adults use it less than teens. YIKES! 24000 people have died from cocaine overdose. This addiction may get worse and worse over time and you want to take it more and more which allows the substance to get stronger and stronger until once again takes over your body. If you do not stop doing the substance it will eventually get out to get you and either kill you or even suffer the consequences. Some things that could also happen would be them feeling depressed, sad, anxiety and the consequences could be jail, dead, and even prison if they found out you took to much.
Next steps My next steps for people to solve and how to stop addiction. Fortunately there is a lot of rehab facilities and recovery centers throughout the country that can help you get unaddicted. If you know anyone with a addiction and you need more information about what to do and where to start contact a treatment provider right away. Other ways to prevent addiction in the first place is to not pay attention to the drugs. Then if you are a doctor get help from hospital management or go see a doctor such as a clinic so they can give you some advice on things. They might prescribe you with medication to not being addicted. Some ways to also help is tell your family and friends so they can help you and it will help your family members not think anything is wrong. Because they will get suspicious then they will break up. Conclusion Some conclusion things are drugs are bad for you and you should not take them because it can affect your life, your family and even your life responsibilities because addiction is not healthy to have. And if you can just try and get some help from doctors because your most likely to get in trouble with the police and prison then you are to go see a doctor. So please hopefully you just follow my advice and get down to being healthy. Have A HEALTHY LIFE!!!
A person from the front lines in Ukraine makes a video and he sees that the people need to see how gruesome frontline of war really is. Ukraine and Russia went to war over the capital of Keav. Russia wants the city of Keav. Russia thinks Ukraine in part of Russia but Ukraine is it’s own country. The war is a very destructive thing. It is killing Poland devastating cities. It is a hard thing to live in a war zone. Lots of people are trying to leave UKraine so they don’t get blown up. Not everyone can leave and then they have to to survive or help in the war. The people of Ukraine are just trying to live with the war going on; 5.1 million people fled Ukraine. Ways to help: The war also can put people without homes and without food of things people need to live and that can be hard to get. A way people can help is to donate to the Red Cross or a non profit helping people in Ukraine.
Food insecurity Food insecurity is a very popular thing in the U.S.A. Kids with unemployed parents are more likely to have food insecurity in their homes than kids with employed parents. The amount of kids that go hungry at night is 38% in low-income countries. Most teachers want to help kids in need but the fact is that kids need to tell teachers that they need more food at home. It is hard if you have anxiety to ask for help because you think the teacher will think you are weird but just ask for help from a teacher you trust and you will see if you are right or if you are wrong. What you can do to help : Put a food pantry in front of your house or make a free food pantry where food is free and you don’t have to pay for the food. You can buy food and put food in food pantries and be the person who cares and changes the world.
In the 1950s the first asthma medicine was created; The medicine was called a Meter Dose Inhaler. This was to help deliver air to the lungs to open the airways to help asthma patients breathe better and to lessen the effects of having asthma. Over the years more medicines and devices were created for asthma patients. Tezepelumab is the most recent asthma medication
Types of medication for asthma
Medication can vary from sizes and locations or even how severe the problem you have is. The cost of the medications for asthma can be expensive or cheap depending on what brand and size of medication you get. Inhalers can be $50 to $700. The more expensive ones are the better types and more efficient. Then, Reslizumab is $1,115 for a 10 milliliter of Reslizumab. Fensera is about $5,197 for 1 milliliter of medication. Benralizumab is $3,877 for a 30ml of medication. Finally, for a 1.91 milliliter of Tezepelumab is $4,061.
The cost
The cost of the medications can be expensive or cheap. Inhalers can be $50 to $700. The more expensive ones are the better types. Then, Reslizumab is $1,115 for a 10 milliliter of Reslizumab. Fensera is about $5,197 for 1 milliliter of medication. Benralizumab is $3,877 for a 30ml of medication. Finally, for a 1.91 milliliter of Tezepelumab is $4,061.
Stories of people who used them
There was a study to test with different kinds of asthma medications tested on participants. 1,204 people took part in the study. All of the people had Eosinophilic Asthma. Only two participants were using Fensera or Placebo for their asthma. Then they were all given one of the medications and checked back in after 48 weeks. They found out that 35% of the participants who Fensera and not Placebo, had asthma flare-ups. Then, only 51% who took Placebo had asthma flare-ups. Roberta Falney wrote a quote about their experience with having asthma. “Once you have asthma, you have it for life. You might not always be symptomatic. You might have it as a kid and grow out of it ; It may revisit at some point, usually when you have a stress in your life.” – Roberta Fahey. Meaning that asthma sticks with you for your whole life. It may get better but it doesn’t disappear.
The cop riding in his car sipping his coffee. He loved his coffee it felt warm on his tongue it makes him so happy he doesn't want to stop sipping it but he cant. But he loves driving around knowing hes a cop.He goes to a gas station playing air guitar and he is a army veteran with medical problems and he has marijuania in his car but he was not smoking it was not on his clothes or anything.Person driving the car sure, cop searches the driver asked for a K9 arrives. The K9 smells marijuania the veteran tellign him that it was gave to him for medical problems “Cop you're under arrest”. “The cop says”. The man in the car is very confused. But it is for medical reasons i can show you the paperwork. He showed the officer the paper the officer did not care. The driver says is it because i'm black. Officer stop talking. Anything you say or do will get put against you in quart. The driver still confused wondering what he did wrong the handcuffs squeezing his skin hurting so bad. His wrist bleeding because how tight they are; The officer throws the man in the back of is cop car. The man sitting uncomfortably in the car still wondering what he did. The drive feels like a eternity. Finally on the highway like he was avoiding all of the other officers. The make it to the police station. The other cops staring at the officer dragging the man through the front doors. Other officers asking if he needs help he just says no and walks to the front desk telling the desk lady his name and why he is arresting the guy she just shrugged but the guy is screaming that He didn't do anything and that this is a big misunderstanding and that they have the wrong guy for a while. Then the the officers boss comes and asks to speak with the officer privately: officers obviously agrees and the chief asks him what happened and how it happened.The officer begins talking telling him the story like he is making it up on the spot with not a lot of details. Telling the chief how he found drugs and all of this other things that are obviously lies but the chief acts like he believes it and just goes on with his day. The chiefs come out asking the guy that was driving what happened to him he told the chief every detail and how it all happened and he was telling the truth and the chief knew that. And then out of nowhere he asked him to take off the handcuffs he does and the black male sighs in relief like he had them on forever but the officers washes off the handcuffs and tells the man he free. The black man hands the man a cigarette. The chiefs asked him what this is for and he the man goes this is what i was smoking its for evidence when you take the officer to quart hopefully. The officer tells him if that what you want and the man says yep. The man says oh and you owe me ten bucks jokingly and walks away. I think some ways to overcome racism is by people not tagging them on and just to try to take down ass many racist people one at a time. Because if you try to go after a lot at once you're going to make them angry and there going to keep doing it.And that is why i think that raceceum should be stopped because there is not a lot of things that people can do about it especially when some cops are racist and some people don't know it until they herases a lot of people. But my point is to not make fun of people becuase of their skin color.
Then, there are side effects and benefits of these medicines. Benralizumab/ Fensera users can get sore throats, headaches, allergic reactions, and fever. Also weakens the immune system. But there also are benefits of Benralizumab such as after taking it for 48 weeks they haven’t felt ill. Benralizumab is a shot used for very severe asthma. Inhalers are used for lung diseases and asthma. Fensera is used for Eosinophilic Asthma. Fensera also has benefits like how Fensera works immediately. Side effects of inhalers are shaking, throat and nose irritation, headaches, tachycardia, and palpitations. Inhalers can treat Asthma, Flu, Diabetes, Cystic Fibrosis, Parkinson's disease, and Schizophrenia. It helps expand your airways to make you breathe. Inhalers are meant to open the airway to help make the patient breathe. These are great benefits of taking it but there also are side effects. Like shaking, throat and nose irritation, headaches, tachycardia, and palpitations. Also, there are health effects of using inhalers. Inhalers are known for thinning bones, diabetes, and causing bruising. Reslizumab reduces the frequency of asthma attacks. Tezepelumab is used for uncontrollable asthma.
Next Steps- For people with asthma to get affordable treatment.
There are ways for poorer asthma patients to get affordable treatments and medicines. CAPs pay for a portion of the asthma patient’s treatments if they have health insurance. PAPs provide free asthma medicine and asthma devices like inhalers to poorer families for free. The Department of Health and Human Services provides money for asthma patients or families. The amount of money is based on the patient's income and how many people live in their house and if they’re dating someone or have kids.
Conclusion- Here is a quote from Mary Harris talking about asthma. “Asthma is a disease that has almost touched everyone in some way, whether personally or through a friend or family member. It is a very personal disease, and everyone’s experience is different.”
This Florida lady decides to take action against invasive burmese pythons in her home state
Florida women Donna Kalil who was a realtor for many years watched a video that showed an American Alligator barely escaping the stomach of a invasive burmese python. She decided that after watching a video she would make a difference in the invasive problem with these pythons in Florida. These pythons are native to Asia and were brought to North America as pets. A lot of them became invasive when hurricanes struck and took down mass facilities that housed them causing them to be spread all across Florida especially the Everglades. Burmese Pythons have been destroying the food chain and ecosystem for years now while constantly growing the population in Florida with more of them than people can catch. She has caught 694 snakes ever since she started which means she is helping the invasive species population in Florida.
Animals and Plants that don’t belong
Invasive species are a HUGE problem in ecosystems, all because humans either accidentally or even sometimes purposely introduced them into biomes that they don’t belong in. According to the UN Environment Programme, humans have introduced around 37,000 invasive species into the wrong ecosystems which can destroy these ecosystems; In total around 60% of all extinct plant and animal species went extinct because of invasive species. You might also wonder “Do Invasive Species cost money to maintain?” Yes, globally invasive species cost the economy 423 billion dollars ANNUALLY ; 423 billion dollars is a lot of money in most people's eyes. Around 1 million plants and animals are at threat of extinction due to invasive species which is another crazy fact.
Former Vice President Al Gore a leader of global warming awareness gives an example in An Inconvenient Truth (that) like frogs in a quickly heating pot of water, unmoved as the temperature rises toward a boil. The example of the frog is that the earth is boiling.
Climate Change is Getting Worse the Years to Come
You may be surprised that climate change is getting worse in years to come. Why is it getting worse you ask? Well, the reason it is getting worse is because there are more greenhouse gases in the air like carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, water vapor, and synthetic fluorinated gasses. What makes these greenhouse gasses? The most effective greenhouse gas is carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is 79% of all greenhouse gasses in the world. Most of these gases are from people and things they do such as cars that take gasoline.
Did you know that younger people are more worried about climate change than older people? Younger people are more worried about climate change because they are worried about how their lives will be affected and how their kid's future will be. Also, studies say that pregnant women seem to be more afraid of the future effects that climate change causes. Pregnant women are afraid because if a doctor says their breathing is bad because of air pollution then they are more likely worried about how their baby is going to breathe.
Weather is another concern of global warming. Weather is a concern because storms in places like Florida are getting worse because greenhouse gasses disturb the regular weather patterns. Ocean temperatures are getting warmer which causes tropical storms that can produce more energy. Another problem is that extreme heat waves are causing more deaths; people are not used to warmer temperatures. On average 1,000 people to 1,600 people die from heat waves a year.
Steps to Help Global Warming
There are ways to help global warming according to Al Gore these 4 steps will help global warming: Compact fluorescent lightbulbs, Outdoor solar lighting, Programmable thermostats, and Air filters. Gore also said that shopping for appliances you should look for the Energy Star label. Another thing that Al Gore says is that when you are at the store shopping you should buy recycled aluminum foil instead of normal aluminum foil and plastic wrap.
If you have beverages that are made with aluminum then you should recycle it. Here’s why beverages made with aluminum resolve for 80% of all lost recyclable aluminum. Beverages aren’t the only thing you should recycle, you should also recycle car batteries. Why you should recycle car batteries? Car batteries are contained with lead and lead is a toxic metal that shouldn’t go into landfills cause it could leak into groundwater and poison the water.
If you don’t want Earth to get worse then you should recycle, and buy things that are known to make global warming not so bad. Humans are the cause of global warming but if humans work together then global warming won’t be so bad or there will be no global warming.
How many species are endangered and what causes it?
On the livestock end of things, which is very important to the world’s economy, 24% of 8,303 of all livestock breeds are at a risk of disappearing. It might seem like invasive species cause the most threat for extinction but they don’t; Different from what you might believe Crop Farming, Logging, and Hunting/ Fishing cause the most risk to endangered species due to habitat loss. 20-43% of species researched by the University of Michigan (That does not mean 20-43% of all species in the world) are at risk of extinction. Another cause of tree loss are the seven main types of farming which accounted for 26% of tree loss from 2001-2015.
What’s so bad about losing plant and animals species?
That’s what you might be asking yourself but really we need plants and other animals to survive. Even if we didn’t have as many species life would start being a lot harder for us and a lot easier for predatory species in the wild. This would cause these predatory species to take over the world and could lead to the prey species to go extinct. The truth is all of the species of plant and animals tie back together in the food chain and with other things like trees providing oxygen for humans and other animals. Every single plant and animal specie helps the food chain or ecosystem. Sure some of them just seem like all they do is eat other animals but if they didn’t do that then there would be an overpopulation of those animals.
Learn how to prevent ecosystem loss and extinction
There are many ways to prevent ecosystem loss and species extinction here are some of the best ways. One of the best ways to help this problem is making sure that if you have a pet that could survive in the wild to keep them in a secure area. Another way to help this is to donate to organizations that buy land just to keep natural habitats; If enough people donate and use these steps then we can stop biodiversity loss. Like the Commision Chairs of IUCN said, “ Solving the link challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss demands bold and transformative efforts Responsibility falls on us all.” It might help to recycle all that you can to prevent pollution that makes delicate animal species to go extinct. Try not to kill and wild animals or plants unless they are becoming a problem to keep the chain of life moving.
If all else fails you better hope the world can sustain itself with the way we are treating it now.
Education Fundings An article says that many black and brown students at their school along with low-income students are more likely to struggle academically than their classmates because of low funding.
This is only one of many examples that is happening in the southern part of America and in other countries and states today.
New Hampshire Judge Makes a Judgement on Their Educational Funding In New Hampshire, Judge Ruoff found that New Hampshire’s education property tax is unconstitutional or doesn’t follow the constitution. This would be due to the fundings towards schools being thousands of dollars below what it is supposed to be.
What is it Like for Workers? Even in other places, bus drivers struggle too.
Every year about 933,000 students go on the bus to get to and/or from school, with 123 million miles to drive per year. However, a survey states that bus drivers get paid about $18.40 per hour; these averages ranging from $10,490 yearly, to the highest getting $34,025. It is said to be an unfair salary, and if you know anything about salaries, earning just over $10,000 is not very easy to live off of.
Seventy four percent of school districts said there was a shortage of bus drivers. This is mainly due to low salary ranges with the amount of work they have to do.
Phoenix Charter Schools Vs. Traditional Schools A report said that Phoenix charter schools got $1,704 less student funding than traditional public schools. Students will give up 14.7% of their funding if they go to one of these charter schools. That means if parents can’t pay enough to get their kid into a private school or school with more funding, their kid would get less resources thus resulting to not learning as much.
On average, these charter schools get 30% less funding per student or $7,147 less than regular public schools. At first people thought that this gap was due to special education and poverty students, however, it is actually due to no local funding and less non-public funding.
Washington Expert Talk A Seattle Times article(for Washington), Flat Funding the “McCleary Fix” and Other School Finance Issues Explained says,”’But the whole LAP budget makes up about 3% of the state K-12 budget,’ Knight added. ‘It’s an extremely small amount of money.’” He is also one of many people that stated schools aren’t funded fairly. Even with special education students getting extra funds, the other students and the rest of the school doesn’t get as much funding as it is supposed to.
What Were Their Solutions and Changes? A decision in New Hampshire was made to change the educational funding per student adding $3,265 every year to the original amount.
Bus drivers should be paid more, but they can’t because of inflation and other funds. Later in the future, when they have more money, bus drivers will most likely be able to get paid more.
To help Phoenix, Arizona, people have to give funds to the school. This is because Phoenix has no local funding, and less non-public funding than usual schools.
Knight thinks that a teacher salary increase is a good idea to attract high-quality teachers. What Can You or Others Do? here are also ways you and people around you can help. For example, people can form a group gathering and share their stories and suggestions about education funding with speeches, art, and journaling. A time this happened was when Ken Burns, Judy Woodruff, Juan Williams, even Michelle Obama, and others met off the coast of Cape Cod.
Experts Have a Debate In a debate, Sawrey - an expert - brought up that he believed tax money should be given to private schools. Another expert responded with,”’It is what’s best for the student. If we can find a way to provide for a student to do what’s best for them, then we should do so.’”
Just Right Every time another school gets the constitutional amount of funding it should get, is just one more step closer to helping many more students. Though it may seem hard to do it is like going from one to one hundred, which isn’t easy either.
People have actually died or gotten seriously injured from global warming, because it's affecting earth's temperatures and natural disasters such as, increased intensity of storms, droughts, etc.
Climate has changed over millions of years. The earth hasn't been this hot in hundreds of years. In fact, 2023 has been the hottest year and it's threatened many lives across america, Europe and Asia.
The entire globe has been getting warmer ever since humans came to be. From 1906 the planet has been increased more than by 1.6 degrees. The heat is melting sea ice and shifting rain patterns. In 20 years, most of florida will be covered by water, because of melting sea ice.
Things we can do to help global warming is by reducing the amount of fossil fuels we produce such as crude oil, coal products, and more.
We can also help by re-using plastic bottles, by cleaning them, and then melting them down and using them to make new bottles for water, cooking oil, milk jugs, etc. We can also help the Earth in general is by planting more trees, flowers, and more types of plants.
My head really hurt for the first week, then I was fatigued. It took awhile to get my fever down. But I’d do it again over chemo any day of the week.” said Ferenzi. This man just gave CAR T-cell therapy a shot and it saved his life.
After being diagnosed with stage 4 non-hodgkin lymphoma he did what most people would, he started his chemo treatment. All went well and was later declared in remission. Until once again he found another lump in his neck; his cancer had come back. Although this time something was different. His doctor suggested that he tries CAR T-cell therapy, and he gave it a shot. As he would do anything to see his daughter grow up. Then five years later he was officially cancer free!
The history of cancer treatments Chemotherapy is the most common treatment for cancer, although there is only a 54.1% chance of success. Which has been the best treatment option since the 1940’s. Although it may sound like a long time ago, doctors have actually been searching for a cure for cancer for the past 250 years. In the last 20 years doctors have developed a new idea about a treatment called CAR T-cell therapy. Which is related to changing the way your cells are manufactured.
What are side effects of this treatment? Even though this is a fairly new treatment it has been known to cure patents from cancer even after their chemotherapy and radiation failed. However there are still side effects from this treatment. Some effects occur on the nervous system. The side effects can consist of confusion, tremors/seizures, trouble speaking, and loss of balance or coordination. There are other side effects like Abnormal levels of important minerals in the blood, allergic reactions, and risk of infections, and bruising or bleeding. If you experience any of those side effects you may need medical attention.
Problems and how they are being fixed One major problem that scientists have found is that these T cells can lose their potency over time. One researcher discovered that 61% of people who get this treatment relapse after 6 months and 24% after a year, but scientist have began to take action and look for a solution “If the cells are more potent and last longer, we ultimately would need fewer of them, which could make manufacturing easier and less expensive,” Dr. Park quoted.. Dr Sadelains lab found that they could try inserting a molecule called 1XX into the T cell genome at a precise location called the TRAC. This may be the trick to make the cells more potent.
Another thing that is not ideal is that this treatment is not as effective on solid tumors. Two ways that scientists are beginning to resolve this issue is by delivering CAR T-cells directly into the chest cavity for tumors. They also came up with the idea of using low-dose radiation to help CAR T cells to penetrate tumors.
The last problem that scientists are currently researching is how to make this like an off the shelf item. Why do scientists want to have it this way? Well at the moment they have to custom make CAR T cells for each patient; this causes the treatment to be more expensive and time-consuming.“CAR Ts may never be widely used if they have to be made one at a time, per patient,” Dr. Scheinberg says. “We really want something that’s waiting in a freezer — you order it, it’s thawed, and you infuse it into the person the next morning.”
How does CAR T-cell therapy work? Well first the doctor will draw blood from a vein in your arm. The blood will flow into a machine, which will remove all of the T cells. Through a different tube the remaining blood flows back to your body. Next they start the process of engineering the T cells. In a lab scientists engineer the T cells by adding a manufactured CAR. Then the scientist let the CAR T-cells multiply and grow over time. Lastly once the lab has enough CAR T-cells they inject them back into the arm. In some cases some doctors recommend also doing chemotherapy to help the treatments effectiveness.
How can you support cancer research A huge way that you can support cancer research is by donating money to an organization. Although it is very important to know what foundations you can trust and what exactly they are doing with your donation. A strong foundation that I found was the National Foundation for Cancer Research. On CharityNavigator.Org this charity was rated 99% due to the accountability,, community, leadership and adaptability.This organization was founded in 1773, and all of their donations go to cancer research, early diagnoses, better treatments, and mainly trying to find a cure for cancer.
Even if it does not seem like we have made advancements in cancer treatments, just know that scientists are making progress every day. “There is always hope beyond what you see” - Cora Conner
After many severe tornadoes in Tennessee, six people passed away and thirty-six others were injured
Types of extreme weather are tornado, tropical cyclone, thunderstorm, heat wave, blizzard, drought, flood, landslide, flash flood, winter storm, hail, cold wave, tsunami, wildfire, ice storm, avalanche, dust storm, storm surge, lightning, cyclone, hurricane, monsoon. Most of the time it depends on what kind of weather is happening to go on major news channels or anything like that. extreme weather could shut down one in twelve hospitals worldwide. Extreme weather affects people because it can bring people out of their homes, and hurt them or their families. There are a lot of families and people getting affected by climate change because it is wrecking their houses and displacing them. Most families don't have enough money to buy or rent a new house. The most common areas for extreme weather are mainly in the Atlantic and Pacific coastal regions and islands.
How to keep safe during extreme weather; if you have a basement go there and wait it out. When you have any free time you could make a kit or bin to keep down there for injuries, food, water, blankets, and others to keep safe and warm if you do not have a basement; go into a bathroom, stay away from windows and doors that lead outside. You also want to get down and cover up to keep safe from falling debris. Pay attention to alerts or weather, if the power goes out you can get a battery-operated radio. You want to stay low to the ground so either on the first floor or basement. If you don't have a basement stay in a bathroom on the first floor. if you do not have a bathroom on the first floor go to a room that has no windows or close to no windows.
People have died or gotten seriously injured from global warming, because it's affecting the earth's temperatures and natural disasters such as increased intensity of storms, droughts, etc.
Climate has changed over millions of years. The earth hasn't been this hot in hundreds of years. 2023 has been the hottest year and it's threatened many lives across America, Europe, and Asia.
The entire globe has been getting warmer ever since humans came to be. From 1906 the planet has been increased more than by 1.6 degrees. The heat is melting sea ice and shifting rain patterns. In 20 years, most of Florida will be covered by water, because of melting sea ice.
Things we can do to help global warming is by reducing the amount of fossil fuels we produce such as crude oil, coal products, and more.
We can also help by reusing plastic bottles, cleaning them, melting them down, and using them to make new bottles for water, cooking oil, milk jugs, etc. We can also help the Earth in general is by planting more trees, flowers, and more types of plants.
Part 1 I want to thank my aunt Jackie she works as a nurse and she told me a lot of the stuff in the article some cases where she had to help treat illness or accidents caused by alcohol and or drugs and without her, this article wouldn't be half as good so I wanted to thank her and when I am done with this I will show her.
The Standard Drink: Alcohol is one of the most frequent in the US among adults. But what is a safe amount to drink first, in the USA a standard drink contains 0.6 ounces of pure alcohol. 12 ounces of beer is 5% alcohol content, 5 ounces of wine would be about 12% alcohol content, and 40% alcohol content in distilled spirits or liquor like gin, rum, vodka, and or whiskey this is fine in 1 or 2 drinks but a lot more could become deadly.
Excessive Drinking: this is where alcohol could become more dangerous and could lead to medical problems in the future. Witch that includes problems for pregnant women and people under the age of 21. Binge drinking is when people drink excessive amounts of alcohol in one setting the most likely is about 4 or 5 drinks but heavy drink is when people have 8 to 15 drinks per week.
Short-Term Health Risks: I think I need to talk about some of the effects and what happens under the influence of alcohol. One common one is injuries like car crashes, falling from high places, drowning, and burns but that's not just the tip of the iceberg. Alcohol poisoning, violence, and or miscarriage.
Part 1 Pros of EV cars. You may not be surprised to find out that EV’s are generally more clean than a traditional car. This is because they don't have tailpipe emissions, and they also don't use fossil fuels to operate. To further explain why they are cleaner I have found a quote from an article that might help Behyad Jafari “Even with our conservative approach, the results show that on average EVs produce about half the emissions of comparable petrol cars over their lifetime and close to a 40 per cent improvement on hybrid vehicles across segments where hybrid vehicles exist.” This shows how much less carbon dioxide they produce compared to a gas car. Other studies show that EV’s 62% more clean that any gasoline car. Cons of EV cars. One of the main things that deturres people from buying an electric vehicle is the price. EV’s are more than 12,000$ more than a gasoline car making them unaffordable for the majority of the population. Another downside to EV’s is that they cause a lot more emissions to make. Some of them cause 40% more emissions than a gasoline engine. Some of the cars need to go at least 50,000 miles to break even and start being cleaner than a gas car. What people are trying to do. Another scientist Michael Ogletree, the division's director says. "Coloradans want low- and zero-emissions vehicles because they help them get where they're going while breathing cleaner air and saving money. This standard will make clean vehicles more accessible across the state and improve air quality in local communities overburdened by pollution from busy roadways."He says that the state of colorado wants 1 million cars to be electric on the road by 2030. Some companies are trying to make their entire roster electric by 2030 to 2040.
part 2 What you can do There are steps you can take that will help you better understand how you can make the world cleaner by owning an EV. The first step you can make is finding a hybrid vehicle that you can afford. One of the best options if you don't have the money to buy is to buy a hybrid and then wait for EV’s to become more affordable. If you do have the money for an EV ,keep the vehicle for at least 50,000 miles to at least “cover” the emission that were caused from the making of the battery, and the last thing you can do is tell other people about EV and their emissions compared to gas vehicles. Conclusion In conclusion there are some cons to owning an EV but the pros mostly weigh out the cons. But ultimately it's up to you if you want to get an EV or stay with the traditional gas engine car.
Camila Keeling was a few month away from her 61st birthday when she found out she had skin cancer. After having her skin cancer cured she thought it would be over. The cancer soon spread to her lungs, brain and then her bowels. She decided to start receiving Immunotherapy treatments which have her tumors to start shrinking giving her less to worry about.
You may be surprised to find that treatment could only be a second long despite that most cancer treatments take upwards of months. The first treatment is called ‘Flash’. This is a treatment that would usually take weeks and only takes days. The second treatment is an imaging treatment that shows all of the tumors in the patient's body by lighting them up. Radiation is usually carried out throughout multiple weeks because the radiation could be harmful to the cells surround the tumor. Flash used a extremely high dose of radiation, somewhere between 2-4 radiation treatments in a second. Flash does the same amount of damage as Radiation but the normal tissue is much more resistant to it. Did you know it also uses Gene Manipulation to destroy the cancer cell in the body. According to the research by wired we know that they tested their product on mice and it seems to work. What we also know is that some patients were given a secondary cancer because of Immunotherapy. Once the manipulation is done, The genetic cargo is dropped of in a random place. This could cause nearby cells to turn cancerous; The patient would later develop a secondary cancer. According to the FDA this is just a fluke and will not happen if you take immunotherapy pills.
Some things that you can do to help are donating to charities to help people get cancer treatments. A Charity that recommend to donate to is the American Association for Cancer Research; This is a non-profit organization that raises money for cancer research. Another Charity that I recommend is the Northern Illinois Cancer Treatment center. Donating here could cause someone that needs treatments to be able to get it.
Effects of Chemical Imbalances In Our Lakes and Rivers
“On May 24th, the day after this unpleasant bloom, I returned to the lab to find a strong northeast wind. It was churning the water into white caps and much of the algae was gone from the shore. The waves were a dark, milky green and visibility in the water remained low.”
What Scientists Think
This excerpt from a scientist at UW Wisconsin is talking about blue-green algae; a very harmful waterborne cyanobacteria. It can cause harm to pets, humans, and even food sources treated with the water. It is created by stagnant water and runoff with lots of pollutants such as engine oil. Cyanobacteria has evolved through the years to adapt to the man-made ways to get rid of it says Dr. Hans Paerl from the University of North Carolina.
What Amount of Phosphorus is Just Right?
This is where phosphorus comes in. The high amounts of phosphorus in lawn fertilizer causes a chemical reaction with the natural bacteria in a lake, causing an oily blue-green sheen filled with rotting bacteria to cover the water.
Another thing to note, however, is that too little phosphorus could negatively affect the ecosystem. When zooplankton, a microorganism that feeds on algae is introduced, they clean the water, but sometimes too much, beginning to feed on the healthy minerals in the water, killing other species in the process. This is why it is important to keep a healthy balance of minerals in a body of water.
Effects On Aquatic Plant Life
The sediments in the runoff can block out the sunlight, causing plants to die off and quit producing oxygen for the surrounding organisms.
Advice on How We Can Help
Nitrogen and phosphorus are the two main molecular compounds responsible for polluting our lakes and rivers. Ways that these nutrients can get in our water are varied, from natural exposure to leaves and grass clippings. According to the WI DNR, ways that people can protect our lakes and rivers include: composting yard waste, controlling erosion, and creating plant “buffer zones.” Buffer zones can be useful along large stretches of water or on a downward slope, where the runoff and waste materials will be absorbed by the plant’s roots.
After reading this article, just think about what one mistake can lead to in our ecosystem So be careful before you just throw your water bottle to the side of the sidewalk or discard your fishing line into the water.
(Part 1) “The air pollution problem in Poland is beyond any western standards. Despite poor conditions, Poland has done nothing to reduce used car imports, promote renewable energy, protect green areas or rationalise precaution levels. (Right now an alert is announced at 600% of the norm and the ministry for environment refuses to change that level because “they would have to announce the alert too often”.)
“Where I live (Warsaw) the air quality is very bad. The intensive development of apartment buildings in suburban areas without proper public transportation pushes people into cars and reduces green space. Over the last decade Warsaw suffered a net loss of 160,000 trees. (Tymon Radwański) Pollution is taken lightly by a lot of people, a large amount underestimating it. These are the people who need to look beyond the scope of their own lives; even just one person’s account of events from their country, may be enough to convince them that pollution is harmful. Many countries suffer from air and water pollution, with a fourth of the U.S. breathing unsafe air. Breathing in polluted air can have adverse effects on your health, and can damage your lungs. Pollution not only affect humans, but animals, like fish, birds, or marine mammals, officials from environmental agencies understand this, such as Llorenç Milà i Canals, Head of the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP’s) Life Cycle Initiative “Many people aren’t aware that a material that is embedded in our daily life can have significant impacts not just on wildlife, but on the climate and on human health,”.
EPA (U.S Environmental Protection Agency)
There are multiple government organizations that help, one of which is the United States Environmental Protection Agency; EPA for short. The EPA has a myriad of ways to help prevent pollution, in all shapes and forms. One of these ways of preventing pollution is the National Recycling Strategy, which was published in 2021. This strategy set a goal for U.S. recycling rates to be at 50% by the year 2030. Another way that this strategy helps is by helping to identify how to make a stronger, more resilient, and more cost-effective U.S. municipal recycling plant. A different program that the EPA helped establish is the Sustainable Materials Management Program, also known as SMM. The SMM provides an annual report to provide info on MSW (Municipal Solid Waste) generation, recycling, composting, combustion with energy recovery, and landfilling. This program also analyzes MSW generation and management trends, and trends is materials and products, as well as economic indicators affecting MSW. A third program that the EPA has part in is the WasteWise program, in which the EPA does work with nonprofits, businesses, and governments to promote the reuse and recycling of materials. This helps promote the businesses, as it allows them to show how they reuse waste, and incorporate sustainable materials into their businesses, as well as their waste-handling process.
(Part 2) UNEP (The United Nations Environment Program)
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) works with governments, organizations, businesses, and scientific institutions through the Climate and Clean Air Coalition in order to reduce emissions from chemicals such as black carbon or methane. UNEP also supports the International day of Clean Air, which has themes, and everybody works together to promote clean air and ways to reduce pollution. The different themes of this day help to inform people about what is being encouraged, this is best shown with a quote, “With this year’s theme, Together for clean Air, we want to encourage collaboration across borders and boundaries, between sectors and beyond silos to reduce air pollution and leverage finance and investments towards air quality measures and solutions,” - Martina Otto, Head of the Secretariat of the UNEP-convened Climate and Clean Air Coalition.
Things You Can Do To Help
There are many ways to help the environment, and some are even more cost-efficient. Riding a bike, electric vehicle, or even walking can help the environment, help you spend less on gas, and/or get you physical exercise. You could also recycle plastic, tin, cans, and glass, or reuse it for art projects or decorations for your home. Other ways to help are volunteering for the organizations that help, donating to these organizations, or even just picking up a plastic bottle once in a while.
Remember to help once in a while, as even something little, like picking up a plastic bottle can help the environment.
Friederike Otto stop to look over at the monument to the city’s great fire that happened more than 350 years earlier.
Friederike Otto was cycling over the london bridge as dry heat caused temperatures above 40 degrees celsius or 104.0 °F; hot wind gusted down the River Thames. But she stopped to take a look at the cities great fire more than 350 years agos monument.
“The heat was intense, the humidity was so low and there were these winds. You could almost feel if there was one spark now, London will burn again,” Friederike Otto. stated. Friederike Otto has spent almost her whole life looking into and researching extreme weather. Some of the main effects she has found of extreme weather is loss of homes, lives being lost and young children being orphaned. Extreme weather has many oher effect other than that though. Some of the other things it can cause are floods, damages, and loss of farmable land.
Extreme weather itself tends to be brutale. Sometimes you might never know what to expect from the weather. The extreme weather could be a flood or maybe a tornado. Extreme weather is many different things some might never happen to you but others might have huge impacts on your life. Many things like heat waves, heavy downpours, tornadoes, tropical cyclones and floods. Those are all example of extreme weather that happened all over the world.
Global warming has many effects on extreme weather. Sometimes people don't realise that climate change/global warming has any effect on extreme weather. Climate change itself is caused by human made problems. It's mainly caused by human made greenhouse gases: but it's not the only cause of global warming. The way global warming effects extreme weather consists of a few different things. Sometimes it affects how likely a drought is to happen or it could even affect the likelihood of a heatwave. When heat waves are cause along with droughts it increases the chance of a wildfire occurring.
Not everyone knows how to help and sometimes some people just don't want to help. But sometimes just one person can make a difference. Climate change is affect the plant and over time the earth is gonna start to warm up. Some research has shown that there was a increase of precipitation which could be as high as 0.92 c and 0.10 mm everyday by 2100. With this information it makes it even more important to help find ways to stop or even just slow down climate change. Just using little less electricity or washing things with cold water can help. Every small thing has a impact; even though it might not be seen till later in time. Something as small as switching to LED light bulbs can have an effect.. Pollution also has a good effect on climate change and because climate change effects extreme weather pollution also seems to effect the extreme weather. So if u have time try to ride a bike somewhere instead of driving.
If everything fails and the earth gets to warm scientists have found some other planets that might work. Lets hope we don't mess up the next one.
ReplyDeleteA woman from Florida has overcome her addiction to drugs and is now a teacher. She was addicted to opioids for many years and one day she felt the need to get better; is it always this easy?
Different treatments
Getting treatment for addiction can come in many forms and is very helpful. But unfortunately, only about 13% of drug users get help/treatment for their addiction. Many people who want to get help can't because they do not have access.
One of the most common ways to get treatment for Four different drug addictions is using a treatment home. This is a perfect way to get help because they take just about anyone and it's very on hands and trying to help you get better. these treatment home workers hold people accountable but still give them the benefit of the doubt and try their hardest to help them. another way to get help if you want to get better from your addiction is to seek out help from family and friends that you think are reliable sources these people could be anybody, who wants you to have a better life without drugs. these two ways that I have listed you are someone you know could use to help them overcome their addiction but some treatment centers are quite expensive and this is a problem that we have in the world and if you don't have insurance it's even harder.
Wanting to get better
Even when many people struggling with drug addiction have people in their life who are willing to help them it's still hard for them to want to get better. finding the motivation to get better and stay away from your addiction when you're so addicted it's very difficult for people that are struggling. some ways you or someone you love could use to want to have the motivation to keep going and overcome your addiction. is trying to picture your life and how much better it could be if you were sober from drugs and alcohol. many drug users think that just now that their only way of life can be an addict but this is simply not the case. they can also think that no one would care if they did get better and their family wouldn't want to support them on their way to sobriety. but the families of people who have gone through addiction or are still going through it know did all they want is for their family and friends to get better so they can have a good life with them.
Next steps for you
If you or someone you know is struggling with addiction help is available. If need help finding resources or need immediate help you can call 1-800-662-4357. Getting over addiction is an uphill struggle and is a lot of work but it will get easier. Moving on from addiction is a process different for every person, but still achievable.
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DeleteWhen Antonio Chow's grades started to slip from A’s to B’s, that is when he knew he needed to fix things. “When I was very close to a C, I knew that there was something wrong,” Antonio said. He remembers all the time he spent online and how, at the end of the day, he was left with a feeling of emptiness. “I felt like I [hadn’t] done anything.”
ReplyDeleteSocial media and the effects on your health
Social media can make you feel things; it can make you feel anxious and depressed.
According to McLean Hospital, “ 69% of adults and 81% of teens in the U.S use social media. This puts a large amount of the population at an increased risk of feeling anxious, depressed, or ill over their social media use.” Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued a warning about social media, about how social media is a “main contributor to depression, anxiety and other problems in the nation's teenagers”.
If you are a teenager lacking strong social connections then you have a serious risk to your mental health.
If you are using social media more than 3 hours a day then it can predict you to have poor mental health and well-being.
According to the website www.mcleanhospital.org, “ the platforms are designed to be addictive and are associated with anxiety, depression, and even physical ailment”. If these sites are addictive then that means you can use social media for more than 3 hours which can cause poor mental health and well-being.
How much time you spend on social media and how it affects you
If you spend lots of time on social media it can lead you to feel isolated or lonely. Talkspace states that “Ironically, given the very name of it, spending excessive time on social media can lead to isolation and loneliness.” this shows that spending lots of time on social media affects more than your mental health
It affects how you feel; like making you feel isolated and loneliness. Also, it exacerbates mental health problems
How you can make it so you are less likely to have these things happen to you
If things like this are happening to you then you can set a timer on your phone for 1 hour and 30 minutes. This would help decrease feelings of anxiety, depression, and loneliness.
You can also do screen-free activities like journaling and meditation. You can try removing apps that you use daily that are addicting.
If you want to keep all your apps then you can unfollow people that might lead you to feel negative feelings.
In conclusion, social media affects your mental health. It also affects you by the time you spend on social media can affect you too, like feeling lonely and isolated. There are things you can do to help like delete apps, unfollow people, have a time limit on it, and more.
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DeleteThere are 195 different countries in the world and one thing they all have in common is homelessness. Homelessness has been an issue for centuries; many men, women and children have experienced homelessness or are currently homeless. There are also plenty of men, women, and children who have been fortunate enough to not experience homelessness.
ReplyDeleteHomelessness has become more common over the years especially in larger cities. once a rare thing now very common homelessness as become very common in larger cities. There are so many homeless people and it is currently impossible to measure the exact amount so the amount is estimated. In 2005 the UN estimated that there were over 100,000,000 homeless people in the world. The Department of Housing and Urban Development estimated that 567,000 people became homeless in just one single night. In late 2016 1.4 million people relied on homeless shelters.
There are many reasons people can become homeless and there are a lot in America. One of the major reasons is the lack in affordable housing. One reason for this is that lots of companies won't hire people if they have mental or physical disabilities. A lot of people also become homeless if they have had a natural disaster happen in the area. Nearly ⅔ of homeless people are able to find temporary shelter whether that be from under a bridge, in a tent, an abandoned building or a homeless shelter.
Being homeless is not a life you want to live. Itś very sad to think that many men, women and children go without shelter, water, and food.
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DeleteJosie Neel, mother of two toddlers, was diagnosed with cancer; Breast cancer. And after her mastectomy in 2013, she was also diagnosed with bone cancer.
ReplyDeleteBreast cancer is one of the most common cancers. Around 2.3 million people were diagnosed in 2020. Breast cancer accounts for around ⅓ of female cancer diagnoses..
Technology across the past few decades has developed many different ways to treat cancer. Treatments like these include chemotherapy, radiation, and many others.
There is one special type of breast cancer called HER-2, or triple negative breast cancer. The difference with HER-2 is that it is immune to hormone therapies, like chemotherapy, along with having much higher mortality rates. Therefore, it needs a different type of treatment. Another common treatment for cancers like these is immunotherapy. It strengthens your immune system so that it is able to find and fight off cancer cells better.
In recent times, breast cancer, or cancer in general, has been a big focus in the medical field. One place being the Cancer Center at Upstate Medical University. In an interview there, Dr Leszek Kotula, an associate director for the Cancer Center at Upstate, said this. ““There’s a lot of work to be done on the bench before we can move to the clinic. So, it will probably take about three years for optimization. But we are very hopeful, and along the way we found other potential pathways for drug development. We chase. We’re gonna explore,”
Upstate Medical aren’t the only ones putting work into the disease. Many hospitals and medical universities have put lots of time, funds, and effort into finding new ways to help.
“We know that it’s not just one disease, and our growing understanding has led to many treatment options that were not around just 10 years ago.” Said Susan Kesmodel, M.D. director of Breast Surgical Oncology at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.
And it’s not just hospitals or universities either. It’s organizations, too.
Bordentown Township Police in New Jersey donated $1,500 to Unite for HER, an organization formed in 2009 to support breast cancer patient Sue Weldon. They sent the donation to support Karen Lubbers, a local woman who successfully beat the disease. "United I was the one in need, I had no idea how much help and support was needed and appreciated.” Said Lubbers.
More and more people are stepping in to help with breast cancer. With the amount of research and resources going into it, breast cancer might not be a problem in the mere future.
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DeleteRyan Halligan took his own life at 13 years old. “I lost my son Ryan to suicide on October, 7 2003. He was one of the early victims of cyberbullying,” said his dad, John Halligan. After the incident, John shares his son's story and even helps pass anti-bullying legislation. Students get spoken about social media by him, and all the positives and negatives of it.
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Cyberbullying takes place in digital devices and can occur when a person says something negative or harmful to one another, online on social media or video games. “Rumors can spread so easily. Its like wildfire,” 9 year old Madison Blake said. “If someone says your clothes are ugly, not many people would know about it. But if someone said that on social media, then that post or video can get multiple views and even if you delete it, it doesn’t go away.” After an individual is cyberbullied it causes both mental and physical effects.; depression, anxiety, and fear on the victim. As well as not being able to focus in school, changes their mood, energy level, sleep schedule, or how much food they choose to eat. “Whether its body dysmorphia or gender norms, everybody's putting pressure on us. It’s a lot for kids”, a 12 year old girl named Michaela stated.
Bark has made an announcement that more than 4.5 billion messages from 2022 showed that 71.2% of kids 12 and under, along with 83.3% of teenagers 13 and above are cyberbullied. (Bark is an montier that checks anyone messages, texts and other 30+ apps to check cyberbullying and much other problems people make online.)
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Kate McPherson, a youth health advocate and mom of 4 teenagers, also agrees that social media can get too much sometimes and really affect the victim. “I really coach parents to look at what your kids are consuming. There are two buckets of screen time; digital vegetables and digital candy. The recommendation for social media, gaming, and all the fun stuff that really isn't moving their life forward, but is kind of fun.” If the cyberbully is caught (in school), they may get removed from sports and even given long suspensions. If the bullying gets too serious (goes past laws like anti-discrimination and sexual harassment), police will most likely get involved and might give major disciplines to the attacker. “All states have law requiring schools to respond to bullying. Schools may take action either as required by law, or with local or school policies to address bullying if it affects school performance”, www.stopbullying.gov declared.
Luckily, you can avoid cyberbullying by following these easy steps. First, ignore the text and block them. Secondly, remind yourself and understand criticism can be a sign of pain; they are most likely dealing with stuff themselves that cause the to take it out on you. Next, your gonna wanna stay close to supporters (your friends or people who are protecting you). Lastly, understand your feelings and keep being yourself. With these steps, you can be happy and not worry about strangers attacking you whenever. After the incident, Halligan keeps working on staying close to families from the heartache he remembers. “My son Ryan was a wonderful, sweet, sensitive, empathetic boy,” he said. “It’s just an awful way to lose a child. I don’t wish this on anybody, not even my worst enemy, but it keeps happening, unfortunately.”
In conclusion, cyberbullying can affect many ways on the victim; many ways such as depression, sleep schedule, fear and their appetite. Once again there are many ways to work your way around cyberbullying. Thankfully, Ryan Halligan's dad is gonna stay strong not only for himself, but for his.
To Help Addiction
ReplyDeleteQuitting doing drugs isn't always easy. If you quit doing drugs it will help a lot more with your mental health. There's a lot of ways that can help you quit. Recovery is kinda hard for a few people who just can't stop.
To Help with Addiction
Here's a few ways to help with addiction
You could go and throw away all of the drugs you have. You can put them in a bowl of water and let them disintegrate all of their juices. Go to a doctor and see if they will give you something that might help. You can focus on self awareness because you want to focus more on yourself then other people. Coloring can help with you quitting because you could get distracted for a while and just forget about it for a while.
Why they do drugs
People do drugs to help them not be so mad.
People also do drugs because they have flavors which makes kids or adults attracted to it because they just want them to keep going back to get more so they would have more money. They do it because it helps them calm down when they are mad. People do drugs when they are starting to feel lonely or lost a loved one that was really special to them.
Next step
You should never do drugs because it messes with your mental health. Some ways to help with addiction is to put them all in a bowl of water and just let them die. You can go to a doctor and they would help you with your problems and give you something to help .
Conclusion
I would tell the reader to never get addicted to drugs because it messes up your mental health and gives you problems with your lungs.
Michelle D. Peacock was a 59-year-old Black cisgender woman who was simply relaxing under her gazebo on her balcony when her neighbor, Tommy Earl, attacked and killed her. His only reasoning was that she was “a male acting like a woman.”
ReplyDeleteTransphobia does not just affect the trans community, it can, and will, affect everyone.
Even cisgender people, otherwise known as people who identify with their birth gender, struggle with transphobia. Just as Peacock did, people who don’t directly follow “gender norms,” can and may be harassed as being, “not their own gender,” even if they identify as their birth gender.
Transphobia has been picking up quickly in the past few years, with more than 500 bills made against the trans and 2SLGBTQIA+ community in the United States These bills can make it illegal for trans people to get gender-affirming care, use the proper restrooms in public areas, and simply serving people in these communities.
It’s been found by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law that transgender people are four times more likely to witness violent victimization or crime.
There has been a huge surge in anti-trans violence, with more than 78% of victims being both Black, and under the age of 35. These are kids, children, that are being killed simply for being comfortable with different gender-affirming care.
Biologically, intersex people are genetically possible, and there is about a 1.7% chance for a person to be born without gender-affirming genitalia and/or hormones. These people are recognised in the LGBTQIA+ community; yet they are still commonly harassed by homophobes and transphobes.
Its been found that there were bomb and shooting threats to public places; such as hospitals, schools, and libraries that support LGBTQIA+ actions. These threats also target pride parades, festivals, and drag shows.
“A lot of people are afraid because we are seeing both the persistent nature of high levels of individual violence … alongside the weaponization of the state and state governments to target trans people," This quote is from Imara Jones, a Black trans journalist, and CEO of TransLash Media, who was recently interviewed by ABC News.
These people fear for their own lives because of the rash, disproportionate actions transphobes are taking against the transgender community.
“Both transgender and cisgender women have been experiencing ridicule, rejection, assault, and even being killed for not meeting this made-up ideal" for what defines a woman, said Leroy B. Thomas, the communications director for the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) in an interview with ABC News.
People are being attacked for their gender, whether female, transgender, or under the transgender umbrella, they are still human, and assault/violence should not be the answer for something that someone disliked.
It’s similar to arguments between religions; everyone has a different opinion. No one’s really sure who is right, if anyone is. When people from different groups disagree, there can and will be huge arguments, and people can become violent, as we have seen through history.
Us as the next generation need to make sure that a war does not start over gender perforations. Pronouns and gender should not be the cause of wars and bloodshed.
There a few different ways that you, yes you, can help support trans people, remember this is not something you have to do, it’s your choice!
Educating yourself on what the trans and LGBTQIA+ communities are
Supporting drag shows and pride festivals/parades
Join in on peaceful protests if possible
Educate others on the situation
Raise funds for organizations working to protect trans people
Remember these are just recommendations, not something you must do!
With all of the information summed up so far, and all of the facts aligned to show the trans peoples side, what will you do to help?
Cyberbullying
ReplyDeleteAntidote According to the article “Dad who lost son to cyberbullying warns of social media use¨
Ryan Halligan was 13 when he done suicide. “I lost my son Ryan to suicide on October 7, 2003. He was one of the early victims of cyberbullying. Quoted by John Halligan(Ryans dad)
“The technology has evolved to such a level that is even worse”
“We are hoping for better solutions as times went on and it turned out things have actually gotten worse because of how easy it is for kids to sign up for this stuff and to have a private world from their parents” Quote by John Halligan(Ryan's father)
Attorney General Kris Mayes Quoted
“Theyŕe losing sleep. It's causing suicide. Its causing body dysmorphia. Its causing mental health crisis among kids”
Background of Cyberbullying
Cyberbullying is online bullying. Cyberbullying is not funny, children get these emotions from cyberbullying depressed, and anxious. Cyberbullying can be dealt by the police sometimes if cyberbullying goes extreme to the limit police need to interfere.
Cyberbullying people feel ashamed or embarrassed to talk about their feelings. The types of cyberbullying are spamming and trolling. Spamming is when the user who is trying to target you by spamming harmful messages and rude comments.
“Cyberbullying is the use of technology to harass, threaten, embarrass, or target another person.” Quoted by kidshealth.org
Charlotte N.C every school year has challenges kids in this generation have been bullying more and more. One of the biggest problems are the bullying harassment forms like cyberbullying.
How to stop cyberbullying without using the internet.
Since the cyberbullying is happening on social media people may have to delete the apps that they have been targeted on. People who have been cyberbullied may have to also be offline its not a long term, but it's just for the situation not to happen again.
How you can stop cyberbullying
Try not to be posting a lot, because people are looking for someone to target. Try to help those people who need help from these situations. For the parents keep your children from spending too much time on the internet. Make sure if children are cyberbullied tell your children that they should stay offline for a little bit. If the cyberbullying is severe make sure you let the police know.
From the article Learn to Prevent Cyberbullying states that four girls repeatedly called a 13 year old with harassing messages, telling their target “to die” and the police said “other things that are too inappropriate and to memorize in the post.” this shows how children cyberbully.
In conclusion cyberbullying can make people feel threatened and make them feel insecure.
“With cyberbullying, one press of a finger on an electronic device can shatter someone's reputation and what they think in their entire life it's scary.” Quoted by Justin Prentice.
Child Labor, And How It's Affecting Africa Today
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Imagine, being 7-14 years old working about 6 hours a day to get the slightest bit of food or water. Mars a giant candy company had been supporting child labor, with an 8-year-old girl Munira who had also worked there. “Our child shouldn’t be harvesting cocoa for a big company, she should be in school, playing and socializing.”
Africa is a continent built off of poverty and famine; We find hungry people with not enough food to gain proper nutrition. Most of the babies will suffer from malnutrition because mothers can’t produce enough breast milk for their children. However when kids turn to an age where they can physically work. The parents will have to put them to work to feed the entire family.
Child Labor
In Ghana, CBS had found that they were using African children as young as 5 to harvest their cocoa for their chocolate. Even when they had started to get rid of child labor by 2025, it looked unlikely by the year. The fact is, it’s cheaper. Companies and countries will always look for the cheapest ways to run their business and trade. Child labor was very cheap compared to hiring educated adults who wouldn’t take the price given to the younger group. Munira, An 8 year old girl. Her parents gave her a backpack and school books with the slogan: “I am a child, I play, I go to school” to protest the child labor law.
What could someone do?
What can you do to Child Labor? Donations, donations are a great way to offer your affection towards the cause. Even if you donate 1 dollar it can make a big difference in the community you are trying to help. Donations don’t have to be in the form of money they could be food, clothes, water, or even medicine depending on the rules. Support the group, if you don’t want to spend money but still want to help out the best you can you could just physically be there. Helping set up and just being there would also make a big difference. Social media, media is a great way to spread the word around especially if you have a lot of followers.
A man named Eitan Brenath was a big social media influencer at an interview with Tasting Table. He stated how “he was going to use his position in the World Food Programme and his hugely successful influence to feed 350 million people in Africa.” This was also to stop child labor; if everyone could be well fed they wouldn't have to put their child to labor. He also stated a quote on how he was going to do that by saying “bring together young people to advocate for long-term solutions to food security while raising awareness about the current global hunger crisis.”
If you want to help, be like Eitan Brenath. You don’t have to have a loud voice like he does, but every voice counts.
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ReplyDeleteIt all started when people that did bad things and wanted to fit in and be cool. Well people who did not drink was not cool enough so they decided to do it anyway and some ways to stop that would be to get help from hospital management.
Background information
For starters you may ask why and how does this affect you and your body? Well I have just the right answer for that; you see when it affects you it does not just affect your head. It can also affect your behavioral issues such as when you are fine you want to start to gamble more and do worsening stuff putting you in debt.
It also can affect your life such as home issues or work issues or even just taking care of yourself. So first off work it can make you not do well in jobs, it can make you mess up and even lose your job. Next is home and family issues this can affect your relationships because 1 your hiding it from people, 2 you are giving younger siblings drugs or a substance. The dad could be like here you go and say its ok take it. BOOM! Life is ruined.
Next is caring about yourself The prefrontal cortex is the home of the brains highest functions so that attention is highly focused on cues related to the target substance or activity.
The substance use disorders and gambling behaviors have and increased likelihood of being accompanied by mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety or other pre existing problems. Because addiction affects the brain's executive functions centered in the cortex individuals who develop and addiction may not be aware that their behavior is causing problems for themselves and others.
Over time the substance has control over the entire body and you have no control over your own body and eventually you can end up killing yourself if you do not stop.
Some percentages are 1 in 10 americans below the age of 12 use alcohol. Also 50,000 people die from opioids and also over 10 million misuse opioids. Alcohol was responsible for 2.3 million deaths worldwide. Also 10,000 drunk people drive and get killed. This was from this website for how many people have died because of addictions https://www.addiction center. Also Almost 1% of 8th graders use crack Americans between 18 and 25 use cocaine more than any age group that means adults use it less than teens. YIKES! 24000 people have died from cocaine overdose.
This addiction may get worse and worse over time and you want to take it more and more which allows the substance to get stronger and stronger until once again takes over your body. If you do not stop doing the substance it will eventually get out to get you and either kill you or even suffer the consequences.
Some things that could also happen would be them feeling depressed, sad, anxiety and the consequences could be jail, dead, and even prison if they found out you took to much.
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My next steps for people to solve and how to stop addiction. Fortunately there is a lot of rehab facilities and recovery centers throughout the country that can help you get unaddicted. If you know anyone with a addiction and you need more information about what to do and where to start contact a treatment provider right away. Other ways to prevent addiction in the first place is to not pay attention to the drugs. Then if you are a doctor get help from hospital management or go see a doctor such as a clinic so they can give you some advice on things. They might prescribe you with medication to not being addicted. Some ways to also help is tell your family and friends so they can help you and it will help your family members not think anything is wrong. Because they will get suspicious then they will break up.
Conclusion
Some conclusion things are drugs are bad for you and you should not take them because it can affect your life, your family and even your life responsibilities because addiction is not healthy to have. And if you can just try and get some help from doctors because your most likely to get in trouble with the police and prison then you are to go see a doctor. So please hopefully you just follow my advice and get down to being healthy. Have A HEALTHY LIFE!!!
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DeleteA person from the front lines in Ukraine makes a video and he sees that the people need to see how gruesome frontline of war really is.
ReplyDeleteUkraine and Russia went to war over the capital of Keav. Russia wants the city of Keav. Russia thinks Ukraine in part of Russia but Ukraine is it’s own country. The war is a very destructive thing. It is killing Poland devastating cities. It is a hard thing to live in a war zone. Lots of people are trying to leave UKraine so they don’t get blown up. Not everyone can leave and then they have to to survive or help in the war. The people of Ukraine are just trying to live with the war going on; 5.1 million people fled Ukraine.
Ways to help:
The war also can put people without homes and without food of things people need to live and that can be hard to get. A way people can help is to donate to the Red Cross or a non profit helping people in Ukraine.
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DeleteFood insecurity
ReplyDeleteFood insecurity is a very popular thing in the U.S.A. Kids with unemployed parents are more likely to have food insecurity in their homes than kids with employed parents. The amount of kids that go hungry at night is 38% in low-income countries. Most teachers want to help kids in need but the fact is that kids need to tell teachers that they need more food at home. It is hard if you have anxiety to ask for help because you think the teacher will think you are weird but just ask for help from a teacher you trust and you will see if you are right or if you are wrong.
What you can do to help :
Put a food pantry in front of your house or make a free food pantry where food is free and you don’t have to pay for the food. You can buy food and put food in food pantries and be the person who cares and changes the world.
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ReplyDeleteAdvanced medicine in Asthma
In the 1950s the first asthma medicine was created; The medicine was called a Meter Dose Inhaler. This was to help deliver air to the lungs to open the airways to help asthma patients breathe better and to lessen the effects of having asthma. Over the years more medicines and devices were created for asthma patients. Tezepelumab is the most recent asthma medication
Types of medication for asthma
Medication can vary from sizes and locations or even how severe the problem you have is. The cost of the medications for asthma can be expensive or cheap depending on what brand and size of medication you get. Inhalers can be $50 to $700. The more expensive ones are the better types and more efficient. Then, Reslizumab is $1,115 for a 10 milliliter of Reslizumab. Fensera is about $5,197 for 1 milliliter of medication. Benralizumab is $3,877 for a 30ml of medication. Finally, for a 1.91 milliliter of Tezepelumab is $4,061.
The cost
The cost of the medications can be expensive or cheap. Inhalers can be $50 to $700. The more expensive ones are the better types. Then, Reslizumab is $1,115 for a 10 milliliter of Reslizumab. Fensera is about $5,197 for 1 milliliter of medication. Benralizumab is $3,877 for a 30ml of medication. Finally, for a 1.91 milliliter of Tezepelumab is $4,061.
Stories of people who used them
There was a study to test with different kinds of asthma medications tested on participants. 1,204 people took part in the study. All of the people had Eosinophilic Asthma. Only two participants were using Fensera or Placebo for their asthma. Then they were all given one of the medications and checked back in after 48 weeks. They found out that 35% of the participants who Fensera and not Placebo, had asthma flare-ups. Then, only 51% who took Placebo had asthma flare-ups. Roberta Falney wrote a quote about their experience with having asthma. “Once you have asthma, you have it for life. You might not always be symptomatic. You might have it as a kid and grow out of it ; It may revisit at some point, usually when you have a stress in your life.” – Roberta Fahey. Meaning that asthma sticks with you for your whole life. It may get better but it doesn’t disappear.
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DeleteThe cop riding in his car sipping his coffee. He loved his coffee it felt warm on his tongue it makes him so happy he doesn't want to stop sipping it but he cant. But he loves driving around knowing hes a cop.He goes to a gas station playing air guitar and he is a army veteran with medical problems and he has marijuania in his car but he was not smoking it was not on his clothes or anything.Person driving the car sure, cop searches the driver asked for a K9 arrives. The K9 smells marijuania the veteran tellign him that it was gave to him for medical problems “Cop you're under arrest”. “The cop says”. The man in the car is very confused. But it is for medical reasons i can show you the paperwork. He showed the officer the paper the officer did not care. The driver says is it because i'm black. Officer stop talking. Anything you say or do will get put against you in quart. The driver still confused wondering what he did wrong the handcuffs squeezing his skin hurting so bad. His wrist bleeding because how tight they are; The officer throws the man in the back of is cop car. The man sitting uncomfortably in the car still wondering what he did. The drive feels like a eternity. Finally on the highway like he was avoiding all of the other officers. The make it to the police station. The other cops staring at the officer dragging the man through the front doors. Other officers asking if he needs help he just says no and walks to the front desk telling the desk lady his name and why he is arresting the guy she just shrugged but the guy is screaming that He didn't do anything and that this is a big misunderstanding and that they have the wrong guy for a while. Then the the officers boss comes and asks to speak with the officer privately: officers obviously agrees and the chief asks him what happened and how it happened.The officer begins talking telling him the story like he is making it up on the spot with not a lot of details. Telling the chief how he found drugs and all of this other things that are obviously lies but the chief acts like he believes it and just goes on with his day. The chiefs come out asking the guy that was driving what happened to him he told the chief every detail and how it all happened and he was telling the truth and the chief knew that. And then out of nowhere he asked him to take off the handcuffs he does and the black male sighs in relief like he had them on forever but the officers washes off the handcuffs and tells the man he free. The black man hands the man a cigarette. The chiefs asked him what this is for and he the man goes this is what i was smoking its for evidence when you take the officer to quart hopefully. The officer tells him if that what you want and the man says yep. The man says oh and you owe me ten bucks jokingly and walks away. I think some ways to overcome racism is by people not tagging them on and just to try to take down ass many racist people one at a time. Because if you try to go after a lot at once you're going to make them angry and there going to keep doing it.And that is why i think that raceceum should be stopped because there is not a lot of things that people can do about it especially when some cops are racist and some people don't know it until they herases a lot of people. But my point is to not make fun of people becuase of their skin color.
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Then, there are side effects and benefits of these medicines. Benralizumab/ Fensera users can get sore throats, headaches, allergic reactions, and fever. Also weakens the immune system. But there also are benefits of Benralizumab such as after taking it for 48 weeks they haven’t felt ill. Benralizumab is a shot used for very severe asthma. Inhalers are used for lung diseases and asthma. Fensera is used for Eosinophilic Asthma. Fensera also has benefits like how Fensera works immediately. Side effects of inhalers are shaking, throat and nose irritation, headaches, tachycardia, and palpitations. Inhalers can treat Asthma, Flu, Diabetes, Cystic Fibrosis, Parkinson's disease, and Schizophrenia. It helps expand your airways to make you breathe. Inhalers are meant to open the airway to help make the patient breathe. These are great benefits of taking it but there also are side effects. Like shaking, throat and nose irritation, headaches, tachycardia, and palpitations. Also, there are health effects of using inhalers. Inhalers are known for thinning bones, diabetes, and causing bruising. Reslizumab reduces the frequency of asthma attacks. Tezepelumab is used for uncontrollable asthma.
Next Steps- For people with asthma to get affordable treatment.
There are ways for poorer asthma patients to get affordable treatments and medicines. CAPs pay for a portion of the asthma patient’s treatments if they have health insurance. PAPs provide free asthma medicine and asthma devices like inhalers to poorer families for free. The Department of Health and Human Services provides money for asthma patients or families. The amount of money is based on the patient's income and how many people live in their house and if they’re dating someone or have kids.
Conclusion-
Here is a quote from Mary Harris talking about asthma. “Asthma is a disease that has almost touched everyone in some way, whether personally or through a friend or family member. It is a very personal disease, and everyone’s experience is different.”
8.2.b, I think you did a good job with your different sources and different types of evidence.
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ReplyDeleteThis Florida lady decides to take action against invasive burmese pythons in her home state
Florida women Donna Kalil who was a realtor for many years watched a video that showed an American Alligator barely escaping the stomach of a invasive burmese python. She decided that after watching a video she would make a difference in the invasive problem with these pythons in Florida. These pythons are native to Asia and were brought to North America as pets. A lot of them became invasive when hurricanes struck and took down mass facilities that housed them causing them to be spread all across Florida especially the Everglades. Burmese Pythons have been destroying the food chain and ecosystem for years now while constantly growing the population in Florida with more of them than people can catch. She has caught 694 snakes ever since she started which means she is helping the invasive species population in Florida.
Animals and Plants that don’t belong
Invasive species are a HUGE problem in ecosystems, all because humans either accidentally or even sometimes purposely introduced them into biomes that they don’t belong in. According to the UN Environment Programme, humans have introduced around 37,000 invasive species into the wrong ecosystems which can destroy these ecosystems; In total around 60% of all extinct plant and animal species went extinct because of invasive species. You might also wonder “Do Invasive Species cost money to maintain?” Yes, globally invasive species cost the economy 423 billion dollars ANNUALLY ; 423 billion dollars is a lot of money in most people's eyes. Around 1 million plants and animals are at threat of extinction due to invasive species which is another crazy fact.
I like all of your facts
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ReplyDeleteFormer Vice President Al Gore a leader of global warming awareness gives an example in An Inconvenient Truth (that) like frogs in a quickly heating pot of water, unmoved as the temperature rises toward a boil. The example of the frog is that the earth is boiling.
ReplyDeleteClimate Change is Getting Worse the Years to Come
You may be surprised that climate change is getting worse in years to come. Why is it getting worse you ask? Well, the reason it is getting worse is because there are more greenhouse gases in the air like carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, water vapor, and synthetic fluorinated gasses. What makes these greenhouse gasses? The most effective greenhouse gas is carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is 79% of all greenhouse gasses in the world. Most of these gases are from people and things they do such as cars that take gasoline.
Did you know that younger people are more worried about climate change than older people? Younger people are more worried about climate change because they are worried about how their lives will be affected and how their kid's future will be. Also, studies say that pregnant women seem to be more afraid of the future effects that climate change causes. Pregnant women are afraid because if a doctor says their breathing is bad because of air pollution then they are more likely worried about how their baby is going to breathe.
Weather is another concern of global warming. Weather is a concern because storms in places like Florida are getting worse because greenhouse gasses disturb the regular weather patterns. Ocean temperatures are getting warmer which causes tropical storms that can produce more energy. Another problem is that extreme heat waves are causing more deaths; people are not used to warmer temperatures. On average 1,000 people to 1,600 people die from heat waves a year.
Steps to Help Global Warming
There are ways to help global warming according to Al Gore these 4 steps will help global warming: Compact fluorescent lightbulbs, Outdoor solar lighting, Programmable thermostats, and Air filters. Gore also said that shopping for appliances you should look for the Energy Star label. Another thing that Al Gore says is that when you are at the store shopping you should buy recycled aluminum foil instead of normal aluminum foil and plastic wrap.
If you have beverages that are made with aluminum then you should recycle it. Here’s why beverages made with aluminum resolve for 80% of all lost recyclable aluminum. Beverages aren’t the only thing you should recycle, you should also recycle car batteries. Why you should recycle car batteries? Car batteries are contained with lead and lead is a toxic metal that shouldn’t go into landfills cause it could leak into groundwater and poison the water.
If you don’t want Earth to get worse then you should recycle, and buy things that are known to make global warming not so bad. Humans are the cause of global warming but if humans work together then global warming won’t be so bad or there will be no global warming.
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ReplyDeleteHow many species are endangered and what causes it?
On the livestock end of things, which is very important to the world’s economy, 24% of 8,303 of all livestock breeds are at a risk of disappearing. It might seem like invasive species cause the most threat for extinction but they don’t; Different from what you might believe Crop Farming, Logging, and Hunting/ Fishing cause the most risk to endangered species due to habitat loss. 20-43% of species researched by the University of Michigan (That does not mean 20-43% of all species in the world) are at risk of extinction. Another cause of tree loss are the seven main types of farming which accounted for 26% of tree loss from 2001-2015.
What’s so bad about losing plant and animals species?
That’s what you might be asking yourself but really we need plants and other animals to survive. Even if we didn’t have as many species life would start being a lot harder for us and a lot easier for predatory species in the wild. This would cause these predatory species to take over the world and could lead to the prey species to go extinct. The truth is all of the species of plant and animals tie back together in the food chain and with other things like trees providing oxygen for humans and other animals. Every single plant and animal specie helps the food chain or ecosystem. Sure some of them just seem like all they do is eat other animals but if they didn’t do that then there would be an overpopulation of those animals.
Learn how to prevent ecosystem loss and extinction
There are many ways to prevent ecosystem loss and species extinction here are some of the best ways. One of the best ways to help this problem is making sure that if you have a pet that could survive in the wild to keep them in a secure area. Another way to help this is to donate to organizations that buy land just to keep natural habitats; If enough people donate and use these steps then we can stop biodiversity loss. Like the Commision Chairs of IUCN said, “ Solving the link challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss demands bold and transformative efforts Responsibility falls on us all.” It might help to recycle all that you can to prevent pollution that makes delicate animal species to go extinct. Try not to kill and wild animals or plants unless they are becoming a problem to keep the chain of life moving.
If all else fails you better hope the world can sustain itself with the way we are treating it now.
Education Fundings
ReplyDeleteAn article says that many black and brown students at their school along with low-income students are more likely to struggle academically than their classmates because of low funding.
This is only one of many examples that is happening in the southern part of America and in other countries and states today.
New Hampshire Judge Makes a Judgement on Their Educational Funding
In New Hampshire, Judge Ruoff found that New Hampshire’s education property tax is unconstitutional or doesn’t follow the constitution. This would be due to the fundings towards schools being thousands of dollars below what it is supposed to be.
What is it Like for Workers?
Even in other places, bus drivers struggle too.
Every year about 933,000 students go on the bus to get to and/or from school, with 123 million miles to drive per year. However, a survey states that bus drivers get paid about $18.40 per hour; these averages ranging from $10,490 yearly, to the highest getting $34,025. It is said to be an unfair salary, and if you know anything about salaries, earning just over $10,000 is not very easy to live off of.
Seventy four percent of school districts said there was a shortage of bus drivers. This is mainly due to low salary ranges with the amount of work they have to do.
Phoenix Charter Schools Vs. Traditional Schools
A report said that Phoenix charter schools got $1,704 less student funding than traditional public schools. Students will give up 14.7% of their funding if they go to one of these charter schools. That means if parents can’t pay enough to get their kid into a private school or school with more funding, their kid would get less resources thus resulting to not learning as much.
On average, these charter schools get 30% less funding per student or $7,147 less than regular public schools. At first people thought that this gap was due to special education and poverty students, however, it is actually due to no local funding and less non-public funding.
Washington Expert Talk
A Seattle Times article(for Washington), Flat Funding the “McCleary Fix” and Other School Finance Issues Explained says,”’But the whole LAP budget makes up about 3% of the state K-12 budget,’ Knight added. ‘It’s an extremely small amount of money.’”
He is also one of many people that stated schools aren’t funded fairly. Even with special education students getting extra funds, the other students and the rest of the school doesn’t get as much funding as it is supposed to.
What Were Their Solutions and Changes?
A decision in New Hampshire was made to change the educational funding per student adding $3,265 every year to the original amount.
Bus drivers should be paid more, but they can’t because of inflation and other funds. Later in the future, when they have more money, bus drivers will most likely be able to get paid more.
To help Phoenix, Arizona, people have to give funds to the school. This is because Phoenix has no local funding, and less non-public funding than usual schools.
Knight thinks that a teacher salary increase is a good idea to attract high-quality teachers.
What Can You or Others Do?
here are also ways you and people around you can help. For example, people can form a group gathering and share their stories and suggestions about education funding with speeches, art, and journaling. A time this happened was when Ken Burns, Judy Woodruff, Juan Williams, even Michelle Obama, and others met off the coast of Cape Cod.
Experts Have a Debate
In a debate, Sawrey - an expert - brought up that he believed tax money should be given to private schools. Another expert responded with,”’It is what’s best for the student. If we can find a way to provide for a student to do what’s best for them, then we should do so.’”
Just Right
Every time another school gets the constitutional amount of funding it should get, is just one more step closer to helping many more students. Though it may seem hard to do it is like going from one to one hundred, which isn’t easy either.
W.8.9 you used evidence and showed the angle you did great overall
DeletePeople have actually died or gotten seriously injured from global warming, because it's affecting earth's temperatures and natural disasters such as, increased intensity of storms, droughts, etc.
ReplyDeleteClimate has changed over millions of years. The earth hasn't been this hot in hundreds of years. In fact, 2023 has been the hottest year and it's threatened many lives across america, Europe and Asia.
The entire globe has been getting warmer ever since humans came to be. From 1906 the planet has been increased more than by 1.6 degrees. The heat is melting sea ice and shifting rain patterns. In 20 years, most of florida will be covered by water, because of melting sea ice.
Things we can do to help global warming is by reducing the amount of fossil fuels we produce such as crude oil, coal products, and more.
We can also help by re-using plastic bottles, by cleaning them, and then melting them down and using them to make new bottles for water, cooking oil, milk jugs, etc. We can also help the Earth in general is by planting more trees, flowers, and more types of plants.
I like the suggestions and facts :)
DeleteW.8.9 you used evidence and showed the angle
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My head really hurt for the first week, then I was fatigued. It took awhile to get my fever down. But I’d do it again over chemo any day of the week.” said Ferenzi. This man just gave CAR T-cell therapy a shot and it saved his life.
After being diagnosed with stage 4 non-hodgkin lymphoma he did what most people would, he started his chemo treatment. All went well and was later declared in remission. Until once again he found another lump in his neck; his cancer had come back. Although this time something was different. His doctor suggested that he tries CAR T-cell therapy, and he gave it a shot. As he would do anything to see his daughter grow up. Then five years later he was officially cancer free!
The history of cancer treatments
Chemotherapy is the most common treatment for cancer, although there is only a 54.1% chance of success. Which has been the best treatment option since the 1940’s. Although it may sound like a long time ago, doctors have actually been searching for a cure for cancer for the past 250 years. In the last 20 years doctors have developed a new idea about a treatment called CAR T-cell therapy. Which is related to changing the way your cells are manufactured.
What are side effects of this treatment?
Even though this is a fairly new treatment it has been known to cure patents from cancer even after their chemotherapy and radiation failed. However there are still side effects from this treatment. Some effects occur on the nervous system. The side effects can consist of confusion, tremors/seizures, trouble speaking, and loss of balance or coordination. There are other side effects like Abnormal levels of important minerals in the blood, allergic reactions, and risk of infections, and bruising or bleeding. If you experience any of those side effects you may need medical attention.
Problems and how they are being fixed
One major problem that scientists have found is that these T cells can lose their potency over time. One researcher discovered that 61% of people who get this treatment relapse after 6 months and 24% after a year, but scientist have began to take action and look for a solution “If the cells are more potent and last longer, we ultimately would need fewer of them, which could make manufacturing easier and less expensive,” Dr. Park quoted.. Dr Sadelains lab found that they could try inserting a molecule called 1XX into the T cell genome at a precise location called the TRAC. This may be the trick to make the cells more potent.
Another thing that is not ideal is that this treatment is not as effective on solid tumors. Two ways that scientists are beginning to resolve this issue is by delivering CAR T-cells directly into the chest cavity for tumors. They also came up with the idea of using low-dose radiation to help CAR T cells to penetrate tumors.
The last problem that scientists are currently researching is how to make this like an off the shelf item. Why do scientists want to have it this way? Well at the moment they have to custom make CAR T cells for each patient; this causes the treatment to be more expensive and time-consuming.“CAR Ts may never be widely used if they have to be made one at a time, per patient,” Dr. Scheinberg says. “We really want something that’s waiting in a freezer — you order it, it’s thawed, and you infuse it into the person the next morning.”
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ReplyDeleteWhat is the process of CAR T-Cell therapy?
How does CAR T-cell therapy work? Well first the doctor will draw blood from a vein in your arm. The blood will flow into a machine, which will remove all of the T cells. Through a different tube the remaining blood flows back to your body. Next they start the process of engineering the T cells. In a lab scientists engineer the T cells by adding a manufactured CAR. Then the scientist let the CAR T-cells multiply and grow over time. Lastly once the lab has enough CAR T-cells they inject them back into the arm. In some cases some doctors recommend also doing chemotherapy to help the treatments effectiveness.
How can you support cancer research
A huge way that you can support cancer research is by donating money to an organization. Although it is very important to know what foundations you can trust and what exactly they are doing with your donation. A strong foundation that I found was the National Foundation for Cancer Research. On CharityNavigator.Org this charity was rated 99% due to the accountability,, community, leadership and adaptability.This organization was founded in 1773, and all of their donations go to cancer research, early diagnoses, better treatments, and mainly trying to find a cure for cancer.
Even if it does not seem like we have made advancements in cancer treatments, just know that scientists are making progress every day. “There is always hope beyond what you see” - Cora Conner
After many severe tornadoes in Tennessee, six people passed away and thirty-six others were injured
ReplyDeleteTypes of extreme weather are tornado, tropical cyclone, thunderstorm, heat wave, blizzard, drought, flood, landslide, flash flood, winter storm, hail, cold wave, tsunami, wildfire, ice storm, avalanche, dust storm, storm surge, lightning, cyclone, hurricane, monsoon. Most of the time it depends on what kind of weather is happening to go on major news channels or anything like that. extreme weather could shut down one in twelve hospitals worldwide. Extreme weather affects people because it can bring people out of their homes, and hurt them or their families. There are a lot of families and people getting affected by climate change because it is wrecking their houses and displacing them. Most families don't have enough money to buy or rent a new house. The most common areas for extreme weather are mainly in the Atlantic and Pacific coastal regions and islands.
How to keep safe during extreme weather; if you have a basement go there and wait it out. When you have any free time you could make a kit or bin to keep down there for injuries, food, water, blankets, and others to keep safe and warm if you do not have a basement; go into a bathroom, stay away from windows and doors that lead outside. You also want to get down and cover up to keep safe from falling debris. Pay attention to alerts or weather, if the power goes out you can get a battery-operated radio. You want to stay low to the ground so either on the first floor or basement. If you don't have a basement stay in a bathroom on the first floor. if you do not have a bathroom on the first floor go to a room that has no windows or close to no windows.
the info in the article was really good
DeletePeople have died or gotten seriously injured from global warming, because it's affecting the earth's temperatures and natural disasters such as increased intensity of storms, droughts, etc.
ReplyDeleteClimate has changed over millions of years. The earth hasn't been this hot in hundreds of years. 2023 has been the hottest year and it's threatened many lives across America, Europe, and Asia.
The entire globe has been getting warmer ever since humans came to be. From 1906 the planet has been increased more than by 1.6 degrees. The heat is melting sea ice and shifting rain patterns. In 20 years, most of Florida will be covered by water, because of melting sea ice.
Things we can do to help global warming is by reducing the amount of fossil fuels we produce such as crude oil, coal products, and more.
We can also help by reusing plastic bottles, cleaning them, melting them down, and using them to make new bottles for water, cooking oil, milk jugs, etc. We can also help the Earth in general is by planting more trees, flowers, and more types of plants.
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ReplyDeleteI want to thank my aunt Jackie she works as a nurse and she told me a lot of the stuff in the article some cases where she had to help treat illness or accidents caused by alcohol and or drugs and without her, this article wouldn't be half as good so I wanted to thank her and when I am done with this I will show her.
The Standard Drink: Alcohol is one of the most frequent in the US among adults. But what is a safe amount to drink first, in the USA a standard drink contains 0.6 ounces of pure alcohol. 12 ounces of beer is 5% alcohol content, 5 ounces of wine would be about 12% alcohol content, and 40% alcohol content in distilled spirits or liquor like gin, rum, vodka, and or whiskey this is fine in 1 or 2 drinks but a lot more could become deadly.
Excessive Drinking: this is where alcohol could become more dangerous and could lead to medical problems in the future. Witch that includes problems for pregnant women and people under the age of 21. Binge drinking is when people drink excessive amounts of alcohol in one setting the most likely is about 4 or 5 drinks but heavy drink is when people have 8 to 15 drinks per week.
Short-Term Health Risks: I think I need to talk about some of the effects and what happens under the influence of alcohol. One common one is injuries like car crashes, falling from high places, drowning, and burns but that's not just the tip of the iceberg. Alcohol poisoning, violence, and or miscarriage.
W.8.3 your writing is organized and well written
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ReplyDeletePros of EV cars.
You may not be surprised to find out that EV’s are generally more clean than a traditional car. This is because they don't have tailpipe emissions, and they also don't use fossil fuels to operate. To further explain why they are cleaner I have found a quote from an article that might help
Behyad Jafari “Even with our conservative approach, the results show that on average EVs produce about half the emissions of comparable petrol cars over their lifetime and close to a 40 per cent improvement on hybrid vehicles across segments where hybrid vehicles exist.” This shows how much less carbon dioxide they produce compared to a gas car. Other studies show that EV’s 62% more clean that any gasoline car.
Cons of EV cars.
One of the main things that deturres people from buying an electric vehicle is the price. EV’s are more than 12,000$ more than a gasoline car making them unaffordable for the majority of the population.
Another downside to EV’s is that they cause a lot more emissions to make. Some of them cause 40% more emissions than a gasoline engine. Some of the cars need to go at least 50,000 miles to break even and start being cleaner than a gas car.
What people are trying to do.
Another scientist Michael Ogletree, the division's director says. "Coloradans want low- and zero-emissions vehicles because they help them get where they're going while breathing cleaner air and saving money. This standard will make clean vehicles more accessible across the state and improve air quality in local communities overburdened by pollution from busy roadways."He says that the state of colorado wants 1 million cars to be electric on the road by 2030. Some companies are trying to make their entire roster electric by 2030 to 2040.
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There are steps you can take that will help you better understand how you can make the world cleaner by owning an EV. The first step you can make is finding a hybrid vehicle that you can afford. One of the best options if you don't have the money to buy is to buy a hybrid and then wait for EV’s to become more affordable. If you do have the money for an EV ,keep the vehicle for at least 50,000 miles to at least “cover” the emission that were caused from the making of the battery, and the last thing you can do is tell other people about EV and their emissions compared to gas vehicles.
Conclusion
In conclusion there are some cons to owning an EV but the pros mostly weigh out the cons. But ultimately it's up to you if you want to get an EV or stay with the traditional gas engine car.
Camila Keeling was a few month away from her 61st birthday when she found out she had skin cancer. After having her skin cancer cured she thought it would be over. The cancer soon spread to her lungs, brain and then her bowels. She decided to start receiving Immunotherapy treatments which have her tumors to start shrinking giving her less to worry about.
ReplyDeleteYou may be surprised to find that treatment could only be a second long despite that most cancer treatments take upwards of months. The first treatment is called ‘Flash’. This is a treatment that would usually take weeks and only takes days. The second treatment is an imaging treatment that shows all of the tumors in the patient's body by lighting them up. Radiation is usually carried out throughout multiple weeks because the radiation could be harmful to the cells surround the tumor. Flash used a extremely high dose of radiation, somewhere between 2-4 radiation treatments in a second. Flash does the same amount of damage as Radiation but the normal tissue is much more resistant to it. Did you know it also uses Gene Manipulation to destroy the cancer cell in the body. According to the research by wired we know that they tested their product on mice and it seems to work. What we also know is that some patients were given a secondary cancer because of Immunotherapy. Once the manipulation is done, The genetic cargo is dropped of in a random place. This could cause nearby cells to turn cancerous; The patient would later develop a secondary cancer. According to the FDA this is just a fluke and will not happen if you take immunotherapy pills.
Some things that you can do to help are donating to charities to help people get cancer treatments. A Charity that recommend to donate to is the American Association for Cancer Research; This is a non-profit organization that raises money for cancer research. Another Charity that I recommend is the Northern Illinois Cancer Treatment center. Donating here could cause someone that needs treatments to be able to get it.
Effects of Chemical Imbalances In Our Lakes and Rivers
ReplyDelete“On May 24th, the day after this unpleasant bloom, I returned to the lab to find a strong northeast wind. It was churning the water into white caps and much of the algae was gone from the shore. The waves were a dark, milky green and visibility in the water remained low.”
What Scientists Think
This excerpt from a scientist at UW Wisconsin is talking about blue-green algae; a very harmful waterborne cyanobacteria. It can cause harm to pets, humans, and even food sources treated with the water. It is created by stagnant water and runoff with lots of pollutants such as engine oil. Cyanobacteria has evolved through the years to adapt to the man-made ways to get rid of it says Dr. Hans Paerl from the University of North Carolina.
What Amount of Phosphorus is Just Right?
This is where phosphorus comes in. The high amounts of phosphorus in lawn fertilizer causes a chemical reaction with the natural bacteria in a lake, causing an oily blue-green sheen filled with rotting bacteria to cover the water.
Another thing to note, however, is that too little phosphorus could negatively affect the ecosystem. When zooplankton, a microorganism that feeds on algae is introduced, they clean the water, but sometimes too much, beginning to feed on the healthy minerals in the water, killing other species in the process. This is why it is important to keep a healthy balance of minerals in a body of water.
Effects On Aquatic Plant Life
The sediments in the runoff can block out the sunlight, causing plants to die off and quit producing oxygen for the surrounding organisms.
Advice on How We Can Help
Nitrogen and phosphorus are the two main molecular compounds responsible for polluting our lakes and rivers. Ways that these nutrients can get in our water are varied, from natural exposure to leaves and grass clippings. According to the WI DNR, ways that people can protect our lakes and rivers include: composting yard waste, controlling erosion, and creating plant “buffer zones.” Buffer zones can be useful along large stretches of water or on a downward slope, where the runoff and waste materials will be absorbed by the plant’s roots.
After reading this article, just think about what one mistake can lead to in our ecosystem So be careful before you just throw your water bottle to the side of the sidewalk or discard your fishing line into the water.
(Part 1) “The air pollution problem in Poland is beyond any western standards. Despite poor conditions, Poland has done nothing to reduce used car imports, promote renewable energy, protect green areas or rationalise precaution levels. (Right now an alert is announced at 600% of the norm and the ministry for environment refuses to change that level because “they would have to announce the alert too often”.)
ReplyDelete“Where I live (Warsaw) the air quality is very bad. The intensive development of apartment buildings in suburban areas without proper public transportation pushes people into cars and reduces green space. Over the last decade Warsaw suffered a net loss of 160,000 trees. (Tymon Radwański)
Pollution is taken lightly by a lot of people, a large amount underestimating it. These are the people who need to look beyond the scope of their own lives; even just one person’s account of events from their country, may be enough to convince them that pollution is harmful. Many countries suffer from air and water pollution, with a fourth of the U.S. breathing unsafe air. Breathing in polluted air can have adverse effects on your health, and can damage your lungs. Pollution not only affect humans, but animals, like fish, birds, or marine mammals, officials from environmental agencies understand this, such as Llorenç Milà i Canals, Head of the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP’s) Life Cycle Initiative “Many people aren’t aware that a material that is embedded in our daily life can have significant impacts not just on wildlife, but on the climate and on human health,”.
EPA (U.S Environmental Protection Agency)
There are multiple government organizations that help, one of which is the United States Environmental Protection Agency; EPA for short. The EPA has a myriad of ways to help prevent pollution, in all shapes and forms. One of these ways of preventing pollution is the National Recycling Strategy, which was published in 2021. This strategy set a goal for U.S. recycling rates to be at 50% by the year 2030. Another way that this strategy helps is by helping to identify how to make a stronger, more resilient, and more cost-effective U.S. municipal recycling plant. A different program that the EPA helped establish is the Sustainable Materials Management Program, also known as SMM. The SMM provides an annual report to provide info on MSW (Municipal Solid Waste) generation, recycling, composting, combustion with energy recovery, and landfilling. This program also analyzes MSW generation and management trends, and trends is materials and products, as well as economic indicators affecting MSW. A third program that the EPA has part in is the WasteWise program, in which the EPA does work with nonprofits, businesses, and governments to promote the reuse and recycling of materials. This helps promote the businesses, as it allows them to show how they reuse waste, and incorporate sustainable materials into their businesses, as well as their waste-handling process.
(Part 2) UNEP (The United Nations Environment Program)
ReplyDeleteThe United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) works with governments, organizations, businesses, and scientific institutions through the Climate and Clean Air Coalition in order to reduce emissions from chemicals such as black carbon or methane. UNEP also supports the International day of Clean Air, which has themes, and everybody works together to promote clean air and ways to reduce pollution. The different themes of this day help to inform people about what is being encouraged, this is best shown with a quote, “With this year’s theme, Together for clean Air, we want to encourage collaboration across borders and boundaries, between sectors and beyond silos to reduce air pollution and leverage finance and investments towards air quality measures and solutions,” - Martina Otto, Head of the Secretariat of the UNEP-convened Climate and Clean Air Coalition.
Things You Can Do To Help
There are many ways to help the environment, and some are even more cost-efficient. Riding a bike, electric vehicle, or even walking can help the environment, help you spend less on gas, and/or get you physical exercise. You could also recycle plastic, tin, cans, and glass, or reuse it for art projects or decorations for your home. Other ways to help are volunteering for the organizations that help, donating to these organizations, or even just picking up a plastic bottle once in a while.
Remember to help once in a while, as even something little, like picking up a plastic bottle can help the environment.
Friederike Otto stop to look over at the monument to the city’s great fire that happened more than 350 years earlier.
ReplyDeleteFriederike Otto was cycling over the london bridge as dry heat caused temperatures above 40 degrees celsius or 104.0 °F; hot wind gusted down the River Thames. But she stopped to take a look at the cities great fire more than 350 years agos monument.
“The heat was intense, the humidity was so low and there were these winds. You could almost feel if there was one spark now, London will burn again,” Friederike Otto. stated. Friederike Otto has spent almost her whole life looking into and researching extreme weather. Some of the main effects she has found of extreme weather is loss of homes, lives being lost and young children being orphaned. Extreme weather has many oher effect other than that though. Some of the other things it can cause are floods, damages, and loss of farmable land.
Extreme weather itself tends to be brutale. Sometimes you might never know what to expect from the weather. The extreme weather could be a flood or maybe a tornado. Extreme weather is many different things some might never happen to you but others might have huge impacts on your life. Many things like heat waves, heavy downpours, tornadoes, tropical cyclones and floods. Those are all example of extreme weather that happened all over the world.
Global warming has many effects on extreme weather. Sometimes people don't realise that climate change/global warming has any effect on extreme weather. Climate change itself is caused by human made problems. It's mainly caused by human made greenhouse gases: but it's not the only cause of global warming. The way global warming effects extreme weather consists of a few different things. Sometimes it affects how likely a drought is to happen or it could even affect the likelihood of a heatwave. When heat waves are cause along with droughts it increases the chance of a wildfire occurring.
Not everyone knows how to help and sometimes some people just don't want to help. But sometimes just one person can make a difference. Climate change is affect the plant and over time the earth is gonna start to warm up. Some research has shown that there was a increase of precipitation which could be as high as 0.92 c and 0.10 mm everyday by 2100. With this information it makes it even more important to help find ways to stop or even just slow down climate change. Just using little less electricity or washing things with cold water can help. Every small thing has a impact; even though it might not be seen till later in time. Something as small as switching to LED light bulbs can have an effect.. Pollution also has a good effect on climate change and because climate change effects extreme weather pollution also seems to effect the extreme weather. So if u have time try to ride a bike somewhere instead of driving.
If everything fails and the earth gets to warm scientists have found some other planets that might work. Lets hope we don't mess up the next one.