Using Your Phone to Lose Weight

Looking at recent news to write a new blog entry, I came across a weird yet interesting headline. "Using Your Phone to Lose Weight." My first thought was how could that even be possible? But after reading the article, it's really cool how their are different applications (apps) that people can download. There are weight-loss programs available for your smartphone that help you count calories, keep track of pounds lost and makes weight loss easier and a lot more accessible. I have an iPod Touch and I have the LoseIt application that was mentioned in this article and it is a lot of fun and help. Everyone and anyone who is trying to shed a few pounds should definitely look into the number of weight loss applications.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/16/using-your-phone-to-lose-weight/

DON'T believe everything you read in the media

"Cops say Washingtonville High School principal made pass at kid" was the headline of the article my mom called me and told me to read last Tuesday. Because my high school principal was a family relative that is so close to my family and we immediately knew this could not be true. Being away at school in Connecticut, I was obviously unable to have the comfort of my family after reading the article that my uncle (through marriage) and my high school principal was arrested for sexual abuse. The misdemeanors included forcible touching, endangering the welfare of a child, aggravated harassment, and communicating through inappropriate text messages. Disgusted and shocked, my family knew this could not be true and it turns out, it isn't. My relative being my high school principal was mentoring a student who had family and drug problems. Trying to only help him out, this student took it to a whole different level and made up every single one of these accusations. The amount of immaturity in this situation astounds me. If I have learned anything from this, it is to never believe everything you read in the town newspaper or listen to what your peers say because the only people who know the whole truth are the people who are involved. 

Guest Speaker, Paul Steinmetz

Blogger, Paul Steinmetz seems like a very accomplished man writing for 30 years and blogging for more than half. When he came into our class, he seemed quiet and not sure what to talk about but I still enjoyed it. It was interesting and I didn’t ask him my questions I wrote down because he answered them in his lecture. I’m not sure if it was my peers in class that were nervous to ask their questions but it seemed like he felt awkward with the numerous silent pauses. I do wish it was a better talk with more questions from the audience but I learned how interesting blogging really is. 

Recent Bullying Issues Around the World

I wanted to write a blog entry on something that I've thought about silently each day recently. As I'm sure most of you know about the recent suicides due to bullying. A few of those cases were teenagers being bullied for their sexual preference. This absolutely disgusts me. It's crazy to me that these certain people were that upset and hurt that they decided to end their own life. The most recent suicide case that I've heard and read a lot about is the gay student from Rutgers University, who committed suicide after his roommate placed a camera in the room unknowingly and recorded the students sexual encounter with another man. Then, leaked it onto the world wide web. Tyler Clementi, the gay student was obviously humiliated and horrified to ever show his face on campus again. Weeks later, the university, community, family and friends of Tyler are still mourning his death. If this isn't a huge wake up call to people around the world especially the bullies, I don't know what is. Bullying is obviously a serious problem all around the world, since this incident is not the only case of bullying leading to suicide. This situation upsets and shocks me. This problem needs to be fixed one way or another.


http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/10/04/bullying.special.explainer/index.html