Life. Smile.: October 2012

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Everybody Googles

The first document is the Resignation letter of Eleanor Roosevelt for the Daughters of the American Revolution to Mrs. Henry Roberts. For my search I typed: “February 26, 1939, Daughters of the American Revolution Resignation”. The first thing that came up on the search was from the fdrlibrary. I find this to be a credible source. It gives a short back story…shows the same document and a column that Eleanor wrote, “My Day”. The next hit I got for this document was for the government archives. I know this is credible as we discussed .gov’s being completely official and it is an archival site with official documentation. I believe the most credible source for information is the government archives. I believe that is as official as it gets.

The second image I was at a loss of what it was so for my search I typed in: “jailed background map”. The very first thing that came up was from the Virginia Memory: Iibraryof Virginia. I believe this is a very credible source first off because it is an official library but the Links it had for reference were to the Library of Congress. This is the most credible source that I found and I think it is very good. Funny, but the second one that came up was to ……….. zombiegirl500.blogspot.com/.../im-googling-right-now.html Kudos! …….. haha!! She’s in our class??!!!! Good job Zombiegirl500….! You did so well it came up for me…. Ha.

The 3^rd document I searched for by: “City of Montgomery 12-1-55 police department document”. The first 3 that came up went to Historical Thinking Matters. It had information talking of the police report …the same information that the document contained including such things as: Warrant #14254. I find it credible and yet I believe the better choice for credibility would be from the AlabamaDepartment of Archives and History. This is a .gov site in which it gives links to different documentations of the event. I had to go to the second page to find The National Archives account which is definitely our most credible source. Not only was the document shown but others including Rosa Parks fingerprinting, and an illustration of the bus and where Rosa sat.

Inquiring of the 4^th document, I first searched: “Roll Call 88th congress February 10 1964”. There were quite a few different things that came up with …okay information but nothing that I wanted to choose as credible. The first that showed up was from jofreeman.com . My second search run I used: “Passed 290 - 130 Roll Call February 10 1964”. I incorporated more of what I thought would be key words and it worked out better this time. The first few hits were more archival.gov websites. The second being credible as it was Treasures ofCongress. It contained hyperlinks to different photos and documentation corresponding with this given photo. The second I believe is the most credible as it is the official archive site.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

MQ-Find your Tweeps!!!!!

For my twitter, I decided to follow Ann Coulter as well as Special Education @Education_IEP.... My junior year of High School I go really involved in government topics, economics and just really researching both sides to any argument and thinking critically to come to my own conclusion. I started to watch/listen to Ann Coulter speak and just really understood her points. I am a huge fan of her books and think she is a brilliant and eloquent woman.
She graduated from Cornell University and then went on to obtain a law degree from University of Michigan Law School. Coulter's occupations include: Lawyer, U.S. Representative, Radio Personality, Television Personality, and Journalist. She Really knows her stuff, and yes, she is quite the......loud mouth??...probably not the best way to put it.....Many people don't like her because of how straight forward she is.....I love it. She is well studied and yes she is very strong conservative to a point where it is very overwhelming...But I don't have to be as crazy as she is. That is the best part of critical thinking...I can take what I want from it... I decided because of Ann Coulter that I wanted to be a lawyer.....and of course I have changed my sails course....but maybe I will come back to that just from a different path.
This brings me to the next group that I decided to follow on Twitter. This topic is close to my heart because of the time I have spent with special needs people. It is so wonderful because they are just the purest of people. They really don't havee any bad intentions and are always so compassionate. I learn so much from these great friends. I decided to follow what I found to be a credible source of information on the topic of Special Education....I tracked through to the main website where they talk about many issues in special education. The goal is to help parents and teachers of Special Needs children. I have decided that I am going to major in Special Education and I am finding that it is increasingly helpful everyday to find different sources such as this to find new ideas or methods of doing things because every child is different and responds in different ways. Also, there are so many different issues that there are it is seemingly impossible to be an expert on all of them and so resources are a lifesaver!
The people featured and sharing information are doctors connected to certain specialties. For example....on their page there is a youtube video that is form the National Parkinson Foundation featuring Michael S. Okun, MD.
At the bottom of their site it is also super helpful that they have categorized folders of ways they tag things....hashtag...? yeah, That!
I finally see one reason why a twitter account is at all cool or something worth my time. With how busy life gets, it's nice to have information you are interested in organized so neatly through this system...and having it on a widget on the side of my blog for quick access right to the important stuff on my twitter......and from there i can just go on.

Monday, October 15, 2012

SKITTLES......love them.........

SKITTLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's about "tasting the rainbow", isn't it??? Why would you need another candy when skittles has every flavor you could want? They are colorful and you can literally taste the different colors. The ads are letting people know that there is one candy for all. Also, there is the commercial here that shows that.....you will get friends........if you share the skittles off your eyebrows!!! haha Or just that they are an easy treat to share. In most of the campaign videos a focus is on sharing.....are you sure you don't want any??? it's your last chance....(BEFORE I devour them all!!!!!)

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SKITTLES......love them.........

Friday, October 12, 2012

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Monday, October 1, 2012

Ripping Through an Article that puts down something of Popular Culture

Arlene R. Taylor PhD wrote an article titled: Potential Negative Impact. She began with a thought provoking quote from Aristotle saying, “If one listens to the wrong kind of music he will become the wrong kind of person; but conversely, if he listens to the right kind of music he will tend to become the right kind of person.” This led to the thesis presented which was, “studies have shown that some types of music can result in deleterious effects to the mind and body.”

Arlene stated that sound vibrations work throughout the nervous system with rhythmic shocks to the muscles. This causes the muscles to contract, setting everything in motion. A person would have to be extremely conscious and focused to control the body to not move (muscular restraint). The Scripps Howard News Service reported a study showing that the listening of rock music causes abnormal neuron structures in the region of the brain associated with learning and memory. Being exposed to this type of music can cause loss of ability to remember information. It is stated that a research project was conducted by a neurologist and a physicist. This was done with 36 mice in 3 groups. There was a control group…did not listen to music. That was group A. Group B listened to classical music while Group C listened to Rock music. For 2 months they were in that state with all same conditions except the music. They said they found that the mice for group C had damaged and tangled brain thinking cells. They then trained the mice in a maze for 3 weeks, then given a break and then put in to test if they could recall the maze. Groups A and B remembered and were able to run the course. Group C mice could not remember the maze and also showed hyperactive, aggressive, and even cannibalistic behaviors.

In a study, rock music was found to increase adrenalin levels while a slow piano instrumental had a calming effect on students. University of Chicago Professor Allan Bloom says that classical music makes listeners more contemplative. He is basically saying that harmonic music is better than Rhythmic (rock) music.

In Conjunction with the mice experiment, I could not find the exact experiment with names of a neurologist and physicist but there were similar experiments done, one being by The Schiller Institute through a student and it was done a couple times to get it done correctly. The other information that was given in the article I could not dig out of the internet. I was searching the study types and used key words, looking up the professor names and what they have done but it was not attainable. I did find Professor Allen Bloom who wrote a book and there was information on his chapter about music in the article. I did find a review on that.

Most of this article seemed legitimate and even though I could not find the exact study for the mice…I believe the results have great credibility, as I found similar studies with the same conclusions.

http://www.arlenetaylor.org/pas-music-and-the-brain/398-potential-negative-impact