As the semester comes to a close I reflect back on this course. I found it interesting to learn about other parts of the world, Some of the things that stood out to me the most was learning about the Middle East, seeing as it is in the news all the times. I enjoyed our class on food from around the world. And as difficult it was for me to get in the groove of doing these blogs, in the past couples of weeks I have found great joy in finding these articles and have learned so much from reading these articles. Doing these blogs forced me to read about things that I otherwise would have ignored. I look forward not only to the end of this semester, but to spending the holidays with my family, and the start of the next semester!
Good Luck to all~!!!!
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Places to go for Christmas
If you are looking for somewhere to go this Christmas, you might want to check out these places. CNNGo listed the Top Ten places to spend your Christmas.
1. Boston, Massachusetts. Boston lays on the New England charm , with snow-dusted cobblestone roads, locals feasting on roasted lobster instead of Christmas turkey and candlelight carols at the Trinity Church.The Sowa Holiday Market, which features works made by New England artisans, is a great place to get Christmas shopping done.
2. London, U.K. Head to London for the Dicksenian holiday experience with A Christmas Carol walking tour of the places characters Pickwick, Scrooge and Tiny Tim supposedly lived.
3. San Juan, Puerto Rico (my favorite). Head to San Juan in Puerto Rico, where Christmas celebrations run longer than anybody else's -- sing carols, from November through mid-January. On Christmas Eve, many Puerto Ricans head to midnight mass, to catch a re-enactment of the nativity scene. On New Year's Eve, locals might make you eat 12 grapes for luck, and the government hosts a free-for-all party. The climax of the season is El Día de los Tres Reyes Magos, or Three Kings Day, which is January 6, 2011.
4. Hong Kong, China. With stores still open on Christmas Day, shoppers can literally do last minute shopping.
5. New York City. The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is probably the most famous in the world and is illuminated by five miles of lights starting the week after Thanksgiving. If you're a tourist, throw on a pair of skates and jump into the rink for the quintessential "I'm in New York during Christmas!" Facebook photo. And with just a short 3 hour drive, is probably the closest to us.
6. Sydney, Australia
7. Salzburg, Austria
8. Pogost, Belarus
9. Nuremberg, Germany
10. Reykjavik, Iceland
1. Boston, Massachusetts. Boston lays on the New England charm , with snow-dusted cobblestone roads, locals feasting on roasted lobster instead of Christmas turkey and candlelight carols at the Trinity Church.The Sowa Holiday Market, which features works made by New England artisans, is a great place to get Christmas shopping done.
4. Hong Kong, China. With stores still open on Christmas Day, shoppers can literally do last minute shopping.
5. New York City. The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is probably the most famous in the world and is illuminated by five miles of lights starting the week after Thanksgiving. If you're a tourist, throw on a pair of skates and jump into the rink for the quintessential "I'm in New York during Christmas!" Facebook photo. And with just a short 3 hour drive, is probably the closest to us.
7. Salzburg, Austria
8. Pogost, Belarus
9. Nuremberg, Germany
10. Reykjavik, Iceland
Parasitic Worms heal mans Ulcerative Colitis
A man suffering with Ulcerative Colitis, decided to take matters into his own hands, by ingesting parasitic worms. According to an article I read on CNN.com, the man was having 10-15 bloody bowel movements daily. Soon he was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis, and treatments ggiven by his doctor were not working. His doctors gave him the option of being given intravenous rounds of cyclosporine, which would lower the immune system and have the potential to cause cancer later in life. If that treatment failed they would have to remove his entire colon, and would have a colostomy bag permanently. Frustrated and intent on finding a better treatment, he found a study in which some patients with ulcerative colitis showed signs of relief after ingesting trichuris suis worm, a parasite that lives in the intestines of pigs. Doctors in the U.S. would not provide this danger treatment to the patient, so he took off to Thailand, where he found a researcher who extrated the worms from an 11 year old girl's stool.
After ingesting over 1,000 eggs, he found relief within three months. When his bowel movements began to flare up again, he once again ingested eggs, this time extracted from his own stool. The relief soon followed. Later a colonoscopy showed the Ulcerative Colitis was in remission.
Egg House
I found these picture of a man in Beijing that built his home the shape of an egg, and almost the size too. The home is small enough to fit on a sidewalk. It is 6ft high, has a solar panel which provides its power, and is built out of bamboo strips, wood chippings, sack bags, and grass seed. check out the pitures below:
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Storm Clouds
I found these pictures on Yahoo! News on storm clouds and thought they looked amazing.
This pictures is of a tornado funnel cloud that touched down in Orchard, Iowa on June 10, 2008.
The picture above is of a thunderstorm approaching a football game.
The picture above is from Phoenix, AZ, and shows a thunderstorm carrying heavy rains.
In this picture you can see the eye of Hurricane Earl from the international space station.
Lighting flashing the Parthenon Temple in Athens.
Blizzard hits Midwest
20 inches of snow hit the Midwest today, forcing the closure of state roads across five states. Following the snow is a dangerous cold front, and it isn't even winter yet! North Dakota is experiencing wind chills of 20 degrees below zero. Temperatures across North and South Dakota, parts of Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin are expected to drop below zero due to the artic air. With road closures and zero visibility, thousands are stranded home.
New York losing greatest number of residents
At Forbes No.1 position of Top 10 States People Are Fleeing, New York came up on top. Based on 2010 prediction from Moody's Economy.com, it is estimated that New York will lose 49,000 more people then it gained this year. The state has also lossed an average of 100,000 people for the past five years. Part of the reason for the large numbers is that New York has not seen the kind of housing meltown as other states have seen.
At No. 2 is Illinois, with an estimated loss of 27,000 people this year. This has been consistent over the past five years. The loss of manufacturing and industrial jobs has forced people to have to move out of state.
The rest of the top five looks like this:
No. 3- Ohio, losing an estimated 8,900 people. This estimate is a decline compared to the previous years which saw losses of 20,000 yearly.
No. 4 - Nebraska, losing 5,900 people. Considering the population of the whole state is 1.8 million, this loss is quite significant.
No. 5 - Kansas, losing 4,200 people.
At No. 2 is Illinois, with an estimated loss of 27,000 people this year. This has been consistent over the past five years. The loss of manufacturing and industrial jobs has forced people to have to move out of state.
The rest of the top five looks like this:
No. 3- Ohio, losing an estimated 8,900 people. This estimate is a decline compared to the previous years which saw losses of 20,000 yearly.
No. 4 - Nebraska, losing 5,900 people. Considering the population of the whole state is 1.8 million, this loss is quite significant.
No. 5 - Kansas, losing 4,200 people.
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