By Cameron Ross
Café Marika is located on J Street and offers a taste of Hungarian cuisine in a sublime setting. The midtown parking was decent as we found a space that was right near the entrance. The blue awning is nothing special and the old glass windows with curtains across the bottom half speak vintage diner.
As we walked in, we approached the stools at the bar and a man behind the counter said: “Why don’t you take a table.” His words were rude and stern but we sat at a cramped table in the corner. There were three chairs at each table but only two dining settings, which gave the impression that they weren’t very concerned about specific details of appearance.
The restaurant is clean and has a creative interior. Blue carpets contrast well with the white and cream colored striped wallpaper. Pictures of random Hungarian culture are scattered on the walls. On a shelf above the bar sits a few six-pack bottles of what is assumedly Hungarian beer. The lighting is dim in the afternoon because they only use faint bulbs in their chandeliers and the window only gives enough natural light in the morning when the sun is low.
The entrance from the bar to the kitchen has a miniature roof overhanging the edge of the room with an ornate shingle roof. After sitting for about five minutes the server brought us a menu for the third member in our party and took our drink order. The water and iced tea taste crisp and fresh. The cups are unique, decorated with colorful designs.
Classical symphony music plays at a subtle level so conversation is easy but the tables are so close together you can hear other conversations. The server has ample knowledge of the small menu and can answer any question. The food is prepared in about ten minutes and before it is delivered you are served bread and butter.
My entrée consisted of turkey with mushrooms and spetzels (small dumpling-like pasta), covered in paprika sauce. They served a side of purple cabbage with each dish, which is sweet and crunchy. The food was hearty and flavorful but very heavy. They do not serve food hot enough, which appears to be a result of the server and cook not communicating. The staff only consists of two workers; of course our time there was from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., 3 p.m. being closing time.
You can count on adequate sized portions of food at Café Marika. The server will not offer to refill your drinks and does not seem to show any urgency in making your time there enjoyable. Overall, the service is not friendly and the older customers are treated with a smile while the younger customers are practically discriminated against.
Temperature is a problem and it is not encouraging when an air conditioner is in plain sight behind the bar. The air conditioner is clean and looks brand new. For a restaurant to be uncomfortably warm in late October, someone has to be neglecting duties. It really seemed that the restaurant provides barely what is necessary to make the experience satisfactory.
When you are finished you must take your tab and cash, which is the only form of payment accepted, to the bar counter and wait for a server to take your money. Even if you tip 20 per cent or more, like I did, they will still give you a nonchalant parting response.
Once you leave the restaurant you will feel full and nourished, perhaps like you have over eaten. The food sits heavy in your stomach because of all the heavy and thick ingredients. Overall, the experience is moderately satisfactory because of the decent flavor of the food and large portions. The service and environment are not very enjoyable because even though the cultural decorations are intriguing it is hot and somewhat dim.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Monday, October 29, 2007
Ding Ding
By Cameron Ross
The glare of you opponent’s glove shimmers under the spotlights as it comes toward you like a leather torpedo. As it connects with your face your skull is pushed against your brain and the impact reverberates through your head and you feel the waves exit your ears.
Visions like this occur thousands of time over the course of a single boxing match. Professionals do not wear protective headgear, which makes the punches more intense than amateurs who practice in gyms. Barley 100 years ago boxing was done with bare knuckles.
In December of 2006 there were officially 1,344 deaths recorded that came as results of organized boxing. Many of the deaths were from sanctioned fights in the U.S. and occurred in a professional setting where medical attention was available.
While some professional sports exhibit extreme health risks, none result in more critical injuries than boxing. The contests are competitive battles between two warriors using the most primitive combat techniques. Gloves are worn are to take power off punches and prevent extensive damage to the boxers’ hands.
Boxers are among the most well conditioned athletes in the world, boasting immense cardiovascular endurance as well as uncanny physical strength. While there is no standard for measuring the power of a punch, many boxers will say a punch from a fellow trained boxer is similar to running face first into a telephone pole.
Doctors in Great Britain have been lobbying to ban boxing for decades. American doctors are the main opposition against their arguments. Professionally sanctioned bouts (fights) involve medical tests before each and every fight and require that a doctor is present ringside, checking fighters between rounds.
Boxing deaths occur from severe trauma to the head nearly all the time. Most cases involve a SDH (subdural hematoma), which is where space builds up between the dura and the arachnoid. Separation of these two layers can cause ICP (intracranial pressure), therefore compressing and damaging delicate brain tissue.
Separating the brain from tissue inside the skull can cause almost immediate death in many instances. In other cases, boxers have had their brains knocked loose from their spinal cord.
No matter how one looks at it, a boxer’s fitness level, no matter how supreme, can not save them from the most feared danger of the sport, death. It is not cardiovascular strength or lack of endurance that kills these warriors, but rather surreal displays of strength used in the spirit of competition.
Aerobic styles of boxing have become popular methods of fitness but when the sport is taken to the elite level, it becomes deadly. Punching a bag or thick pad held by a friend will help a person gain strength and help them be more adept to self-defense. Exchanging punches in a ring trying to subdue one another seems unnecessary but some people just love the sport of boxing and it is their right to compete at any level they want.
Boxers are athletes and they bask in their glory when they defeat an opponent but after enough fights, when they are no longer in the ring, they frequently suffer. A shaking hand from nerve damage makes it difficult to write. Damaged canals make it difficult to hear. Constant chronic headaches make concentrating difficult. Damaged and misshapen eyes result in double vision. For some people these lifelong symptoms and side effects are worth the time in the spotlight.
While a former boxer watches television to help himself space out after taking his Vicodin he better absorb the gory reflecting off his platinum title belts hanging on the wall.
What matters in the end is health, and many boxers have their health destroyed at the cost of pushing it to the limits. Stepping into a ring with steel in your spine and adrenaline pumping to your heart is an indescribable feeling, like going to war. The difference is that boxers want to be in the ring, whether they know it is healthy or not.
The glare of you opponent’s glove shimmers under the spotlights as it comes toward you like a leather torpedo. As it connects with your face your skull is pushed against your brain and the impact reverberates through your head and you feel the waves exit your ears.
Visions like this occur thousands of time over the course of a single boxing match. Professionals do not wear protective headgear, which makes the punches more intense than amateurs who practice in gyms. Barley 100 years ago boxing was done with bare knuckles.
In December of 2006 there were officially 1,344 deaths recorded that came as results of organized boxing. Many of the deaths were from sanctioned fights in the U.S. and occurred in a professional setting where medical attention was available.
While some professional sports exhibit extreme health risks, none result in more critical injuries than boxing. The contests are competitive battles between two warriors using the most primitive combat techniques. Gloves are worn are to take power off punches and prevent extensive damage to the boxers’ hands.
Boxers are among the most well conditioned athletes in the world, boasting immense cardiovascular endurance as well as uncanny physical strength. While there is no standard for measuring the power of a punch, many boxers will say a punch from a fellow trained boxer is similar to running face first into a telephone pole.
Doctors in Great Britain have been lobbying to ban boxing for decades. American doctors are the main opposition against their arguments. Professionally sanctioned bouts (fights) involve medical tests before each and every fight and require that a doctor is present ringside, checking fighters between rounds.
Boxing deaths occur from severe trauma to the head nearly all the time. Most cases involve a SDH (subdural hematoma), which is where space builds up between the dura and the arachnoid. Separation of these two layers can cause ICP (intracranial pressure), therefore compressing and damaging delicate brain tissue.
Separating the brain from tissue inside the skull can cause almost immediate death in many instances. In other cases, boxers have had their brains knocked loose from their spinal cord.
No matter how one looks at it, a boxer’s fitness level, no matter how supreme, can not save them from the most feared danger of the sport, death. It is not cardiovascular strength or lack of endurance that kills these warriors, but rather surreal displays of strength used in the spirit of competition.
Aerobic styles of boxing have become popular methods of fitness but when the sport is taken to the elite level, it becomes deadly. Punching a bag or thick pad held by a friend will help a person gain strength and help them be more adept to self-defense. Exchanging punches in a ring trying to subdue one another seems unnecessary but some people just love the sport of boxing and it is their right to compete at any level they want.
Boxers are athletes and they bask in their glory when they defeat an opponent but after enough fights, when they are no longer in the ring, they frequently suffer. A shaking hand from nerve damage makes it difficult to write. Damaged canals make it difficult to hear. Constant chronic headaches make concentrating difficult. Damaged and misshapen eyes result in double vision. For some people these lifelong symptoms and side effects are worth the time in the spotlight.
While a former boxer watches television to help himself space out after taking his Vicodin he better absorb the gory reflecting off his platinum title belts hanging on the wall.
What matters in the end is health, and many boxers have their health destroyed at the cost of pushing it to the limits. Stepping into a ring with steel in your spine and adrenaline pumping to your heart is an indescribable feeling, like going to war. The difference is that boxers want to be in the ring, whether they know it is healthy or not.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Holly Folly Christmas
By Cameron Ross
Every year when Christmas rolls around it is tempting to conduct an experiment testing how well carolers can sing after they ask for figgy pudding and have it thrown in their face. Will they wipe it off with the ugly reindeer mittens their grandmother crocheted for them or leave it and keep singing an outdated song about peasants asking for free food?
If they’re going to sing a song about homeless people begging the lyrics should ask for a bottle of Jack Daniel’s so it is easier to understand by modern standards. This experiment is never conducted, however, because most people do not get off their couch. The lights are usually off so they will leave after ringing your doorbell fifteen times.
Christmas seems to have lost it’s meaning. It has been turned into an excuse to saturate the economy and be rude to everyone because you’re mad you just spent two weeks pay on a shiatsu massage chair that will break before next Christmas.
Work sucks this time of year because people are more demanding and have no patience. They act like customer service workers are Santa Claus and can just pull whatever it is they want out of a green velvet bag that holds every present known to man. Speaking of Santa Claus, why has culture continued to keep this fictional character in existence and lie to children. Why not tell them they’re getting even more presents from their parents because they love them.
Is it the excitement of knowing your receiving lots of new things that makes presents so sacred? Because the thought of some fat guy dressed in a Scandinavian pimp outfit with hair like a Hell’s Angel sneaking into your house is disturbing. I don’t care how red his cheeks are and why do we have to leave him milk and cookies? Parents end up having to eat the snack and guy that looks like Santa Claus doesn’t need any sweets or dairy. He can go back to the North Pole and drink reindeer milk with all his poor elves he treats like indentured servants.
Wrapping paper is an issue that can stump both: brilliant thinkers and idiots. People make paper that’s metallic or scantily clad with intricate designs only to have it ripped and torn to shreds. It is then thrown away because it’s doubtful that all the random ingredients are recyclable.
The celebration of the birth of Christ is a religious ceremony, which is supposed to be sacred and respected. It has been turned into a greed festival where giving and receiving must stay balanced to avoid feelings of guilt or anger. The idea of Christmas makes sense if those celebrating it are doing so because of their religion.
Many people who benefit and suffer from this holiday are not religious at all. They have no business taking part in celebration of a people’s savior. If the individuals who created Christmas saw what it has become, the effects would probably resemble those that result from taking an ecstasy pill.
Since it is also a national holiday it is fair to declare that the government is endorsing a religion. This argument is subjective though and one can argue that it does not violate the first amendment as some may think.
There are good things about Christmas such as funny movies like Bad Santa. Also, mistletoe and eggnog mix well at Christmas parties while the Santa Claus fib can be used to control children by telling them they won’t get presents because he’s watching them and every other child with his extra sensory perception.
Overall, Christmas is probably the most abused and exaggerated holiday currently celebrated. A hearty Christmas dinner always lightens the mood as long as there are no family quarrels and everyone likes their presents. Only a couple months to go so get your figgy pudding ready or turn out the lights!
Here's some Christmas..... humor....(Warning: DO NOT WATCH IF YOU ARE EASILY OFFENDED!)
Every year when Christmas rolls around it is tempting to conduct an experiment testing how well carolers can sing after they ask for figgy pudding and have it thrown in their face. Will they wipe it off with the ugly reindeer mittens their grandmother crocheted for them or leave it and keep singing an outdated song about peasants asking for free food?
If they’re going to sing a song about homeless people begging the lyrics should ask for a bottle of Jack Daniel’s so it is easier to understand by modern standards. This experiment is never conducted, however, because most people do not get off their couch. The lights are usually off so they will leave after ringing your doorbell fifteen times.
Christmas seems to have lost it’s meaning. It has been turned into an excuse to saturate the economy and be rude to everyone because you’re mad you just spent two weeks pay on a shiatsu massage chair that will break before next Christmas.
Work sucks this time of year because people are more demanding and have no patience. They act like customer service workers are Santa Claus and can just pull whatever it is they want out of a green velvet bag that holds every present known to man. Speaking of Santa Claus, why has culture continued to keep this fictional character in existence and lie to children. Why not tell them they’re getting even more presents from their parents because they love them.
Is it the excitement of knowing your receiving lots of new things that makes presents so sacred? Because the thought of some fat guy dressed in a Scandinavian pimp outfit with hair like a Hell’s Angel sneaking into your house is disturbing. I don’t care how red his cheeks are and why do we have to leave him milk and cookies? Parents end up having to eat the snack and guy that looks like Santa Claus doesn’t need any sweets or dairy. He can go back to the North Pole and drink reindeer milk with all his poor elves he treats like indentured servants.
Wrapping paper is an issue that can stump both: brilliant thinkers and idiots. People make paper that’s metallic or scantily clad with intricate designs only to have it ripped and torn to shreds. It is then thrown away because it’s doubtful that all the random ingredients are recyclable.
The celebration of the birth of Christ is a religious ceremony, which is supposed to be sacred and respected. It has been turned into a greed festival where giving and receiving must stay balanced to avoid feelings of guilt or anger. The idea of Christmas makes sense if those celebrating it are doing so because of their religion.
Many people who benefit and suffer from this holiday are not religious at all. They have no business taking part in celebration of a people’s savior. If the individuals who created Christmas saw what it has become, the effects would probably resemble those that result from taking an ecstasy pill.
Since it is also a national holiday it is fair to declare that the government is endorsing a religion. This argument is subjective though and one can argue that it does not violate the first amendment as some may think.
There are good things about Christmas such as funny movies like Bad Santa. Also, mistletoe and eggnog mix well at Christmas parties while the Santa Claus fib can be used to control children by telling them they won’t get presents because he’s watching them and every other child with his extra sensory perception.
Overall, Christmas is probably the most abused and exaggerated holiday currently celebrated. A hearty Christmas dinner always lightens the mood as long as there are no family quarrels and everyone likes their presents. Only a couple months to go so get your figgy pudding ready or turn out the lights!
Here's some Christmas..... humor....(Warning: DO NOT WATCH IF YOU ARE EASILY OFFENDED!)
Monday, October 15, 2007
C-P-Are you sure you know how to do that?
By Cameron Ross
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) is probably the most commonly trained form of medical attention in the world... if you don't count dialing 911. For decades, CPR has been the best way to revive a person who is not breathing without using any equipment or medicine. It is part of health education and/or drivers training in nearly every state and lifeguards use it frequently.
Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT's) also use CPR, albeit with advanced air pumps and tubes. One of the primary reasons CPR has been such a valuable procedure is because knowledge of the human body hit a plateau a while ago and the only superior procedures require medicine or advanced equipment.
The American Health Association 2000 Guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care were the most recent until this month. The 2005 Guidelines, yes that's correct- 2005 Guidelines released in 2007, have revamped the CPR method. With all the medical advances and advantages of modern science it's not surprising to see new treatments for diseases or new operations. It is great that doctors have made advances in the method of CPR but seriously, why did this just occur? Were too many people not responding to the old CPR method? How did they discover a better method?
The heart pumps blood throughout the body so when it stops from a heart attack or perhaps some other form of cardiac arrest the body gets no blood, no oxygen, etc.
CPR is key in resuscitation because compressions (pumping your weight into your hands and then into the chest of a victim) act as a manual form of blood pumping.
The 2000 CPR Guidelines advise to administer everyone’s favorite dilemma: Mouth to mouth and then deliver 15 chest compressions.
The revised CPR circa 2005 orders 30 compressions for every two breaths. By emphasizing compressions more the blood flow becomes stronger and maintains a more constant pace than the old method.
Surveys conducted by the American Health Association in 2007 showed that almost 50 per cent of the people certified to perform CPR do it incorrectly. The main issue was not compressing the chest fully and letting it recoil between compressions. If it doesn’t recoil fully then there’s less blood returning to the heart.
One may worry after reading up on this topic because if nearly half the people who are professionally trained and certified to perform CPR and take lives into their hands in times of crisis then you have a one in two chance of being saved by CPR…
I think the CPR courses should be more thorough in the training and regulations of testing. What good is it to train people to save a life if only half of them do it correctly? What if only half of the firefighters completed their training? The analogy is exaggerated I know but it’s the principal of passing individuals who don’t deserve it yet and trusting them.
Wait, this freak show isn’t finished yet! CPR also now requires 100 compressions per minute. If you attempt compressions on a practice dummy you will feel that you need to put a lot of weight into the thrusts to fully compress the chest and then wait longer than you want for the chest to recoil.
In order to reach 100 compressions per minute you’ll need to really work your arms and shoulders rapidly while also staying mentally focused to make sure you let the chest recoil.
The issue that will be most significantly noticed is that for all the training and money that contributed to certified CPR card carriers, only half of them know what they’re actually doing. The new trainees, or re-trainees for those who want to correct their flawed medical knowledge, will have to cover a lot of ground for the sake of anyone who’
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) is probably the most commonly trained form of medical attention in the world... if you don't count dialing 911. For decades, CPR has been the best way to revive a person who is not breathing without using any equipment or medicine. It is part of health education and/or drivers training in nearly every state and lifeguards use it frequently.
Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT's) also use CPR, albeit with advanced air pumps and tubes. One of the primary reasons CPR has been such a valuable procedure is because knowledge of the human body hit a plateau a while ago and the only superior procedures require medicine or advanced equipment.
The American Health Association 2000 Guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care were the most recent until this month. The 2005 Guidelines, yes that's correct- 2005 Guidelines released in 2007, have revamped the CPR method. With all the medical advances and advantages of modern science it's not surprising to see new treatments for diseases or new operations. It is great that doctors have made advances in the method of CPR but seriously, why did this just occur? Were too many people not responding to the old CPR method? How did they discover a better method?
The heart pumps blood throughout the body so when it stops from a heart attack or perhaps some other form of cardiac arrest the body gets no blood, no oxygen, etc.
CPR is key in resuscitation because compressions (pumping your weight into your hands and then into the chest of a victim) act as a manual form of blood pumping.
The 2000 CPR Guidelines advise to administer everyone’s favorite dilemma: Mouth to mouth and then deliver 15 chest compressions.
The revised CPR circa 2005 orders 30 compressions for every two breaths. By emphasizing compressions more the blood flow becomes stronger and maintains a more constant pace than the old method.
Surveys conducted by the American Health Association in 2007 showed that almost 50 per cent of the people certified to perform CPR do it incorrectly. The main issue was not compressing the chest fully and letting it recoil between compressions. If it doesn’t recoil fully then there’s less blood returning to the heart.
One may worry after reading up on this topic because if nearly half the people who are professionally trained and certified to perform CPR and take lives into their hands in times of crisis then you have a one in two chance of being saved by CPR…
I think the CPR courses should be more thorough in the training and regulations of testing. What good is it to train people to save a life if only half of them do it correctly? What if only half of the firefighters completed their training? The analogy is exaggerated I know but it’s the principal of passing individuals who don’t deserve it yet and trusting them.
Wait, this freak show isn’t finished yet! CPR also now requires 100 compressions per minute. If you attempt compressions on a practice dummy you will feel that you need to put a lot of weight into the thrusts to fully compress the chest and then wait longer than you want for the chest to recoil.
In order to reach 100 compressions per minute you’ll need to really work your arms and shoulders rapidly while also staying mentally focused to make sure you let the chest recoil.
The issue that will be most significantly noticed is that for all the training and money that contributed to certified CPR card carriers, only half of them know what they’re actually doing. The new trainees, or re-trainees for those who want to correct their flawed medical knowledge, will have to cover a lot of ground for the sake of anyone who’
C-P-Are you sure you know how do do that?
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) is probably the most
commonly trained form of medical attention in the world... if you don't
count dialing 911.
For decades, CPR has been the best way to revive a person who is not
breathing without using any equipment or medicine. It is part of
health education and/or drivers training in nearly every state and
lifeguards use it frequently.
Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT's) also use CPR, albeit with advanced air pumps and tubes. One of the primary reasons CPR has been such a valuable procedure is because knowledge of the human body hit a plateau a while ago and the only superior procedures require medicine or advanced equipment.
The American Health Association 2000 Guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care were the most recent until this month. The 2005 Guidelines, yes that's correct- 2005 Guidelines released in 2007, have revamped the CPR method. With all the medical advances and advantages of modern science it's not surprising to see new treatments for diseases or new operations. It is great that doctors have made advances in the method of CPR but seriously, why did this just occur? Were too many people not responding to the old CPR method? How did they discover a better method?
The heart pumps blood throughout the body so when it stops from a heart attack or perhaps some other form of cardiac arrest the body gets no blood, no oxygen, etc.
CPR is key in resuscitation because compressions (pumping your weight into your hands and then into the chest of a victim) act as a manual form of blood pumping.
The 2000 CPR Guidelines advise to administer everyone’s favorite dilemma: Mouth to mouth and then deliver 15 chest compressions.
The revised CPR circa 2005 orders 30 compressions for every two breaths. By emphasizing compressions more the blood flow becomes stronger and maintains a more constant pace than the old method.
Surveys conducted by the American Health Association in 2007 showed that almost 50 per cent of the people certified to perform CPR do it incorrectly. The main issue was not compressing the chest fully and letting it recoil between compressions. If it doesn’t recoil fully then there’s less blood returning to the heart.
One may worry after reading up on this topic because if nearly half the people who are professionally trained and certified to perform CPR and take lives into their hands in times of crisis then you have a one in two chance of being saved by CPR…
I think the CPR courses should be more thorough in the training and regulations of testing. What good is it to train people to save a life if only half of them do it correctly? What if only half of the firefighters completed their training? The analogy is exaggerated I know but it’s the principal of passing individuals who don’t deserve it yet and trusting them.
Wait, this freak show isn’t finished yet! CPR also now requires 100 compressions per minute. If you attempt compressions on a practice dummy you will feel that you need to put a lot of weight into the thrusts to fully compress the chest and then wait longer than you want for the chest to recoil.
In order to reach 100 compressions per minute you’ll need to really work your arms and shoulders rapidly while also staying mentally focused to make sure you let the chest recoil.
The issue that will be most significantly noticed is that for all the training and money that contributed to certified CPR card carriers, only half of them know what they’re actually doing. The new trainees, or re-trainees for those who want to correct their flawed medical knowledge, will have to cover a lot of ground for the sake of anyone who’
Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT's) also use CPR, albeit with advanced air pumps and tubes. One of the primary reasons CPR has been such a valuable procedure is because knowledge of the human body hit a plateau a while ago and the only superior procedures require medicine or advanced equipment.
The American Health Association 2000 Guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care were the most recent until this month. The 2005 Guidelines, yes that's correct- 2005 Guidelines released in 2007, have revamped the CPR method. With all the medical advances and advantages of modern science it's not surprising to see new treatments for diseases or new operations. It is great that doctors have made advances in the method of CPR but seriously, why did this just occur? Were too many people not responding to the old CPR method? How did they discover a better method?
The heart pumps blood throughout the body so when it stops from a heart attack or perhaps some other form of cardiac arrest the body gets no blood, no oxygen, etc.
CPR is key in resuscitation because compressions (pumping your weight into your hands and then into the chest of a victim) act as a manual form of blood pumping.
The 2000 CPR Guidelines advise to administer everyone’s favorite dilemma: Mouth to mouth and then deliver 15 chest compressions.
The revised CPR circa 2005 orders 30 compressions for every two breaths. By emphasizing compressions more the blood flow becomes stronger and maintains a more constant pace than the old method.
Surveys conducted by the American Health Association in 2007 showed that almost 50 per cent of the people certified to perform CPR do it incorrectly. The main issue was not compressing the chest fully and letting it recoil between compressions. If it doesn’t recoil fully then there’s less blood returning to the heart.
One may worry after reading up on this topic because if nearly half the people who are professionally trained and certified to perform CPR and take lives into their hands in times of crisis then you have a one in two chance of being saved by CPR…
I think the CPR courses should be more thorough in the training and regulations of testing. What good is it to train people to save a life if only half of them do it correctly? What if only half of the firefighters completed their training? The analogy is exaggerated I know but it’s the principal of passing individuals who don’t deserve it yet and trusting them.
Wait, this freak show isn’t finished yet! CPR also now requires 100 compressions per minute. If you attempt compressions on a practice dummy you will feel that you need to put a lot of weight into the thrusts to fully compress the chest and then wait longer than you want for the chest to recoil.
In order to reach 100 compressions per minute you’ll need to really work your arms and shoulders rapidly while also staying mentally focused to make sure you let the chest recoil.
The issue that will be most significantly noticed is that for all the training and money that contributed to certified CPR card carriers, only half of them know what they’re actually doing. The new trainees, or re-trainees for those who want to correct their flawed medical knowledge, will have to cover a lot of ground for the sake of anyone who’
Thursday, October 11, 2007
YouTube it-- Don't Google it
People who like to broadcast themselves and make Internet friends have a place where they can electronically congregate at YouTube.com. The web site enables people to upload video and make it available for the word to see.
At the site, one can create an account and tag certain videos as favorites and join groups, similar to other community web sites like myspace.com or facebook.com. I use the site to see video clips I missed form television, whether it be sports highlights, news clips, or some other type of reference. Every once in a while a college instructor may even post a homework assignment via video on YouTube...
While the site is a good method to express freedom of speech, the uploaded videos are monitored to prevent any inappropriate material from being posted on the site probably a smart idea. There are also disclaimers at the beginning of some videos that mention some youtube users have tagged them as ‘inappropriate’.
Once in a while a video will be removed, such as the Saddam Hussein lynching video that was quickly censored after people posted them. The way video clips are advertised is creative, with still shots and a title posted in the side bar while viewing a video usually of the same genre.
It seems like YouTube is becoming one of the more useful reference sources because of the visual images provided. The cliché "a picture's worth a thousand words" obviously means that visual images can say a lot with less work than writing something out in words. Why read online news articles if you can watch the news story at your convenience if it's posted?
In the sense of ''broadcasting yourself'', youtube serves and gateway to make networking contacts. Some people might post family videos, others might post backyard-wrestling scenes, and it is even common to see people posting blogs.
Blooper videos are extremely popular on the Internet and what's better than re-watching someone get hurt? College students are often spending hours on the site continuously having their attention captured by ensuing links. The site has an addiction and it is widely discussed as a popular place to waste time.
The funniest video I've ever seen has to be a satire bloopers reel of random television shows. Loving family characters from sitcoms would have voiceovers with crude language and honestly, it is undoubtedly hilarious.
Quick access and easy to use options make the site attractive to anyone who is computer literate. The other day my friends and me were watching It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and the characters randomly burst out into munchkin song form the Lollipop Guild on the Wizard of Oz. I ''YouTube'd'' the clip from the actual movie and emailed it to my friend who then went to the link and ended up wasting 3 hours of study time watching random clips.
I see the site as a network. It is a giant forum where people can visually display any aspect of their life and throw it out there for people to find and make a contact with a common interest. Other web sites are more commonly using links to youtube for videos.
Homemade montages with music coordinated into the video can help a video editor get discovered. YouTube is being referred to as a sanctuary where people can find almost anything they want to see in case they missed it or want to watch it again.
YouTube will only grow in popularity and if possible, the site will expand. Eventually, YouTube will go through changes like all sites do, but probably because of all the negative attention directed towards popular new fads.
At the site, one can create an account and tag certain videos as favorites and join groups, similar to other community web sites like myspace.com or facebook.com. I use the site to see video clips I missed form television, whether it be sports highlights, news clips, or some other type of reference. Every once in a while a college instructor may even post a homework assignment via video on YouTube...
While the site is a good method to express freedom of speech, the uploaded videos are monitored to prevent any inappropriate material from being posted on the site probably a smart idea. There are also disclaimers at the beginning of some videos that mention some youtube users have tagged them as ‘inappropriate’.
Once in a while a video will be removed, such as the Saddam Hussein lynching video that was quickly censored after people posted them. The way video clips are advertised is creative, with still shots and a title posted in the side bar while viewing a video usually of the same genre.
It seems like YouTube is becoming one of the more useful reference sources because of the visual images provided. The cliché "a picture's worth a thousand words" obviously means that visual images can say a lot with less work than writing something out in words. Why read online news articles if you can watch the news story at your convenience if it's posted?
In the sense of ''broadcasting yourself'', youtube serves and gateway to make networking contacts. Some people might post family videos, others might post backyard-wrestling scenes, and it is even common to see people posting blogs.
Blooper videos are extremely popular on the Internet and what's better than re-watching someone get hurt? College students are often spending hours on the site continuously having their attention captured by ensuing links. The site has an addiction and it is widely discussed as a popular place to waste time.
The funniest video I've ever seen has to be a satire bloopers reel of random television shows. Loving family characters from sitcoms would have voiceovers with crude language and honestly, it is undoubtedly hilarious.
Quick access and easy to use options make the site attractive to anyone who is computer literate. The other day my friends and me were watching It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and the characters randomly burst out into munchkin song form the Lollipop Guild on the Wizard of Oz. I ''YouTube'd'' the clip from the actual movie and emailed it to my friend who then went to the link and ended up wasting 3 hours of study time watching random clips.
I see the site as a network. It is a giant forum where people can visually display any aspect of their life and throw it out there for people to find and make a contact with a common interest. Other web sites are more commonly using links to youtube for videos.
Homemade montages with music coordinated into the video can help a video editor get discovered. YouTube is being referred to as a sanctuary where people can find almost anything they want to see in case they missed it or want to watch it again.
YouTube will only grow in popularity and if possible, the site will expand. Eventually, YouTube will go through changes like all sites do, but probably because of all the negative attention directed towards popular new fads.
Monday, October 8, 2007
Writing With Power
By Cameron Ross
The power of influence is what separates columnists from other types of journalists. Writing as an autonomist gives Mike Fitzgerald the ability to spread his voice to the masses.
As a metro columnist his stories can include different beats. The ideas come from several sources that monitor local issues such as Internet feeds or even word through conversations.
He writes his stories by a process called Column Development. The process includes three steps: pick a subject, research and write well. His philosophy is that complete writing comes from complete effort.
“I would prefer to instill you with a strong aversion to doing any piece of writing halfway," says Fitzgerald.
“Don’t take the first idea.”
Fitzgerald also does extensive and elaborate thinking about several topics before he chooses one. An example of a columnist’s writing power is Fitzgerald’s recent column examining the poverty of his hometown and the suggestion of a local university as a solution. Reactions to his column were very supportive and the city is now considering discussing the idea of a state university.
“It’s enriching,” he says.
Fitzgerald was raised in Stockton and is naturally familiar with the city. His first experience in journalism occurred while he was in grammar school. It was a column called: Loser of the Month, which appeared in the Annunciation Grammar School newspaper.
After working for the Kettle, St. Mary’s High School newspaper, he attended California State University Fresno where he worked for the Daily Collegian, a student operated newspaper.
He won the Valley Short Story Writer’s Competition in 1985 and began at the Stockton Record in 1986. Before he became a columnist he wrote about arts and entertainment, wrote as a general assignment reporter and also a police reporter. He was offered a column around 1991 and has never looked back.
“It’s worth at least $10 thousand a year to enjoy what I do. Overall the job’s a blessing,” Fitzgerald says.
Column writing requires lots of creativity.
“It really only works if your have a reporter who can develop his own ideas.”
When writing to prove a point, bias is imminent and some readers’ reactions can be extreme. Fitzgerald receivers the both types of responses and welcomes them with eagerness.
The reactions include cynicism and hypocrisy. Negative messages sent to Fitzgerald help him maintain broad vision.
“I’ve learned to convert most of them to civil discourse.”
Positive reactions often help Fitzgerald develop new ideas. In fact, between his deadlines he talks with readers occasionally to consider possible leads. Like all columnists, Fitzgerald has a favorite reaction from his readers.
“I enjoy an intelligent reader who digests what I write.”
One dimension that is vital to a columnist is divergent thinking. With the possibility of writing about any random topic these journalists must stay open-minded.
“I try to read as broadly as possible.”
By researching from one end of the spectrum to the other he can observe all the angles of whatever issue he’s studying.
Fitzgerald writes with passion in an effort to keep the community informed and aware of the issues facing them that may be concealed in some way. By keeping political figures honest with critical questions and discussions, they must produce results or else the public will witness them neglecting important issues.
Honest and ambitious, he produces results because writes with a purpose. The open mind he keeps allows all of his work to be constructive and the product of his work is the progress in the community.
Fitzgerald is definitely qualified to write a column in a larger market with all of his experience and accomplishments but he is happy with his job and feels that he could do it for the rest of his career.
Perhaps the ultimate achievement of a columnist is the satisfaction of making a difference for the good of the people who read their work.
“It’s humbling.”
The power of influence is what separates columnists from other types of journalists. Writing as an autonomist gives Mike Fitzgerald the ability to spread his voice to the masses.
As a metro columnist his stories can include different beats. The ideas come from several sources that monitor local issues such as Internet feeds or even word through conversations.
He writes his stories by a process called Column Development. The process includes three steps: pick a subject, research and write well. His philosophy is that complete writing comes from complete effort.
“I would prefer to instill you with a strong aversion to doing any piece of writing halfway," says Fitzgerald.
“Don’t take the first idea.”
Fitzgerald also does extensive and elaborate thinking about several topics before he chooses one. An example of a columnist’s writing power is Fitzgerald’s recent column examining the poverty of his hometown and the suggestion of a local university as a solution. Reactions to his column were very supportive and the city is now considering discussing the idea of a state university.
“It’s enriching,” he says.
Fitzgerald was raised in Stockton and is naturally familiar with the city. His first experience in journalism occurred while he was in grammar school. It was a column called: Loser of the Month, which appeared in the Annunciation Grammar School newspaper.
After working for the Kettle, St. Mary’s High School newspaper, he attended California State University Fresno where he worked for the Daily Collegian, a student operated newspaper.
He won the Valley Short Story Writer’s Competition in 1985 and began at the Stockton Record in 1986. Before he became a columnist he wrote about arts and entertainment, wrote as a general assignment reporter and also a police reporter. He was offered a column around 1991 and has never looked back.
“It’s worth at least $10 thousand a year to enjoy what I do. Overall the job’s a blessing,” Fitzgerald says.
Column writing requires lots of creativity.
“It really only works if your have a reporter who can develop his own ideas.”
When writing to prove a point, bias is imminent and some readers’ reactions can be extreme. Fitzgerald receivers the both types of responses and welcomes them with eagerness.
The reactions include cynicism and hypocrisy. Negative messages sent to Fitzgerald help him maintain broad vision.
“I’ve learned to convert most of them to civil discourse.”
Positive reactions often help Fitzgerald develop new ideas. In fact, between his deadlines he talks with readers occasionally to consider possible leads. Like all columnists, Fitzgerald has a favorite reaction from his readers.
“I enjoy an intelligent reader who digests what I write.”
One dimension that is vital to a columnist is divergent thinking. With the possibility of writing about any random topic these journalists must stay open-minded.
“I try to read as broadly as possible.”
By researching from one end of the spectrum to the other he can observe all the angles of whatever issue he’s studying.
Fitzgerald writes with passion in an effort to keep the community informed and aware of the issues facing them that may be concealed in some way. By keeping political figures honest with critical questions and discussions, they must produce results or else the public will witness them neglecting important issues.
Honest and ambitious, he produces results because writes with a purpose. The open mind he keeps allows all of his work to be constructive and the product of his work is the progress in the community.
Fitzgerald is definitely qualified to write a column in a larger market with all of his experience and accomplishments but he is happy with his job and feels that he could do it for the rest of his career.
Perhaps the ultimate achievement of a columnist is the satisfaction of making a difference for the good of the people who read their work.
“It’s humbling.”
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