Topic: Abortion
Abortion by definition is the termination of pregnancy by the removal of a fetus or embryo from the uterus resulting in death. It is basically taking the life away from a child who never even got the chance to see the light of day. The child has no decision or opinion in the matter. Is this fair? Who are we to decide who lives and who dies? Is it not a crime to take another person's life?
In the world of today, no society allows the direct harm or taking of another life without serious punishment. Abortion directly violates this code of ethic, yet it still exists without serious consequences. Would it be fair if murders would go unanswered and the murderers to walk free?
Not only does abortion the life of a child, but it also endangers the life the mother. Abortions can have huge psychological and physical effects on the mother. Losing a child can mentally scar a woman and they could suffer further depression even years after the abortion. This could lead to further medical problems such as extreme anxiety and mental instability. The families of the mother would also be directly affected. The abortion could have the impact as a death in the family would have. This could lead to unnecessary and devastating emotional blows.
Currently abortion is outlawed in many states, however, its practice continues around the country, often by illegal procedures. During these illegal procedures, many are performed by doctors (if they are that lucky) that may or may not even have a license to practice!!! Why would anyone go out of their way to have a procedure done by an unlicensed practitioner? Would you get a medical operation done or have one of your family members have one done by the these same people? I would hope the answer is no.
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/antiabortion-arguments-reasons-against-abortion.html
Rhetorical situation:
My view on abortion would be that of a pro-life stand. I view every life as precious, and that we should treat each life with respect. I do not understand how abortion is legal or practiced so widely today because it is the taking of one's life. This has no exception, a life is prevented from living / will destroy the purpose of the creation of life. God gave us the ability to give life, not take it away from a newborn. The only reason I bring God into the equation is because I have a religious background. I was born and raised as a catholic so I was taught to cherish all life. Abortion goes against what I believe in from a moral standpoint. I do, however, understand why abortion is such a heated topic. There are specific situations where an abortion may seem to be the better choice. An example of this would be if a woman was raped and she did not want the child because it was not of her choice. My opinion would be to keep the child because you never want to regret taking a life. Who knows, maybe that one child who was aborted could have been a child that would've changed the world.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Blog Assignment 7
Website choice:
www.cardomain.com
Effectiveness
The site overall is quite effective. If you are looking at the website from a user standpoint you are using this website to browse different vehicle related topics including car sales, parts, blogs, pictures, and shows. The website aims towards advertising many of these cars and parts. They do a pretty good job having a wide variety of elements. They advertise while having sales and have room for fans to post their car pics and blogs. This allows for a community of vehicle fans of all types to join the website and promote sales and site support.
Usability
When first loading the site you can see that it has all the elements laid out on the front page. This includes sample cars of the week, blogs, car company's, sales, and various clips. A user can easily click on one of these to access that part of the website. There is a search bar and pictures to help guide the user. I think, however,this is the weakest element of the website because the website can get jumbled with lag and it frustrates the user.
Persuasiveness
The website offers a good source of information and links to the users. The website's only persuasiveness seems to be the advertising of company's and parts that definitely effects user's choices. When browsing the website, constantly linked with advertisements, the user takes a notice to them and it increases sales.
Evaluation
If I were to evaluate this website and write to the webmaster my suggestions I think I would highlight my main problems I have when browsing the website and certain revisions that I think would improve the site in a positive manner. I would first address the webmaster and praise him on the creation of the website. I would not want to come off in the wrong way but I would want to get my points across. My main points in the letter/email/call to him would include:
1)advertisement management
2)color scheme
3)link organization
My discussion would talk about these three elements and why I have problems with them. 1)When accessing the website the first thing many people notice is that you may get bombarded with advertisements. This not only lags the website, but discourages the user. When browsing the website the advertisements do not let up. I believe a revision or redistribution of the advertisements should be employed to reduce the lag and be more user friendly.
2)Next I would take note that the website fails to have clean organization of car parts and other links. Many users would appreciate a color scheme that would relate different parts/links to help a user guide their way through the website or search for certain items. Many car mechanics and car fans employ the color scheme technique so the webmaster should understand what I am talking about.
3)In conjunction with the color scheme should come changes with the links. I think the front page should be a little more organized with its links and maybe take out the car company links on the front page. Taking out that first huge link box would save room and let the user see more links (including maybe an advertisement! yay) If the webmaster took more time to compact the pictures and links it would be more efficient.
www.cardomain.com
Effectiveness
The site overall is quite effective. If you are looking at the website from a user standpoint you are using this website to browse different vehicle related topics including car sales, parts, blogs, pictures, and shows. The website aims towards advertising many of these cars and parts. They do a pretty good job having a wide variety of elements. They advertise while having sales and have room for fans to post their car pics and blogs. This allows for a community of vehicle fans of all types to join the website and promote sales and site support.
Usability
When first loading the site you can see that it has all the elements laid out on the front page. This includes sample cars of the week, blogs, car company's, sales, and various clips. A user can easily click on one of these to access that part of the website. There is a search bar and pictures to help guide the user. I think, however,this is the weakest element of the website because the website can get jumbled with lag and it frustrates the user.
Persuasiveness
The website offers a good source of information and links to the users. The website's only persuasiveness seems to be the advertising of company's and parts that definitely effects user's choices. When browsing the website, constantly linked with advertisements, the user takes a notice to them and it increases sales.
Evaluation
If I were to evaluate this website and write to the webmaster my suggestions I think I would highlight my main problems I have when browsing the website and certain revisions that I think would improve the site in a positive manner. I would first address the webmaster and praise him on the creation of the website. I would not want to come off in the wrong way but I would want to get my points across. My main points in the letter/email/call to him would include:
1)advertisement management
2)color scheme
3)link organization
My discussion would talk about these three elements and why I have problems with them. 1)When accessing the website the first thing many people notice is that you may get bombarded with advertisements. This not only lags the website, but discourages the user. When browsing the website the advertisements do not let up. I believe a revision or redistribution of the advertisements should be employed to reduce the lag and be more user friendly.
2)Next I would take note that the website fails to have clean organization of car parts and other links. Many users would appreciate a color scheme that would relate different parts/links to help a user guide their way through the website or search for certain items. Many car mechanics and car fans employ the color scheme technique so the webmaster should understand what I am talking about.
3)In conjunction with the color scheme should come changes with the links. I think the front page should be a little more organized with its links and maybe take out the car company links on the front page. Taking out that first huge link box would save room and let the user see more links (including maybe an advertisement! yay) If the webmaster took more time to compact the pictures and links it would be more efficient.
Blog Assignment 6
Introduction:
This is a report of the progression of my group's collaborative work on the proposal project as well as the podcast project. We have discussed the projects and how to improve on completing them for the last couple of weeks. The purpose of the projects seems to help the student (myself) to better understand working in group environment, mainly because many jobs consist of group work and it would be wise to get a head start on how they work. My group, however, hasn't really taken off until the last couple of days. We tried to set up a group meeting the previous week but no one in the group pushed to organize an exact time to meet so it was basically skipped. I usually push meetings and organize a time but I have been rather busy lately with other unrelated work such as other classes and lab reports so I have felt rather distracted from the English projects.
Facts and Discussion:
With other school work calming down a little my group found a little time to get together to set up some work times and meetings. We are currently a little behind on schedule with the group having just now started to gather information needed to complete it. The group has recently gotten down a better meeting schedule and method of contact to work on the project when we aren't together via email. With our information being processed this weekend, hopefully our group will have a decent rough draft available by the end of the week. This will help our group stay organized and keep up the pace on completing the project. If all goes well in the week our group should start finishing up the project and have a good idea what what we need to add the finishing touches by 1-2 weeks.
Conclusion:
Overall the group's work seems to be going smoothly since the first take off. Even though we had a late start I think we should be fine even though things should get a little hectic when putting the final pieces together. I am hoping that nothing extreme happens this week to prevent the group from meeting, but as of now, everything should go as planned. One problem I see in the future would be the lack of face to face interaction with my group members. We lack the timing to meet more often so we are relying on email and telephone contact to put together our project. This not only slows down the group progress, but makes things very difficult to revise. Questions are answered slower, and communication between the members can become blurred.
Recommendations:
Ultimately it is our job to complete the assignment with the given due date. Even though I always welcome an extended due date, I think the current one is acceptable. I think there needs to be in class time to work on the projects where questions could be asked and groups could collaborate. I am aware that we are currently given time to do this, but I think with the due date coming up most groups would not take this time for granted. I would definitely use the time to help finish the project and having questions answered on the spot would be awesome.
This is a report of the progression of my group's collaborative work on the proposal project as well as the podcast project. We have discussed the projects and how to improve on completing them for the last couple of weeks. The purpose of the projects seems to help the student (myself) to better understand working in group environment, mainly because many jobs consist of group work and it would be wise to get a head start on how they work. My group, however, hasn't really taken off until the last couple of days. We tried to set up a group meeting the previous week but no one in the group pushed to organize an exact time to meet so it was basically skipped. I usually push meetings and organize a time but I have been rather busy lately with other unrelated work such as other classes and lab reports so I have felt rather distracted from the English projects.
Facts and Discussion:
With other school work calming down a little my group found a little time to get together to set up some work times and meetings. We are currently a little behind on schedule with the group having just now started to gather information needed to complete it. The group has recently gotten down a better meeting schedule and method of contact to work on the project when we aren't together via email. With our information being processed this weekend, hopefully our group will have a decent rough draft available by the end of the week. This will help our group stay organized and keep up the pace on completing the project. If all goes well in the week our group should start finishing up the project and have a good idea what what we need to add the finishing touches by 1-2 weeks.
Conclusion:
Overall the group's work seems to be going smoothly since the first take off. Even though we had a late start I think we should be fine even though things should get a little hectic when putting the final pieces together. I am hoping that nothing extreme happens this week to prevent the group from meeting, but as of now, everything should go as planned. One problem I see in the future would be the lack of face to face interaction with my group members. We lack the timing to meet more often so we are relying on email and telephone contact to put together our project. This not only slows down the group progress, but makes things very difficult to revise. Questions are answered slower, and communication between the members can become blurred.
Recommendations:
Ultimately it is our job to complete the assignment with the given due date. Even though I always welcome an extended due date, I think the current one is acceptable. I think there needs to be in class time to work on the projects where questions could be asked and groups could collaborate. I am aware that we are currently given time to do this, but I think with the due date coming up most groups would not take this time for granted. I would definitely use the time to help finish the project and having questions answered on the spot would be awesome.
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