Monday, November 17, 2008

DISEASE FROM DEER

From the passage Study Finds Wider Tainting of Deer Body From a Disease ,I learn that the meat of deer with chronic wasting disease has been found to contain the infectious prions that spread the disease, according to a study published today in Science. There is no evidence that chronic wasting disease, which is similar to mad cow disease, has been passed to humans, although it has spread to deer and elk in 11 states and two Canadian provinces.The further research is being doing now.
I don't know where this infectious prison came from, but this event reminds us that these infectious prisons probably spread on other animal and even human. Fortunitely,seldom people eat the meat of deer. I hope that research has more new worth.

Monday, November 10, 2008

my article which I read  today is When Duty Calls:The Value of Voting, Beyond Politics. In recent years psychologist and neuroscientists have tried to get a handle on how people make voting decisions. They have taken brain scans, to see how certain messages or images activate emotion centers. The study and others imply that there is a core of voters who not only turn out at polls but also cast their ballot for the candidate or proposal they believe represents the large good.
In my opinion, people are affected by many elements. From their voting, we can learn their psychological activities.

Monday, November 3, 2008

women insurance

The teacher shared a video about women election in the class today. I find the article called Gouging women on health insurance when I surf the internet.
It says that as tens of thousands of workers lose their jobs, they have to face their insurance problem. As the women workers ,their premiums are controversial. Because many people consider that they don't earn as much as men and it's not equal. But the problem has been solved finally.
In my opinion, we can't just think of women and men's social value from their work time and money. Everyone is equal and they have right to get what they want to.