JUST A THOUGHT...

Creating the powerpoint presentation with my group has taught me much about our group's dynamic- good and bad. When BADAB was first assigned the project, I thought it would be easy to find an article and make a 7 min. presentation. I was wrong. We found it difficult to narrow down our topic because we were reminded that we needed to find a subject that was specific to make it easier to elaborate on. So what did we do? Well, initially we were researching an article that elaborated on "Disproving Seuxual Myths", however, we were told this would be too vague of a topic so we stumbled upon mother-child HIV transmission in our research. Great! Well... sort of. One of our group memebers created a listserve to make it easier to communicate. I thought this was great! No one was left out. What made it so hard was to set up a time that was convenient for everyone in order to work on the powerpoint presentation. I must admit... I was one of the people that made it difficult for us to do this. It's extremely important for everyone to be there so we can each have some input and because of these "unsuccessful gatherings" I think the group has a feel for what our strengths and weaknesses are. In the end, I'm extremely proud of our work and despite some of the obstacles we've encountered along the way we got it done.

http://www.unc.edu/~neicy421/HIV.ppt

THIS IS MEANT TO SHOW THAT I "KNOW MY SKILLS", BUT I DOUBT I DO. ANYHOO, TESTING, TESTING...123.

Plagiarism Exercise for English 12


JenniferBarrett Ozols article, " A Job or a Cigarette", she introduces the controversial issue of employers forcing their employees to face an ultimatum- drop the cigarette or the job. Howard Weyers, CEO of a health-benefits management company has recently made headlines for releasing for of his employees for not complying with the company's new policy to quit smoking. Weyers who said, " I gave them a little over 15 months to decide which is important: my job or tabacco?" feels strongly about his decisions and showed no inkling to change his mind. Weyes has even gone as far as asking his company, Weyco, to implement a tobacco testing system that charens $50 a month to those whome test positive or refuse to take the smoking test. (Newsweek.) Is this right?
According to the National Institutes of Health, more than half of Americans are overweight. 1/4 of the half that are thought to be overweight are considered to be obese. Employers have noticed that this growing epidemic has become a problem which studies from Emory University have attributed to be the reason 1/4 of health- care speiding within the past 15 years. (Newsweek.com) So, what if your employer told you either you had to lose the weight if not, you lose the job? Since about half of Americans are considered to be "overweight" , I doubt that would go well with most people. Why should that be any different for a smoker? However, there have been two opposing views to the issue at hand like lawyer Kevin Zwetsch who thinks " there's nothign unlawful about an employer saying if you want to work for me, you can eat Bog Macs." (qdt, Ozols)
I strongly believe that it is unfair to ask people quit smoking even though I'm not too keen on the disgusting habit myself. If smoking does not effect the individuals work ethic, then why should the smoking even be an issue? One's personal interest and what they do in their own free time should not interefere with their jobs. So long as the employee is working at their full potential then there shoudl be no problem and any violation of such is a discrimanatory act.



Citations

Ozols, Jennifer Barrett. "A Job or a Cigarette?" Newsweek.com. 24 Feb. 2005. .

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7019590/site/newsweek

CBE EXERCISES

1) Saletan W. Ass Backwards: The media's silence about rampant anal sex [Internet]. [unknown place]: Slate; 2005 ; 2005 Sept. 20 [ cited 2006 Jan. 26] [10 paragraphs]. http://www.slate.com/id/2126643/

2) Dolan K. 2005. Lesbian women and sexual health: the social construction of risk and susceptibility. New York: Haworth. pgs 122

3)O’Rourke J. Mahon SM. A Comprehensive Look at the Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing [internet]. 2003 [cited 2003 Jan/Feb]: 7(1): 1-7. Available from: http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hch&an=9377306

4) The articled that my group, BADAB, has chosen " Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV: evaluation of a pilot programme in a district hospital in rural Zimbabwe". The article takes place in Zimbabwe where it elaborates on the countries ability to decrease the amount of children who contracted the virus HIV from their mother. The article is successful in trying to explain to the reader the methods that were used and attempts to explain how to stop or at least stall the spread of HIV.

Dabis F, Glenshaw M, Mahomva A, Miller A, Mukotekwa T, Orne-Gliemann J, Perez F. 2004 Nov 13. Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV: evaluation of a pilot programme in a district hospital in rural Zimbabwe. British Med J 329 (7475): 1147-50.

Time to Brainstorm!

• - No to anal sex!
• -Genetics
• - A viral research (combating viruses and bacteria)
• - STDS
• -Eating Disorders
• -Stroke research
• -Disproving sexual myths
• - Mental Illness
• - Sexual Assault (Prevalent on campus)
• - Emotional effects of teen pregnancy

A MORE NARROW MIND:

• Sexually related material is more interesting
• There's a lot of research out on that
• Things that would really interest college students would be good choices because that's our target audience
• STDs, Debunking Myths, Assault, or Pregnancy?

• Sexual Myths would be really interesting and different

(Drum Roll Please…) “And the topic is Disproving Sexual Myths!”

(Back up topic: STDs)

May seem kind of awkward to address but the podcast was awkward!

What are some myths?

Since the rise in and misconceptions about oral sex are a hot topic, some myths can come from there.

Brainstorm different things that we've heard

Good Point: There's always current medical info about sexually related topics and health.

Bird Flu: Sprucin' it up!

Yeah, the holidays may be over but you may want to think twice before you throw that Christmas tree away. According to an article posted at CNN.com on Friday January 20, a small company, Biolyse Pharma. Corp., has found a new use for them. The needles of the spruce, pine, and fir trees contain the main ingredient , shikimic acid, that can be found in the drug known as Tamiflu. As the cases of the Bird Flu continue to grow, Tamiflu has played a critical role in trying to suppress the pandemic. Thus far there have been 149 cases worldwide and 80 of those have been fatal. However, according to the World Health Organization most cases are prevalent in Asia.

In response, another Canadian company, Gro-Bark, is taking those discarded trees and donating them to Biolyse instead of chopping them up and selling them for mulch.

Now let's just take a moment and think about this. It's amazing how far we have come along in the world of medicine. How did we get from a world that would exile the sick to avoid contamination to extracting acids from trees to treat the Bird Flu? AMAZING! It's shocking everyone, like Dr. William Shaffner of Vanderbilt University who says, I was absolutely entranced that there's a small company in Canada making this shikimic acid out of Christmas trees. I was ready to donate our own. What will this world come to next?

The Teacher’s Pet (BADAB!)

Group Members:

Brittany Brown

Ashelyn James

Denise Rodriguez

Andrew Duvall

Brian Joyner

“To Do” List:

1. Get work done efficiently and in a timely manner.

2. Open communication with group (i.e. emails, phone calls, IM’s, etc.).

3. Equal distribution of work.

4. Each group member will work to his/her strengths.

5. While working as a group, try to improve our overall technology skills.

“Do Not” List:

1. Wait until the last minute to work on assigned tasks.

2. Use “destructive” criticism (CONSTRUCTIVE ONLY!).

3. Leave your group members uninformed (missing meetings).

4. Unproductive group meetings (stay on task, please).

Preferred Way to Meet:

Dorm Area: South Campus (Ehringhaus/Morrison South)

Library: Undergraduate Library/Davis Library