One Day...

I think my dad is not the strict kind. He will let me do things most other kids my age aren't allowed to do. He does, however, sometimes blow his top beyond belief. He can be very mad at times, and at other times be in a great mood. He can sometimes be doing the wrong thing at the wrong time. He says he doesn't care about me period if I tell him  he doesn't need to care about a specific topic. He says he won't take me to the hospital if I cut my hand on an alluminum can after crushing it because I have stress. I think that this constitutes as child abuse.

Re: 2010

     "Thousands are dead, hundreds more injured, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake has struck Haiti early into the New Year," This was one of the two things I had remembered over the course of 2010. It was devastating to hear about what had happened. 230,000 people died, 300,000 were injured, and more than a million became homeless. I had helped online by donating 5 dollars to the Help Foundation. More people were killed as a result of numerous aftershocks.

     "The miners are stuck!" They have been down in a sealed mine for two months. 33 people in Chile have been sharing the space of a living room together, waiting to be rescued. Therapists were talking to the miners, until recently when a device similar to a bank teller tube brought them up one by one. One trapped miner was "dumped" by his wife due to her finding out about his mistress. All of them survived a mine shaft collapse during an earthquake. It was a glorious day when they came out.

Video Games

1. Stores shouldn't be alowed to sell any game that is rated M to a minor without parrental consent. They make these ratings for a reason. If a parent is fine with buying their child GTAIV or Mafia 2, sobeit. If a child walks in though, and wants to buy one of those games, he will be denied.

2. Anything that is violent enough to be rated M by the ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board), should not be solde to minors. I think that they give that rating to some games that could pass for T, but they are tying to keep kids out of trouble. I think they are doing their job very well.

3. The line has already been drawn very well. Any game containing very realistic gore or violence should not be sold to minors.

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2010 Issues

          A problem that America currently faces is recidivism. It is also known as "Revolving Door Syndrome." This is the process by which an ex-prisoner is charged with a new crime recently after being released from prison. The highest rate of recidivism is in California with a 7 in 10 chance of being reincarcerated.[1] On the flip side, a study has shown that Arizona has the lowest rate of recidivism at only 24.5%. [1] Unfortunatly, there is no concrete evidence as to why Arizona has the lowest rate of recidivism.
       
        Overall, various methods to prevent recidivism have been utilized. Some of these include providing help and rehabilitation after prisoners are released. Specifically, California already gives drug treatment, counseling, risk assessment, and housing assistance. Additionally, health care has also been provided.

           Personlly, my thoughts are that if a prisoner is convicted of a crime within 1 year of being released, they should be subjected to a harsher and longer sentence. I would also recommend implementing more intense therapy and parole procedures to act as deterrents to prevent further convictions.

APA.org has this to say:

          "A study by research scientist Steven S. Martin involving inmates in the Delaware Correctional System also highlights the value of treating prisoners for substance abuse problems during and after incarceration. The Delaware program featured a continuum of care in which some inmates transitioned back into the community through a work-release program involving therapeutic communities (TC) - drug-free residential settings which feature continuous monitoring by counselors, group therapy and family sessions. Dr. Martin found that after one year, a significantly higher percentage of inmates who had participated in any aspect of the program were drug free and arrest free than those assigned to the usual work release program. And after three years, those who had continued with the TC aftercare had significantly less drug use and re-arrests than those who dropped out of the program." [2]

1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recidivism#California
2: http://www.apa.org/research/action/aftercare.aspx

Movie Theater

Theater 1
Movie: Ididocracy

Descritption: Five hundred years into the future, Jim becomes the smartest guy in the world. He hasn't gotten any smarter, but the rest of the world instead got dumber. Now he must save the world from every one's stupidity.

Theater 2                                                                                                                                      

Movie: Temple Grandin                                                                                                                 

Description: A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of the top scientists in the humane livestock handling industry.

Theater 3                                                                                                                    

Movie: Airplane

                                                                             

Description: An airplane crew takes ill. Surely the only person capable of landing the plane is an ex-pilot afraid to fly. But don't call him Shirley. 

Theater 4

Movie: The Matrix            

Description: A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against the controllers of it.

Theater 5

Movie: Top Gun

Description: The macho students of an elite US Flying school for advanced fighter pilots compete to be best in the class, and one romances the teacher.