#7: Citations

Biller, Henry B. Creative fitness: applying health psychology and exercise science to everyday life. Westport, Conn.: Auburn House, 2002.

Bittman, Mark. Food matters: a guide to conscious eating with more than 75 recipes. NY.: Simons and Schuster, 2009.

Dychwald, Ken. ed.  Healthy aging: challenges and solutions.Gaithersburg, Md.: Aspen Publishers, 1999.

Lakford, Ronald D. Is organic food better?. Farmington Hill, MI.: Greenhaven Press, 2011.

Love, John F. McDonald's BEHIND THE ARCHES. Bantam, 1995.     Note ( does not say where is was published)

#6: Fighting Back

Emily Nolen

English 102

Mr. Benton

September 10, 2012

Fighting Back

“We don’t want their seed, we don’t want their trespass and contamination, and we certainly do not want a lawsuit when we have done nothing wrong and are innocent victims.” (Gerittson). This is the thoughts of all organic farmers is North America directed to the corporate biotechnological farm company Monsanto. Monsanto grows all of their food in labs and owns the majority of the seed market  in North America. Monsanto also makes RoundUp, a herbicide. Monsanto’s plan is to take over the entire farming market by cutting out organic farmers. Not only does this destroy many American families out of life, but it also takes away the American peoples choice of genetically modified food or all natural food. Thankfully, organic farmers, seed companies, and other agricultural associates are fighting back by starting a law suit  before monsanto can sue the farmers and bankrupt them. Monsanto test the organic farmers crops, usually with out consent, for Monsanto products. To many people this sounds justified in order to make sure no one is stealing from them, but what they don’t realize is that factors out of the farmers control have put those products on his/her crops. Factors such as wind, pollen, birds, rain, ect. When Monsanto see’s that the crops test positive for their products regardless of how the product got there, the company sue’s the farmer for patent infringement and ends up putting the farmer out of business. This is so wrong. America needs to band together with these farmers and keep Monsanto from monopolizing the whole food market! We deserve the right to choose what kind of food we put into our bodies. Also, farming off of the land has been many Americans livelihood for centuries. If we let  Monsanto cut out natural farming we let them take away part of what America was founded on. 

Works Cited

Lekas, Anna. News Politics. Occupy vs. Monsanto: Activists, Farmers Fight the Corporation They Fear Will Take Over All America's Crops. Occupy vs. Monsanto: Activists, Farmers Fight the Corporation They Fear Will Take Over All America's Crops. Aleternet.

#5: Emotional Blinding

Emily Nolen

English 102

Mr. Benton

9-5-2012

Emotional Blinding

We have all been in a situation where we have been to emotional to see the truth. People have to most compassion for children and become very defensive when children are mistreated, because they are helpless. When we become emotional out first instinct is to find someone to blame. Our emotions make us careless and sloppy, this becomes a huge problem in the justice system! Innocent people are put behind bars because we let our emotions blind us to the facts of the case.

In “The Child Cases” it shows that many times the caregiver is the primary suspect in a child’s death. Many medical examiners notes showed imagined injuries. The chief medical examiner that was interviewed explained that it is very hard to keep disconnected from the case and look at the facts when there is a child involved and the swell of emotion the medical examiner feels can cause them to see things that are not there or not consider the whole picture such as pathology or medical history. There should be higher standers of examination when a child is involved due to the emotional conflict. The child’s body should examined by more than one doctor and should not come to a conclusion on a diagnosis with out considering the whole picture: physical exam, pathological exam, medical history, mothers medical history..ect. There were several instances in “The Child Cases” investigations where the examiner did not holistically consider the medical history and made a wrong diagnosis sending innocent people to prison.

When the innocent people are sent to prison and they either serve their time or are acquitted; their lives after prison are ruined by their record. It is almost impossible to find a job, their reputations are ruined, and they have missed all the events in their children’s and families lives. People must remember to stay objective and think of what their incompetence could mean to others. Broken families, lost jobs, bad reputations, and worst of all the children who have died families don’t truly know what happen to their child; so always remember to stay objective and don’t let your emotions blind you.