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The Eliza Bryant Ladies Spa Concluding Post

Before I started doing this service opportunity, I had no idea that I was going to be in it. I had registered late for the project because I was in Ireland when registering began. When I realized that everyday I was expected to paint old ladies' nails I was unsure if this was fit for me. After I went to service a couple of times, I realized that it was not about just painting their nails, but it was about providing them with someone to talk to outside of the home whether it be about how old I was, or how their did things when they were my age, or even how their day was going. All they wanted was good conversation with people outside of Eliza Bryant's Retirement home. After a couple more trips to the spa, I was able to realize that my group of workers and they were not that much different. The only difference was that they were from another time period than us. They spoke of the times they were in college and they would kid around with each other as we do now. For big service project, my group decided to create a typing lab for residents at Eliza Bryant. We were able to get key boards that were easy to type on for beginners and the keys were very visible because they were bright yellow and had enlarged printed letters and numbers on them. Since Eliza Bryant has patients who are from a different generation, this project was kind of a way to get them into going on the computer and becoming familiar with how it works. Only time will tell if the typing lab becomes very successful and residents keep up with the exercises available to them. Overall this was a special opportunity for me and I'm glad the chips fell the way they did because I gained many life lessons and heard many life stories from the residents of Eliza Bryant's Retirement Home.

Net Neutrality vs. Internet Freedom

When asked the question, what is the difference between Net Neutrality and Internet Freedom, I feel the need to break down both of the titles. Net Neutrality is when Internet Service Providers put restrictions on certain websites and content so that consumers are unable to have access to them. The neutral part of Net Neutrality is saying that all internet providers restrict the same content as the others so that they are not being unfair to consumers. Internet Freedom which is also known as Internet Censorship, is when The Government  or consumer has the ability to restrict certain content. For example, China's government restricts social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Another example could be how a parent puts "parental control" on certain content on their computer so their child is unable to see it. My view on both Net Neutrality and Internet Freedom is that Internet Freedom is a term more fit for the government and Net Neutrality is something that internet companies use for their consumers. I feel that Internet Freedom is something that consumers pay their internet providers for and that they should be allowed to access what they want to an extent that keeps people safe. If a person is accessing a site that has an ill motive to it against our country than it should be restricted. Other than content like that, I see no reason for the government to restrict us from social networking sites like China has done to their citizens.

Hacktivism

       On the topic of hacktivism, people who use hacking to steal or distribute what isn't theirs is wrong. For example when people commit identity theft, that should most definitely be illegal. Hacktivism is letting our country and many other systems that we need to strengthen our technology so people that want to commit identity theft or any other technological crime is unable to do so because of the software we use is un-hackable. On that note, I know that there are people in this world that all they do all day is try and hack things. Well in order to stop hacking we must always make progress in technical advancing in order to keep up with hackers. It is the only way to keep hackers from hacking. As we get smarter, so do hackers which makes it difficult to stop them. 

KONY 2012

During the Kony 2012 movie we watched in our lecture, I could not help but remember when my high school tried to advocate KONY 2012 and did not succeed. When we had the paint the town event, no one put up any posters in the Cincinnati, Ohio area and other cities had the same turn out. In order for the KONY campaign to be effective, they should have explained what they were doing with the money they were receiving from people.

Support HR-6252!!

I decided to support the bill HR-6252 which would end the so called "recycling" of our old electronics. I did my part in supporting the bill by emailing a letter to my area's representative. My representative's area would be in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. I plan on posting this link to support this bill on my Facebook page and my twitter in order to get word out about this bill being passed. Go green or go home.

Footprint Calculator

In my footprint calculator result, it said that I would need 4.6 earths worth of resources to support me. Most of those resources would go towards food and towards services. To support my lifestyle, it would take up to 20.5 global acres. Most of those acres would go towards energy land to support my electricity use. A way I can use less of the earth's resources is by consuming more vegetables rather than eating mostly meat. Also by traveling less in my car and by airplane.