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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.

Brominated Flame Retardant

Brominated Flame Retardant are not mined, but they are man made materials that are put into many electronics and household furnishings you use today. Brominated Flame Retardants are used to help the product not catch on fire as easily as it would before the flame retardant. When ever your phone gets warm after being charged or used, the brominated flame retardant keeps the phone from combusting and blowing up. So in a sense the brominated flame retardant is needed in order to be able to keep our cell phones. Brominated flame retardants are hard to break down and for their disposal, they are released into the environment. There are many types of brominated flame retardants, but depending on which one you have it will have a different type of toxicity to it.

Electronic Waste

Electronic Waste is something that pollutes our world faster than any other type of waste. Before the lecture we had in the LSC room, I had no idea that electronic waste could have such a huge impact on our society. During the lecture a topic of electronics around our house that are broken or not in use are considered electronic waste. I did not know that if I didn't use something in my house, but left it in the attic or basement made it electronic waste. I wonder if there is a way we can recycle electronic waste and use it for the better of our world. Next time I want to dispose my broken electronics, I will look for a more eco-friendly way to dispose of it.

The Meanings of Social Justice and The Ones Who walked Away from Omelas

 The Meanings of Social Justice and The Ones Who Walked Away from Omelas

1. Social justice is justice exercised within a society, particularly as it is exercised by and among the various social classes of that society. A socially just society is based on the principles of equality and solidarity, understands and values human rights, and recognizes the dignity of every human being.^[1][2][3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_justice

2. Social Justice, also known as economic justice, is a term describing the redistribution of wealth for the common good of all. However, this comes at the expense of wage earners and liberty by demanding a society to conform. Those who work and have must give to those who don't work and don't have.
http://conservapedia.com/Social_justice

3. Generally, social justice has two key components:
Social – “living together in communities or organized groups”
Justice – “the upholding of what is just, especially fair treatment and due reward in accordance with honor, standards, or law” (American Heritage Dictionary). Combining these two concepts, an apt, working definition might be, “Social justice exists when people get what they are due from their particular group or community.” Conversely, a social injustice occurs when people do not get what they deserve. 
http://thechristianworldview.com/tcwblog/archives/741

1. When searching these three definitions of Social Justices, I saw a pattern of equality in all three of the definitions. Even though the wikipedia definition is more on a social level, while the conservapedia is more on a economic level, both stress the fact that equality is key to have social justice between all levels of social/economic groups. According to all three definitions, the goal of social justice is to keep everyone equal and not to have one person have more privilege than the other.

2. After searching these definitions of social justice and reading the story about the people of Omelas, I noticed that the level of equality is not apparent in the story when they are talking about the young child being beaten in the dark room. Social justice is about every person having the same/equal rights as any other citizen, but in the story the young child experiences social injustice while everyone else gets to have a "joyous" life in the city.

Class Survey

Personal information
1. Name, hometown, primary email.
Dante West, Mason, Ohio, dwest16@jcu.edu
2. What name do you prefer to be called, nick name, etc.?Most people call me Dante, but some people call me Te.

4. What are you into; what makes you special? Share a few “unique” aspects about yourself that would help our classroom community get to know you a bit.
I'm into playing football. In my free time I like to play acoustic guitar.Learning Style and more:
5. Being as specific as you can, what must be in place for you to feel comfortable taking intellectual and creative risks in a classroom?
A very "chill" relaxed atmosphere I learn the best in.

6. What do you believe was the most important technological invention in history? Why?
The computer because our academics revolve around it.
7. Please list a number of technologies you currently believe to be essential to your life.
Computer, cell phone, iPod, telivision
8. Briefly describe your experience working with 1. computers, 2. digital media, and 3. social media and then rate your technical proficiency on a scale of 10 (I invented Facebook) to 1 (what are you talking about).
Computer: I'm pretty nifty with the computer. 8
Digital Media: I'm not really big into it, but I know how to use it. 6
Social Media: I don't tweet too much, but I do have a couple a day. 7

9. Write down a question or two that you would like to ask me about myself or the class.
Are we going to have to make multiple accounts with multiple social websites?