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Category Archives: Health
Parents Posting: What about the Children’s Right to Privacy?
After 6 years of posting photos, videos, and stories about my children on social networking sites, I have to admit I have only ever been concerned about it in terms of safety. I have made sure to set my privacy … Continue reading
You can say anything when you have a study to back it
My pet peeve it when people cite scholarly research in spite of what logically makes sense. I see this often in initiatives and programs done at the University. And while research is important, it doesn’t mean the findings necessarily hold … Continue reading
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Tagged BPA, Scholarly research
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Calorie Data at Fast Food Chains: Helpful or Pointless?
The new health care bill that was passed this summer is requiring all fast-food restaurants that have more than 20 locations to post calorie data on their menus. McDonald’s is one of the first restaurants (among Panera and a couple … Continue reading
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It’s Ladies Night, Oh What A Night
Throughout the summer, I’ve been attending Ladies Night at a local restaurant and bar and on this weekly special night, ladies drink for free from 9 to close. During these times, I did a lot of people watching and it … Continue reading
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Information Overload – Enough Already
Sharon Begley’s article I Can’t Think! addresses an issue that, I feel, has become a universal problem. That problem is information overload. Ones brain shutting down as a result of being inundated with too many things at once. While not everyone experiences this, for me it … Continue reading
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Where is the Balance?
Where is the balance? Reading the latest chapter from our Principles of Convergent Journalism book, I wanted to find inspiration for this blog post, so I went to the Orlando Sentinel’s web page looking for a local story that might … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Education, Entertainment, Environment, General, Health, Politics, Science and Technology, Sports, World News
Tagged Local, News, Orlando Sentinel
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Socialization: The transition to blogging
So lately I’ve been hearing so much about blogging. Its everywhere! On the news, on the internet, on the television and even in our magazines there are web-links provided to relevant blogs. Likewise there are hundreds, if not thousands, of … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Entertainment, General, Health, Science and Technology
Tagged Blogging, generation, Maslow's Hierarchy, Social Media, Socialization
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reinventing children programming, how educational television has changed
It is true, even non-mamilic items evolve. Children’s television has changed in the last couple of years, and it might not be as harming as it seems. According to UW-madison researchers and alumnus there have been strides in the way … Continue reading
Self-Imposed Media Technology Interventions: Learning Moderation
It seems like technology has been getting a bit of a bad rap lately. We’ve all been there, out to dinner with friends, excited to catch up on the aspects of their lives we didn’t already read about on Facebook … Continue reading
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Anti-Radiation Cell Phone Class
A new smartphone accessory made from the same material as NASA spacecraft claims to reduce antenna radiation and improve performance. But how do we know if it works? It’s still unclear as to exactly how bad the problem of cellphone … Continue reading
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