Active Living

and window and door screens. • Use of mosquito bed net. • Use Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-registered insect repellants with one of the following active ingredients: DEET, picaridin, IR3535, oil of lemon eucalyptus, or para-menthane-diol. • Permethrin-treated clothing. (27) Prevention after exposure (return from areas with active Zika transmission even without symptoms): • Prevent mosquito bites for 3 weeks so they do not spread Zika to mosquitoes that could spread the virus to other…

volcanoes are extravagant creators of soil. Volcanoes are above ground and under water, both can drastically affect our Earth, living things, and soon to be living things. How do volcanoes affect people and environments? There are lots of volcanoes all over the earth some active, some not active, and some that will soon be active. We are not exactly sure how many active volcanoes are on earth but on land there “are at least a thousand identified magma systems –on land alone-likely to erupt in…

school staff to help prevent childhood obesity and help children who are dealing with obesity. When I was thinking of a project to do for my Girl Scout Gold Award I wanted the project to be about helping students. It is important for students to stay active and I wanted to help students at a…

a persistent vegetative state and unable to communicate her wishes. Active voluntary euthanasia would be when someone actively participates in their death; for example committing suicide or assisted suicide is active voluntary euthanasia. Active involuntary euthanasia is when someone else is actively participating in the death of another person; for example the death penalty and murder would fall into this category. Lastly, active nonvoluntary euthanasia is when someone actively participates in…

Active Euthanasia, Legal Murder Recently, the question on whether the state of California should legalize euthanasia, intentionally ending a life to prevent pain and suffering, arises. On October 5, 2015, governor Jerry Brown of California put an end to that question by signing into law the End of Life Option Act. The law allows “terminally ill people to be prescribed the drugs that will end their life” (Unknown). Passing the bill means active euthanasia, which is defined as “taking measures…

San Francisco metropolitan areas score the most astounding in their general framework to bolster active living. The four active living measurements (walkability, bike-ability, transit infrastructure and park infrastructure) analyzed in this examination all in all give effective understanding into a community’s results in important parts of well-being. Be that as it may, every segment of dynamic living impacts different wellbeing measurements in an unexpected way. In this survey, Bike Score and…

In the TED talk video, Dan Buettner shared his research on how people in certain regions that he called Blue Zones were able to live longer than people from other regions around the world. Buettner conclude that people who are living in these Blue Zones are sharing the four common life styles that he believes are the keys to longevity. These four life styles are Move Naturally, Right Outlook, Eat Wisely and Connect. Buettner intrigues me with the information that he presented in his speech,…

Social media has changed the whole world we live from the point of living and has taken over the way digital industries as well as businesses work over the internet and has also mostly transformed the way social media platforms accomplish. If you are a person that is active and aware of the different social media platforms, then you should be aware of snapchat. Snapchat is a very successful social media company as well as smartphone application using which all the operators of the app can send…

may be developed from a conceptual framework based on other disciplines (deductively) or through observation (inductively). When it comes to active aging, the concept was initially inspired by the work of Robert Havighurst on activity theory. According to this theory, elders' well-being relies on them staying active in later life; therefore, staying active is key to successfully ageing (Functionalist, 2017). However, in 2002 the World Health Organization (WHO) reintroduced the concept by…

Active Euthanasia, Legal Murder Recently, the question on whether the state of California should legalize euthanasia, intentionally ending a life to prevent pain and suffering, arises. On October 5, 2015, governor Jerry Brown of California put an end to that question by signing into law the End of Life Option Act. The law allows “terminally ill people to be prescribed the drugs that will end their life” (All things considered). It is written: “provide that nothing in its provisions is to be…