tactics of prevention and understand what you can do on your own, such as from the help guide, Dentist Be Damned! 6. Check reviews before calling for an appointment: With the advent of the Internet, consumers are sharing their experiences, both good and bad, with others. Thoroughly screen a dental clinic prior to being seen by them and be wary of their reputation with the Better Business Bureau as well. Many clinics have been sited, fined or even shut down by the Federal government for…
Multitasking is something everyone does every so often or consistently. Some students may watch TV while doing homework or one may write notes during a meeting. For some people, multitasking may be more relevant in their lives than others. It may be part of their daily routine or something they only do when it is needed. But for whatever reason one may do multitasking, it is something we do and that is important to our lives. Some people may not realize how harming and negative this practice is…
Hard times change the people we are and the people were going to become. We have to change and adapt to the new normal. We have to change who we are to survive a whole new world. One that can destroy us emotionally and physically, as an individual and as a community. You and the people around you, will beat you down until you conform to what they want you to be or you are broken. "The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places." (Hemingway) If we can get through…
from simple to much more difficult, and may include: whether or not to have coffee in the morning, what car to buy, or asking someone to marry you. Decisions are one thing you can’t escape from in this life. I have made some really good and really bad decisions in my life. One choice that sticks out in my mind was the night I snuck out of my house when I was a freshman in high school. This decision changed my life drastically. When I snuck out I quickly learned what it meant to be responsible,…
The truth of who you really are became a fallacy to the ears of many young minds, including mine. Implanted since I was a young child, you were always portrayed as the “Big Bad Wolf” who treated the three little pigs as delicious prey rather than a friendly neighbor who wanted to be more than an acquaintance. I question the reasons why you would let the media tarnish your name in such an evil manner. From Walt Disney creating a cartoon short called “Disney’s Silly Symphony: The Three Little…
Little Red Riding Hood. Many shows the wolf as a coward that is just hoping to eat the little girl for dinner.This story having a good vs. evil plot trying to teach young children to be good and don’t talk to strangers or you’ll be eaten by a big bad wolf.Goldilocks would be in jail if caught by the cops.Little red riding hood was just tricked buy the wolf.There were three bears who lived in the woods. There was a big bear medium bear and a wee bear. One day when they left their house…
Ever had a Barbie doll? I know everyone has! The first Barbie doll came out in 1959! Around 350,000 Barbie dolls were sold during the first year of production. So the question is Barbie dolls good or bad? Well in 1965 Mattel came out with a new “Slumber Party Barbie” that had a scale set to 110 pounds and a book entitled “How to Lose Weight.” Inside the book it had the advice specifically said “Don’t Eat.” After this doll came out Barbie’s sells drastically dropped! So Mattel came out and said…
Is Sugar That Bad For Us? What damage is being done by over consumption of sugar? Is sugar addictive? Is over consumption of sugar a fairly recent issue? With the United States being the biggest producers of sugar in the world sugar is becoming more of a prevalent topic and controversial conversation (USDA). A person could search anything about sugar on Google and get hundreds of thousands of results varying from blog posts about sugar to scientific research papers. There is a plethora of…
Little Red Riding Hood by Thompson, is a European based fairy tale that revolves around a Big Bad Wolf and the young girl (Red Riding Hood). The girl walks through a forest to deliver some snacks to her grandmother. A Big Bad Wolf accosts her and makes attempts to kill her, but she outwits him. The wolf stealthily goes to the girls’ grandmother and swallows her. He then puts on grandmother’s clothes to mimic her so that he could lure the girl into his jaws. The girl is however wise enough to…
The Mystery of the slaying of The Notorious B.I.G “Every hustler knows you can’t hustle forever”. Christopher Wallace, or The Notorious B.I.G, was a Brooklyn based rapper who made Sean “Puffy” Combs and Bad Boy records a success. He was described as ‘“A mountain of a man , 6ft 3in, 280 lb, black as tar, with a W.C. Fields scowl and a lazy eye”’ (History). But Wallace’s life was short lived. He was shot at a red light in Los Angeles by an unknown shooter. Many people place the blame on the blood…