Showing posts with label big brother. Show all posts
Showing posts with label big brother. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Wal-Mart to Embed RFID Tags in Clothing Beginning August 1
Another big brother is watching you article. This time they can track you even when you leave the store, if you shop at Wal-Mart and buy men's jeans and underwear. Check out this article.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Big Brother From the Federal Level
Did you know that you might be forfeiting your right to privacy, just by turning on your cell phone. If President Obama has his way, he will be able to monitor your cell phone anytime he wants, WITHOUT a search warrant. What happened to the fourth Amendment?
Read the CNET article about it here.
Read the CNET article about it here.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Big Brother At Work!
Pierce County has identified nearly 2,100 illegal garages, sheds and other improvements under a new program that uses aerial photographs to find structures built without a permit.
To read the entire article go here.
Where can we find privacy from the prying eyes of the government?
To read the entire article go here.
Where can we find privacy from the prying eyes of the government?
Monday, June 15, 2009
My Brother
I only have one brother and he is very special to me in a lot of ways.
My brother is in the Navy and I am glad he is. He tells us so many stories about places where he has been and what he has seen. I say that he is the best the storyteller in the world.
He is a very kind and loving brother I could not ask for a better brother. He is one that can make people of all ages from baby's to the elderly laugh. My brother is very encouraging, one time I didn't know how to figure out a math problem and he helped me and then it was very easy.
When my brother is away he always sends letters or calls us. Lately, he has been calling every week which is very nice.
He is a very happy person and I can not remember a time when he was not wearing a smile. When I get upset or am not wearing a smile around him he try's to make a sad face to make us happy again and it always works.
I love my brother a lot and do not know what our family would be like with out him.
My brother is in the Navy and I am glad he is. He tells us so many stories about places where he has been and what he has seen. I say that he is the best the storyteller in the world.
He is a very kind and loving brother I could not ask for a better brother. He is one that can make people of all ages from baby's to the elderly laugh. My brother is very encouraging, one time I didn't know how to figure out a math problem and he helped me and then it was very easy.
When my brother is away he always sends letters or calls us. Lately, he has been calling every week which is very nice.
He is a very happy person and I can not remember a time when he was not wearing a smile. When I get upset or am not wearing a smile around him he try's to make a sad face to make us happy again and it always works.
I love my brother a lot and do not know what our family would be like with out him.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Take Fat Kids From Parents
The Daily Telegraph-Australia
By Kate Sikora, Health Reporter
February 02, 2009 12:00am
CHILDREN could be taken away from their parents if they become too fat under a controversial proposal by an Australian doctor.
With one in four children overweight or obese, Dr Shirley Alexander, from the Children's Hospital at Westmead, wants parents to be disciplined in "extreme cases" when their child becomes too overweight.
Under the proposal, child protection agencies would be called in to seize a child when parents repeatedly failed to address diet problems.
"We argue that in a sufficiently extreme case, notification of child protection services may be an appropriate professional response," Dr Alexander said.
In one case welfare authorities were forced to intervene when a four-year-old girl measured 110cm tall and weighed 40kg. The girl watched TV for six hours a day and had tantrums when denied food.
Dr Alexander said despite the efforts of health workers, a "family-focused" program failed to stop or reverse the child's weight gain.
She said child protection authorities were notified, and the child was put on a diet and physical activity program that had her losing weight.
Dr Alexander's report concludes that a doctor is duty bound to "report severe cases of inadequately managed paediatric obesity to the authorities".
Out of the 100 cases at the obesity clinic at the Children's Hospital, at least two a year are "extreme cases".
Doctors fear some parents may be neglecting their child's health, placing them at severe risk of death.
Susie Burrell, paediatric nutritionist at the Children's Hospital, Westmead, said government intervention was needed in only rare cases.
"We are talking about just one or two cases a year," she said.
"If a child was perceived at risk then child protection agencies would be called but unfortunately they are under so much pressure and childhood obesity is not deemed acute.
"We must stress this is in extreme cases where repeated management strategies have failed and a child continues to put on weight."
Children who are deemed an extreme case often have already developed adult diseases such as heart failure and diabetes.
Sleep apnoea is also a major concern, which can cause a child to stop breathing and die. Dr Alexander's report, in the Medical Journal of Australia, suggests every doctor has a duty to "report severe cases of inadequately managed paediatric obesity to the authorities".
Last year the Government deemed obesity as a health priority along with heart disease and cancer.
Every child entering school this year must undergo a health check, measuring their body mass index, an indicator of obesity.
Where will this all end? Who will determine whether a child is too fat? or too thin? or too short? or too tall? or too smart? or too slow? or too fast (ADHD)? Who sets the standards and from what are they based? It is becoming extremely hard for parents to even trust doctors, teachers, social workers or others who will decide their children's future for them, because they don't want to regard the parents input (a lot of the time). What can we do to make sure this doesn't happen in our country?
By Kate Sikora, Health Reporter
February 02, 2009 12:00am
CHILDREN could be taken away from their parents if they become too fat under a controversial proposal by an Australian doctor.
With one in four children overweight or obese, Dr Shirley Alexander, from the Children's Hospital at Westmead, wants parents to be disciplined in "extreme cases" when their child becomes too overweight.
Under the proposal, child protection agencies would be called in to seize a child when parents repeatedly failed to address diet problems.
"We argue that in a sufficiently extreme case, notification of child protection services may be an appropriate professional response," Dr Alexander said.
In one case welfare authorities were forced to intervene when a four-year-old girl measured 110cm tall and weighed 40kg. The girl watched TV for six hours a day and had tantrums when denied food.
Dr Alexander said despite the efforts of health workers, a "family-focused" program failed to stop or reverse the child's weight gain.
She said child protection authorities were notified, and the child was put on a diet and physical activity program that had her losing weight.
Dr Alexander's report concludes that a doctor is duty bound to "report severe cases of inadequately managed paediatric obesity to the authorities".
Out of the 100 cases at the obesity clinic at the Children's Hospital, at least two a year are "extreme cases".
Doctors fear some parents may be neglecting their child's health, placing them at severe risk of death.
Susie Burrell, paediatric nutritionist at the Children's Hospital, Westmead, said government intervention was needed in only rare cases.
"We are talking about just one or two cases a year," she said.
"If a child was perceived at risk then child protection agencies would be called but unfortunately they are under so much pressure and childhood obesity is not deemed acute.
"We must stress this is in extreme cases where repeated management strategies have failed and a child continues to put on weight."
Children who are deemed an extreme case often have already developed adult diseases such as heart failure and diabetes.
Sleep apnoea is also a major concern, which can cause a child to stop breathing and die. Dr Alexander's report, in the Medical Journal of Australia, suggests every doctor has a duty to "report severe cases of inadequately managed paediatric obesity to the authorities".
Last year the Government deemed obesity as a health priority along with heart disease and cancer.
Every child entering school this year must undergo a health check, measuring their body mass index, an indicator of obesity.
Where will this all end? Who will determine whether a child is too fat? or too thin? or too short? or too tall? or too smart? or too slow? or too fast (ADHD)? Who sets the standards and from what are they based? It is becoming extremely hard for parents to even trust doctors, teachers, social workers or others who will decide their children's future for them, because they don't want to regard the parents input (a lot of the time). What can we do to make sure this doesn't happen in our country?
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Brother's Home!
Here is Hannah (on the left) and I (on the right) with our brother when we were little.My Brother came home on Friday night. We picked him up at the airport at 11:30 pm. We were all so exsited to see him! Our dog was so happy to see him that she started to jump on him. We had a special dinner for him on Saturday, we had: BBQ'd tri-tip, macroni salad, homemade baked bean's, and watermelon. It was really good. I am so glad that Brother's home.
Monday, May 26, 2008
Exciting News!
Here is a photo of my brother on his shipMy brother is coming home on Friday the 30th. It will be nice having him home for a little while. He is the best brother on earth!
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