As almost everyone already knows, this is Super Bowl Weekend, and the festivities are taking place in the Phoenix Metro Area. Many people mistakenly believe the Super Bowl is taking place in Phoenix, but it is actually taking place in Glendale. Sure, Glendale neighbors Phoenix, but the location of the stadium at which the game will take place is ( Read more... )

 Everyone should check out this website: http://sustainability.publicradio.org/consumerconsequences/

It allows you to calculate your imapact on the Earth. My Environmental Health prof required us to go through the exercise and discuss the results in our discussion groups. I thought I was doing very well by recycling almost everything and using ( Read more... )

For the first time in my life I am finding politics interesting...Let me correct myself...I WAS finding politics interesting.

I started paying attention to the presidential race last month, December, and have been following it fairly closely since then. For the past month, I  have been reading articles and blogs, watching political news, and ( Read more... )

The new year has finally begun, and I am excited about it! I was able to start the new year running, which is a very good sign that I am not burnt out or feeling otherwise unmotivated. Within the first week, I was able to meet my goal of sending out ALL of my applications. Now with those out of the way, I can focus on classes, which begin this week ( Read more... )

They say the freaks come out at night, but from personal expereince I have to disagree--the freaks come out during the Holidays. In the ER, we see more than our fair share of wild and crazy characters, but nothing ever prepares us for the madness we see during the Holidays. It seems as though people save their greatest stunts for Christmas-time. ( Read more... )

Christmas is finally over. Now, I can go back to my regular life, and hopefully tomorrow will feel like Wednesday. The lines in the stores will be shorter, I'll be able to find canned corn for my mashed potatoes, and things will generally get back ot being less frustrating and hectic. Thank God for the day after Christmas (Boxing Day in some ( Read more... )

Now, my applications are one step closer to being complete. My goal is to send them out before New Year's, but I'm still waiting for the UNC transcripts. I ordered and paid for the official transcripts about two months ago (I didn't waste any time) and asked the Registrar's Office to hold the transcripts until the end of the semester (to reflect ( Read more... )

After about 3 weeks of being missing in action, I finally posted to LJ again. A lot has occurred in the past three weeks, but I think I have closure now.

I completed Unit 2 last week, so now I'm officially done with half of my course. I've saved all my writings in my e-mail account and I have completed all the journal entries. This was quite a feat ( Read more... )

As I continue to read about the history of health insurance and the historical relationship between unions and health care, I cannot help wondering if any unions support national health insurance today.

Members of the UAW struck against GM recently, and as I was watching a news report about the strike, some commentators mentioned that national ( Read more... )

This chapter, “The Mirage of Reform”, deals with the history of social insurance in Europe and the industrialized world compared to the U.S. It mainly focuses on telling why the U.S. does not have compulsory health insurance. As I read the chapter, I could not help thinking about the extent to which money played a role in this history.

Today, from ( Read more... )