Category: A01: Purposeful Summaries

Summaries-theintern

1. Behavior of Social Systems

It seems counterintuitive that humans have trouble understanding themselves and how complex they are. Humans keep making the same mistake and repeating history, we can fix almost anything that has to deal with technology or any other materialistic item. However, we can not find the answer to fix our ourselves and the errors we commit. For example with technology we have a test run and see if there are any defects. Once we figure out the errors we fix the tweaks and make the same mistake again and have the technology working properly. However, with ourselves there is no test run to see what the outcome is. Even if there is a test run, we get influenced by the wrong people at times which has always a different outcome on the situation.

There are many different situations that go against the social systems which sums up how humans are uncontrollable and unpredictable. Comparing to technology or computer models they are predictable and able to control if something gets out of control. While technology is programmed by humans they come out doing the jobs they are intended for; but, for humans they try to think ahead to see of what kind of outcome could happen but their mental models are never accurate like technology where it can always be accurate just like a calculator.

http://www.constitution.org/ps/cbss.htm

2.  How the mind works

It seems counterintuitive that we try to seek for help always because we think something is wrong with us. When we do seek for help its looked upon as silliness or absurd. Phycologists have figured out ten different studies how our minds work. Some of these ten studies are hallucinations, choice blindness, brainstorming, fantasies, and the placebo effect.

There are many studies but do phycologists really know the answer to them, for some it might be true but for the other studies I believe they are wrong. Let’s start off with the hallucinations which were said are common and are considered as a mental illness, my thoughts about this subject is absurd hallucinations can happen to anyone, there is no mental illness to it. People believe what they are told, like if you take this pill you’ll feel better which in some cases might be true but that is why there is the placebo effect. There are many studies around placebos and how there are always two groups of people, one group gets the actual pill while the others get a fake pill that doesn’t do anything to your body. People’s minds are so powerful that they think that the pill is working because the doctor supposedly gave them a pill that will help them but in reality its the placebo.

Phycologists explain how fantasies reduce motivation which I find that to be false. Getting a taste of the future through fantasies help people visualize how hard they must work towards that fantasy to come true. There are many other studies that Phycologists observe and study but what if they post these articles to influence the minds of those who think they are fine but have to second guess themselves because of some article that became popular and stating some results that are similar to those who see themselves as healthy. The mind works in many different, weird but powerful ways.

http://www.spring.org.uk/2012/02/how-the-mind-really-works-10-counterintuitive-psychology-studies.php

3. Corruption in Figure Skating Judging

It seems counterintuitive that figure skating is considered fixed. It says that the the judges were from five other countries and they all picked Russian couple. Economist Eric Zitzewitz of Dartmouth University covers most of the story of how the judges allegedly ranked a Russian figure-skating pair in the 2002 Olympics. Though my opinion is what are the jobs of the judges; I say their jobs are to pick the best couple. This drama happens all the time just because their favorite couple didn’t win they start trying to look for an excuse why the team that won should have lost.

Zitzewitz looked in detail at all the judges from different years and said that he found out that all judges have cheated in the past not just that, every judge whose ethnicity was the same as the competitors they’d score them higher. Now what I am saying is why do people notice this one incident as a big deal if in the past it might’ve also happened and no one really made it stand out. Even if the incident did happen I bet if anyone had the chance to be a judge they would commit the same mistake of cheating.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/figure-skating-judges-get-10-duplicity

Purposeful Summaries–Splash305

  1. Where can you choose to end your life?

It seems counterintuitive that people have such different ways of viewing what gives someone the right to end their own life. Yes, it makes sense to be able to end your life if you are already dying from a painful terminal illness, and would like someone to assist you with the process. But what if you are going through something as minor as depression and don’t have interest in continuing your life? We should all have the right to choose when we want to die and how. The Netherlands has been helping people choose to end their own life since 2001, Belgium since 2002, and Luxembourg since 2009 with both euthanasia and assisted suicide. The states in the U.S. only allow assisted suicide for patients who are terminally ill. For example, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Vermont, and California. Most people don’t understand that we are all mortal and going to die anyway, we don’t need someone to give us the right to do such a thing.

http://theconversation.com/where-can-you-choose-to-end-your-life-56246

 

  1. Addiction as a disease

It seems counterintuitive that people don’t consider drug addiction to be an actual disease. Addiction is something that happens differently in each person. The way this happens is the same as when you satisfy your needs for food, water, or sex, your body gets the feeling of satisfaction or reward. When you take in chemicals it gives your body a version of that feeling, cause the brain to want it again. Over time it starts to change the brains systems with the feelings of reward, motivation, and memory; it may even start to be needed for the person to feel normal throughout the day. People also don’t understand that someone’s own will power isn’t always strong enough to get them to stop. Although there are people who can manage to stop on their own will power, it isn’t always the case for others. For about 25-50% of people with a substance abuse problem they have a very bad chronic disorder; these types of people are the ones who need therapy, rehab, and the helpful support of family and loved ones. Even though the early stages of addiction may be by choice, once the brain is changed by addiction it is believed that people truly lose control of their own behavior and actions.

https://www.centeronaddiction.org/what-addiction/addiction-disease

 

  1. Serious psychological disorders in college students

It seems counterintuitive that students go through so much stress and anxiety while at college. Despite the best efforts of the teaching staff and counselors trying to lower the stress and anxiety level of students, it still doesn’t stop them from contemplating suicide throughout the year. The rate of depression in college students seems to be increasing each year; and the rate of which some go on medicine seem to be increasing as well. Major depressive disorder, for example as explained in the DSM-IV, has various symptoms to look out for in students. For example, having a sad or depressed mood for most of the day, loss of interest in doing different daily activities, changes in the way you eat or a rapid loss or gain of weight, feeling as though you are worthless or not needed, and suicidal thoughts. A few or more of these symptoms must be shown or felt for a couple weeks to be able to give some sort of diagnosis. Even when a student comes forward for help, a lot of time they are asked to get treatment or asked to take a medical leave of absence until they are better. Even though this is the correct way to help someone in need they fear it may discourage others to come forward for help; because those individuals may feel embarrassed or won’t want to take time off of schooling to get better.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-campus/201111/serious-psychological-disorders-in-college-students

Summaries–11collegegirl

  1. Free Heroin to Battle AddictionIt seems counterintuitive that Vancouver is giving its worst addicts a place to shoot up where they can feel safe along with free pre-scripted heroin. This is a good start to making the city better. The city of Vancouver is knows for its great appeal for tourist. But, the touristy city is not all that perfect. The downtown Eastside part of the city is known for being a port town, a home for drugs. To help with the drug issue, Vancouver has created a place called the Insight, which allows addicts to shoot up, feel safe, and not have the fear being arrested. Along with the safe zone, Vancouver is now giving its addicts free heroin to help with their addiction. Kevin Thompson, an addict who uses the Insight, says that because of the safe zone and the free heroin, he is able to keep and job and never has to look for ways to get heroin since he knows exactly where to go to. The city of Vancouver’s crime rate has decreased due to the fact that they are keeping the addicts out of the streets. Although these addicts may never get off the drug since its offered free, the city of Vancouver will continue to keep crime off the streets.

    https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-02-04/vancouver-combats-heroin-giving-its-addicts-best-smack-world

  2. Organ Donor ControversyIt seems counterintuitive to have a division of age for people who are in need of transplants. There should be no division, and if someone is in need of a transplant, they should be able to get it without having to be on a longer list per say if they were a child. A 10-year-old girl who suffered with cystic fibrosis finally received a life changing lung transplant. For months, the family waiting for pediatric lungs, which was its policy since the girl was under 12-years-old. The family of the girl filed a law suit trying to get their suffering daughter on the much larger adult list for transplants. This policy is set in place because it is said to be a dangerous procedure when adult lungs are transplanted into a child. After going to court, the judge ruled in the families favor. Lawrence Fitzgerald, a man who spoke upon this issue argued that if someone is in need of something immediately, there should be no question about helping that person. Now, the courts fear that they are going to be flooded my families who are also fighting for transplants who want to win their fight the same way this family did.

 

3. Man Ends His Own Life to Donate His Organs

It seems counterintuitive for someone to request to die in hopes to save others lives. If someone wants to make the choice of assisted suicide, it should be allowed, only under the circumstances that they have a meaningful reason. In 2011, doctors fulfilled a patience request which was to die and have their organs donated. Mario, a man who suffered for so long, decided to take on this life change after realizing he was not going to get any better. He insisted that his native country, Belgium, make assisted suicide legal. A year later, he received a lethal injection by his doctor, which made him the first man in the country of Belgium to utilize the new law. Mario, who was the doctor of Diane, believes that assisted suicide can be positive arguing that people get to chose the way they die. Years later, Diane, a woman who suffered from a stroke, decided it was time to free her body. She claimed it was miserable for her to live in pain constantly. Researched came to believe that assisted suicide may lead to doctors pressuring their patience pursue this procedure. Since Mario, almost 5,000 have chosen assisted suicide as there means of dying.

Summaries-Flyerfan1974

  1. Polio Vaccination Boycott

It seems counterintuitive that people boycott vaccinations, even though they are used to eradicate disease. In 1996 Nelson Mandela launched the Kick Polio out of Africa campaign which had a goal to vaccinate 50 million children. In 2003 Northern Nigerian state leaders began to denounce the polio vaccination. They told parents to not let their children get the vaccination, due to the contamination of  anti-fertility agents (estradiol hormone), HIV, and cancerous agents. These leaders were suspicious of anything from the western world. They believed America and western allies deliberately  put carcinogens, anti fertility agents, and HIV in the polio vaccine. Previous policies that limited the number of children a woman could have, made people believe that anti fertility drugs were inserted in the vaccine. A committee was appointed to access the safety of the vaccine, but was rejected due to no muslim representation. After an 11 month boycott the Nigerian state Kano leader finally gave their approval for the production of approval from Biopharma, and Indonesian company. Indonesia is a muslim country trusted by the Nigerian muslim leaders.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1831725/

2. Organ Donor Vultures

I find it counterintuitive that doctors give very poor care to patients who are close to death and organ donors. A man who agreed to donate his organs upon death was wrongly declared brain dead by doctors. A suspicious daughter and nurse brought in a neurosurgeon who determined that the man was not brain dead. The mans daughter later described the first doctors as vultures. She also stated that she would receive calls from the organ donation group. They would say statements such as “we need to retrieve the organs in a certain amount of time”, and “how is your fathers condition today.” When the two doctors determined the man brain dead, they came in the room and said “we have 2 signatures thats it we need to pull the plug.” A nurse later performed her own investigation determining he had a strong gag reflex. After this the third doctor came into the room to determine he was not brain dead at all. With a national organ shortage, many believe that doctors are compromising care for organs. In San Luis Obispo a doctor is under investigation for apparently ordering a high volume of medication for an organ donor patient who later died. Many other physicians call this spooky and a rare high stakes error.

http://articles.latimes.com/2007/apr/12/local/me-transplant12

 

3. Vancouver Addicts

I find it counterintuitive that Vancouver provides a place for addicts to legally use drugs. Vancouver, a beautify city has a dark side to it. Vancouver has set up a safe zone called Insite, where addicts can shoot up heroin without fear of being arrested. In this safe zone nurses provide clean syringes, antiseptic wipes, and other instruments. They are also giving the addicts the best heroine. These people are receiving free heroin prescribed by a doctor, 2-3 times a day. The center is for people who did not take heroin alternatives to get clean. These people are the most severe addicts in Vancouver. One man said that the program can help him keep down a job, and not have to spend time looking for his next fix. The free heroin also keeps crime off the streets, the people either break into a car to get money for heroin or get free heroin from the program. Vancouver is blackmailing its heroin addicts. These severely addicted heroin addicts will never get off heroin, so the free drugs keep these people from being the less dangerous drug addicts they can be.

https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-02-04/vancouver-combats-heroin-giving-its-addicts-best-smack-world

 

Purposeful Summaries- Yoshi189

  1. The Cruelest Show on Earth

I find it counterintuitive that people continue to go to the circus when they are aware of the abuse the animals go through. Elephants are becoming extinct because of poachers and circuses. The circus hires people to capture elephants in the wild, while they are sleeping. In this process many elephants die, and the ones who remain alive are not the lucky ones. The captured elephants get hoisted into a ship and taken on a voyage to New York! Some elephants die in the boat on the 12,000 mile trip. Once they get closer to their destination the workers throw the dead elephants overboard. Once the animals arrive to their destination, which is usually a circus, they go into training.

Training is not pretty for these elephants. Trainers claim to use positive reinforcement to train elephants, but instead they use bullhooks. A bullhook is a three foot long metal rod with a sharp hook and point at the end of it. The hook is inserted in the ear or mouth and used to pulling, and the point is used for pushing. A baby elephant’s trainer was once witnessed bashing the elephant’s head with his rod, because the elephant was sick and not performing his tricks. When elephants don’t perform their tricks they get taken back to their stall after the show. In their stall they get beaten with whips and metal rods. All because they missed their cue or because they were sick. Elephants are highly intelligent creatures, and should not be treated like that. Children love circuses because they love seeing the animals. If everyone was educated about elephants, and knew the horror that happened behind the scenes, no one would go to the circus anymore. Spokesman for the USDA come out to circuses to investigate the abuse, but they always find ‘no evidence of abuse’. In order for circuses to stop abusing elephants, us, the people have to stop providing money for these circuses.

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2011/10/ringling-bros-elephant-abuse/

 

2.  Vancouver combats heroin

I find it counterintuitive that Vancouver gives their biggest heroin addicts the best heroin on the planet. In downtown eastside Vancouver, they have the biggest drug epicenter. In attempts to help the drug addicts, Vancouver set up a safe zone called an ‘insite’. In the insite drug addicts can shoot up under the supervision of a nurse. The insite provides the addicts with clean syringes and antibacterial wipes. In addition to the supplies, they are also supplying them with the heroin! The addicts receive free heroin prescribed by a doctor. This seems insane, but it is actually helping the city of Vancouver. The city of Vancouver realized it was better to help an addict get their fix, rather than see them in an alley dead with a syringe in their arm. One of the addicts that has received help from the insite, now is able to hold down a job; because he is not worrying about his next fix and he is much more calmer. The city of Vancouver is more so killing the addicts with kindness. They are helping the addicts with their fix; knowing it will still kill them, but at least the city of Vancouver’s crime rate went down.

https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-02-04/vancouver-combats-heroin-giving-its-addicts-best-smack-world

 

3.  Belgium: Controversial Organ Donation

I find it counterintuitive that someone would kill themselves in order to be able to sell their organs. In 1993, Mario Vesculiti was suffering from multiple sclerosis. He realized he wasn’t going to get better, and that he was suffering. In September of 2002, he made a life or death decision. He euthanized himself in order to stop suffering. His doctor convinced him that suicide was a positive idea. After Belgium released a law allowing people to euthanize themselves, 1,000 people died from it. Diane suffered from a stroke, and she also euthanized herself because she wanted to donate her organs. Organ donation linked to euthanizing should not be frowned upon. Most people won’t want to live their life if they are suffering. Diane thought donating her organs was a great idea. She was told not to end her life, but she didn’t want to live anymore. She figured euthanizing herself at least her organs will go to good use.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST8MSgh5ERE

Summaries- Life is Sublime

1.    Penis envy and the female Oedipus complex: A Plea to Reawaken an Ineffectual Debate By: Siegfried Zepf,  Dietmar Seel

It seems counterintuitive that people would consider Sigmund Freud to be the father of psychology. With crazy theories and concepts, it’s a wonder why this man wasn’t just labeled as crazy but as the founder and creator of psychoanalysis. One of the biggest controversial theories Freud ever published was his theory on Penis Envy. Freud thought that little girls, like little boys, have a very potentiate sex drive. Penis Envy was his way of explaining the sex drive that the girls had. Throughout the years his theory has been argued and studied. A handful of female psychologists have made it a point to prove this theory wrong. For starters, Freud was very back-and-forth with his thoughts on what a little girl experienced making his claims to be wobbly to begin with. His theory was also put up against other theories that don’t single gender out. Others find his theories to be symbolic to other psychological factors and concepts.

http://guilfordjournals.com.ezproxy.rowan.edu/doi/pdf/10.1521/prev.2016.103.3.397

2.  Freud’s Not Dead; He’s Just Really Hard to Find by: Susan Krauss Whitebourne Ph.D

It seems counterintuitive that Sigmund Freud is consider to be the father of psychology, but there are many psychologist out there that claim his theories still hold truth. Even though Freud is known for his more erotic theories with sexual drive, that’s not all he is known for. Sigmund Freud was the first psychologist to analyze dreams and the unconscious and his findings/theories are still being used by psychologist today. With many people making an opinion on his work, Freud’s concepts are being used in practices and have become a jumping point for a lot of other theories in psychology today.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/fulfillment-any-age/201205/freud-s-not-dead-he-s-just-really-hard-find

3.  Sigmund Freud: Life, Work and Theories by: Alina Bradford

It seems counterintuitive that the father of Psychology was originally a biologist, but he in fact was. To understand the theories, you first need to understand the man behind the theories. Sigmund Freud lived in the mid 1800s under the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was raised in Vienna and had 6 children, one of which became a psychologist in order to prove her father wrong about his idea of Penis Envy in little girls. Sigmund Freud lived a fairly normal life until he stepped into the world of psychology, creating psychoanalysis. He worked with many of his own children, as well as the children in the neighborhood. Sigmund Frued’s life can give insight on the theories he had created.

https://www.livescience.com/54723-sigmund-freud-biography.html

 

Casual Argument – aaspiringwriter

India: The Next Superpower?

India is the biggest successful democracy in the world and has a strong political system. It has made tremendous growth in the sectors such as: Information Technology, Agriculture, Infrastructure, Education, healthcare etc. However, if India wants to be a Superpower it will have to eliminate the problems such as corruption, Inflation, population explosion, illiteracy etc and start contributing more towards science, research and innovation, encouraging small business and keeping peace with its neighboring nations.

Corruption in India is severe. As per the World Corruption Audit conducted in 2015, India ranked 65th out of the 150 democratic nations. Almost every person in India has been asked to pay the bribe at-least once in their lifetime. According to the Indian Corruption Study 2005, “Common citizens of the country pay a bribe of Rs. 21,068 crores while availing one or more of the eleven public services in a year.” Lack of transparency in the public sector, poor tax regulation and licensing policies can be considered the root causes of corruption in India. Bribing a public servant to get the work done quickly has been a common ritual there and Indians have somewhat gotten used to it. However, an Anti-corruption campaign led by Anna Hazare in 2011 has been an eyeopener for both the government and the citizens. Ten’s of thousands of citizens joined the movement forcing the government to pass a new Anti-Corruption bill (Lokpal Bill) in the Parliament. In 2015, to fight against corruption; The Prime Minister of India took a drastic step and announced the demonetization of the rupee to control tax invasion and eradicate black money from the country. Such movements is a proof that if the people and the government of the nation unite and work together, they can eradicate the problems. Some effort made in the present can help India to be the superpower in the future.

Growing population has been the biggest hindrance in country’s growth and India is the second most populous country in the world after china. To be a superpower, the nation should be able to manage its man power and resources and distribute them evenly. But, because of the enormous population, it has been tough for India to maintain the balance. However, due to various population control campaigns and increase in the number of educated people, a slight decline in the growth rate  has been observed. Rema Nagrajan in her article, “The Myth of India’s population explosion,” stated “India’s total fertility rate — a measure of the number of children born to a woman during her lifetime — was down from 5.9 in 1951 to 2.3 in 2011.” If India successes in stabilizing its population then it has good chances of being the superpower.

To sum up, Corruption and Population explosion can be a big problem for any country. But despite of that if a country is able to make constant progress and at such a fast pace then it really has immense potential to be the Superpower.

 

Works Cited

2012. N.p.: Authorhouse, 2012. 11-12. Web.

“Home Countries India: World Democracy Profile.” India: World Audit Democracy Profile. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Dec. 2016.

“India – Corruption.” Foreign Law Guide (n.d.): 1. Web.

“The Myth of India’s Population Explosion.” Times Of India Blogs. N.p., 22 June 2016. Web. 05 Dec. 2016.

A03 Summaries- aaspiringwriter

1.)Climate Change: The Hoax

It seems counterintuitive that the climate change can be a hoax, yet most scientists are affirmative about it. There is no doubt the climate is constantly changing. The summers are getting hotter and the winters are getting colder and humans are held responsible for that. But is this happening because of the human induced pollution or is it just the natural cycle. The climate change is a dynamic process and it’s been taking place since the existence of earth. It is the natural fluctuation of the earth’s weather, over which no-one has any control. It happens with or without the actions of humans. Over the past 2,000 years we have seen the roman warm period, cooler dark ages, medical warm period, ice age and gradual warming to the present day and none of them was caused by humans. CO2 is held responsible for the ozone layer depletion, the rise in the earth’s temperature, melting of the Arctic Ice and for the climate change. However, even with the increased amount of CO2 in the atmosphere there has been no sign of global warming in the past 17 years. Satellite and weather balloon measurements show no statistically-significant global warming for nearly two decades. The whole global warming and climate change hoax has been created by politicians and businesses to create a multi-billion dollar industry. The global climate change industry is worth an annual $1.5 trillion, according to Climate Change Business Journal. That’s the equivalent of $4 billion a day spent on vital stuff like carbon trading, biofuels, and wind turbines. People are forced to buy stuff from the climate change industry. They are asked to go solar, go organic etc. They are held responsible for the climate change and in-order to avoid the guilt they are ready to pay anything these climate change industries are asking for. They’re already priced into their taxes, electricity bills, the cost of petrol, the cost of airfare, and the cost of almost every product and service. In which no one gets precisely anything in return except for the carbon traders, the environmental NGO’s, the environmental specialists and the government. Climate change isn’t based upon objective science. It is a hoax created by few people to make trillions of dollars.

What they haven’t told you about the climate change

2.)Can we live without technology?

It seems counterintuitive that we can live without technology. We are surrounded by technology and cannot imagine our life without it. Technology makes our life easy by helping us conduct our day-to-day activities. Alarm clock helps us get up on time. Television provides us with the world news, weather forecast and also entertains us whenever needed. Refrigerator keeps our food fresh. Transportation vehicles helps us commute from one place to another. Mobile phones and computers keeps us connected to our loved ones. Technology helps us expand businesses globally, provide great 24/7 services, keep track of our money, health, home and family. But is technology also disturbing our inner peace. Is our constant desire to be active on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat; making us anti-social. Technology connects us globally, but is it making us loose the connection with the person sitting in the same room. Is it adding to our stress? Yes it is in a way and can we do anything about it? The answer is no. We are so used to with technology that even a day without wifi makes us restless. When asked if humans can live without technology, people generally answer that they can. Human race has been around for thousands of years without technology and it lived long enough to last up to the invention of technology. But its easier said than done.  Technology has made us lazy and greedy. We are not content with what we have and always greedy for better-better food, better environment, better job, better looks. We would like to live in a temperature controlled house and eat preserved food and call someone whenever we want and still complain about technology. It is technology which has made us what we are today and if that technology were to disappear then I would say that so would we. Is it good or bad? No-one knows.

3.)Do we still need Feminism?

It seems counterintuitive that after so many efforts being made to improve the position of women in the society and after so many feminist movements, we don’t need Feminism. However, we still need Feminism as much as before because women face a significant discrimination compared to men. Regardless of the social, economical or political status there are deep gender inequalities in many societies. Saudi Arabia prohibits women from driving. Countries like India and China Infanticides baby girls. They prefer a male child over a female child because of the dowry system and one-child policy. In U.S a women makes only 82 percent compared to her male friend working in the same field. In some countries women can’t even own a land, they don’t even have a right to initiate divorce. In-fact in many countries girls are banned from getting any education. Every single day hundreds of thousands of women faces violence, abuse and are raped, molested and humiliated. This gender discrimination is a real problem and not just a hoax. There are very few lucky people who haven’t seen it or faced it but it is still out there.

Summaries- Baritonemusicman

 

  1. It seems counterintuitive that an article would discourage shoppers from purchasing from companies that claim to be “buy one, give one”. Meaning that by making your purchase you would be giving to those who were less privileged. Toms the company claims that for every pair of shoes and/or pair of glasses purchased, will result in the company donating to someone from a developing country. But what isn’t well researched is if the aid is going to the proper person and weather it’s creating an adverse affect on the community’s economy. In the type of aid given to these developing companies they sometimes end up doing more damage than help. Such as when a Tom’s employee made the claim that by giving shoes they were able to “promote education because children are often barred from entering schools barefoot. But after speaking to one of the core Ethiopian giving partners (International Orthodox Christian Charities) it was discovered that they were giving shoes in school to students who already owned shoes. So the intent was there but the aid wasn’t getting to the proper people. In sight of this information when attempted to research thru the Toms website there is no clear way of how their buy-one, give one process works. There is little to no information allowing the consumer to know where their money is going. Though they seem to be doing great work in attempting to help they need to make it clear to their customers what it is they are attempting to achieve and how exactly their going about doing it.

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2012/05/toms-shoes-buy-one-give-one2.

2. It seems counterintuitive that CrossFit has shown so many amazing results in its participants but is actually unsafe. Though the CrossFit is able to pack a huge workout in a short amount of time with its combination of interval training and weight lifting its cons out weigh the pros. In taking a survey of 132 people it was shown that 97 of the original 132 reported getting hurt during CrossFit training, most involving the shoulders and spine. In another case there was a condition called rhabdomyolysis, which is where muscle fibers are pushed to the point of breaking down causing them to enter the bloodstream leading to life-threatening kidney damage. Because of cases like this it shows that the workouts of CrossFit directly tied to the injuries and causing damage to participants bodies. Which has then led to multiple lawsuits being filed not only against CrossFit but those who were researchers and advocates of the positive affects of it. Those who part take in CrossFit tend to embrace the fact that CrossFit pushes the body to an extreme measure forcing it to adapt. But in doing so they’ve been deemed unsafe and held responsible for the injuries and health problems.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/dandiamond/2015/05/11/is-crossfit-good-for-you-what-60-minutes-didnt-say/#3d61a0873845

3. It seems counterintuitive that Gatorade is both beneficial but yet at the same time can be a detriment to health depending on the context. Gatorade is pushed as a sports drink, and according to their research they found that in drinking Gatorade athletes were able to replace lost electrolytes, also bring carbohydrates and hydration into the mix all in one drink. Gatorade also claims their sport drink is able to hydrate the body better than water due to their additional ingredients. Which has also been backed by a report from University of California, Berkley claiming that sports drink might be better for children and athletes that engage in prolonged, vigorous physical activity for over an hour, especially in hot conditions. But where lies the problem is there are those ingesting this product who have not been active or active enough for at least an 60 to 90 minutes. So in doing so their body are taking in an excessive amount of calories that it doesn’t need.  In giving this to kids Berkeley researchers have stated that the sugars in these sports drinks could be contributing to the child obesity epidemic. As people who don’t need to continue to ingest this product it causes weight gain and extra sodium which then will lead to higher blood pressure. What needs to be done in this case is individuals really need to asses what it is that they are consuming and/or allowing their children to consume.

http://www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/is-gatorade-bad-for-you#2