180. Please watch!!

Blessed.

I feel a lot of the times that no one understands. But God does.
He understands everything. Every pain or confusion that I feel. And he feels it with me. He comforts me, even if I'm not aware of it.
So that's why I'm blessed. I'm so blessed to be able to worship my Lord freely and not be persecuted for it. I'm so blessed that I've been given a loving family (even though we never get along), and amazing friends. I'm blessed with an amazing boyfriend who also loves the Lord, and accepts and loves me the way I am. I'm blessed to be able to choose whatever school I'd like to go to.
I'm so blessed. And I could go on and on with this.
I've been studying a lot about faith lately, something that's been lacking in my life recently. But it's cool, because God keeps putting lessons in my life about it, helping, guiding, never letting go.
What amazes me, is that we as people have faith in a lot of things:

• Our brakes to work.
• Alarms to wake us up.
• On others, sometimes.

We have faith in materialistic things like this everyday. But how many of us have faith in GOD like we do these everyday things. That's not fair to us, and especially not our Lord.


I've had faith in a particular verse for a while now. Psalm 138:8 - The LORD will fulfill [his purpose] for me; your love, O LORD, endures forever--do not abandon the works of your hands.


The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me. I've accepted that I don't control my own life, God does, and that whatever happens, he has a plan. I have faith that he will keep me safe. So why can't I have trust in Him completely, fully.
I am blessed. 


Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops?
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near?
What if trials of this life
Are Your mercies in disguise?

You lift me up when I am weak
Your arms wrap around me
Your love catches me so I'm letting go

You lift me up when I can't see
You heart's all that I needYour love carries me so I'm letting go

Final Final presentation.

Lol.

Fine: This is the word i use at the end of any argument that i feel that i'm right about but need to shut you up. Never use fine to describe how a woman looks. This will cause you to have one of those arguements.

Five Minutes: This is half an hour. It is equivalent to the five minutes that your hockey game is going to last before you do whatever it is i want you to do.

Nothing: This means something. Be on your toes. Nothing is usually used to describe the feeling i have of wanting to rip your face off. Nothing usually signifies an arguement that will last five minutes and end with the word fine.

Go Ahead (With Raised Eyebrows): Translation: "I dare you." This will result in me getting mad over nothing and will end with the word fine.

Go Ahead (Normal Eyebrows): Translation: "I give up" or "Do what you want, I don't care." You will get a go ahead with raised eyebrows in just a few minutes, followed by nothing and fine. I will talk to you in about five minutes when i cool off.

Loud Sigh: This is not actually a word, but it is still a verbal statement misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means I thinkyou are a moron at the moment and wonders why i'm wasting my time arguing with you over nothing.

Soft Sigh: (Again, not a word, but you know...) I am content. Your best bet is not to talk or move or breathe and i will stay content.

Oh: This word followed by any statement is trouble. Example: "Oh, well, I just talked to him about what you were doing last night." If I say oh before any statement, run -- do not walk -- to the nearest exit.

That's Okay: This is one of the most dangerous statements a woman can say to a man. That's okay means that i want to think long and hard before repaying you for whatever it is that you did wrong. You do not want to be there when that happens.

Please Do: This is not a statement, it's an offer. i'm giving you the opportunity to come up with whatever lame excuse or reason you have for doing whatever it is you've done. You have a fair chance to tell the truth here. Be very careful and you shouldn't get a "that's okay."

Thanks: i'm thanking you. Don't feel faint, just say, "You're welcome."

Thanks a Lot: This longer phrase is not to be confused with thanks. I'll say "thanks a lot" when i'm actually seriously peeved at you. It signifies that you have hurt me in some callous way and will generally be followed by the loud sigh. Be careful not to ask what is wrong after the loud sigh, or i will say, "Nothing," and raise her eyebrows

..

She's the self-preserved, pretty-but-doesn't-know-it kind of girl, reading her books & day dreaming all day while he's the outgoing, spontaneous, gorgeous boy with the most amazing eyes you'll ever see. They grew up from two different worlds & he'll teach her how to stand up to those who look down to her & she'll teach him how to love & know the true meaning of jealousy, while he teaches her the same without knowing it. He'll teach her how to shout at the world without a wince because his hand is holding tightly around hers, letting her know he will never leave her, causing her to forget her fears for everything & just being able to live for once without a worry.

Sharks love me.

Roe v. Wade Research Paper.

Olivia Peters

May 20, 2011

English

Mrs. Curry

Roe v. Wade: What if this had not happened?

     The Roe v. Wade court case is what made abortion legal. Abortion is a surgical procedure in which an unborn child is willingly killed. Jane Roe, truthfully Norma McCorvey, was a woman trying to get an abortion. Henry Wade was the defendant in the case. Life before and after this case is very different in the terms of pregnancy and abortion. The Roe v. Wade court case is what made abortion legal. But what if it had gone the other way? Would the world still be the same?

     The Roe v. Wade court case made abortion legal. It created pro-life vs. pro-choice. It angered many people and it changed many people’s opinions on abortion, but what if Roe had not won?

     The terms “pro-life” and “pro-choice” usually get down to the question of whether people do or do not support abortion. The term “pro-life” says that the person believes that the government has the obligation to preserve all human life, not matter of intent, viability, or quality of life concerns. The term “pro-choice” is to believe that a person has unlimited self-governing with honor to their own reproductive systems as long as they honor the self-governing of others. It has   angered many of people, such as protesters. During the case, Chief Justice Burger and the majority of others were so angry that the draft was short (Deborah S. Romaine).

     Abortion being made legal changed many people’s views on the matter. Abortion is the most common surgical procedure nowadays, and that angers a lot of people (Nancy Tompkins).

      In the mid/late 1800s, states began passing laws to make abortion illegal. One of the reasons was the fear that population would be dominated by new immigrant children. But what if Roe had not won? Would abortion still be legal? People in ancient times were often overcome; amazed when gazing towards the night sky. “The vastness of what we see with our naked eye seems to dwarf our own locale by comparison.” King David mentioned this thousands of years ago:

LORD, our Lord,
   how majestic is your name in all the earth!

You have set your glory
   in the heavens.
Through the praise of children and infants
   you have established a stronghold against your enemies,
   to silence the foe and the avenger.

When I consider your heavens,
   the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
   which you have set in place,

what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
   human beings that you care for them?

You have made them a little lower than the angels
   and crowned them with glory and honor (Psalm 8:1-5).

     If David was so awestruck by the heavens, why is the world not by the miracle of life? It’s much greater in comparison.

     Abortion affects the mother and child in many ways, such as physical and emotional. There are 6 different types of abortion: suctions, D&C (Dilation and Curettage), D&E (Dilation and Evacuation), salt poisoning, Hysterotomy, and Prostaglandin abortion.

     Suction, also called vacuum aspiration, is the most common form of abortion. In the procedure a suction tube is inserted through the dilated cervix into the womb. The vacuum tears the placenta from the uterus and dismembers the body of the child, sucking it into a jar. There is a risk that the uterus can be punctured during the procedure. Also, the abortionist must be careful as to remove all the fetal and placental tissue or infection and hemorrhage can occur.

     In D&C, usually performed between 7 and 12 weeks, the doctor puts a curette, a loop-shaped steel knife, into the womb. As the curette scrapes the wall of the uterus, the baby is cut into pieces. Bleeding is not much. As with suction, abortionist must reattach the pieces of the baby to make sure the uterus is clean. In D&E, similar to D&C, the abortionist must use forceps to grab the baby due to advanced development. The baby is again cut into pieces as the abortionist tears the body and placenta away from the uterus. Bleeding is extensive. The procedure is mostly safe for the mother, but most hospital staff and doctors refuse to do advanced D&E, because it is so devastating.

     Salt poisoning is the second most common method of inducing abortion. The doctor puts a long needle through the abdomen and injects a saline solution into the amniotic fluid surrounding the baby. The baby is killed by swallowing the salt and the skin is all burned away. It takes about an hour for the baby to die. After dead, the mother goes into labor and gives birth to the dead baby. Saline injections have been outlawed in some countries because it can cause lung and kidney damage if salt gets into the bloodstream. In some cases, babies have survived the “salting out” and have been born alive.

     A Hysterotomy is similar to a cesarean section whereas the baby is taken from the mother’s womb and is “allowed” to die by neglect or killed by voluntary act. This method is the highest risk to the mother and usually results in live births. It is only used in late term pregnancies and is sometimes used if salt poisoning or prostaglandin abortion has failed to complete. In prostaglandin abortion, a chemical hormone that induces violent labor and premature birth is injected into the amniotic sac. Since most prostaglandin births are live, salt and other toxins are injected first. The risk to the mother is greater when using prostaglandin and complications can even include cardiac arrest (ProChoice Home).

     There are also many emotional effects to the mother , such as becoming an alcoholic, hating life, being unable to “connect” with anyone, depression, medical problems, mood swings and eating disorders, panic disorders and promiscuity, and post-abortion syndrome (guilt, anxiety, “numbing”, depression, suicide, anniversary syndrome, re-experiencing the abortion, wanting to become pregnant again, anxiety over fertility issues, self-harm, and brief psychosis) (A Voice in the Wilderness).

     Now is abortion murder? Imagine feeling safe and secure and then seconds later, someone is killing you and you can’t get away or cry for help. Like fashion, the word “choice” is being substituted for abortion by using political framing. It’s telling women that their children are not worthy to be born.

     The Golden rule states simply, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” If we apply this rule to that holiness of life, it means “I should refrain from committing murder if I want others to refrain from murdering me.” If someone were still in their mother’s womb, would they want to be murdered? (Sproul, 34)  

     “If people are fighting and hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman’s husband demands and the court allows. But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.” (Exodus 21:22-25).

     “What is a fetus? The question is objective, not subjective. To determine the status of a fetus is not a matter of personal, arbitrary caprice. The fetus is either alive or not alive. The fetus is either human or not human. The fetus is either a person or not a person. What I think the fetus is does not determine which of these it actually is. If a fetus is a living person but I do not believe or think that it is a living person, my thoughts have no bearing on what the fetus actually is. By merely thinking or believing, I cannot change what is a person into a nonperson, what is loving into unloving, or what is human into nonhuman. By the same token, if the fetus is not a living person, then whatever I believe or think cannot change it into a living person.” (Sproul, 9).

      More frequently the question is not “Is it murder?” it’s usually “When is it murder?” Murder, in the way we as people define it, is intentionally killing another human (Civil Liberties). Therefore, abortion is murder because a fetus is just a scientific term for baby. A baby is still a baby whether or not it is inside the mother. “I think it’s safe to say that the entire abortion industry is based on a lie… I am dedicated to spending the rest of my life undoing the law that bears my name.” says Norma McCorvey (California Right 2 Life).

     Before Roe v. Wade, abortion was not legal. So, most abortions were “back-alley” abortions. Just years before abortion was legal, hospitals were full of women who had been hurt or become sick while getting an abortion, or others who had tried to perform the abortion on themselves. While some chose from “back-alley” abortionists, more often women chose homemade options such as; bleach douche or inserting sharp objects into their cervix. That is why the coat hanger became the symbol of the abortions rights movement.

     Some also traveled out of the country or to the few states where anti-abortion laws had been repealed. It required a lot of money though.

     After Roe v. Wade, there were abortion clinics all over the country. So all the hospital wards dedicated to helping the mishaps or the failed abortions were no longer needed.

     Roe, whose real name is Norma McCorvey, chose the fake name, Jane Roe, to protect her reputation. McCorvey was born in Simmesport, Louisiana, on September 22, 1947. She was raised in Houston, Texas. In 1963, at age 16, she married Woody McCorvey but said he was abusive towards her. She left him while pregnant with her first child, became pregnant again, and gave the child up for adoption. Then while living with her mother, Norma shared she was attracted to women. Her mother disowned her and took custody of Norma’s daughter. Norma had indeed become pregnant with her third child when two attorneys’ found her, Sarah Weddington and Linda Coffee. McCorvey claims that her attorneys simply used her to get back at the state for criminalizing abortion. All they really wanted was a plaintiff. They tried to convince McCorvey that her child was just a piece of tissue. That she just missed her period.

     Norma stated that she had very little involvement in the case. She signed the affidavit without reading it, was never invited to court, and found out the decision from the newspaper. The court decided on a 7-2 vote that it was violating a women’s liberty of the 14^th amendment to make abortion a crime. So how was Wade involved (Encyclopedia Brittanica)?

     Henry Wade was born on November 11, 1914 in Rockwall County, Texas. Along with 5 of his brothers, he entered the legal profession. In 1939, he joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). During World War II, Wade served in the U.S. Navy, participating in the invasions of the Philippines and Okinawa. Wade, being a lawyer participated in two of the most notable U.S. court cases in the 20^th century, the prosecution of Jack Ruby, and the U.S. Supreme Court legalizing abortion. The people came to the conclusion that the law against abortion was unconstitutional because it deprived a woman of “fundamental rights” to choose whether and when to bear a child (Brief of Appellee).

     Before and after abortion was legalized, life remained the same in a way, though it was also drastically changed. Before Roe v. Wade, abortion was not a crime and was common in the U.S. during the 1700s and 1800s. During this time, striking a pregnant woman’s stomach or placing foreign tools into the uterus to induce abortion, and it quite often killed the woman. In the mid-1800s, laws passed around the country to prohibit abortion at any time during the pregnancy. “Back-alley” abortions were still very much available. Through the next century though, about 50 percent of all maternal deaths resulted from illegal abortions during the early 1900s. “A high regard for human life is not the exclusive legacy of Christianity or other religious faiths. In the natural law arising in many cultures, in belief systems, and in nature itself, we find a persistent devotion to the sanctity of life.” So why people not preserving that holy right to life (Sproul, 33)?

     Today, after Roe v. Wade, legal abortion has earned credit with bringing down maternal death rates. Abortion is now one of the most common clinical procedures. Each year, half of all pregnancies in the U.S. are unplanned and half of all those are terminated. So, since 1977, there have been over 59,000 acts of violence at U.S. abortion clinics, including 7 murders, 41 bombings, 343 death threats, and 942 acts of vandalism (Before and After Roe).

     But what if Roe had not won? We would probably go back to the way life was before the case. We would go back to the “back-alley” abortions; the population would most likely stay the same due to the abortions still taking place. There would definitely be another case because the Roe v. Wade has already been revisited so many times. But would there be more special children? So many STD’s are coming up now, so if they could not terminate the pregnancy, then that disease could be passed to the child. They could suffer from low birth weight, conjunctivitis, pneumonia, neonatal sepsis (infection of baby’s blood), neurologic damage, nepatitis, meningitis, liver disease, and even being stillborn.

     So, sadly, abortion was made legal by the Roe v. Wade case. Abortion is a horrible way of ending a child’s life, and is easily accessible to anyone nowadays. The case turned out in Roe’s favor, who actually never received an abortion, but put the child up for adoption.

     Life would probably remain the same if Roe had won, because people still do not obey the law. 

Works Cited

"Before and After Roe." National Organization for Women (NOW). Web. 30 Apr. 2011. <http://www.now.org/issues/abortion/roe30/beforeafter.html>.

"Brief for Appellee." Encyclopedia.com. Web. 30 Apr. 2011. <http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Brief_for_Appellee.aspx>.

Head, Tom. "Rights of the Fetus - Does the Fetus Have Rights." Civil Liberties at About.com - Your Guide to Civil Liberties News and Issues. Web. 30 Apr. 2011. <http://civilliberty.about.com/od/abortion/p/fetus_rights.htm>.

Holy Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2007. Print.

"Prochoice.com | Abortion... How Is It Performed?" ProChoice Home. Web. 30 Apr. 2011. <http://www.pro-choice.com/abort_how.html>.

"Roe v. Wade Report." California Right To Life. Web. 30 Apr. 2011. <http://www.calright2life.org/RoevWade.htm>.

"Roe vs. Wade." Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition. Web. 30 Apr. 2011. <http://www.school.eb.com/eb/article-9125053?>.

Romaine, Deborah S. Roe v. Wade: Abortion and the Supreme Court. San Diego, CA: Lucent, 1998. Print.

Sproul, R. C. Abortion: a Rational Look at an Emotional Issue. Orlando, FL: Reformation Trust Pub., 2010. Print.

Tompkins, Nancy. Roe v. Wade The Fight over Life and Liberty. New York: Franklin Watts, 1996. Print.

"VW: Matters of Life (Roe v Wade)." A Voice in the Wilderness - Oasis of Biblical Truth. Web. 30 Apr. 2011. <http://www.a-voice.org/main/mat-life.html>.

  Blogger would not let me fix the font or the color of the verse to match the rest of the text. I'm sorry Mrs. Curry.

Health in a nutshell.

Lasssttt weeeekkk.. we did chapter 16 (I'm very behind.:/ )

We talked about Adolescence and adulthood.

Adolescence - the period of time between the start of puberty and full maturation.

 (So THIS is why I'm so awkward... lol just kidding.)

Puberty - the period of human development during which people become able to produce children.

Hormone - a chemical substance made and released in one part of the body that causes a change in another part of the body.

Testes  - the male reproductive structures that make sperm and produce the male hormone testosterone.

Teenagers don't think their parents understand what they're going through. But...... they do.

Menopause - the time of life when a woman stops ovulating and menstruating.

Midlife crisis - the sense of uncertainty about one's identity and values that some people experience in midlife.

Alzheimer's disease - a disease in which one gradually loses mental capacities and the ability to carry our daily activities.

Life expectancy - the average lenght of time an individual is expected to live.

Most people don't live to be 100. They would be old and wrinkly.

Capter 17 is this week.

Marriage, Parenthood, and Families.



Marriage - a lifelong union between a husband and a wife, who develop an intimate relationship.

Emotional intimacy - the state of being emotionally connected to another person.

Emotional maturity - the ability to assess a relationship or situation and to act according to what is best for oneself and for the other person in the relationship.

Divorce - the legal end to a marriage.

The stress in a teen marriage include:

• Independence from parents and family
• Financial worries
• Changes in relationships with close friends
• Interaction with in-laws
• Concern for a spouse's emotional and physical well-being
• Possible parenthood

Parental Responsibilities - the duty of a parent to provide for the physical, financial, mental, and emtional needs of a child.

Discipline - the act of teaching a child through correction, direction, rules, and reinforcement.

You need LOVE to have a happy marriage. :D

WHY is it that any time I have time to catch up on all the stuff I have it do, I DON'T wanna do it? Ugh.. dilemma.

Poor chicken.

Today was mom's birthday. I cooked dinner. Exhausting.
All you need is chicken (preferably skinless and boneless), marinara sauce, fresh bell peppers, and either provolone or mozzarella cheese (I used both), and a pan. Italian seasonings: optional.

First, slice your bell peppers into thin strips.

Then cut a "pocket" into the chicken. Place a few strips of pepper in the center.

Fold over. You may need to use a toothpick to secure.

Pour the sauce over the chicken, leaving some around the edges.

Place in oven. Cook until no longer pink.

With about 2 minutes left, place the cheese over the chicken.

You can serve with pasta and enjoy.

For desert, we made pineapple upside down cake. 

Small rant.

The violence behind their story
Makes me wonder deep inside
Why we play such horrible games
That are okay behind our eyes
Killing one another
Even just inside a game
Teaches us as people
That killing is okay.
Sure it's just a game
We'd never do it in real life
But still our main objective
Is killing, right?


I don't see why people enjoy games like Call of Duty, Halo, Grand Theft Auto, and all of the other video games depicting violence. It's just stupid in my opinion. Did you know that most teenagers who play aggressive or violent video games are most likely aggressive or violent themselves? What happened to simple fun games like Pac Man and other games like that? Nothing's exciting anymore unless you killing someone else, or harming them in the least. It's just not Godly. 

Thunder.

A little poem written by your's truly. Haha.


The thunder
So gentle, so forceful
So roaring
But can you hear it cry?
It's all alone 
Up there
In the sky.
It wonders why.
"Why must I be up
Here, so far away from land?"
And so it starts to sigh.
That sigh is what we hear
When it's rolling with the wing
So then it sheds a tear, rain
And if it were I, I'd also want to cry.

Bottle of Pop and a Big Banana!

Uhm yeah. Pretty epic in my eyes. I feel as if I can do anything now. All thanks to you.

Mr. Evans.

Books to conquer over the Summer.

Just For Fun:

• Reread the Christy Miller series - Robin Jones Gunn
• Brother Odd - Dean Koontz
• Odd Hours - Dean Koontz
• Dawn Of The Dreadfuls - Steve Hockensmith
• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Steve Hockensmith
• finish Young Wizard series - Diane Duane 
• Seer Of Shadows - Avi
• Eleven - Patricia Reilly Giff
• Redwall Series - Brain Jacques (Doubtful)
• Frankenstein - Mary Shelly
• Anne of Green Gables - L. M. Montgomery
• Out of the Dust - Karen Hesse
• Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snicket
• The Secret Garden - Frances Burnett
• Diamond In The Shadows - Caroline B. Cooney
• Bird Lake Moon - Kevin Henks
• I,Q. The White House - Roland Smith

Classics:

• A Raisin in the Sun - Lorraine Hansberry
• To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
• The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
• Cold Mountain - Charles Frazier
• Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
• Lord of the Flies - William Holding
• The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne
• A Separate Peace - John Knowles
• Women who Run with the Wolves - Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Shakespeare:

• Anthony and Cleopatra
• As you Like it
• Hamlet
• King Lear
• Macbeth
• A Midsummer night's dream
• Othello
• The Taming of the Shrew
• The tempest
• Twelfth Night
• Romeo and Juliet

Wow, that's like 40 books. Awesome.

No bake cookies, Orange juice, and Pancakes.

On Tuesday, we made chocolate no bake cookies with Mrs. Hightower. 
All you need is:
2 cups sugar, 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 cup cocoa, pinch of salt, 1/2 butter, 1 cup peanut butter, 1 tsp. vanilla, and 3 cups quick-cooking oatmeal.

In a large saucepan, combine sugar, milk, cocoa, salt, and butter. Mix well.

Bring to a boil. Stir that way for 1 minute. Then add vanilla and peanut butter.

Blend until smooth. Then add oatmeal and mix well.

Then take spoonfuls of the mixture and place on waxed paper. Let sit for about an hour and enjoy.

Today, we made orange juice and pancakes.

All you need are oranges, a juicer (handy dandy of course), and pancake mix.

For the orange juice, cut oranges in half and then juice them. Haha

(For everyone who doesn't trust me with knives.. shame on you.)

For the pancakes, take the mix, mix with water. And the cook. 

Add syrup or chocolate chips or anything else you'd like.

Overuse Injuries

You can get injuries for overusing or overdoing certain things. Also, not taking the correct safety precautions. Some of the most common injuries are Jumper's Knee, Little Leaguer's elbow or shoulder, Osteochondritis Dissecans, Sever's Disease, Shin splints, Sinding -Larsen-Johansson Disease, Spondylolisthesis, and Spondylolysis.
Specific treatment for overusing injuries will be determined by:

• your child's age, overall health, and medical history.
• extent of the condition
• type of condition.
• your child's tolerance for specific medication, procedures, or therapies. 
• expectations for the course of the condition
• your opinion or preference.

Also try RICE
Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevation


Other treatment options could include:

• medications
• activity restrictions
• splint/cast
• crutches/wheelchair
• physical therapy
• surgery