Do you think that all people should have free will?

I think that all people should have free will, we live in America so we can be free. Free will lets us have a choice in our life and lets us have the ability to take life how we prefer. I don't think that life would be as exciting without it. If all of our choices were already predetermined would that really be considered a choice? No. What if that's how life was, predetermined? That really wouldn't be life would it? No. That's why I think everyone should have free will.

Limitless

"I was blind but now I see." That's what it feels like to be limitless, like you were blind and now you can see. In the new movie limitless, they tell you that humans can only access 20% our brains. But there is a new medication that will let you access all of it. Could you image what it would be like to access all of brain, all the opportunities we could have. Math would be easy, we could do anything we want like speak other languages. A tablet a day and we could be limitless.
With an amazing idea for a movie like limitless it is no surprise that it got 3.5 stars. This movie also made 19 million dollars the first weekend. Limitless is currently number one on the charts. I will be seeing this movie sometime soon, it sounds really cool. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/21/movies/limitless-and-rango-lead-the-way.html?ref=movies  

Are all people with blue eyes related?

There has been a lingering question, are all people with blue eyes related? The answer is yes in someways, we are not like brother and sister but a distant cousin maybe. Danish researchers have recently concluded that somewhere in between 6,000-10,000 years ago everyone on the earth had brown eyes. The gene for blue eyes came after a genetic mutation  affecting the OCA2 gene in our chromosomes resulted in the creation of a switch, which literally 'turned off' the ability to produce brown eyes. It didn't really turn it off but rather limits its action to reducing the production of melanin in the iris effectively “diluting” brown eyes to blue. If the OCA2 was completely turned off the production of melanin then we would have no pigment in our eyes, hair and skin, also known as an albino. The OCA2 gene is what controls all pigment in us including hair, skin, and eye color. In the study everyone with blue eyes had this mutation in their OCA2 gene. During the 6,000- 10,000 years ago time period someone had this mutation and passed it on to all of their kids passing it on all the way down to our generation. All people with blue eyes have a single common ancestor, the person who was the first to have the genetic mutation thus originating the blue eye gene.

Can human beings ever be truly equal? What would the would be like if we were?

Equality is something that people dream about, so everyone is equal and there is no competition. But would that be a dream or a nightmare? That would be a nightmare to me; for one that would mean we would lose all our personality. Everything that makes you, you would be gone. It may seem great for everyone to be equal from afar, but if you take a deeper look you begin to notice people can't be themselves all uniqueness is gone. We are supposed to be the land of the free that's why our ancestors came over, so we can be free. But if we were all truly equal we would not be free, we would have to hide who we really are and pretend to be something we are not.   

When the Last Leaf Falls

I sense a change in the air
The crisp air rushes down my thoat
It sends a shivery sensation through my body
When I exhale I can see it

There is a rush of joy that fills me
My fingers and toes numb from the cold
Snow lines the ends of my pants
My hair blows from the slight breeze around me

Branches from trees are covered in snow
All animals are absent from view
But they are all there
Shielding themselves from the clod

It is completely silent
But there seems to be no absence in sound
The world is at peace with it's self
When the last leaf falls... 


Authors note: This poem is about the last day of fall; when the air around you starts to get cold and snow begins to  fall. I wrote about this time of the year because it's my favorite time of the year. I love it when the leaves begin to fall of the trees and the first snowfall. I think this time of the year is magical; everything can be so quite but yet load at the same time....

A Shattered World

I see my world shattered

It’s broken into pieces

I let my head fall

I let them feel the familiar touch of my hands  

The world is coming to an end

A single tear slides down my cheek

I let it fall, not ashamed of it

It's followed by many others

The world seems distant now

My eyes blurred by my tears

I can't see anyone

But I know they are there

The world I’ve loved is gone

Taking a piece of my heart with it

I felt it rip away

Leaving a gaping hole

I lift my face from my hands

My clothes are wet with tears

Other people are crying too

Suddenly I'm not alone

People are everywhere

Gathered in clusters

I can’t see their faces

Their hands are dripping with their tears

I never felt so shattered

My tears seem to be coming harder

The people are gone again

Disappeared behind my eyelids

They open one last time

In front of me the world splits

What’s left of my heart split with it

Left heartless, and in the dark

I was gently slipping away with the world

Now I’m just an empty shell

I let the world consume me

I didn’t fight it  

I open my heart to Earth

I felt a Warm embrace

My heart was being sewn back together

My heart was whole but I was not

I was something better

My heart became the soul of the Earth

I was no longer broken or shattered

My heart was again filled with happiness

My inspiration for this poem:

 This poem is about “Sphere no.5” by Arnaldo Pomodoro, he is an Italian Sculptor. The poem I wrote is about a sculpture he made called “Sphere,” It reminded me of a broken earth which is when the poem is about. The sculpture is a big broken sphere with a small broken sphere in the middle; this is why in the third last stanza of the poem I talked about how the Earth consumed the girl’s heart. And now her heart is the heart of the world. When Arnaldo made this peace He said that Earth was the inner ball and the outer ball is Christianity. The cracks in them represented how the religion is bigger than Earth. This piece can mean many things from religions to the heart, but this piece speaks to many people.

Save a Life Not Take a Life

In 2009 there were 832 animal cruelty cases in the United States alone; states such as Florida, California, and Pennsylvania have the most cases of animal cruelty. Every day, everywhere, people harm and mistreat animals for various reasons; some people for the enjoyment, others from pure carelessness. Most people carry out the day turning a blind eye to cruelty, but thanks to organizations, scientist, authors, and lawyers, we are beginning to create awareness of animal cruelty. Cruelty is a big problem but you can help by doing simple things. You can help get the word out and be a responsible pet owner. Doing this is one small step for you but one huge step for animals everywhere.

People think that a shelter dogs are in the shelter because they are dangerous, or because they are bad. But they think that a dog from a breeder is the well behaved and perfect dream dog. Did they ever stop to think that the "shelter dog" was once a puppy from a dog "breeder?" And that, that dog was most likely the subject to cruelty or was once a pet of an irresponsible owner.

People don’t realize the responsibility of that "cute" cat or "cute" dog. They don’t take into consideration the cost of the pet; People spend on average $850 a year for the minimum. An animal requires a lot of time and you need to play with them. When people don’t take the time to give their pets mental stimulation that’s when they start to get into trouble, because they have to entertain themselves. This is one of the main causes of cruelty; people need to understand that animals cost money and time. People don’t realize this when they buy the pet but then they figure it out once they don’t have the money or the time and they dump their pet on the street.

Animal cruelty, use the words separately and they are words that mean nothing put them together and it's a phase that eats at your heart. Cruelty doesn’t have to be physically hurting an animal, a person can allow an animal to starve or fail to help cure an injury and it will still be considered animal cruelty. If you are the offender you can be charged or sent to jail for committing this crime. I don’t think people realize how big of problem this is, an animal is harmed every 15 minutes, that's a lot of animals each day.

As you can see animal cruelty is a big problem. How would you like to be beaten, starved, have products tested on every day? This is the life of many animals each day, if you wouldn’t like to be treated like that then you shouldn’t treat your animal like that. There were 832 animal cruelty cases in America last year and hopefully the amount of cases will go down in the years to come. Also I hope you learned that an animal from a shelter is not a bad animal it’s an animal that needs a loving and supporting home. Save a life, not take a life. Help stop animal cruelty!