In an article entitled, "The Science of Heaven", a nuerosurgeon named Dr. Eben Alexander debunks other doctor's reasonings of how people have "visited" heaven when they were in near death experiences.
When Dr. Alexander spoke out on his experience, like others have done before him, doctor's said that the unbelieveable trip "was a brain-based delusion cobbled together by my synapses only after they had somehow recovered from the blistering weeklong attack." This pretty much says that the doctor's say that the brain was still functioning while in the coma, and that's what caused the dream.
But, Dr. Alexanders coma was different from others, the part of his brain that controls his neurological function, the cerebal cortex, was completely shut down. Alexander said, "Yet in spite of the complete absence of neural activity in all but the deepest, most primitive portions of my brain, my identity—my sense of self—did not go dark. Instead, I underwent the most staggering experience of my life, my consciousness traveling to another level, or dimension, or world." Coming from a doctor, that believed that these experiences came from synapses, is reamarkable, and the part of his brain that controls these actions was completely shut down, I would love to see the critics explain this one.
Proving the point even further, Dr. Alexander says, "My synapses—the spaces between the neurons of the brain that support the electrochemical activity that makes the brain function—were not simply compromised during my experience. They were stopped." When the activity in your brain is completely stopped, there is no way of having these experiences, but Dr. Alexander did.
This story goes to prove that our God does unimagineable things. He proves to us everyday that he is always there, and this happening to a doctor who believes in science, is even more remarkable.
Friday, January 11, 2013
Monday, December 17, 2012
Season of "Peace"
An article on CNN entitled, In Newtown a Season of Peace Destroyed written by Rose Arce, and Soledad O'Brien talks about the tragic shooting of an elementary school. Just like any other town around this time of the year would be getting ready for Christmas, which they were, but their holiday peace was interrupted by the actions of a senceless individual.
In the article, In Newtown a Season of Peace Destroyed, Arce says, "Now, the high spirits of the holidays have been darkened. Signs in storefronts have stopped declaring holiday cheer and are calling instead for prayer and mourning." 20 children are not going to see Christmas this year. How can a town celebrate the most wonderful time of the year when something this tragic has happened? Parents have to sit and look at the presesnt they have wrapped up for their children, that will never be opened, and all of this happened because, well... nobody really knows why, that is the big question.
Also in this article O'Brien says, " Like a lot of mothers in the area, she had been swept by panic wondering which school had an unfolding crime and whether her child might be among those injured or killed." Getting a call from a school saying there has been a school shooting is horrific enough, but having to wait for everyone to go through the record of that school, to see if they were going to get to see their child again, had to be even worse. Parents sent their kids to school that morning not knowing what was going to happen, probably getting anxious for Christmas break.
Lastly in this article Arce states, "It was as if an entire town suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder." Using this analogy the writer put everything into prespective. Everyone in the town, whether their child was among the taken or not, still are suffereing and wondering why this would happen in their town. Around this time of the year people are getting ready for Christmas, parents are worried about what to get their children, but none of that even seems to matter anymore. Everyone just wants to mourn the loss of the taken.
I have twins brothers that were born in 2006. They are now 6, and in the first grade. To know that this happened to kids their age makes me sick, I could not imaging life without them, and I do not see how these other people are coping. I hope I never have to live through something like this, but my thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Newtown Connecticut.
In the article, In Newtown a Season of Peace Destroyed, Arce says, "Now, the high spirits of the holidays have been darkened. Signs in storefronts have stopped declaring holiday cheer and are calling instead for prayer and mourning." 20 children are not going to see Christmas this year. How can a town celebrate the most wonderful time of the year when something this tragic has happened? Parents have to sit and look at the presesnt they have wrapped up for their children, that will never be opened, and all of this happened because, well... nobody really knows why, that is the big question.
Also in this article O'Brien says, " Like a lot of mothers in the area, she had been swept by panic wondering which school had an unfolding crime and whether her child might be among those injured or killed." Getting a call from a school saying there has been a school shooting is horrific enough, but having to wait for everyone to go through the record of that school, to see if they were going to get to see their child again, had to be even worse. Parents sent their kids to school that morning not knowing what was going to happen, probably getting anxious for Christmas break.
Lastly in this article Arce states, "It was as if an entire town suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder." Using this analogy the writer put everything into prespective. Everyone in the town, whether their child was among the taken or not, still are suffereing and wondering why this would happen in their town. Around this time of the year people are getting ready for Christmas, parents are worried about what to get their children, but none of that even seems to matter anymore. Everyone just wants to mourn the loss of the taken.
I have twins brothers that were born in 2006. They are now 6, and in the first grade. To know that this happened to kids their age makes me sick, I could not imaging life without them, and I do not see how these other people are coping. I hope I never have to live through something like this, but my thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Newtown Connecticut.
Looking for Alaska
Looking for Alaska, a novel by John Green, is about the life of a typical teenage boy, who goes off to a private school where his father used to attend. He meets some people there that turn into life long friends, and the situations they go through bring them even closer.
One possible theme for this novel could be that when bad things happen, do not sit around and think about what ifs, do something to memorialize that person, do something that they would do.
Green's writing style draws the reader in by putting the reader in the place of the main character. The reader relives the experiences in first person. You feel the same emotions as the main character, you go through all the situations as that person.
The setting for this novel is in Alabama, at a private school. The way the author perceives the location is very southern, and very hot. The school is around a lake, that all the kids go to. They also have a smoking hole that they go to. The setting seems much like a ordinary high school but just a little bit more. The principal of the school seems to live in a big house on the outer most part of the campus. The author makes out the principal to be this awful person who doesn't let the kids get away with anything, but they really do.
This book reminds me of the book 13 Reasons Why. This book has a girl in it that is very different, and she dies in a car accident. Her friends go to the ends of the earth to figure out what had happened, and why she had left when she did. Also in the book 13 Reasons Why there is a girl that has committed suicide and she sends tapes out to people to tell why she ended her life. The guy that recieves the tapes in the book is trying to figure out why his name are on the tapes, just like the kids in Looking for Alaska are searching for the reason why Alaska died.
I would reccomend this book to anyone who enjoys a good read, especially teenagers. Some teens may be going through the same situations, and this book might help them. It taught me not to look at the bad in every situation, try to find the good.
One possible theme for this novel could be that when bad things happen, do not sit around and think about what ifs, do something to memorialize that person, do something that they would do.
Green's writing style draws the reader in by putting the reader in the place of the main character. The reader relives the experiences in first person. You feel the same emotions as the main character, you go through all the situations as that person.
The setting for this novel is in Alabama, at a private school. The way the author perceives the location is very southern, and very hot. The school is around a lake, that all the kids go to. They also have a smoking hole that they go to. The setting seems much like a ordinary high school but just a little bit more. The principal of the school seems to live in a big house on the outer most part of the campus. The author makes out the principal to be this awful person who doesn't let the kids get away with anything, but they really do.
This book reminds me of the book 13 Reasons Why. This book has a girl in it that is very different, and she dies in a car accident. Her friends go to the ends of the earth to figure out what had happened, and why she had left when she did. Also in the book 13 Reasons Why there is a girl that has committed suicide and she sends tapes out to people to tell why she ended her life. The guy that recieves the tapes in the book is trying to figure out why his name are on the tapes, just like the kids in Looking for Alaska are searching for the reason why Alaska died.
I would reccomend this book to anyone who enjoys a good read, especially teenagers. Some teens may be going through the same situations, and this book might help them. It taught me not to look at the bad in every situation, try to find the good.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Marines in Israel
An article on CNN by Barbara Starr, entitled US sends warships near Israel In Case Evacuation Needed, is about warships that are being used to evacuate people from Israel if needed.
In the artcies Starr states,"This is due diligence. It is better to be prepared should there be a need," one official said Monday. Both officials said the ships would be used only for assisting Americans and not for any combat role." The ships are not being taken over to Israel to use in the Israel-Ghaza conflict, but merely just to evacuate Americans out of Israel. It would also be more safe to use these warships in case of an attack, warships would be more prepared to protect the passengers.
In the article Starr says, "The most immediate impact will be on the ships' crews and the estimated 2,500 Marines on board. They had been scheduled to return to Norfolk, Virginia, just after Thanksgiving; their homecoming will now be delayed several days depending on events, the officials said." Among these soldiers some of them are getting to come home for the holidays, but since the conflict has US citizens involved the soldiers are doing their part and protecting their people. Even though it is hard not seeing your family and the best time of the year, their families should be happy for what these soldiers are doing for their country.
Lastly Starr explains, "The U.S. military also maintains three to four ships off the coast of Israel that are capable of shooting down ballistic missiles. That deploymentt has stretch for some months in the face of a potential ballistic threat from Iran." Our military is not only helping the American citizens in Israel, but helping protect Israel. Our military is going to help Israel in any way they possibly can, and that is all anyone can ask for.
The people in our country should take after our military, we should not only help out the people we care about and know, but also the people that are outside of our little "cliques."
Knowing that our military is helping out fellow American Citizens instead of coming home for the holidays is upsetting, considering my uncle is in the military, but if that means another family gets to see their loved one again, that is quite alright. People need to put other people before theirsleves, and this country would be a much better place than it is now.
In the artcies Starr states,"This is due diligence. It is better to be prepared should there be a need," one official said Monday. Both officials said the ships would be used only for assisting Americans and not for any combat role." The ships are not being taken over to Israel to use in the Israel-Ghaza conflict, but merely just to evacuate Americans out of Israel. It would also be more safe to use these warships in case of an attack, warships would be more prepared to protect the passengers.
In the article Starr says, "The most immediate impact will be on the ships' crews and the estimated 2,500 Marines on board. They had been scheduled to return to Norfolk, Virginia, just after Thanksgiving; their homecoming will now be delayed several days depending on events, the officials said." Among these soldiers some of them are getting to come home for the holidays, but since the conflict has US citizens involved the soldiers are doing their part and protecting their people. Even though it is hard not seeing your family and the best time of the year, their families should be happy for what these soldiers are doing for their country.
Lastly Starr explains, "The U.S. military also maintains three to four ships off the coast of Israel that are capable of shooting down ballistic missiles. That deploymentt has stretch for some months in the face of a potential ballistic threat from Iran." Our military is not only helping the American citizens in Israel, but helping protect Israel. Our military is going to help Israel in any way they possibly can, and that is all anyone can ask for.
The people in our country should take after our military, we should not only help out the people we care about and know, but also the people that are outside of our little "cliques."
Knowing that our military is helping out fellow American Citizens instead of coming home for the holidays is upsetting, considering my uncle is in the military, but if that means another family gets to see their loved one again, that is quite alright. People need to put other people before theirsleves, and this country would be a much better place than it is now.
Monday, November 12, 2012
"Political Parties"
When it comes to people and their "political party" some take their beliefs way too far. Becoming very upset, people end friendships and have heated arguments. It should not matter what political party you belong to, doing what is best for your country should be your main concern. People say you should not believe this or you should not believe that, people are too busy worrying about what a certain group of people think and not worried about what is best for this country. Yes, some beliefs should be taken into concideration, but when a person does not agree on something just because it came from a certain person that belongs to a specific group of people, that is taking it just a little too far. Political advisers need to have America in mind, not just theirselves. America need to be put back on track, becoming the best nation we can be.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Wish I was bacteria
In a recent article by Veronique Greenwood, entitled "It's all in the rings" Greenwood informs readers of new bacteria that live off of caffiend and eplains why humans cannot.
The article states, "While humans show the caffeine derivatives, the most simple of whice is known as Xanthine, the door, the bacteria hang onto them, chopping down the rigngs to their component elements and havervesting energy. Humans get energy from many things, and most people say that they live off of caffeine, but it says here thats not possible.
The article also states," The specific rason caffeine isn't an energy source for us, thus, is that we don't have the gear to digest derivatives further." These bacteria have a power to digist the derivatives further and hang on to and harvest the energy.
Lastly the article states, "As Mani Subramanian, Summer's adviser, points out, 90% of the cells in our body are bacterial, and research into the human microbiome, our totat coplement of bacteria, has revealed that we are veritable rainforstes when it comes to bacterial diversity." We can live off of many things but caffeine just is not one of them, even though our body is 90% bacteria.
Every day after we finish with out medical classes at the college we always stop and get coffee, and one of my friends always says, I could not go the rest of the day without my coffee.
It makes you wonder some day in the future if it would be possible to live off of something like this, just because we have a certain cell in our body. Anything is possible in this day and age.
The article states, "While humans show the caffeine derivatives, the most simple of whice is known as Xanthine, the door, the bacteria hang onto them, chopping down the rigngs to their component elements and havervesting energy. Humans get energy from many things, and most people say that they live off of caffeine, but it says here thats not possible.
The article also states," The specific rason caffeine isn't an energy source for us, thus, is that we don't have the gear to digest derivatives further." These bacteria have a power to digist the derivatives further and hang on to and harvest the energy.
Lastly the article states, "As Mani Subramanian, Summer's adviser, points out, 90% of the cells in our body are bacterial, and research into the human microbiome, our totat coplement of bacteria, has revealed that we are veritable rainforstes when it comes to bacterial diversity." We can live off of many things but caffeine just is not one of them, even though our body is 90% bacteria.
Every day after we finish with out medical classes at the college we always stop and get coffee, and one of my friends always says, I could not go the rest of the day without my coffee.
It makes you wonder some day in the future if it would be possible to live off of something like this, just because we have a certain cell in our body. Anything is possible in this day and age.
Flying Saucer!
In a recent article by Fox News, entitled "Government report on Secret Flying Saucer Program mad Avaliable", Fox News describesa blue print to build a "Flyng Saucer" during the Cold war.
The article states "The new released documents not yet posted on the national website of the National Declassiacation Center, offed details on a cold war era plan to build a round, vertical take off and alanding aircraft that can only be described as a flying saucer." They tell us that during the cold war that they were trying to make a air craft that had all of the classifications of a flying saucer. That would of been amazing if they could of actually came through with it.
The article also states that "The disk shaped craft-- which comes complete with an ejector seat and was powered by a "ram jet"-- was designed to reach a top speed of Mach 4 and reach a ceiling of more that 100,000 feet, according to the lengthy document." Aircrafts in the present day still are not designed to have these qualifications, it amazes me that they were still trying to accomplish this back during the Cold War.
Lastly the article states "Much of the 114-page document is devoted to detailed descriptions and schematics of the propulsion system, as tested in a scale model seen in a series of photographs." Some of this information has not been released to the public, so just imagine all of the information they are not telling us, no telling what this "Flying Saucer" would be capable of, especially if we used some of the technology we have today.
Just this weekend I was headed home with my family and my granny yells out "Did you see that flying saucer?!", and of course me and mom did not see it, but it makes you wonder what could be out there, the government does not tell us everything.
To know that back during the Cold War they were trying to come up with something this advanced, is mind blowing. You never know, in this day and age we have the technology to actually come up with something of this magnitude.
The article states "The new released documents not yet posted on the national website of the National Declassiacation Center, offed details on a cold war era plan to build a round, vertical take off and alanding aircraft that can only be described as a flying saucer." They tell us that during the cold war that they were trying to make a air craft that had all of the classifications of a flying saucer. That would of been amazing if they could of actually came through with it.
The article also states that "The disk shaped craft-- which comes complete with an ejector seat and was powered by a "ram jet"-- was designed to reach a top speed of Mach 4 and reach a ceiling of more that 100,000 feet, according to the lengthy document." Aircrafts in the present day still are not designed to have these qualifications, it amazes me that they were still trying to accomplish this back during the Cold War.
Lastly the article states "Much of the 114-page document is devoted to detailed descriptions and schematics of the propulsion system, as tested in a scale model seen in a series of photographs." Some of this information has not been released to the public, so just imagine all of the information they are not telling us, no telling what this "Flying Saucer" would be capable of, especially if we used some of the technology we have today.
Just this weekend I was headed home with my family and my granny yells out "Did you see that flying saucer?!", and of course me and mom did not see it, but it makes you wonder what could be out there, the government does not tell us everything.
To know that back during the Cold War they were trying to come up with something this advanced, is mind blowing. You never know, in this day and age we have the technology to actually come up with something of this magnitude.
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