Todays stock market is at a low right now and is putting quite the scare into people because we are becoming more and more in debt.  People are starting to panic and wonder what to do. Many are scared of a repeat of the "great depression". During the great depression one lady really helped people get back on their feet and one of her organizations is still running and helping people to this very day.

"Eleanor saw how passionate her husband was about getting this country back on its feet" and she realized the importance of people needing to get jobs and the need for jobs to be created.
Eleanor helped set up organizations nation wide that helped make jobs, she helped make tree cutting services, and helped get road clean up crews put together as well along with tons of other things this helped make jobs for thousands.

What she did was great because we didn't just give out money that we didn't have to get out of the mess we got our selves into, we encouraged people to get jobs to up the money flow and when there wasn't enough jobs we made some so that people would work and earn their money instead of just handing it out to them.

Eleanor wasn't a hypocrite either.  She didn't just say what we needed to do and then sit there and do nothing, she invested as much time as she could in her campaigns she maintained not only her home life,  but also "maintained a measure of independent public and political life by spending three days a week at the family’s home in New York City, supporting the Val-Kill factory and teaching classes at Todhunter"

This shows not only people reading about her 50 years down the road that she was a hard worker but it showed and encouraged the people the was campaigning for to work hard and do their best. She juggled a home life, a political life and a campaigning life to better Americans.

Being a teenager I understand juggling lives and having to manage your time wisely, you have to do school work, keep up with friends and for most stay in tune with extra curriculum activities. It can be stressful as a teen, so I can only imagine the amount of stress of doing that and being the wife the president of the U.S.

We should all strive to work hard to not only better our selves but the people around us we should learn from Mrs. Roosevelt and learn from her actions.

current connection 3.1

 In an article written by child health care services, Michelle Obama is making an effort to cut down on childhood obesity in the schools of the United States of America. I personally believe that this is good in theory, but how Michelle says she "plans" to approach it and how she actually approaches it are two totally different things.

Michelle has changed all regulations for foods in the American schools. Schools have made little progress. Since these changes, "statistics show that more and more kids are bringing their lunch", could this be because the food is not as good as before?  

Michelle is trying to get this started and in a hurry. According to this article, she plans,
"to reverse these trends, the White House plan seeks to cut child obesity and overweight rates by 2.5% by 2015 and by 5% by 2020. It's not a vague goal. Scorekeeping will be up to the CDC, which reports child obesity rates every two years."

Michelle plans on taking 12 steps to cut down childhood obesity and in putting these steps in place she is making sure that schools measure "the amount of sugar in children's diets", taking away full cookies and providing 100 calorie snack packs. Also, the schools have to serve "fruits and vegetables" as a requirement now and not just a suggestion as it was before the changes.

From my personal experiences, these changes are not very appreciated at all. Before the change, meals were severed with white bread, real meat, and they did not have such strict standards. Now, after the change, no one wants to eat. More people are having their parents or older friends bring them lunch, and the food seems more rubbery and less desirable.

I am a little worried that making these changes could effect the confidence in kids that are on the obese scale. I think that if the more obese kids feel they need to lose weight, that it should be their choice.  If they do not want to lose weight, they should still be able to enjoy the lunch provided by their school. Both options should be made available.


      

Why?

In the article entitled The Dangers of Drinking and Driving, driving while either intoxicated or drunk is dangerous and drivers with high blood alcohol content or concentration (BAC) are at greatly increased risk of car accidents, highway injuries and vehicular deaths. Possible prevention measures examined here include establishing DWI courts, suspending or revoking driver licenses, impounding or confiscating vehicle plates, impounding  or immobilizing vehicles, enforcing open container bans, increasing penalties such as fines or jail for drunk driving, and mandating alcohol education. Safety seat belts, air bags, designated drivers, and effective practical ways to stay sober are also discussed.

Every single injury and death caused by drunk driving is totally preventable. Although the proportion of crashes that are alcohol-related has dropped dramatically in recent decades, there are still far too many such preventable accidents. Unfortunately, in spite of great progress, alcohol-impaired driving remains a serious national problem that tragically effects many victims annually. Most drivers who have had something to drink have low blood alcohol content or concentration (BAC) and few are involved in fatal crashes. On the other hand, while only a few drivers have BACs higher than .15, a much higher proportion of those drivers have fatal crashes.

While society has done much to improve highway safety, you can do much to protect yourself.
Don't drink and drive and don't ride with anyone who has too much to drink. Remember, it is usually themselves and their passengers who are harmed by drunk drivers.  The risk of collision for high BAC drivers is dramatically higher than for a non-drinking driver.

Men are the biggest contributors to the drunk driving taking part in our country. 

Why are men more likely than women to report drunk-driving episodes? They account for four out of five of the self-reported drunk driving episodes in the U.S. in 2010, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention — 81%. Why? Is it a matter of self-reporting? Is it a matter of men taking more risks? Of men more often acting as the driver when a couple is wasted? Men are more likely to commit serious crimes such as murder and rape ...and also appear to be the ones who stagger back into their cars after a few drinks. Perhaps it's a matter of bravado or simply mistaken perceptions of their own drunk driving abilities? 

Remember, don't ever, ever drive if you, or anyone else, thinks that you may have had too much to drink. And don't let anyone else. That includes reporting drivers who may be drunk. It's always safest not to drink and drive.