Cars, Trucks, and Buses…”OH MY”

Being a college student, I think that the second thing that is on every student and professors mind is, “Where am I going to park today”. One of the major problems at the University of North Alabama is the parking. There just are not enough parking spots for the number of students that attend this University. The University of North Alabama is planning to implement new bus routes in the fall to make getting to class a whole lot easier. The routes will be extended to surrounding parking complexes.

As a student myself who does have a car and lives on campus I find it to be a headache to look for parking spots. I usually walk to class but if I have an appointment right after class why not drive to class and just leave from there. I understand the commuters have to have a place to park but sometimes you just cannot help everybody. No matter what you will please one party and anger the other one.

I ride the bus every now and then and find that it is easy on the “calf muscles” especially when you have to walk up hills to get to where you are going. When I ride the bus I am on time to class and sometimes have time to prepare for the class ahead of time. I that this is a good idea and many students should use the new bus routes, especially since it is costing money which I think will be coming out of tuition. Everything that UNA has to offer, I am going to try and use it just to get my monies worth.

Check out this link from the Flor-Ala

Until Next Time,

Elle

 University of North Alabama Bus Route

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Elle :)


Being a Healthy Student Sound Slides

ANTS, WORMS, GRASSHOPPERS..."OH MY"

So what is bugging you?

At the London restaurant Archipelago, diners can order the $11 Baby Bee Brulee: a creamy custard topped with a crunchy little bee. In New York, the Mexican restaurant Toloache offers $11 chapulines tacos: two tacos stuffed with Oaxacan-style dried grasshoppers.

Could beetles, dragonfly larvae and water bug caviar be the meat of the future? As the global population booms and demand strains the world's supply of meat, there's a growing need for alternate animal proteins. Insects are high in protein, B vitamins and minerals like iron and zinc, and they're low in fat. Insects are easier to raise than livestock, and they produce less waste. Insects are abundant. Of all the known animal species, 80% walk on six legs; over 1,000 edible species have been identified. And the taste? It's often described as "nutty."

(Read from the Wall Street Journal)  The MEAT of the Future!

The world is ever changing and we have to change with it. I don't know how I would feel about eating bugs hey "Don't knock it till you try" . The vast majority of the developing world already eats insects. In Laos and Thailand, weaver-ant pupae are a highly prized and nutritious delicacy. They are prepared with shallots, lettuce, chilies, lime and spices and served with sticky rice. Further back in history, the ancient Romans considered beetle larvae to be gourmet fare, and the Old Testament mentions eating crickets and grasshoppers. 

Our food needs are on the rise. The human population is expected to grow from six billion in 2000 to nine billion in 2050. Meat production is expected to double in the same period, as demand grows from rising wealth. Pastures and fodder already use up 70% of all agricultural land, so increasing livestock production would require expanding agricultural acreage at the expense of rain forests and other natural lands. Officials at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization recently predicted that beef could become an extreme luxury item by 2050, like caviar, due to rising production costs. (WSJ)

Tell me what you think. Lets have a discussion.

Until Next Time,

Elle :)

IS SOCIAL MEDIA A THREAT??

U.S. Military Works To Counter Social Media Threat (Found online at WHNT- Channel 19)

(Personal Employee Pages Could Offer Sensitive Information To Enemies)

Attempts to steal United States military secrets have been around as long as the country itself, but now our enemies have a new tool at their disposal... social media.Websites like Twitter, Facebook and Flickr are used by thousands of military personnel and contract employees. If these workers aren't careful about what they post, they could open the door to those looking for sensitive information. -WHNT CHANNEL 19

The Army has recently published a social media handbook to help guide workers on best practices for social media use. The Army hopes anyone working in a military capacity will read it.

In addition to the publication of a handbook, the Army now gives rigorous training on social media use to soldiers and personnel. Chang said there have been no leaks of classified information via social media to date.
She adds that ultimately social media is just another form of communication – one deserving of the same rules of secrecy military workers have practiced for decades.

Copyright © 2011, WHNT-TV

When you think about the Red stone Arsenal  in Huntsville, Alabama do you think that these employees have a Facebook or a twitter? To my surprise, they do. what about the fact that the idea that foreign governments, spies or terrorists might be looking to glean important state secrets from personal Facebook pages might seem far-fetched but the military is sure our enemies are watching. Wow! How much information do you put on your "Social Media" Device? Does this put more rules on how Military employees have to handle themselves outside and inside of work? I think so. With any other job you still have to be very careful about what you put on the internet. there are people that are constantly looking at everything you do.

Check out this link for a Video and more information.

Is Social Media a Threat?

Until Next Time,

Elle :)

THE INTERNET IS RUNNING OUT OF ADDRESSES!!!

From NPR News, All Things Considered; All Tech Considered. (Podcast)

Can we live with out the Internet? Why does it feel like every time something happens we find out the reason behind it is because they have wanted to improve it. the saying says; some of the wost things that happen start out with good intentions. In the works is so many new devices that will require the internet in order to function well. In this day in age we have to be around the internet 24/7. In my media class, our teacher described to us how our faces light up when we come into the classroom and sit at the computers.

Oh No...The internet has ran out of I.P address. Is this the end of the internet as we know it? I.P (Internet Protocol)addresses is the code that your computer and any other device that uses the internet, this means that new devices that are in need of the internet will not be able to connect. Bummer! Currently the last I.P address was given out.

Don't panic Help is on the way. There i another system that is currently another system that I.P.V6 has more I.P address, it has 340 with 36 zero's after the hard part is not counting that high its handing them out. The I.T people are the ones that are going to be spending lots of money on deciding how to hand out the new address which will include up grades. Like everything it is going to have its problems, such websites will be slow meaning that it will have to read it from I.P.V4 then to I.P.V6.

Check out this link to hear the podcast for your self!

What happened to all the I.P. addresses?

Until Next Time,
Elle :)

Communication...CAN'T BE STOPPED!

Communication is key. There is no way that it can be stopped. In Egypt, as we speak there are protest over the way the government handles its self as well as the community. The government has even tried to stop the people from sending out Face book Statuses as well as Twitter Twitts.

As read on the Huffington Post.

"Protests started on Tuesday, January 25, when -- inspired by the successful revolution in Tunisia -- thousands of people began taking to the streets to protest poverty, rampant unemployment, government corruption and autocratic governance of President Hosni Mubarak, who has ruled the country for thirty years. These were the first protests on such a large scale to be seen in Egypt since the 1970s. The government responded by blocking Twitter, which was being used by organizers to coordinate protests. " -(Excerpt for the Huffington Post)

As I was reading my TWITTER I saw that Katie Couric had twitted that she was enroute to Egypt and would keep everybody up todate about everything that is happening to this point. We are glad to get the new information that is coming out. I am sending prayers to cover them and be with them.  This is such a big deal and it effects alot in the U.S. This is someting that we all need to be aware of and understand what the effects could be for us.
Check this website out for more information.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/28/whats-going-on-in-egypt_n_815734.html