Lipo-Electricity

Lipo-Electricity

    America is in its worst economic downfall in recent years, with billions being spent on bailouts and wars a new financial source is needed. This financial crisis is putting hardships on families with low incomes as they are forced to consume the more affordable fatty foods. As the population’s pockets are getting smaller their bodies are getting consequently larger.

   Fast food chains and a trend toward sedentary activities (Watching TV, Computer use) is a major contributor to the obesity epidemic. A large amount of money is being spent on medical expenses related to these plump, lazy people. “According to the National Institute of Health, $75-$125 billion is spent on indirect and direct costs due to obesity-related diseases.” This money could be spent to help the economy get back on its feet.

   While lying awake one night, I could not help but to get distracted by my pet hamster running on its wheel.  There it was, a solution! I have found a way to offset both crises at once. Instead of hydro-electricity, I propose the USA should introduce lipo-electricity. A widely accessible electrical energy produced by the obese running on human sized wheels.

    A hamster running on a wheel can produce enough energy to keep a 2-3 watt LED light lit.  More than one third of the United States’ population is said to be obese.  As of 2011, the US has over 300 million people. This means at least 100 million people are obese. Assuming their poor physical shape, the average obese individual can probably run for 2 minutes before losing consciousness or collapsing. This could potentially produce 30-40 watts constantly (conservatory). If there is a five-shift schedule, 20 million people a shift, this power could be produced continuously and sold for profit.  Other countries could purchase this lipo-electricity or produce their own. This option would capitalize on the United States greatest nature resource, obesity.

    Eventually, the workers will become fit and be able to produce more energy.Thus, gaining more profit. With an increase to overall health of the population, medical expenses would greatly decrease. This medical savings along with the lipo-electricity profits could be spent to stimulate the economy.

Sources: WHO website/ wikipedia

Devil's Advocate : Obesity In Developing and Developed Countires

  While researching my topic on obesity in developing and developed countries I couldn’t help to think of why exactly this is happening. Knowing that change is needed throughout the world, I will make “change in world dietary habits” a focal point of my thesis statement.

   As I researched the topic I found out that the most obvious reasons for the world becoming obese was not just food. I decided to ask myself what would the reader want to know?  Maybe they will ask why are people eating these foods? What kinds of foods are these so called “obese” and “overweight” people eating? Why is it important to know about this? These are very critical questions to be focused on. Simply explaining to the audience what overweight individuals consume does not explain or suggest how we can try to improve this epidemic.

    I decided look into specific aspects of different countries to understand why their diet is shifting toward high calorie foods and obesity.  These factors include: average incomes of overweight individuals, activity levels of overweight individuals, types of foods consumed by overweight versus normal weight individuals, and effects of globalization on individuals. Of course the obvious focus area could be the foods, but the reason why individuals eat the foods they do is an equally important question and one that I will cover.

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TED

“Ted” Movie Review

    If you think a comedy about a sex addicted, pot smoking, foul languaged teddy bear sounds like a great movie (and who doesn’t), then “Ted” is the movie for you. Directed and written by Seth Macfarlane, “Ted” can be compared to an R rated version of his popular cartoon series “Family Guy”. It is a movie based around the premise that not all fairy tales have the conventional happy ending. Filled with raunchy and inappropriate scenes, “Ted” has all the right elements for a great comedy. While funny, do not be fooled, this is not a comedy for kids. Some parents learned this hard way in my particular theatre and quickly ushered their kids towards the exit.

   "Ted" stars Mark Walberg, Mila Kunis (recently named sexiest woman alive), and of course a stuffed bear named “Ted”, who is dubbed by Macfarlane. The story starts when a little boy wishes for his best friend (his teddy bear) to come alive during Christmas Eve. Like a true fairy tale this is exactly what happens, but this is where the kid friendly section stops. The majority of this movie takes place 27 years after this magical event. John (Walberg) and Ted have, for lack of better term, grown up into the typical stoner types. John’s girlfriend (Kunis), is fed up with Ted’s antics that turn the couple’s apartment into a hybrid of a brothel and a home. She gives John an ultimatum and Ted has to move out. In the process of finding a job, Ted gets into situations reminiscent of movies like “The Hang Over”. While not overly shocking for other R rated movies, the fact that this is a stuffed animal makes me smile every time. Ted ends up getting in trouble with the wrong people and John tries to come to his rescue.

    This movie has its flaws; there are plot holes and areas of no laughs in which Macfarlane could have improved. But when you pay to see a movie about a living plush toy, questions about plot and setting seem somehow irrelevant.

    With the amount of awful comedies being made lately, this movie is a shining star in an otherwise dying genre of film. The movie gives enough laughs and entertainment value to make it worth seeing.  If you are the logical type, I would not recommend this film for you. If you can sit back and embrace the ridiculous nature of this movie, then you will have a great time.

Research Essay

  “I want a double Big Mac dad!” this statement is where it all started. Last week, while trying to kill a few hours before a movie, my girlfriend and I decided to get something to eat. Although eating fast food may only be a bi-weekly event for us, we decided to take the easy way out and get something to snack on at McDonalds. While in the line up we happened to look upon, as I would say, “the fattest 4 year old I have ever seen.” ordering a double Big Mac meal. I was in shock, half of the reason was because I could not believe a child could eat this much, and the other half because I thought it should be considered a form of child abuse to let your obviously obese child eat this unhealthy.  This made me think of the movie “Supersize Me”, where the main character eats nothing but McDonalds for an extended period of time, and how the “richer” countries binge on food for fun. This would make me assume that less developed countries must have a much lower rate of obesity because they cannot afford such luxuries. So, I decided to make my research paper on “Obesity in developing and developed countries”. In 2005, the World had an estimated 1.6 billion adults overweight; among these at least four million people are said to be obese according to the World Health Organization. With an estimated 500 million people underweight, the world’s “diet” is far from perfected. It is important to know why people are becoming so obese in recent years and what we can do to help this epidemic. This is why I think this topic will be a good research essay.

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