couch standing or outside?

This article has got my attention very fast it has to do with a study of a little bit heavier kids playing the Wii activity games to see if they are meeting the daily exercise requirements according to a U.S. study the article states. This article states the researcher’s from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas discovered that kids who were playing “active video games to play on the Nintendo Wii did not get any more vigorous physical activity then kids just playing on the couch. So this got my attention fast as I was trying to think how a game where you need to stand up and move your arms and body in some cases does not help you get any more physical activity then sitting on the couch. To do this study they gave 78 kids a Wii console and gave half a choice of active games and the other half none active games halfway through gave then new choices of the same type of game to the same kids. The person behind all this is Mr. Baranowski who tracked the kids for 13 weeks testing their physical levels using a machines called a accelerometer, this machine determines when they were in a lightly exercising or engaged in moderate to vigorous exercise as stated in the article. This machine showed that the kids who played the active games did not get any more exercises then the ones however this was said maybe due to the kids being tired so they did not do their usually activities as much but however since the kids are playing an active game and using their arms they must be losing more calories than the kids sitting on the couch.
Now after going through all this the article questions was does the Wii help some kids get the daily amount of exercise? Now the only thing that came to mine mind was why are these kids not going outside and playing sport? At the age between 9 and 12 each and every day after school I would go home and shoot some hoops play some hockey or ride my bike for a few hours even as I got older I still did this now not so much but I would not mind going outside shooting on my net it’s a blast it does not matter the season or the weather conditions however my dad did care about the condition the garage was at since I occasionally missed the net, but still why are these kids playing games when they should be outside riding bikes playing sports when they can if I could I would why not it’s a fun time now even if some kids don’t like sports just being outside walking around is better than sitting in front of a T.V all day playing a game or even playing a so called active game kids need to get outside and get some fresh air and get some exercise and some skill they can show off in their next time in gym class or playing with their friends.

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Link to this  Globe mail

Ban WiFi ?

This short article got my attention very easily when I read about how a group of over 45,000 Catholic school teachers are trying to ban WiFi from schools, due to there being a possible link between cancer and wireless devices like cellphones and laptops. What also attracted my eye was that it’s up to the school boards in the province to make the decisions about whether to use WiFi or not, as well the fact that at least one school board in British Columbia have removed or strictly limited WiFi due to this safety concern.

My look at this no more WiFi in classrooms has brought many thought to my mind on how to react to it, clearly it has some support and teachers are looking to have an end to WiFi in over1,400 Catholic schools but how are they going to deliver the work to the students or let them hand in work online?

If they use paper then they are not being very green and saving trees, so what that means that they are going to hook up every computer with a hardwired connection meaning they will need to put a computer in every single class for each student? Where is that money going come from?  They can also have the Ethernet cable for laptops but that means every single student would need their own laptop and they also will need to take the time to install the right programs, this also means that the schools will need to be renovated for the Ethernet cables for laptops and or computers this is would cost a lot of money, and what does that mean maybe more taxes or budget cuts on other programs so that a possible link from WiFi technology and cancer can be avoided. Are the teachers going take pay cuts to pay for the renovations in an entire province? I don’t think so. WiFi is cheaper than installing all those renovations to hook up hardwired cables to possibly new computers and or laptops. These days many teachers use the internet to post notes, questions, solutions, homework, assignments and much more. This all saves trees and time for teachers. So why spend money have budget cuts and more just from a possible link to cancer. I say yes research it and make sure  there is a 100% link to cancer and wireless technology then if there is a big risk limit the use of WiFi in classrooms  even now limit it but don’t get rid of it since its now an important  way to do your school work and has become essential part of school and life its self that brings me to another topic of how life is run by technology but that’s not what I am talking about.

So I say unless the teachers are willing to take a big pay cut of their pay cheques for renavations for all wired internet then I am all for it since there is a little risk and health concerns but besides that I say only at maximum reduce the amount of WiFi but do not get rid of it completely, since I am sure everyone loves their WiFi am I right or am I right?

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Nick Panico

link: Global mail article